Heather was born May 30, 2013. She is the product of my long range breeding plan to combine outstanding individuals of chosen pedigrees which have been known since puppyhood and which have no evidence of temperament or health defects, plus, have been of talent which does not take a professional to harness. I strongly emphasize a high natural desire to track, and Heather is one of the best that I've had the privilege to work with: in that regard she is out of the same type as her mother Toske vom Oechtringer-Forst and her Dad, Des vom Slaney-Vale. In her first full hunting season Heather performed in a truly admirable fashion: her pointing work on Woodcock, Sharptails and Ruffed Grouse developed extremely quickly: her retrieving has been flawless. She has solidly performed on her water work and is a tireless searcher. Her winter work on Jack Rabbits is wonderful: she loves it and really knows the game. Each of her Hunting seasons have been a true joy. In her VJP test she scored 70 with an 11 in tracking: the senior judge commented,"...this is a very strong tracking dog". In her HZP she scored 185 with an 11 in pointing and 11 in Live Duck Search: everything she did was in a calm manner. Her health has been excellent: she is HD-A: OCD and ED clear: vWD11 free by parentage: Her breed show in Eau Claire was March 7, 2015: Judges awarded her 10 in Form and 11 in Hair. Heather has a very dense undercoat and much hardness in her outer coat. She is a pleasure to be around. She completed her VGP in Sept 2015 with a Prize 1 310 Score. Her puppies exhibit her goodness to a very high degree. Her full Brother Kris vom Slaney-Vale, owned in South Dakota, is also certified for breeding and is a carbon copy of Heather: an exceptional male in every respect. Her daughter Nora vom Slaney-Vale, is now certified for breeding, and has become part of my Breeding Program: Nora is as good as they come: she is calm, friendly, easy to train, and retains what she learns: he was rated as 11/11 in her form and hair: she was HZP tested twice: 175 points and 182 points: at her VGP in Wisconsin she was awarded 300 Points Prize 1 with a 4H in Use of Nose: she was pointing Woodcock when she was 5 months old: she has had her time in the duck blind: her hunting abilities are not only used in testing,
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011 Heather at two years old
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Snow Queen
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Leonard vom Slaney-Vale
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Lena vom Slaney-Vale
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Lucy vom Slaney-Vale
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Lonnie vom Slaney-Vale
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Leonard vom Slaney-Vale
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Lena vom Slaney-Vale 11 weeks old
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Larry vom Slaney-Vale
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Lucy vom Slaney Vale
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Lou vom Slaney-Vale
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Larry vom Slaney-Vale at 13 weeks old
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Levi, Leonard and Lena April Training day Minnesota
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012 Heather vom Slaney-Vale
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Leonard and Chris Dec 2016
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Larry vom Slaney-Vale at 11 months old
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Lena vom Slaney-Vale at 11 months old
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Lucy at 1 year old
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094 One year later
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021 Heather pointing as an adult
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051 Heather and Kendal rabbit hunting
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096 Heather and Kendal woodcock hunting
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095 Heather and Kendal Sharptail Hunting: Her first season
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Larry on a cooperative pheasant retrieve
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01 Heather Her Pack The H litter
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02 Heather at 6 weeks old
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03 Heather 7 weeks old
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03A Heather 8 months old
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04 Heather 9 weeks old Her first real scent point
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05 Heather 9 weeks old handling her first rabbit find
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06 Heather 10 weeks old enjoying water on a hot day
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07 Heather 11 weeks old learning the joy and partnership of tracking
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08 Heather 11 weeks old showing strong predatorial drive
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09 Heather advancing her love of water
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091 Heather 11 weeks old Quail Pointing
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092 Heather showing nice intensity at a young age
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061 Water love increasing
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093 Learning the calm hold of a fresh shot duck
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081 Raccoon retrieve at her VGP
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N Litter puppies
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N Litter Heather and some of her puppies
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L litter at the VJP 2017
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Lou vom Slaney-Vale 1 year old VJP 78 Points
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Larry vom Slaney-Vale
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Leonard June 2017
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Nora vom Slaney-Vale
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Lucy 2017
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Nora June 29 Water love
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Nora at 4 months old
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Nora pointing Quail at 4 months old
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Lena vom Slaney-Vale Aug 2017
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Nora at 5.5 months old
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Lena Oct 2017
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Heather Pointing Woodcock Oct 22 2017
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Heather delivering Woodcock to Kendal Oct 2017
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Nora at 10 months old
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Nora at 10 months old
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Odile vom Slaney-Vale
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Nora Breed Show 11/11
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013 Heather's full brother Kris
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Penny vom Slaney-Vale
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VC Lena and Joe
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Nora
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