CH Blackhawk Grimm's Fairy Tales BN, RI, CGCA, CCGU, TKN, RATO, CAA
"Retired"
In 2011 we added Grimm, Blackhawk Grimm’s Fairy Tales to our family of one SS (Atropa), and a cat (LB), . Charisma Kennels had retired from breeding but had mentored Blackhawk Kennels. Blackhawk Kennel had Charisma stock, the same lines we had in our Atropa. Grimm was our first show dog. We hadn’t wanted to actually show a dog, how many times have I heard that sentence throughout the years after saying it myself? Haha. We were looking for similar tempered SS to be a well mannered addition to our family. The world of show dogs was completely foreign to us so we sent Grimm to a handler in California near the Blackhawk Kennels where he quickly finished his championship alongside his brother. When Grimm came back to us in upstate NY, we put him in obedience classes just as we had Atropa. He did very well. Within a year, we moved to Savannah, GA and picked back up with obedience and rally with a new instructor who encouraged us to compete in both. Grimm's natural ability had him collecting ribbons in no time at all. As we found more dog events, we let Grimm try them out, events like: barn hunt, lure coursing, tracking, herding, scent work and tricks. Grimm was able to naturally do well in everything he was asked to do although his favorites these days are barn hunt and scent work.