Kody, BOSS Am. GCH; HR; U-CH., U-MBVIS; IABCA WBCH Star Crowned Kodiak Island CD BN RE SHU JH FDC CCA CGC FTN TKI WCX VC RATI
CH Dauninge Full Sail Tioga CD RA CGC TDI x Star Crowned Northern Light
Accomplished English-Style Golden Retriever.
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. Finished his AKC Grand Championship in Kalamazoo, Michigan in May 2025. He is now working towards his AKC Master Hunter Upland and UKC Upland Hunter titles.
Kody’s pedigree: https://k9-data.org/dog/detail/861628
Verifiable Clearances can be found here: https://ofa.org/advanced-search/?appnum=2047286.
For more information and pictures, see his stud dog page here: https://marschergoldens.com/stud-dog-kody/
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 AKC Master Hunter Upland, now that he finished his AKC Grand Championship. He earned his Hunting Retriever (Seasoned) title in early 2025. So proud of him. He loves the guns. Kody also has one RAE leg.
(Above): BOSS Am. GCH HR U-CH U-MBVIS IABCA WBCH Star Crowned Kodiak Island CD BN RE SHU JH FDC CCA CGC FTN TKI WCX VC, Grand Champion Collection showing retrieving and show pictures celebrating his Grand Championship Title
(Above): BOSS AmGCH HR U-CH U-MBVIS IABCA WBCH Star Crowned Kodiak Island CD BN RE SHU JH FDC CCA CGC TKI WCX VC, Golden Retriever Grand Champion “Kody” Palm Beach Shows- Movement Videos with Handler Jessica Herzon, March 2025 at age 7.5 years old. Starts off with him going Best of Breed under Breeder Judge Gloria Kerr
Kody is available at STUD. A listing of his titled offspring and some pictures are available on the Kody Stud dog tab, https://marschergoldens.com/stud-dog-kody/
Canine Chronicle Article on Form Follows Function Hashtag
Kody was Featured in the Form Follows Function Article on Canine Chronicle in April 2025! I submitted some pictures of him in response to the hashtag request, and they published him! He definitely fits the mold with his movement and love of hunting birds. You can read the article here: https://caninechronicle.com/current-articles/send-us-your-formfollowsfunction-photos-47/
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) and owner handled Group 2.
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- handled by Jessica Herzon- at the Palm Beach Cluster of Shows (2-GCH points over multiple GCH specials).
o May 2025: AKC Grand Championship: Select Dog under Judge Daniel Dowling for 1-GCH point, Select Dog under Judge Cindy Vogels for 1-GCH point to finish; Bonus Select Dog for 2-GCH Points under Judge Fred Hyer and BOBOH. Kody finished with 4 Grand Champion Majors.
o November 2025: UKC Best Veteran in Show, North American Briard Club Shows in Ft. Myer, FL.
Three Photos below: First ever AKC points for either of us! May 2021 in Pinehurst, NC. WD/BOW for a 5-point Major.
April 2025 Photos from Lousiana Show- OHG3 and OHG4
UKC Best Veteran in Show x 3, 2024 (2 x) and 2025 (1 x)
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 from Kody’s Senior Hunter Upland Title Weekend in TALL cover in East Bend, North Carolina in 2022.
The next two photos are of Kody at the GRCA National 2021
Working Videos:
Favorites from Photographer Michael Schellenbach:
Favorites from Photographer Liz Atterbury
Favorites from Bonnie Scherer
PERFORMANCE HONORS AND PICTURES
o 2018: AKC Rally Novice (RN), Hampton, Virginia
o 2019: AKC Beginner Novice (BN), Tarheel Club Event
o 2019: AKC Companion Dog (CD) in Virginia
o 2021: AKC Rally Advanced (RA) in Florida
o 2022: AKC Rally Excellent (RE) in Florida; also has one Rally Advanced Excellent (RAE) leg.
o 2022- 2024: Rat Instinct Title, Farm Dog Certification, and Trick Dog Intermediate titles.
Photo Credit for the below pictures is Pix ‘n Pages, 2021 National Specialty. Kody earned ribbons in Rally Advanced and Rally Excellent.
OTHER
Jordyn Vanscoy 
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