Kody - Marscher Goldens

Kody, Am. CH; HR; U-CH.; IABCA WBCH Star Crowned Kodiak Island CD BN RE SHU JH FDC CCA CGC FTN TKI WCX VC RATI

Accomplished English-Style Golden Retriever.

Photo Credit: Teddy Lei, St Louis Specialty 2025

English-Style Golden Retriever. Senior Hunter Upland Titled and also has his Junior Hunter, Working Certificate Excellent, HRC Hunting Retriever Seasoned, CD, and RE titles. Very close to AKC Grand Champion.

Kody’s pedigree can be found here: http://k9data.com/pedigree.asp?ID=861628

We brought back Kody from California in the fall of 2017 from Karen W. Webb of Star Crowned Golden Retrievers. Kody is the grand nephew of my Colonel, who lived to be over 14 years old. Colonel came to us from Marcia Schlehr. Kody is my first ever show dog, first ever field dog, first ever hunting dog- the list goes on. He is a character. His breeder called him Mr. Personality when I picked him up in California. Kody is currently working on his Senior Hunter Retriever, Master Hunter Upland, and AKC Grand Championship. He earned his Hunting Retriever (Seasoned) title in early 2025. So proud of him. He loves the guns. He has 23 points towards his AKC Grand Championship. Kody also has one RAE leg.

Kody is available at stud. Pictures of his offspring and titled offspring are available on the Kody Stud dog tab, https://marschergoldens.com/stud-dog-kody/

CONFORMATION HONORS AND PICTURES

Achievements in Conformation:

o 2019: UKC Championship, Virginia

o 2020: IABCA International Championship (IntCH), went BOB 3/4 times over 10+ Goldens in Brooksville, Florida

o December 2020: Judges Award of Merit (JAM) from the Hunting Retriever Class, MFGRC Specialty Orlando, Florida, under Judge Helen Dorrance

o 2021: IABCA Honors Championship, Pensacola, Florida

o December 2021: AKC Championship: 5-pt Specialty Major- W/D and Best of Winners- under Judge Michael Faulkner, Tarheel Supported, May 2021; 3-pt Specialty Major- W/D under Judge Helen Dorrance, Northern Flyway Retriever Specialty, July 2021; 5-pt Specialy Major- W/D and Best of Winners- under Judge Michael Faulkner, Oklahoma Golden Retriever Specialty November 2021; 5-pt Major- W/D- Handled by Chatham Napoli- under Judge Douglas Johnson- Royal Canin Week, Orlando, Florida, December 2021

o June 2023: IABCA World Beauty Championship (WBCH), under multiple Breeder Judges as well as All-Breed Judges, went Best of Breed during the All-Breed shows on the weekend shows there.

o July 2022: Select Dog at Palm Beach Shows under both Judge Christine Calcinari (2-GCH points) and Judge Gloria Kerr (2-GCH points, over other specials)

o January 2023: Best of Opposite Sex– handled by Kasey Black- under Judge Donald Sturz, Potamic Valley Golden Retriever Supported Specialty, Richmond, Virginia (5-GCH points over multiple specials)

o January 2024: Best of Breed under Judge Michael Faulkner at the Tallahassee, FL shows, (5-GCH points over multiple specials)

o March 2024: Select Dog at Palm Beach Shows under Judge Nancy Talbott, (3-GCH points over multiple specials)

o July 2024: Select Dog at the Palm Beach Shows under Judge James Frederiksen (0-GCH points)

o November 2024: UKC Best Veteran in Show (BVIS) x 2, North American Briard Club Shows in Ft Myer, FL.

o January 2025: Select Dog under Judge Michael Faulkner at the Jackson, Mississipp shows (4-GCH points over multiple specials).

o March 2025: Best of Breed under Judge Gloria Kerr at the Palm Beach Cluster of Shows (2-GCH points over multiple GCH specials).

First Ever AKC Best of Breed and first ever Owner-Handled Group Placement (Group 2), February 2024

JAM from the Hunting Retriever Class at Mid Florida Specialty, December 2020

U-BVIS x 2 Thanksgiving Weekend 2024, North American Briard Club in Fort Myer

Three Photos below: First ever AKC points for either of us! May 2021 in Pinehurst, NC. WD/BOW for a 5-point Major.

Young Kody (First below, Left, is a picture of his class Win photo at just shy of 12 months and the others are from his UKC Show to finish his Championship at 20 months. Photo credit for the UKC Photos is Richard Hunter.

FIELD WORK HONORS AND PICTURES

This is what Kody loves to do best! Primarily a Hunting Dog!

Kody earned his HRC Hunting Retriever Title (Seasoned) in early 2025, his Started Hunting Retriever (SHR) Title in 2019, his Junior Hunter (JH) in 2020, his Working Certificate Excellent (WCX) in 2021, and his AKC Senior Hunter Upland (SHU) in 2022. He has received callbacks to water for five Senior Retriever Hunt Tests to date.

Photo Credit, Liz Atterbury. Treasure Coast RC, Fall Hunt Test, Okeechobee, FL 2-3 Dec 2023

Star Crowned Kodiak Island; Elizabeth Scherer, owner/handler. South Florida HRC, Fall Hunt Test, Indiantown, FL 16-17 Oct 2021

The next two photos are of Kody at the GRCA National 2021

This is a video of the land series of our first Senior Hunter Upland pass together in Georgia in October 2022. We earned his title in November 2022. He earned his first two legs under a pro. AKC Spaniel Hunt Test. Senior Land Series. Golden Retriever. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pFZGjplRmQ

The photo below is from our AKC Senior Hunter Upland title weekend in the TALL cover in North Carolina. Photo Credit: Kevin Johnson: