CHELSEA (Mioak’s Chelsea MH WCX), introduced us to the “World of Goldens”.  How lucky we were to be blessed with this incredible dog.  We were looking for just a hunting dog and ended up with so much more.  Being not only our first Golden, but also the first dog we self trained to be competitive in hunt tests.  The fact that she became a Master Hunter at a relatively young age is not a tribute to our training skills but rather a testament her intelligence, drive and desire to please. ASPEN (Mioak’s Aspen Autumn Gold CDX MH WCX OD), our red bullet, came into our lives shortly after Chelsea got us interested in training for field work.  Diane, main bird thrower up until this time, decided she needed her own dog so that she could also enjoy the success we were experiencing. Aspen became our foundation bitch, as we were eager to perpetuate her excellent marking ability and great obedience skills.  She was also loved by the many people she met doing therapy work.  The successes of Aspens offspring resulted in her becoming an AKC Outstanding Dam.   GALEN (RedMark’s Galloping Galen SH) is our first home born golden puppy resulting from a breeding between our Aspen and FC/AFC Glenhaven HTRS MN Baronet MH FDHF OS.  After achieving her Senior title, Galen has put all her efforts into twice monthly nursing home visits.  Her sweet personality has made her the center of attention of many of these visits.  While exhibiting a loving personality, she remains a hard driving hunting companion with many South Dakota pheasants to her credit. STORM (RedMark’s Red Storm Rising SH WC) is also an Aspen puppy whose sire is AFC Caymans Rum Point Red OS FDHF.  Storm is a very dark red golden, much like her mother, an excellent marking dog, much like the sire, and a wonderful house dog.  Storm also accompanies us on many pheasant and duck hunting trips and has an uncanny ability to find pheasants in fields recently hunted by others.  RIVER (RedMark’s River Runs Through It SH WCX) is another Aspen puppy resulting from a breeding to Mioak's Keepin' the Faith **.  She has an inquiring expression, is very dark red, an excellent marker and runs blinds with some of the straightest lines of all our dogs.  River is Rich’s “go- to-dog” when heading to South Dakota for pheasants or North Dakota for ducks.  Although we don’t campaign her in obedience, she regularly participates in obedience classes and fun matches where she works exceptionally well. JAZZ (RedMark’s Razz-A-Ma-Jazz SH) is currently our youngest female.  In the field she is FAST, birdy, and an excellent marker; she is strong in the water and very, very intense.  In spite of her intensity and drive in the field, she has a calm, laid back temperament and makes an excellent house dog.  Jazz is affectionate and attentive to anyone who will pay attention to her.  This makes her extremely popular at our nursing home visits.  Her sweet disposition makes her the perfect house dog and companion.  Jazz’s pedigree is outstanding, loaded with FC’s, AFC, Outstanding Sires and Outstanding Dams. RedMark Retrievers Performance Retrievers Bred to Hunt JAVA (RedMark’s Expresso Express) is our Shih-Tzu who keeps all the goldens in check.  Java thinks bumpers and retrieving is just as much for Shih-tzus as it is for goldens.  This year she’s learning to swim so at not to let any Golden outshine her.  Maybe someday they’ll let Shit-tzus run hunt tests, until then Java will just have to keep her training up.