Male Puppy Available

 🧡🧡🧡 KC, Grayhart's Boogie Shoes

Born May 26, 2023

Almost 9 weeks old

This special boy with a fabulous pedigree is available to the right show/hunting/performance home. He is very birdy, has been swimming, exposed to many sights, sounds and people, multiple car rides, crate training and raised the Avidog way.

Preacher, GCHB Greyborn's Sound as a Bell x

Disco, Grayhart's Where's the Party, CD, BN, RN, AX, AXJ, XF, V major pointed

Parents health tested, Futurity/Maturity nominated 

Please message me if interested at grayhartweimaraners@gmail.com

Been awhile since I've posted. Lot's of life changes and exciting goings on.

My agility superstar, Disco, Grayhart's Where's the Party, CD, BN, RN, AX, AXJ, XF, V, major pointed, has been so much fun to compete with and she has an amazing future ahead.

 

Happy 2019!

So much has happened over the past year and we have a lot to catch up on.

Only two weeks ago, our recent litter of champion bred, health tested parents, Justin, GCH HiBourne's Just Me and CeCe, GCH Grayhart's Almost Famous, CD, RN, CGCA, NRD, went to their forever homes. My heart and soul goes into raising every litter and my goal is to produce health puppies with stable and sound temperaments. These pups are raised the Avidog way and get as much socialization and new experiences as possible before going to their new homes.Some of these pups will grow to be show dogs, hunting dogs, performance (obedience and agility dogs) and all will and are much loved pets.

New Champion Presley!!!

  A little late in posting but excited to announce our newest Grayhart AKC Champion... Presley finished in style earning her 2nd major, owner/breeder handled by going Winner's Bitch and Best of Breed from the Bred-by-Exhibitor class, over a top special under judge Dr. Steve Keating. Presley is now CH Grayhart's Another Star, JH. Presley earned her first major, from the BBE class, going Best of Breed over 6 Specials for a 5-pt major!

Presley will be bred early 2018 to Justin, CH HiBourne's It's All About Me.

Lyric's Breyers Ice Cream commercial

Lyric, Grayhart's Causing a Commotion, CD, NA, OAJ, CGCA, starring in a Breyers Ice Cream commercial, Fall 2017. I had to train her to yawn on command which is a very challenging trick. She knocked it out of the park.

Lyric QQ with 2 - 1st places in Open Standard and Open JWW

Lyric, Grayhart's Causing a Commotion, BN, NA,NAJ, CGCA, ACT1, (Chaz x Jam) our upcoming agility star, earned her first Open Standard leg with a 1st place and her 2nd Open Jumpers with Weaves leg with a 1st place at the SIDTC agility trial in Metuchen, NJ on November 4th.

The Down the Shore litter 7 week stacks

CeCe delivered 5 beautiful pups on June 8, 2017, 3 boys and 2 girls here are the 7 week stacks. We chose the litter theme, Down the Shore as that is a proverbial New Jersey quote meaning going to the beach aka Jersey Shore. More pics to comes and all these pups have gone to their forever homes.

Exciting litter news! CeCe and Cash are expecting!

Our fabulous and talented CeCe, owned by Chris and KellyAnn Kwiatek and me, has been confirmed pregnant via ultrasound and is due around June 6, 2017. Cash is a Best in Maturity winner and was also has multiple group placements. This is a line breeding that contains some of the Top Producers in the Weimaraner breed. All health clearances have been completed with passing grades for both CeCe and Cash.

I have had the pleasure of spending  time with Cash, at both dog shows, agility trials and at his home, as well as know his mother, father and littermates, all with wonderful temperaments. Cash is friendly, sweet, has terrific drive and is biddable and smart. He competes in multiple performance venues. Cash has a gorgeous, balanced and typey build and we are hopeful that with CeCe, will produce beautiful puppies with good health and amazing temperaments.

Puppies will be whelped and raised by me following the Avidog program.

Jam at the 2016 Westminster Kennel Club Masters Agility Trial

Jam at the 3rd Annual Westminster Masters Agility Challenge

Jam, GCH Grayhart's Purple Haze, CD, JH, MX, MXJ CGCA, SD, VX, posing in front of Sensation, the Westminster Kennel Club's official logo.

Jam competed and although we did not qualify for the finals, I could not be prouder of my girl, who was the only Weimaraner entered out of 330 dogs. She was a wonderful representative for the breed, both in and out of the ring. It was such an honor to be part of this amazing event.

Jam was clean on a very challenging Masters Jumpers with Weaves course but sadly over time. The turf proved to be very slippery for her causing her to fall and made her much more cautious. Only 10 dogs in our class qualified, and only two more, Jam and another dog, had clean rounds but were over time. 



