CH Quiksilvr Ashbrooke Viva Las Vegas CDX BN GN SN-C CDX-C RE JH NRD NSD NAIII FCAT2 SWE SEM NW3-ELT NW3-C NW3-E NW3-I NW3-V SN MC MI ME CGCA CGCU TKA ATT FTI V – Viva is the latest addition to our family. I knew I wanted our next Weimaraner to be outside of our current lineage so I could breed her back into our line. I was just beginning to research and this beauty was available. I actually said ‘no’ at first, I was not ready. But after careful consideration, decided to bring her home. She has a lovely temperament and is super sweet. We introduced her to all different activities at a young age, including Nosework. swimming. conformation, field work, etc. She has exceeded our expectations as you can see from her resume below. You can follow Viva on Instagram at #vivalaweim
November 9, 2024
Finally! When we started our journey for Viva to earn her AKC Obedience Companion Dog Excellent (CDX) title, she came out swinging. Our first trial she did so well, scoring a 191 and taking 2nd place. Then we struggled to get those final 2 legs. This last leg wasn’t our best performance but enough to qualify and take 3rd place.
October 20, 2024
Viva earned the final 2 legs, with placements, to give her the AKC obedience Graduate Novice (GN) title.
October 3, 2024
Viva had another perfect day at the NW3 trial, earning her 3rd NW3 which gives her an NW3 Elite title!
June 15, 2024
At her third NW3 trial, Viva had 1 false alert, but that still is a qualifying leg, no teams were perfect that day. Viva earned her 2nd NW3 title along with NW3 Element titles for Interiors (NW3-I) and Vehicles (NW3-V). She took 3rd place in the Exterior search.
May 26, 2024
Viva competed in her second NACSW NW3 trial and had a perfect day! Only 3 out of 38 teams had that honor. She was 2nd overall in the trial and also earned NW3 Element titles for Containers (NW3-C) and Exteriors (NW3-E).
May 18, 2024
Viva finished her UKC Master Exterior (ME) title. For all of her qualifying runs for this title she was in first place!
May 23, 2024
Viva loves doing the Fast CATs. She earned her FCAT2 at the Union County Kennel Club event where the rosette looks like she’s team Gryffindor.
April 20, 2024
Viva earned her AKC ScentWork Exterior Master (SEM) title at the Versatile K9 Sports Club trial at Wild West City. So much fun!
April 6, 2024
Viva earned the Novice (FTN) and Intermediate (FTI) AKC Fetch titles. She’s a great retriever!
February 16, 2024.
Viva earned her Canine Good Citizen Urban (CGCU) title. Since Viva frequently visits New York City for photo shoots, we were able to complete the required tasks which include tasks such as walking on busy sidewalks, going in an elevator, and taking an Uber ride.
December 30, 2023
Viva finished the year earning her AKC Canine Community title (CGCA).
December 14, 2023
Viva earned her 3 qualifying legs in AKC Rally Excellent within 2 weeks scoring 96, 100 (1st place) and 98 (4th place). She now adds the RE title to her list of accomplishments.
November 5, 2023
Viva earned her final leg for the AKC ScentWork Buried Excellent title (SBE), taking 2nd place by finding 3 hides in 37 seconds. This also gave her the overall ScentWork Excellent title (SWE).
July 8, 2023
Viva completed her CDSP Companion Dog Excellent title (CDX-C) in her first 3 attempts, with two 1st places and a 2nd place.
April 8, 2023
After a bit of a hiatus from the field, Viva earned her AKC Junior Hunter (JH) title.
November 5, 2022
I didn’t think Viva would be able to finish this year, but she was able to run fast enough to earn enough points for her FAST CAT (FCAT) title. The rosettes are as big as the dogs!
September 17, 2022
Fresh off pupternity leave, Viva came back swinging earning her AKC ScentWork Exterior Excellent (SEE) title with a 1st place finish.
July 5, 2022
Viva became a mom for the first time, having a litter of 8 puppies.
June 4, 2022
Viva earned her UKC Nosework Superior Vehicle (SV) title, taking 2nd place. This also gave her the overall Superior Nosework (SN) title.
April 10, 2022
Viva earned her UKC Master Container title (MC), taking 2nd place in the class.
March 27, 2022
On a cold, yet muddy day, Viva earned enough points (500) for her DCAT. She’s getting faster each time we run.
March 23, 2022
We received notification that Viva has qualified to compete in the AKC Rally National Championship being held in Ohio in July.
March 19, 2022
Viva earns her AKC Companion Dog (CD), Novice Obedience title.
March 12, 2022
Viva earned her AKC ScentWork Container Excellent (SCE) taking 2nd place with only 3 dogs passing in the whole class. It was a very cold and snowy trial so we took the photo at home.
February 19, 2022
Viva completed the requirements to earn the new AKC Temperament Test (ATT) which evaluates the dog’s reaction to various stimuli. Her friend, Fiji the PWD, passed the same day.
February 11, 2022
Viva’s first title of the year was the CDSP Companion Dog (CD-C), which is the Novice Obedience title, taking 1st place! I didn’t realize we had finished the title that day so received the new title ribbon later on.
November 21, 2021
Viva’s last title of the year is the AKC ScentWork Interior Excellent (SIE) with a 4th place.
October 28, 2021
Viva showed wonderfully at the Nationals in the Versatile class and because she competed in three different sports she was a Tri-Athlete.
October 27, 2021
Viva earned her AKC Rally Intermediate (RI) with a 1st place and Rally Advanced (RA) with 4th place at the WCA Nationals.
