Pawleys Island Gun Dogs

17/08/2024

When you are just a lil ‘pinioni girl living through Friday night grooming 🤣.

02/08/2024

Sleepover Spinoni party. 🍑 ❤️

31/07/2024

Embrace endless possibilities. Once limited by color blindness, my journey into the Spinoni world began with the narrow desire for a brown roan Spinoni, but I've since discovered a kaleidoscope of hues and beauty.

25/07/2024

Amy Lawrence Livingston and Pawleys Island Gun Dogs Won’t U Pardon Me CGC, Waylon, went barking mad in Greenville, SC! 🐾🏆 Waylon's solo dog show debut was a doggone success, strutting their stuff like pros and fetching BOB and OHBOB titles! 🐕💪 Can't wait to see what these cool canines do next! Amy Lawrence Livingston Pawleys Island Gun Dogs

Team “we will watch from home”, Jennifer Caban and Jill Krebs, are bringing out the popcorn 🍿 and rooting on the SC home team. Cheers 🍻 to a job well done.

22/07/2024

These adorable Tugboat baby boys, yellow collar, and his awesome brother, blue collar, are searching for their forever families? How can you possibly pass up these strapping young lads? Both parents fully health tested, pedigrees and results available. PM me or Red Mountain Retrievers for more details.

14/07/2024

This is how the newly dubbed "Golden Girls" do dog shows...Mimossa's in celebration of Ryder's (our honorary Spinone) 1st Best of Breed (BOB) & Major Win! I'm so proud of you, Jennifer Caban. Congratulations!

Welcome to the fold, Mateo, "Potato Chip," another honorary Spinone. And great job on your first shows with your new family.

Congratulations, Amy Lawrence Livingston, on BOW BOS & BOS, which means another point for Waylon. Your achievements are truly admirable, and we all appreciate your dedication to the sport.

Vivian & I navigated the ring and were awarded our first WB point, BBE 6-12 mo. b*tch and she showed her lil young girl heart out in BBE groups.

Our newest Pawleys Island Gun Dogs pups making their mark in the Spinone community and looking to join their sibs in the CH ranks.

Rounding out the family celebration, Momma Gia was awarded BOB OHBOB🌸!

What a joyous and exciting moment for all of us!

01/07/2024

01/07/2024

Jill Krebs

30/06/2024

Congratulations Becca and Stella.
Pending AKC…PIGD has a new Champion

30/06/2024

Are you looking for that perfect, well bred Labrador puppy to add to your pack? Well look no further. Pawleys Island Gun Dogs SS Tugboat SH CGC TKN and Red Mountain Retrievers Princess Zena have just who you’ve been waiting for. Whether you are interested in water fowl hunting, showing, therapy work, boat buddy or just being your new best friend, these are the pups for you! Reach out for more tail wagging details. 🌞

22/06/2024

Jill Krebs William A Krebs III

22/06/2024

Saturdays are for spotless sheets and slumber. Vivian, you're the room service rockstar! 😂Spoiled pup? Not quite, you're the dreamweaver! 🌹

29/05/2024

I cannot make this up. There are water bowls everywhere. Individual buckets in their crates, 2 1/2 gallon bowls in the entry, Ruffland boxes outside, constant fresh water supply outside, but everyone seems to feel the need to drink out of this one bowl in the bathroom. Yes all the bowls are clean and refreshed several times a day, yes all outside bowls are clean and freshened several times a day. But right now, they all want water out of this one bowl in the bathroom and are made to take their turns. Lol

25/05/2024

A SILENT BREED KILLER written by cynolog and judge Mr. Hans Hilverda. An important food for thoughts for you all!

A SILENT BREED KILLER

Did you ever notice how easily judges, exhibitors and breeders get used to changes within a breed? In many cases it even goes so far that these changes are gradually lifted to the level of required characteristics. It is mostly dogs of well-known breeders / exhibitors that start a certain change (read: set a trend) within a breed.

There is for instance the somewhat bigger Miniature Schnauzer with the terrier "look "; the some what leveller, elegant looking Shih Tzu with its long neck; the Weimaraner who becomes bigger and bigger and more impressive; the "American" English Springer Spaniel, to name a few breeds.

As soon as a dog with of a slightly "deviating" –type starts winning, the ball start rolling. The dog goes to the ring of honour, the one judge bends over to his neighbour and says; "have you seen that beautiful dog?" Breeders and exhibitors notice that judges like that particular dog and start trying to breed or to buy that type of dog. At such a moment the original Breed Standard does not seem to be of importance to some exhibitors, winning in the show ring is all that matters to them.

When after some time you are sitting at the show ring looking at that breed again, it could happen that you see in a class e.g. 5 dogs of which 4 are "deviating" (deviations) from the standard next to a correct "standard" type of dog. At most shows the (correct) (complying to the) "standard" dog will be considered to be the "odd one" and the true "deviating ones" will be placed behind the boards 1 through 4. For those breeders that adhere to the Standard this is a very frustrating experience.

