German Shorthair Pointers
About Vida Sharp Shooters StumpTown Vidalia (Vida) This biddable dog is full of personality and energy and has grown up hunting wild chukars in the canyons of Oregon. She absolutely tears up the water and is tough as nails but a fun and easy-training gentle dog (unless you're a squirrel). VIDA lives in Portland, Oregon with our two girls, an older shorthair (also a Prize I Utility dog), a cat, a python, a fish, and six walking stick bugs. Here's VIDA and Ruby when both were learning to be housebroken. Success...eventually.
VIDA is a sweet housedog and a smart, stylish, cooperative bird dog with high desire, strong prey drive, and excellent conformation. Like most Sharp Shooters dogs, VIDA was pointing, retrieving, backing, and swimming at an early age. She's been owner-trained through Utility in the NAVHDA testing system. VIDA received a maximum score in the NAVHDA Natural Ability Test, and earned a Prize 1 in the Utility Test in 2009.
Video: Vida's first run through the birdfield in 8 months (August 2010)
NAVHDA UT Pz1 (192), NA Pz1 (112)
Whelped: 2/26/05 Height: 24" Weight: 48# Eyes/Teeth: Normal
Coat: Dense/Medium Harsh
OFA Good
VIDA's Pedigree 
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The finished product. Staunch on Oregon chukars at 2 years old. |
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Rewind 18 months -- a stylish point at about five months old. |
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Retrieving a wild chukar to hand. |
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Here's where it started: happily retrieving bumpers at about 12 weeks old. |
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The obligatory tailgate photo -- Montana Sharptails 2008.
