Ken, thank you for the heartfelt explanation of events concerning Hippie Girl. I would like the rest of the community to know some more of the story from what I have learned. While Ken did not mentioned it to make an excuse, I learned from others that he had to go to the hospital right after the trial for a surgery; and as Hippie Girl’s owner I completely understand given the stress of that ordeal given the pre and post operation necessities.

What is disappointing to me is that Rich Hollister should be given the recognition for the accomplishments of his breeding, training and trialing of Hippie Girl. I remain shocked that there was no accommodation for anything other than that the results came in past the due date. The Coverdog community is a small group of like minded people with common goals and I don’t understand, recognizing the timeline, why a call to Ken requesting the data couldn’t have been made out of courtesy knowing the trial had been conducted and the results even having been reported on this very website.

Ken, I have no ill will whatsoever in this unfortunate circumstance. I would like this conversation to at a minimum recognize Dun Roven Hippie Girl as the terrific prospect that she is and Rich Hollister / DunRoven Kennels as champions in my book. Chal Curtis