Entry Questionnaire
Owner Name: Julie Kobach
Dog Full Name: Heartbeat’s Heaven Scent Tommy Girl
When did you begin competing in Field Trials?
2016
What made you decide to compete in Field Trials?
My husband did, and he passed away (at field trial), so I had his two dogs, Peanut & Peaches. Under the love & guidance of his two wonderful friends and dog pros, Bruce & Wayne Curtis, they helped me to learn this sport and manage my way through a tragic time of my life. Since then, both girls are FC & AFC titled and qualified for several National Championships. My Derby dog, Tommy Girl, out of my Heartbeat’s Georgia Peanut x Tom Strickland’s FC-AFC Beaver Runs Zig Zag Zeke. Tommy’s name commemorates both my Tommy & Zeke’s Tommy.
Who are your training partners at home?
Tommy Girl was blessed to have her young dog training with Bruce Curtis at Curtis Kennels. When she finished Bruce’s program, she moved to John Lynch and Fox Hollow Retrievers. The entire Curtis Kennel/Fox Hollow team have been my partners. In addition, the Strickland/Windham family of Beaver Run, Leesburg, GA have been instrumental in my learnings and became my new Southern family. Besides the Curtis’s, they have given me immeasurable love and support through my journey forward in life and dogs.
What is the origin of your dog’s name?
Heartbeat’s Heaven Scent Tommy Girl is out of my FC-AFC Heartbeat’s Georgia Peanut and sired by Tom Strickland’s FC-AFC Beaver Runs Zig Zag Zeke. Her name commercial both of their/our Tommys.
Tell us an interesting story or fact about your dog.
HaHa—Tommy Girl is crazy & small like my Nut but a mini good-looking version of her daddy, Zeke.
You and your dog have made it through nine series of the National Derby Championship. You are about to come to the line for the 10th series with a chance to win the 2023 National Derby Champion. What song and artist would you want to hear playing as the two of you come to the line?
“Shut Up and Dance with Me” by Walk the Moon (my song for my Tommy)
Tommy and Julie came to the line at 8:45 am
Down the hill and into the pond, made a nice angle across the water – up and under the arc, hunted in front of the guns to the trees and then over to the cover and she got her bird.
