2008
ABC National Specialty Show Winner
2005 & 2007 ABC National Dual Award Winner
5x American Field Champion/6x Runner-Up
Dual Champion/Amateur Field Champion
"Taryn"
Breeders: David & Annette Barton
Owner: Jessica Carlson
wh. 9/2/02
Dual registered as Tequila With A Twist (FDSB)
and Jayhawker Tequila With A Twist (AKC)
Click here to view Taryn's pedigree
Taryn was an unexpected but very lucky find. When I found out a daughter of Bonz & Katie (two dogs dear to my heart) had a litter sired by the extraordinary Dual & National Field Champion Tequila's Joker ("TJ"), I was immediately interested. I wasn't looking for another dog, but I couldn't have found better if I'd tried. Taryn is everything I didn't even know I wanted in a Brittany, and it's safe to say that in many ways, she has changed my life!
TJ's owner Ed Tillson first saw her run in January 2004, and offered to come on board as her co-owner, trainer and handler. They made an immediate bond and Taryn won her first two Derby stakes with Ed, plus another the next month to finish off her Derby career. She then came home to finish her show championship, which was easily accomplished. She has since been back in the field with Ed, and has proven herself to be a strong All Age contender in even the toughest competition. Ed made the decision to "go pro" as a field trainer in 2007 and signed off as Taryn's co-owner, but continues as her trainer, handler and friend. I get to run Taryn in the Amateur All Age stakes myself now, and together we qualified for the 2007 & 2008 National Amateur Championships. Taryn's show career post-Championship has consisted of four appearances at the ABC National Specialty Show, where she has been undefeated in her class, and gone on to further achievements in the show three of those years.
Some
highlights of Taryn's career through the past few years:
2005
3 hour wins including 4th at the 2005 ABC National Championship
1st Field Trial Bitch & Award of Merit, 2005 ABC National Specialty
2005 ABC National Dual Award Winner (following in the
footsteps of her sire NFC/DC/AFC
Tequila's Joker, 1997 National Dual Award winner)
2006
2 hour wins including winning the TX Amateur Brittany Championship
New Amateur Field Champion
Posted, 2006 National Amateur Championship
1st Field Trial Bitch, 2006 ABC National Specialty
2007
4 hour wins including winning the New Mexico Brittany Championship
to make her a new Dual Champion
4th at the 2007 ABC National Championship
1st Field Trial Bitch & Award of Merit, 2007 ABC National Specialty
2007 ABC National Dual Award Winner - first bitch to
ever win it twice!
2007 Christy's Feather Duster Award (Best Bitch) national trophy winner
2008
8 hour wins including winning the Nebraska Brittany Championship
Top Qualifier & Runner-Up at the US Open
Brittany Championship
Runner-Up at the ABC Prairie Chicken Championship (75
starters)
1st National Qualifiers Bitch & Best of Breed, 2008 ABC National
Specialty Show
The first Dual Champion female to ever win the National Specialty Show;
first Field Champion to win it since 1979
Finished #2 in points for the Purina
All Age Brittany of the Year - first female & one of only 4 Brittanys
ever to earn over 2,000 Purina Award points
Taryn had a break for several months in the spring & summer of 2007 as she was treated for actinomycosis (a potentially deadly microbial infection in the chest). This required months of heavy medication and rest, and precluded her spring 2007 litter. We tried again in 2008 and Taryn won the Nebraska Championship while 4 weeks pregnant, then had her first litter on May 17, 2008. The sire is NFC FC AFC Shambo's Dark Shadow. Click here for details & puppy pictures
After placing in 8 hour stakes in 2008 and finishing #2
in Purina Award points for the year, to put the icing on her cake, Taryn
made an amazing accomplishment at the ABC National Specialty
Show on November 30, 2008. She won the new "National Qualifiers"
class (for dogs qualified to run in the ABC National Championship stakes)
and went on to defeat all comers to earn Best of Breed!
Taryn was the first field titled dog to win the national specialty in
29 years, and the first Dual Champion bitch to EVER win it! Many thanks
to Amy Booth for handling Taryn at the end while I continued with the
young Winners Dog. We are more than thrilled at this incredible win for
Taryn, and proud to see her follow in the footsteps of her great-grandsire
Rock. Taryn has already accomplished more than
I could have ever dreamed for one of my dogs, and is constantly amazing
me by giving more still. She is having another fantastic year in 2009;
see her full win record below. Taryn is now the top hour winning
female in breed history, and closing in on the boys' best records!
