Annie is the type of dog that your grandpa would sit around talking about. One of those “they dont make’em like that anymore” kind of dog. There might be something to that with her, after all Cascade Digger, her dad, was born 2/15/1987.

I was incredibly fortunate when I got Annie. She was the perfect dog for the perfect situation. I was in college and needed a gritty, big running, do it all dog. She was all of that. In Annies first season she pointed and retrieved over 100 public land birds. Pointing wild grouse and pheasant at 4 months old on the National Grasslands in South Dakota. Annie hunted 5 days a week with me at this time. I was in college in South Dakota and had nothing else to do so we chased roosters during the week and grouse on the weekends.

Annie comes from a long line of field trial champions and incredibly high horse power dogs. This is something you will see immediately when hunting with her. She covers ground with an extra gear and we joke that she runs angry. She is all business in the field. She is the same way when in the water. She pounds the water and is a great duck dog.

Her ability to want to work is our favorite quality about her. I will always remember when I went to force fetch her for the first time. She would cry in her kennel because she wanted to get out a retrieve the bumpers so bad. Even years later she wont let me force fetch other dogs unless she gets out as well to do some training. That kind of confidence is something that doesn’t go unnoticed. Annie is a natural duck dog. She not only will search for ducks all day but was hand signal trained by 14 months old.

She showed her duck hunting skills off this last fall retrieving a 5 man limit of birds. On multiple occasions of having to tread water for diving ducks and eventually her diving to catch them. She also has had multiple 150+ yard retrieves on open water for ducks. She is truly an asset it the blind.

What is Annie like in the house? Simply put, she’s the best. She has never gotten into anything and sleeps on the couch all day. She is silent in the house and never barks. She also thinks she is TikTok famous after having a video of her get 2.2 million views! I cannot say enough good things about this little dog.