October 26, 2021
Viva earns her AKC Beginner Novice (BN) at the supported entry at the WCA Nationals with a first place.
September 25, 2021
Viva is now an AKC Bench Champion (CH) winning Best of Breed over specials. This earns her the Versatility (V) rating with the Weimaraner Club of America.
September 19, 2021
Viva had a busy UKC Nosework trial weekend earning 3 titles Advanced Vehicles (AV), the overall Advanced Nosework (AN) and Master Interiors (MI).
September 12, 2021
Viva just LOVES Fast CAT, a 100-yard dash chasing a lure. She earned the first level title, BCAT, earning 150 points based on her speed.
June 14, 2021
Viva finished the final element in the Advanced level with the Buried title (SBA) in 4th place, which also give her the overall AKC ScentWork Advanced (SWA) title.
May 23, 2021
Viva earned her AKC ScentWork Exterior Advanced (SEA) title.
April 17, 2021
Viva earned her Superior Exterior (SE) and Interior (SI) titles in UKC Nosework with a 1st place in Exteriors.
February 12, 2021
We decided to take advantage of the AKC Virtual Rally program and Viva earned her Rally Novice (RN) title.
Viva got a perfect score on course #4. Viva Rally Novice run
December 19, 2020
Viva earned her first obedience title, CDSP Starter Novice (SN-C). She earned all 3 legs with 2nd places and decent scores (192.5, 184.5, 195.5)
December 5, 2020
Viva earned her Superior Container title (SC) in UKC Nosework with a 3rd place finish. She found 2 hides and ignored the distraction in 27 seconds. She also earned her 1st leg in Advanced Vehicles with a 1st place.
November 14, 2020
Viva passed her Nosework 2 (NW2), completing 5 searches of 4 different elements at the same trial, receiving 2 ‘pronounced’ marks from the judges.
October 24, 2020
Viva did some beautiful pointing and earned her Weimaraner Club of America Novice Shooting Dog (NSD) title.
September 19, 2020
Viva earned her UKC Advanced Exterior (AE) title, doing the search in 23.91 seconds and earning 3rd place.
March 21, 2020
What better way to spend your free time than to learn some tricks and earn some titles. Viva did 25 tricks to earn three AKC Trick Dog titles: Trick Dog Novice (TKN), Trick Dog Intermediate (TKI) and Trick Dog Advanced (TKA).
January 26, 2020
We started the year not knowing this would be the last Nosework trial for awhile since the world is on hold. Viva earned two more advanced titles: Scentwork Interior Advanced (SIA) and Scentwork Container Advanced (SCA).
December 29, 2019
The last UKC Nosework trial of the year was super busy for me as the trial secretary and running 3 dogs. Viva earned two new titles: Advanced Containers (AC) in 6.82 seconds earning her 2nd place and Advanced Interior (AI) in 14.78 seconds earning her 4th place. In the second trial she moved up to Superior Containers, earning her first Q in 6.15 seconds, taking 1st place and High In Trial. Unfortunately I had no time to take her picture.
November 23, 2019
Viva earns her first ‘major’ win (3 points) in the conformation ring under judge Paula Hartinger. She earned the major with Winners Bitch and also went Best of Winners.
November 9, 2019
Viva competed in her first NACSW Nosework trial. There she needed to successfully complete 4 elements (Containers, Vehicles, Interiors, Exteriors) at the same trial in order to earn the NW1 title. Only 15 out of 45 dogs earned the NW1 title at the trial and Via was one of them. We are so proud of our girl!
October 26, 2019
Viva finished up her AKC ScentWork Novice title (SWN) by completing her ScentWork Interior Novice (SIN) and ScentWork Exterior Novice (SEN) titles. She found the Interior hide in 8.02 seconds, taking 1st place and the Exterior hide in 14.29 seconds, taking 2nd place in the classes.
October 6, 2019
Viva earned her first field title by passing the Weimaraner Club of America (WCA) Novice Retrieving Dog (NRD) test where she had to do a retrieve on land and another in the water.
September 21, 2019
Viva completed her overall UKC Nosework Novice (NN) title by earning her Novice Vehicle (NV) title. She got 1st place and High in Trial for her first Vehicle search in 14.32 seconds.
September 14, 2019
Viva earned her first two AKC Scent Work titles: Scent Work Buried Novice (SBN) and Scent Work Container Novice (SCN). She took 3rd place in the Buried Novice class finding the hide in 8.16 seconds.
July 14, 2019
Viva earned her Canine Good Citizen (CGC) title. Maybe she’ll follow in Sawyer’s footsteps and one day be a pet therapy dog.
April 13-14, 2019
A weekend of UKC Nosework trials and Viva earned 2 new titles: Novice Exterior (NE) and Novice Interiors (NI). She finished the weekend on Sunday with 3rd places in both Novice Interiors and Advanced Interiors.
December 30, 2018
Day 2 of the UKC Nosework trial and Viva had two successful Novice Container runs earning her first official title, NC with a 4th place and a 3rd place finish.
Video: 2018 12 30_Viva NC title
December 29, 2018
Viva competed in her very first Nosework trial. She passed two required Pre-Trials (Novice & Advanced) and got her first leg in Novice Interiors.
September 23, 2018
Viva earned a Prize III in her NAVHDA Natural Ability test (NA III) even with the rainy weather.
August 15, 2018
Viva was in her first official AKC conformation show and won Winners Bitch for her first point. 1 down, 14 more points to go!