 Taryn's sire NFC/DC/AFC Tequila's Joker |
 TJ at age 15 |
 9 weeks |
 10 weeks |
 14 months |
 19 months |
 12 months |
 on point - age 3 |
 Taryn with her trophies from the 2007 Nationals |
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| TARYN'S TALES | ||
| Date | Event | Win |
| Sep. 03 | Sir Francis Drake KC, San Rafael California | First show weekend - RWB & WB/BOW/Best of Breed over 3 specials |
| Sep. 03 | Northern California Brittany Club, Spenceville CA | First trial - Open Puppy Award of Merit |
| Sep. 03 | Idaho Brittany Club,Marsing ID | 3rd Open Puppy |
| Oct. 03 | Northern Nevada Brittany Club, Reno NV | 2nd Open Puppy |
| Oct. 03 | Idaho Capital City KC, Boise ID | Second show weekend - 1 RWB & 2 WB/BOS, 4 points - 10/03 |
| Nov. 03 | Sahuaro Brittany Club specialty weekend, Tucson AZ | Third show weekend - Specialty RWB, and 5 point major WB/BOW |
| Feb. 04 | Northern Oklahoma Brittany Club, Ardmore OK | 1st Open Derby (15 starters) - 2 field points |
| Feb. 04 | Texas Open Brittany Derby Classic, Ardmore OK | Winner (American Field stake; 19 starters) |
| Feb. 04 | Neosho Valley Brittany Club, Yates Center Kansas | 4th Open Derby (22 starters) |
| Mar. 04 | Indian Nations Brittany Club, Ardmore Oklahoma | 1st Open Derby (16 starters) |
| Apr. 04 | Lake Mathews Kennel Club, Chino California | First show after trial season - 3 point major |
| May 04 | Rio Hondo Kennel Club, California | Next show - New Show Champion |
| Oct. 04 | Southern Kansas Brittany Club, Eureka KS | First adult placement - 3rd, Amateur All Age (45 starters) - 1 AFC point |
| Aug. 05 | Sahuaro Brittany Club, White Mountains Arizona | 3rd, Open All Age (30 starters) |
| Aug. 05 | Greater Phoenix Brittany Club, White Mountains Arizona | 3rd, Open All Age Hour Stake (25
starters) **Qualified for the 2005 ABC National Open & Amateur Championships** |
| Oct. 05 | Neosho Valley Brittany Club, Yates Center Kansas | 4th, Region 17 Amateur All Age Hour Stake (26 starters) |
| Oct. 05 | Indian Nations Brittany Club, Ardmore Oklahoma | 2nd, Amateur All Age (29 starters) - 3 AFC points |
| Nov. 05 | Midwest Brittany Club, Eureka Kansas | 4th, Amateur All Age |
| Nov. 05 | ABC National Specialty Show, Ft Smith AR | 1st Place Field Trial Bitch & Judge's Award of Merit |
| Dec. 05 | ABC National Field Championship | 4th Place, National Field Championship
(63 starters) 2005 ABC National Dual Award **Qualified for the 2006 ABC National Open & Amateur Championships** |
| Jan. 06 | Greater Phoenix Brittany Club, Sonoita Arizona | 3rd, Amateur All Age Hour Stake (21 starters) |
| Feb. 06 | Fort Worth Brittany Club, Hubbard Texas | 2nd, Open All Age (25 starters) - 2 field points (handled by Jessica) |
| Feb. 06 | West Texas Brittany Club, Brownwood TX | 3rd, Open All Age (25 starters) |
| Mar. 06 | West Texas Brittany Club, Brownwood TX | Winner, Texas Amt. All Age Championship (22 starters) - 4 field points |
| Mar. 06 | Sooner Brittany Club, Ardmore Oklahoma | 1st, Amateur All Age (22 starters) - new Amateur Field Champion! |
| Mar. 06 | Midwest Brittany Club, Eureka Kansas | 3rd, Open Limited All Age (27 starters) |
| Nov. 06 | Bluebonnet Brittany Club, Fort Hood Texas | 1st, Amateur All Age (15 starters) |
| Nov. 06 | ABC National Amateur Field Championship | Posted |
| Nov. 06 | ABC National Specialty Show, Ft Smith AR | 1st Place Field Trial Bitch |
| Jan. 07 | Sunland Brittany Club, Engle New Mexico | Winner, New Mexico Classic (20 starters)
- new DUAL CHAMPION! **Qualified for the 2007 ABC National Open Championship** |
| Feb. 07 | Bluebonnet Brittany Club, Brownwood Texas | 4th, Open All Age Hour Stake (20 starters) |
