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Ch. Full Monty A State Of Bliss
Dutch Import - Multiple Best Of Breed / Multiple Group Winner!
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Hello and welcome to SandStorm Kennels!
The name comes from my name Sandra and an old dog Stormy. I grew up playing with dogs and horses, was active in 4-H, then started teaching obedience classes with my father H. Ted Hoesel (United State’s first AKC Variable Surface Tracking Judge) which I did for many years. Some of my fondest memories are traipsing after my father in the field doing bird work with the dogs or being a decoy for the Illini Search & Rescue group he started. When my parents told us kids to "get lost" they really meant it!
We also were privileged to go to many dog shows, field trials and sled dog events. The dogs (Soot, Shatzie and Shana) were really just other siblings that had to endure "dress up" and "veterinarian" at the hands of us kids...
After I had my own household and dogs I continued with obedience and also went back to doing dog shows and field events. Somehow I also managed to raise an exceptional human being, my son Jim. He now lives in San Diego with his wife Janelle and their dogs Riley and Alfred.
For the last fifteen + years, I have been an AKC field trial and hunt test judge (# ZE121) for pointing breeds. I also compete with my dogs and client dogs in the show ring, as well as train and handle in hunt tests, field trials and tracking tests. I appreciate the olfactory sense canines are equipped with, so training bird dogs and search/tracking dogs continues to be a paramount interest. There are only 52 weekends a year I really don’t have time for anything else.
I also serve as a 4-H judge and enjoy giving back in this way.
Additionally I have spent many years in various breed, all-breed or national club officer or chair positions, and at this time I am close to completing requirements to apply to judge several sporting breeds at AKC dog shows.
Currently I'm a member of the The Weimaraner Club of America, The Weimaraner Club Of Northern Illinois, Moraine Tracking Club and The Rocky Mountain Horse Association. After serving as President and other extremely time consuming positions of quite a few dog clubs for the past 25 years, I am paring down my club involvement and client dogs so I can do what I love to do - work my dogs!
There are many breeds and facets of training that intrigue me and I just plain love dogs. The first Chinese Crested came at a time when I was recovering from cancer and cancer treatment. Crystal certainly brought the laughter back into the house. Two are much better than one (or these days 5 are much better than 1) and Dad always said "every pet needs a pet" and soon Juni was imported from Sweden. Those two are so funny and beautiful I will forever be committed to this breed.
My Cresteds are not only AKC show champions, they are 'real dogs'. They run around out in the hay field, accompany us on trips and they attend most family events.
I have started working with them on tracking and have been pleased at how much they enjoy using their noses and discerning human scent from everything else. Currently I am working "Lis" our Dutch import in advanced obedience and hope to have her ready for obedience titles soon. She is not the typical dog much less Crested and is a true 'thinker'.
Fortunately I live on some acreage here in beautiful 'Scansin and my life is filled with AKC Chinese Cresteds, Weimaraners, German Wirehaired Pointers, gaited horses and three little lawnmowers named Abner, Burbank and Chet. They are registered Old English Babydoll Southdown sheep. Everybody's favorite is Zildjian the Blue and Gold Macaw who keeps the dogs in line by giving them various commands. She knows many tricks and is also bilingual.
One of my other interests is helping people become successful handling their own dogs in the field.
The Master Hunter title is the pinnacle of the sport, however as a judge I am disappointed on many occasions to watch a handler with a truly talented dog blow a qualifying leg that day due to poor handling or worse yet, no knowledge of the rules. For this reason I have developed a Hunt Test Handling Clinic entitled "Don't Train The Dog! Train The Handler..." © I have delivered this program to many clubs, including several national breed events and received enthusiastic responses.
Even after all these years putting show championships and Master Hunter titles on too many dogs to name across many different breeds, this addiction still prevails. When cancer got in my way, I still managed to continue to do what I love to do I just do it a little bit differently than I did before. All during the first cancer treatment I dreamt about being at a dog show. All in all I consider myself extremely lucky to work with these wonderful animals, be able to break records without really trying and to have developed some of the best relationships I've ever had with friends and clients all over the world.
I hope you enjoy this site and find it informative. Thank you to Web Genius/dear friend Wendy Van Goolen for creation and layout!!
If only we as humans could love one another
unselfishly without judgment as our dogs do...
SandStorm Kennels name and logo is copyrighted and the property of Sandra L. Hoesel. Other breeders using SandStorm as a kennel name or as part of their dog’s registered name have no affiliation with SandStorm Kennels and Sandra L Hoesel.
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