In the Master Standard course, handler error caused her to get a refusal at the tunnel, darn, we almost got one of those fancy Q ribbons. She was 10 seconds under standard course time in this run. It was a fun course with a tricky opening. Lots of good things in this run and we always celebrate the positives. 


This was our first big agility event and Jam handled it all in stride. I think that having been a show dog, she even showed here 3 years ago in breed, she is used to the crowds, noise and distractions and was not stressed like some of the other dogs. We had fun, spent time with friends, met many awesome dogs and handlers from all over the country and although we did not make the finals, we were included in the TV broadcast of the finals on Fox Sports 1, showing the special relationship between Jam and me. Watch the whole clip to see me feeding Jam treats and then her kissing me!

Jam got into the Westminster Kennel Club Masters Agility Trial!!!!

I am beyond excited that Jam and I will be competing at the prestigious Westminster Kennel Club Agility Trial on February 13, 2016! 

This trial is limited to dogs that have their Masters level titles, both MX and MXJ, and only the first 330 dog's entries were accepted.  As far as I know, Jam is the only Weimaraner that will be competing there.

Jam competed in the Westminster Kennel Club Show in 2013 and strutted her stuff in the conformation ring.

Jam is GCH Grayhart's Purple Haze, CD, JH, MX, MXJ, CGCA, SD, VX, Pet Partners Therapy Dog.

Flashback Black Friday 2009: Trixie for Banana Republic

In honor of Black Friday, here is Trixie's Black Friday ad for Banana Republic in 2009. Her image was on the Banana Republic website and in all their stores, from giant posters to POS displays, for just one day, that big shopping day after Thanksgiving, promoting cashmere sweaters. Probably my favorite pic of my girl and taken by noted photographer Richard Phibbs. Trixie is CH GraytSky's I'm Not Really A Waitress, CD,RN,AX,OAJ, V, BROM.

Jam at the Keystone ESS Agility Trial

Jam, GCH Grayhart's Purple Haze, CD, JH,MZ,MXJ,CGCA,SD,VX, competing at the Keystone English Springer Spaniel Agility trial in Master Standard. These awesome photos are by Rich Knecht.

Jam stars in Lane Crawford department store Christmas video

Jam, GCH Grayhart's Purple Haze, CD,JH,MX,MXJ,CGCA,SD,VX, starring in international department store, Lane Crawford's Christmas video appearing on their website.

Jam new MXJ Title!

Jam earns her 10th MXJ leg at the American Chesapeake Club agility trial at Paws N Effect in Hamden, CT, to finish her MXJ, Master Jumpers with Weaves title!!!!

She is now Jam, GCH Grayhart's Purple Haze, CD, JH, MX, MXJ, CGCA, SD, VX!!!

New MX title for Jam!!!!

I am so proud to announce that Jam earned her MX, Master Standard title on November 6, 2015, at the Irish Setter Club of America Agility trial held at Gloucester County Dream Park!  It takes 10 perfect runs to earn this title.

Jam is now GCH Grayhart's Purple Haze, CD, JH, MX, AXJ, CGCA, SD, VX, Pet Partners Therapy Dog.

Jam has been rocking the agility ring!

Jam has been busy this fall competing at the Masters level in AKC agility.

We have gotten much more consistent as a team and our "Q" rate has risen tremendously.  She finished her MX, Master Standard title last weekend at Dream Park and the same weekend, earned MXJ, Master Jumpers with Weaves legs #8 and #9! It takes 10 qualifying runs to earn each Master title. She now only needs one Jumpers leg to complete her MXJ title.

She also qualified in both Master Standard and Jumpers on Sunday, giving her a Double Q! This is her first Double Q and counts towards a MACH, Master Agility Champion title, which takes 20 double Qs plus 750 points, which are seconds under the standard course time. 

New CGCA titles for Jam, Savi and CeCe! Plus other big show news

Me with Savi and Jam who were melting from the heat.

It's been awhile since we've updated the blog and have so much news to share but that will come in time.  Last weekend, the Grayhart crew was in Bridgewater, NJ for a 4-day show circuit.  Sunday was the prestigious Westchester Kennel Club show with all-breed judging and announcing by the famous David Frei. One of the wonderful things they offered was free CGC (Canine Good Citizen) and CGCA (Canine Good Citizen Advanced) testing.  

We were so proud of our three Grayhart girls, my girls, Jam, Savi and her daughter CeCe (owned by KellyAnn and Chris Kwiatek and co-owned by me), who passed this real-life AKC Community Canine test with flying colors! The test was conducted under the busy show tent with lots of dogs, people and distractions and the dogs have to work without treats or toys.  Now we can add the CGCA title after their names!  We did have a group photo taken and cannot wait to see how that turns out.  

