Kistryl Flat-Coated Retrievers

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May 2012 Knotty gets 3 JH legs - 1 more to go!
May 2012 Otter gets 2 JH legs - 2 more to go!
May 2012 Lula finishes her JH title
Apr 2012 Glory gets her TD
Apr 2012 Teeka gets her RN
Apr 2012 Hasbro gets WD and BOB in MI for another 1 + 2 points
Apr 2012 Hasbro gets WD at the Midwest supported entry for a 3 point major!
Apr 2012 Teeka gets 2 RN legs!
Apr 2012 Lula gets leg #2 and #3 JH
Apr 2012 Otter gets WB on Sat and Sun goes BOB beating 3 specials for a 4 point major. She now has a total of 6 points.
Mar 2012 Hasbro finishes his SH!!
Mar 2012 Ona has 4 F and 4 M. Everyone doing well!
Mar 2012 Glory finishes her Grand CH in style in KY!
Jan 2012 Addie finishes her CH with a 4 point major by going BOW!
Jan 2012 Addie gets her 2nd major in Indy. She now has 11 points. 4 more points to go!
Jan 2012 Lula gets her first JH leg
Jan 2012 Ona in season - will be doing frozen semen implant with Trollet
Jan 2012 Lula(Torsten x Dolly) wins another 3 point majors. She now has 7 points with both her majors
Jan 2012 Addie gets a major, 3 pts in Minnesota. Lula finishes her RN title and gets an RA leg
Dec 2011 Godspeed Win, we love you and miss you!
Nov/Dec 2011 Addie wins WB at the last 6 dog shows and has 5 points
November 2011 Lula gets her BN obedience title
October 2011 Win gets his TDX and Ona gets her TD
October 2011 Ona gets her Can RN and two legs on her Can RA
September 2011 Bella finishes her JH title.
September 2011 Hasbro gets 2 more SH legs at 12 months old and Leggo finishes his JH title.

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My name is Cheryl Kistner and I am a Flat-Coated Retriever aficionado from the United States. I have been an owner of Flat-Coated Retrievers since 1985 and got my start on the working side of the breed. I have owned quite a few of the breed – at least 10 dogs since 1985. I have shown dogs since 1982, as I started with a Golden Retriever in obedience. I have titled my dogs in conformation, field, agility, tracking and obedience. Four of my dogs are in the US Flat-Coat Society Hall of Fame. I used to train and show my dogs mostly myself but now need some help but I am committed to maintaining the Flat-Coat as a show and working dog.

My introduction to the breed was a wonderful little Flat-Coat named Am and Can CH U-UD Grousemoor Periwinkle Am UDTX WCX SH Can UDT WCX. She was everything you could hope for in a Flat-Coat – pretty, companionable, healthy and a good worker. She died at one month shy of 12 years old.

I was the Treasurer for the Flat-Coated Retriever Society of America for 4 years and was a member of the Health Committee. I am currently Treasurer for the Flat-Coated Retriever Foundation and have been since its’ inception. The Flat-coated Retriever Foundation is a funding committee for health & rescue projects exclusive to the Flat-coated Retriever.

I co-bred my first litter in 1999 with the help and advice of a respected and established breeder, Helen Szostak of Grousemoor Retrievers. Kistryl Retrievers was born with my second litter in 2001. I co-bred my third litter in Dec 2005 with Marilyn Wilcox. Marilyn has been in the breed since 1997 and is very concerned about working ability too. Prior to Flat-Coats, Marilyn had Golden Retrievers and German Short-haired Pointers. Marilyn is a member of FCRSA and served on the health committee. She was previously vice-president and membership secretary for the Flat-coated Retriever Club of Illinois. We were both founding members of FCRCI.

We live on 4 acres in a Chicago suburb and enjoy living with several flat-coats, training them and occasionally breeding a litter.