ARCHIE WAS THE THIRD IN THE LITTER TO GET HIS JH AS HE DECIDED TO DO IT IN EVERY OTHER HUNT TEST, BEING THE CLOWN THAT HE IS. HIS FAVORITE THING TO DO IS CUDDLE, RUNNING A CLOSE SECOND WITH HUNTING. HE FINISHED HIS CH. WITH LIMITED SHOWING TAKING HIS FIRST MAJOR AT THIRTEEN MONTHS GOING BOS TO TROUBLE, WHO IS HIS LITTERMATE. HIS SECOND MAJOR AND CH. WAS AT THIRTEEN MONTHS GOING WINNERS DOG IN THE SAME SHOW TROUBLE WAS BEST OF WINNERS. HE WENT ON TO PRODUCED SEVERAL JH'S AND A S.H. AND 5 CH.'S

ARCHIE'S FIRST SHOWS IN ALMOST 2 YEARS RESULTED IN B.O.S., B.O.B., & B.O.B. HE HAD SEVERAL GREAT SEASONS WITH HIS JR. HANDLER /CO-OWNER EMILY PIKUL, GOING BEST JR. HANDLER IN SHOW SEVERAL TIMES AND ALSO B.O.B.'S. 2 YEARS IN A ROW THEY WON BEST JR. HANDLER AND ALSO AN A.O.M. AT THE POINTER SPEC.

ARCHIE CAME OUT OF RETIREMENT FOR THE 2004 P.A.N.E SPEC. HE WENT SECOND IN VETERAN SWEEPS AND SECOND IN VET. DOGS 7-9 YEARS OLD. HE STILL ACTS AND MOVES LIKE HE IS A TWO YEAR OLD IN THE RING. LOOK FOR HIM IN MORE VETERAN CLASSES THIS YEAR AS WELL AS MAYBE BEST OF BREED CLASSES. TWO OF HIS GRANDCHILDREN ALSO TOOK AOM'S AT THIS YEARS SPEC. HE WENT IN THREE MORE SHOWS AFTER SPEC. AND WON B.O.B. BOTH DAYS OVER SOME VERY NICE AND MUCH YOUNGER POINTERS. HE ALSO TOOK A GROUP 4 IN VETS. ON APRIL 30TH, 2005 ARCHIE WAS SHOWN AGAIN IN VETERANS AND WON BEST VETERAN IN SPORTING GROUP. NOT TOO BAD AT 8 YEARS OLD. ALSO AT 8 Y.O ARCHIE PASSED HIS RALLY TITLE IN OB. IN JUST THREE TRIALS WITH HIS "MOM" KATHY PIKUL. THIS WAS NEW TO BOTH OF THEM. ARCHIE IS TAKING THE EASY LIFE NOW AT 10 Y.O. ARCHIE CAME OFF THE COUCH TO GO TO A SHOW AND WON BEST VETERAN IN SHOW AT 10 1/2 YEARS OLD.