KellyAnn and the beautiful CeCe

Jam is GCH Grayhart's Purple Haze, CD, JH, AX, AXJ, SD, VX, CGCA

Savi is CH Grayhart's Shear Genius, CD, SH, OA, OAJ, NSD, NRD, VX, CGCA

CeCe is CH Grayhart's Almost Famous, BN, RN, RL-1, CGCA

From the AKC website, here is information about the CGCA test:

To earn the CGCA title, the dog must:

1. be registered or listed with AKC (AKC number, PAL, or AKC Canine Partners number) and,
2. already have a Canine Good Citizen award/title on record.

Dogs must pass all 10 items of the test to receive the CGCA title.

1. Dog stands, sits or lies down and waits under control while the owner:
   • sits at the registration table and fills out paperwork, or,
   • if the test is done in the community, dog waits while the owner sits and has a snack or visits with another person (e.g., at a park)
2. Walks on a loose leash in a natural situation (not in a ring) -- does not pull.
   • left turn
   • right turn
   • stop
   • fast and slow pace
3. Walks on loose leash through a crowd:
   • at a show or in class, this item is tested in a real crowd, not in a ring
   • in the community, dog walks on sidewalk, through a crowd at a community fair, park, on a trail, through a busy hallway, etc.
4. Dog walks past distraction dogs present; does not pull.
   This item may be tested along with #3 if there are dogs in the crowd, etc.
   • at a show or class, dog walks by dogs waiting in the crowd--dogs 2 ft. apart
   • in the community, dog walks by other dogs on a trail, sidewalk, in a hallway, etc.
5. Sit -- stay in small group (3 other people with dogs).
   Owners and dogs are in an informal circle/square while owners have a conversation.
   Dogs are all on the owner's left side, on leash; 3 ft. apart. (At least 30 seconds)
6. Dog allows person who is carrying something (backpack, computer bag, etc.) to approach and pet it.
   "May I pet your dog?" (Item is placed on floor/ground before the person pets the dog)
7. "Leave it." Dog walks by food and follows owner instructions, "Leave it."
   This can be food placed by the evaluator on the floor or ground in a food dish with a wire cover as in Rally.
8. Down or sit stay -- distance (owner's choice).
   Dog is on 20--ft line, owner walks away with back to dog, picks up an item (e.g., backpack, training bag, clipboard, folder etc.) placed on the floor/chair/ground by the evaluator and returns to the dog.
9. Recall with distractions present (coming when called). Handler goes out 20--ft. **(off center) and calls dog.
   Dog is on the 20--ft. line from #8 above.
   
10. Dog will sit or stand stay (owner's choice) while owner enters/exits a doorway or narrow passageway. Owner calls dog through door when ready.
    Owner may also choose to:
    1. send the dog through first and have the dog wait for the owner, or
    2. the owner may choose to have the dog go through the doorway at the owner's side.
    Whichever method is used, the dog must not pull the owner and must be under good control. Think of the handler having the leash in one hand and a cup of coffee in the other.
    Doorway or gate can be real or simulated with ring gates, two chairs, or a natural passageway (e.g., entrance to trail) in the community.

Savi in the New Nationally Airing Chase Banking Commercial!!!!

Savi was one of eight dogs hired to co-star with master trainer, Joel Silverman, in a commercial for Chase Banking.  We worked with Joel years ago when he hired Trixie to star in an IAMS commercial and he loved our Weimaraners. Owned, trained and bred by me, Savi, CH Grayhart's Shear Genius, CD,SH,OA,OAJ,NSD,NRD,VX, has star power!

A behind the scenes video was created as we were filming the main commercial and shows more of Savi doing her thing.

Jam earns her 5th MX leg with a 4th place!

After a long time without qualifying in agility, I was thrilled to have Jam not only qualify but do it with a placement on a very challenging course.  In a large 24" class at the Schooley's Mountain Kennel Club Agility trial, only four dogs qualified in Master Standsard and Jam was one of them. She ran the course in 59 seconds and the Standard Course Time was 70 seconds. In general, she has been running well however, her handler has been a member of the one-little-thing club.  We've been working hard on perfecting our runs and it is finally paying off.  Jam is run with speed and enthusiasm and we are having a ton of fun - Q or no Q!

To earn the AKC Master Standard or MX title, a dog needs to have 10 qualifying runs.  At the master level, a run must be perfect to qualify so no refusals, wrong courses or time faults are allowed. Jam is halfway to her MX title.