The temptation is of course very big. Many of the deviating dogs are often very flashy looking ones, and often show a gait, exterior and motion that looks more spectacular than the movement of the "standard" dog. One has to be very strong and come from a good breed conscience background to resist the temptations and keep on preaching the true belief and keep breeding in compliance with the standard.

Often the appearance of difference in type in a breed leads to polarization between judges and breeders alike. One of the hallmarks of this polarization is that certain characteristics of the dogs are even more exaggerated to make it stand out and be recognizable.

So one can observe that and conclude that the non-adherence to the standard of many breeders / exhibitors and judges poses a direct danger to the existence of our breed population.

Except for getting used to trends within a breed, the getting used and the acceptance of inherited faults is a problem of the same kind or even worse.

When judges repeatedly reward dogs with these faults with an "excellent" and also give them their championship tickets, breeders will not be challenged to improve the breed: they are already winning! In such cases only the die-hards and true idealists remain faithful to the breed and try to improve on it, but how many of those people do we have within one breed?

Accepting without any objection of changes that please the eye but are against the standard is an open invitation to the "silent breed killer" to do his job and carry out his devastating work within the breed.

Seen from the perspective that breeding is nothing more then passing on genetic material to the next generation, allowing this to happen means that one willfully accepts and helps spreading of genetically deviating material in an irresponsible way that will pollute the gene pool (hereditary material).

Would it not be good if breeders and judges would, at least once a month take the standard at hand of the breeds they are entrusted, and what would it be valuable to organize regular meetings with breeders and judges to discuss certain trends and "faults" that creep up in a breed. Never forget that the only guideline during judging and breeding should be the FCI-approved breed standard.

So, behave and act as true disciples and spread the gospel according to the original breed standard.

Author: Mr. Hans Hilverda

25/05/2024

The picture of innocence. The picture of naivety. The picture of perfection. The picture of an opportunist that saw an open gate and a taste of freedom. The picture of an unequivocal response to recall on one word! The picture of peace. ❤️ The picture of love. ❤️

24/05/2024

Good grief, it’s been a moment and I need to catch up…..the month of May has been good to the crew!

💙CH Pawleys Island Gun Dogs Pluff Mud CGC RI racking up points toward his GCH

🩷Pawleys Island Gun Dogs Sweet Tea CGC CGCA TKN a mere 2 points from her CH

💚Pawleys Island Gun Dogs Won’t U Pardon Me CGC TKN earned his first 2 points toward his CH

🧡Pawleys Island Gun Dogs What’s Ur Dream CGC awarded RWB

❤️Pawleys Island Gun Dogs Pretty Woman CGC TKN awarded RWB

Thank you Alice, Becca and Amy for everything you do with these beautiful dogs.

20/05/2024

Hey-uge congrats to Amy Lawrence Livingston and her boy, Waylon, Pawleys Island Gun Dogs Won’t U Pardon Me, on not only earning his first points as WD BOS but also earning his CGC and TKN titles this weekend. Gia enjoyed sharing the ring, awards and accolades with not one, but two, of her offspring.

Congratulations to all!

20/05/2024

Whirlwind weekend - friends, fun & some new titles for the girls, Gia and Vivian:

GCHB CH Bellaebravo Happy Feet CGC CGCU CGCA TKN

Pawleys Island Gun Dogs Pretty Woman CGC TKN

07/05/2024

Happy 6mo Birthday Wess x Gia babies. Pawleys Island Gun Dogs Pretty Woman Litter.

02/04/2024

Spinoni spring in SC 🌸!

20/03/2024

Nothing to see here…just two cute Spinoni pups enjoying a field trip to see their favorites, Dr. Carroll and every single employee at Southside Animal Hospital. ❤️🍊. Stress free and relaxed.

16/03/2024

First couple weekends out. Great start for Pawleys Island Gun Dogs Pretty Woman Litter BPUP! Una - Puppy Sporting Group 4th & 3rd. Waylon - Puppy BOB x 2, BOS Sanctioned Match, Vivian - Puppy Sporting Group 2nd & 1st, BOB Sanctioned Match.

Off to a great start. They are beautiful, confident and correct puppies.

14/03/2024

Vivian striking a pose, and yes, that is the start of South Carolina pollen season….aaahhhchooo! Who doesn’t love a Spinone with a dash of yellow?

12/03/2024

We are now able to share with friends and family, Inukshuk Marine 25 available. Local pick up $70 per bag. Pm for details.

12/03/2024

Working at it every day!!!

10/03/2024

Raleigh wrap-up: Dutton decided that he was gonna wait til the last day of the show cluster to bring it. BOB/OHBOB. Special thanks to my ride-or-die, pinch hitter, go to and best friend William A Krebs III for making the utter sacrifice to take Gia around for BOS. Great show, great friends, lots of firsts and many more memories to be made. Michelle Smith Wolcott Jennifer Caban Amy Lawrence Livingston. Thank you Laura Reeves and Stacey L Anderson for entrusting us with this “special” lad. 😂

10/03/2024

Amy and Waylon did a fabulous job today in Raleigh earning both Best of Breed Puppy Sporting Group and B-Match Spinone Puppy Best of Opposite. They knocked it out of the park!