Soupy

OTCH High Times Belvedere's Duck Soup*** UDX17 OM4 MH QAA MX MXJ OD ODHF

Golden Retriever

soupy with flowers

  • Bridget's 4th AKC Obedience Trial Champion
  • Only American dog in history to place individually in Obedience at Crufts
  • Four Perfect scores of 200
  • Ranked #7 All Breed LIFETIME OTCH points with 4532 OTCH points!!
  • 2004 #1 All Breed Obedience Dog -- Accumulating 1818 OTCH points
  • 2005 #10 All Breed Obedience Dog with 565 OTCH points and also had puppies!
  • 2006 #11 All Breed Obedience Dog with 463 OTCH points
  • 2007 #2 All Breed Obedience Dog with 860 OTCH points
  • 2008 #25 All Breed Obedience Dog with 264 OTCH points
  • GRCA Outstanding Dam - based soley on her first litter of 7 puppies (2008)
  • Six of the 7 puppies in her first litter are OTCHs - breaking the AKC record
  • Started agility and went from Novice B to AX / MXJ in one year (2008)
  • Competed and placed at the AKC Obedience Invitational 3 consecutive years
  • 1st Runner-Up - 2006 Long Beach AKC Obedience Invitational (Dec. 2006)
  • 3rd Runner-Up - 2006 Tampa AKC Obedience Invitational (January 2006)
  • 1st Runner-Up - 2005 Tampa AKC Obedience Invitational (January 2005)
  • Qualified All-Age (Field) placing second (2005)


Another 200!

Bridget and Soupy received a perfect score of 200 in the Open B class at the GRCI
show June 19, 2010 under judge, Cindy Pischke. This is Soupy's fourth 200!!

Bridget and Soupy with Judge Cindy Pischke

2005 AKC Invitational soupy coming out the tunnel
soupy diving into pond soupy doing bar jump at invitational

Bridget's Video Tribute to Soupy

Slideshow of Bridget and Soupy at Crufts 2005

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Soupy and Bridget were part of the 2005 USA Team that competed at the Obedience World Cup at Crufts. This was the second year that the USA sent a team to complete in this prestigious event.

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The American dogs and handlers had to learn the British obedience exercises,

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as well as the British style of heeling.

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Heeling is a much more substantial part of the British obedience routine, compared to AKC obedience.

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In England, a steward accompanies the judge into the ring and records the scoring.

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Bridget and Soupy are the only Americans to ever be awarded an individual placement at Crufts, with a 4th place. (2005)

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The USA team also placed -- getting a team 4th. The members of the 2005 USA Obedience World Cup Team were selected from some of the top Obedience Trial Champions in the country. They were: Joanne Johnson and "Hobi", Bridget Carlsen and "Soupy", Dave Gannon and "Skater", and Kathy Rasinowich and "Wrigley".

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Placement results from the Crufts 2005 Obedience World Cup.


Video of Bridget and Soupy competing at the 2006 AKC Obedience Invitational

bridget and hootie heeling by pond