World Squirrel Dog Championship

Flora, Illinois - The wood lots of Clay County, Illinois are a lot quieter today. For three days running, the woods in and around Flora have been ringing and the tree tops swinging as the squirrels and squirrel dogs of the 2002 PKC World Squirrel Dog Championship and accompanying PKC Squirrel Dog Championship have been doing their thing. The total entry of 47 of the nation’s top squirrel-getters have now been loaded and hauled home after a very successful series of events at Flora. According to PKC’s Squirrel Division Director Rick Stretch, this year’s event saw more entrants than in the past two years proving that the PKC squirrel program may be on the right track for a bright future.

Here are the PKC Super Stakes winners:

Lightweight Division
1st – Red Girl
Ranny Troutman of Kentucky

Middleweight Division
1st – Gator
Bob Niedbala of Ohio

Heavyweight Division
1st – Princess
Robert Phillips of Ohio

Here are the winners of the 2002 PKC World Squirrel Dog Championship:

Heavyweight Semifinalists

Cast 1
Red
Gary Welch of Ohio, owner/handler

World CH Tom
Robbie Williams of Georgia, owner
Handler – Jeff Stallard of Ohio, handler

Candy
Tom Sturgeon of Oklahoma, owner
Josh Slape of Oklahoma, handler

Cast 2
Buck
Mohoney or Proulx of North Carolina, owners
Matt Mahoney of North Carolina, handler

Burley
Galloway or Sauer of South Carolina, owners
Ranny Troutman of Kentucky, handler

Cast 3
Nat
Wilson or Broadway of Mississippi, owners
Gary Wilson of Mississippi, handler

Brownie
Art Lee of New York, owner/handler

Middleweight Semifinalists

Cast 4
Nat. CH Bud
Neidbala or Twining of Ohio, owners
Chip Blum of Ohio, handler

Fannie
Doyle Saerman of Ohio, owner/handler

Cast 5
Maggie
Smith or Morgan or White of South Carolina, owners
Lenny Morgan of Ohio, handler

Misty
Faine Miller of Mississippi, owners
Bud Stretch of Illinois, handler

World CH Dusty
Rick Twining of Ohio, owner/handler

Lightweight Semifinalists

Cast 6
Tigger
Roy Cook of Georgia, owner/handler

Maggie
Lesia Broadway of Mississippi, owner/handler

Yellow
Virgil Price of Ohio, owner/handler

Cast 7
Stud
Tom Morgan of Ohio, owner/handler

Tassie
Johnson or Johnson of Oklahoma, owners
Earl Abrams of Oklahoma, handler

Gal
Roy Cook of Georgia, owners
Fred Sauer of Kentucky, handler

PKC World Squirrel Dog Finals

Heavyweight
World Champion – Tom
2nd Place – Nat
3rd Place – Buck

Middleweight
World Champion – Maggie
2nd Place – Fannie

Lightweight
World Champion – Stud
2nd Place – Maggie

It has been rumored that Rick Stretch is in Kentucky attempting to latch on to a trophy Kentucky buck. Hopefully he’ll return in time to post a full report on the hunt in the December issue of PROHOUND as well as the other tree dog publications.

Congratulations to all the winners at the PKC Squirrel Dog Super Stakes Championship and the PKC Squirrel Dog World Championship.

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