Timex

I got Timex from Bobby and Faye Goodnight at the 1989 National Open. They had named him Timex and he was 7 weeks old. He was very active and into everything but he loved to retrieve. He was raised in my home where he terrorized the cat and got into my fishing tackle.

I had never been around a puppy that could mark as well as he could at such a young age or run as fast as he could. You could not tire him out. He would run straight to the bumper time and time again. He had a great water entry and loved working in the water as well as on land. Dan Denicus and I began his basics at 7 months of age. We trained him through his basics and he was handling well when he reached 12 months of age.

At that time I sold him jointly to my clients Bill Bowen and Mike Park. I started running him in Derby's and placing him nearly every weekend of his Derby career. He finished his Derby career in 1991 with 96 points. Timex still holds the record as the all time High-Point male Derby dog.

Timex won his first Open while he was 2 and became a Field Champion at the 1992 Ouachita Trial while he was still two years old. He qualified for the 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, and 1996 National Open and won the 1995 National Open.

In 1995, at the Albuquerque Trial, his co-owner Bill Bowen handled Timex and made him an Amateur Field Champion.

Timex had to retire at the early age of eight due to an injury. At the time he had accumulated 71.5 Open All-Age Points and 30.5 Amateur All-Age Points.

I believe the qualities that made Timex such a great dog were his enthusiasm for training, his natural marking ability, and his intelligence. All these qualities were recognizable at a young age. He still holds a special place in my heart.

Danny Farmer
Vinwood Kennels