Flat-Coated Retrievers and Friends
Our flat-coated retrievers

Welcome to our little web site to do our own “brags and wags” for our flat-coated retrievers. What's a flat-coated retriever? Well, it's not a fluffy Labrador retriever, it's not a black golden retriever, and it's not a black Irish setter. A flat-coated retriever is a hunting/gun dog that is especially good at retrieving waterfowl. That, and it's a fun-loving, tail-wagging, family dog. Flat-coats are also known as “tongues with dogs attached”, and all of ours definitely fit the bill. The formal definition of a flat-coat (in the US) is given in the AKC Breed Standard.
- 2025-02-16: Rüdi passes his open draft test at the BMD test for his first Master Draft leg
- 2025-02-16: Echo earns his Novice Draft Dog title at the BMD Club test
- 2025-02-15: Rüdi earns his Novice Draft Dog title at the Bernese Mountain Dog (BMD) Club test
- 2025-01-03/4/5: Rüdi passes his first three Rally Master tests
- 2024-11-16/17: Rüdi picks up his final double-Qs for his RAE title
- 2024-11-9/10: Echo passes his 3rd and 4th Senior Hunter tests; Senior Hunter title!
- 2024-10-27: Echo passes his third Utility Obedience test for his UD!
Our first “flat-coat” was “Will”, an excellent introduction to the breed who passed away in January 2020. Our second, “Trip” was a fantastic dog that loved to please people and earned a bucket-load of titles. Unfortunately, he died unexpectedly from cancer in September 2021.
Our third, “Echo”, is Trip's son. To our delight, he has lived up to his dad's extremely high standards, and has mostly surpassed them. He has done well enough in conformation, and has passed Trip in obedience and rally. With continued time and training, he is likely earn the Master Hunt title which just eluded Trip.
Our fourth is … coming soon!
Click on their names in the menu box above to find out more about them individually.
The “Previous Dogs” in the menu is about our first two dogs, both rescues (we hadn't yet found out about flat-coats). While both are long gone, they were both wonderful family members. There is also an interloper that Mike decided to add to the pack.
We are members of the Pasanita Obedience Club, the Flat-Coated Retriever Society of America, the Great Western Flat-Coated Retriever Club, the Greater Swiss Mountain Dog Club of America, and the Golden State Greater Swiss Mountain Dog Club.
(And just because it's convenient, here is the full list of AKC titles and abbreviations that are mentioned throughout this website. Also, you can look through my own sometimes irreverant definitions of dog show terms).
Pasanita Obedience Club Trial Photographs

The photos from the 2024 show are available now; prior years can still be accessed:
2024 pictures | 2023 pictures | 2022 pictures |
2021 pictures | 2020 canceled | 2019 pictures |
2018 pictures | 2017 pictures | 2016 pictures |
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