| Sep. 07 | Ringneck Brittany Club, Bonesteel South Dakota | 3rd, Dakota Prairie OAA Championship (62 starters) |
| Nov. 07 | ABC National Specialty Show, Ft Smith AR | 1st Place Field Trial Bitch & Judge's Award of Merit |
| Dec. 07 | ABC National Field Championship | 4th Place, National Field Championship
(70 starters) 2007 ABC National Dual Award **Qualified for the 2008 ABC National Open Championship** |
| Jan. 08 | Sunland Brittany Club, Engle New Mexico | Runner-Up, New Mexico Brittany Championship (22 starters) |
| Feb. 08 | Greater St. Louis Brittany Club, Grovespring Missouri | 3rd, Open All Age Hour Stake (41 starters) |
| Feb. 08 | Northern Oklahoma Brittany Club, Ardmore OK | Runner-Up, Region 8 Amateur All Age Championship
(26 starters) **Qualified for the 2008 ABC National Amateur Championship** |
| Mar. 08 | US Open Brittany Championship, Ardmore OK | Top Qualifier & Runner-Up Champion (35 starters) |
| Apr. 08 | Nebraska Brittany Club, Raymond NE | Winner, Nebraska Brittany Championship (36 starters) |
| Sep. 08 | ABC Prairie Chicken Championship, Bassett Nebraska | Runner-Up (75 starters) |
| Sep. 08 | ABC Pheasant Championship, Bonesteel South Dakota | 3rd place (58 starters) |
| Oct. 08 | Central Arkansas Brittany Club, Grovespring Missouri | 1st place, Open All Age Hour Stake (37 starters) |
| Nov. 08 | ABC National Specialty Show, Fort Smith Arkansas | 1st place National Qualifiers Bitch
& NATIONAL SPECIALTY BEST OF BREED! |
| Jan. 09 | Sunland Brittany Club, Caballo New Mexico | 1st place Amateur All Age (13 starters) **Qualified for the 2009 ABC National Amateur Championship** |
| Jan. 09 | Sunland Brittany Club, Caballo New Mexico | Winner, New Mexico Brittany Championship
(20 starters) **Qualified for the 2009 ABC National Open Championship** |
| Feb. 09 | Northern Oklahoma Brittany Club, Ardmore OK | Winner, Region 8 Amateur All Age Championship (26 starters) |
| Feb. 09 | Lone Star Brittany Club, Ardmore OK | Winner, Texas Brittany Championship
(35 starters) Taryn's 20th hour win to date! |
| Feb. 09 | Bluebonnet Brittany Club, Brownwood TX | 4th, Open All Age Hour Stake (25 starters) |
| Feb. 09 | West Texas Brittany Club, Brownwood TX | Runner-Up, Texas Amateur All Age Championship (20 starters) |
| Mar. 09 | ABC International OAA Classic, Thayer Iowa | Runner-Up, International Open All Age Championship (38 starters) |
Always more excitement in store!
Taryn winning the Texas Brittany Championship, for 3
Championship wins in a row! February 2009
Taryn winning the Region 8 Amateur All Age Championship,
February 2009
Taryn winning the New Mexico All Age Brittany Championship,
January 2009
Taryn winning 4th in the 2007 American Brittany Club National
Championship
This also made her the 2007 ABC National Dual Award Winner!
She was handled in the field by Ed Tillson and scouted by me.
Taryn winning 4th in the 2005 American Brittany Club National
Championship
This also made her the 2005 ABC National Dual Award Winner!
She was handled in the field by Ed Tillson and scouted by Jim John.
Taryn winning the 2008 Nebraska Brittany Championship, 4 weeks pregnant!
- April 2008
Taryn winning the New Mexico All Age Brittany Classic to finish her Dual
Championship, January 2007
Taryn winning the Texas Amateur All Age Championship, March 2006
Runner-Up at the ABC Prairie Chicken Classic (75 starters), September
2008
Top Qualifier & Runner-Up at the US Open Championship, March 2008
Taryn & me after winning the 2008 ABC National Specialty Show
When she's not working, Taryn is above all the VERY spoiled "Princess".
Here she is taking a siesta with Ed at summer camp.