Windsong Curly-Coated Retrievers

17/09/2026

It's been years since we've been to a National Specialty but we're going this year.

We're going to try to polish off a few performance titles and Louie will dip a toe into the conformation ring. We don't have any curlies nearby so we haven't shown in years. Trouble will skip it this time since she is still wearing her post-season coat.

Still we hope to have fun. There's a lot of new folks we'd like to put some faces with them. And we can't wait to see old friends.

26/05/2026

The Trouble kids turned 6 this month. They've been working on their obedience, rally and scentwork training and trials. We started scent work last but they seem to like it a lot. Louie earned his CD, Trouble needs another leg. And they both have 2 of the 3 needed for their first scent work titles. Who knows what's next, maybe tracking?

05/05/2026

Louie and Trouble each attended a double/double Scent Work Trial this past weekend, AKC flavor. They had a good time and earned pretty ribbons. Saturday was Louie's day and Sunday was Trouble's.

21/04/2026

The Curlies took me to the German Shepherd Dog Club of Memphis's Obedience Trial over the weekend and they competed in 3 trials each over two days.
They didn't do too bad. We got ribbons:

13/04/2026

Thumbelina, small but fierce.

Thumbelina, a curly-coated retriever, was the first puppy through the Circle Jump!

13/04/2026

ME: "Who dug that hole?"
ALL CURLIES: "Not Me!!"
One is fibbing!!!!!

(from yesteryear)

09/04/2026

It was supposed to be a simple process. Sit in front of a giant flower bush and look pretty. But the bush was so big and someone pulled in next door, and did I say the bush was really big? Well we’re both in full attention.

02/01/2026

Happy New Year and may all your days be Curly

11/09/2025

Louie, waiting for his turn!

21/05/2025

I went to the Curly Archive to look up Louie and Trouble and couldn't believe how many of the "who's who" were in their pedigree (7 generations). I also couldn't believe I had forgotten some of them were back there.

I followed some of them when they were still with us and was able to see a lot of what I wanted as I went along. Health, strong breed type and temperament are on the top of my list.