Bill Athens has been a friend and resource for Cedarwood Kennels for over 25 years.  I cherish his friendship and his advice is always to be recognized as most favorable.  When he phoned me and advised purchasing a pup from a breeding he had orchestrated there was no second thinking.  I purchased Winstn totally on Bill's advice and I am thanking him regularly for this great recommendation.  

                Not ready to house another male Pudelpointer that would be following Tukr, I opted to have our Cedarwood trainer, Frank Schmidt, house the pup.  I registered Winstn in Frank's name as I wanted Frank to enter into the Pudelpointer breeding circle with a stellar prospect as a stud dog.  My arrangement allowed me to breed any of my females to Winstn but all outside breedings were Frank's game.

                Much to my surprise I was giving one of the most trainable males away.  The style Winstn performs with is well above the NAVHDA Utility PRZ 1 bar of excellence; he adds a special performance achievement  in everything he does.  Winstn will for sure make a serious mark of excellence as a stud dog as he will only be bred to the best.....as they say "breed the best to the best".   As of this writing the dog is barely over two years old; he earned his NAVHDA Utility PRZ 1 while still Natural Ability age demonstrating how fast he matured and advanced.

                The mark of the top stud dogs is being able of repeating a top shelf performance years after their training with little or no refreshing.  Winston is going to be one of the dogs that will be capable of another PRZ 1 performance when 10 years old with no refresher training necessary.