I first saw Punch at the JRTCA Nationals when she was just under a year old. She was there with her owners and littermate, Brandywine Chagrin (aka “Sally”). Punch was not the most striking of the two sisters, but was described as the one who showed the most promise in the working department. Nevertheless, I loved her, and inquired if she was available. I asked again the following year and yet again. The third time must be the charm, as finally a phone call came: Would I still be interested? By then she had, indeed, fulfilled that working potential by earning her Bronze Medallion for Special Merit in the Field, which is the highest honor that the Jack Russell Terrier Club of America bestows on working terriers. Incidentally, the “pretty sister”, Chagrin, has also earned the Bronze). Beauty is more than skin deep.

I said “Absolutely!” and Punch came to live at Prairie Creek.

Punch is among the best working terriers I have had the pleasure to observe. As a producer, she has, so far, out-produced herself. Her stand-out son, Prairie Creek Recon (by Firestorm Blast) won his class at the 2009 JRTCA Nationals, joined his sire in the Nationals Stud Dog and Get class and earned the title of Reserve Dog Puppy. He was started in the field late in his first summer and showed early promise by locating, working and bolting a groundhog prior to his first birthday. He located, worked and was dug to on an opossum, also prior to turning a year of age. He earned his first NHC shortly thereafter.

At home, Punch is easy to live with, a quality that we highly value and strive to maintain, along with working ability and good genetic health.
 

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Skytop Squire

Sows Ear Daisy