“Until one has loved an animal, a part of one’s soul remains unawakened.” – Anatole France
Each and every dog holds a special memory for our family, and we continue to make new memories; some of the best come from our retirees!
Strawberry is Jim’s dream dog! She was our first fox red pointing lab, and it is she who helped us decide we wanted to breed! She is a highly responsive, intelligent, staunch pointing, retrieving machine and is always ready to go at a seconds notice. Strawberry has proven herself to be an excellent companion in the field as well as on her dog mat in the house with one eye raised to keep tabs on what is happening with the family, or as a companion for whoever is going for a walk jog, or ride. It was much easier for us to train her than for her to eventually train us!
Strawberry’s bloodline is what the “experts” say, full of point! Strawberry’s mother “Stosh’s Red Star”, is from a 60 year bloodline of American Pointing Labs, “Mark of Helm’s Kellogg” X ” Red Shining Starr PL Kellogg”. We have enjoyed hearing stories from her past puppy owners who always seem to comment on how easy their dogs were to train, and how intelligent their dogs act. Strawberry is AKC and UKC registered.
HIPS: OFA – Good EYES/CERF: Clear PRA/PRCD: Normal CNM : Negative EIC: Clear
From a first impression, Annie captures your eye, from the second impression, she catches your heart and by the third impression, you’re hooked on this girl’s magnetic and fearless personality and look. She has an excellent nose, staunch point, and such a sweet demeanor! Annie is the daughter of 4x GMPR Mighty Max from Colorado and Rosie, daughter to the Point Doctor; giving the pedigree to back up your convictions! Winter, Spring, Summer, and Fall, Annie shines like a rockstar in every area of her life!
OFA Hips- Excellent, CNM and EIC negative by parentage, Eyes: PRA and PRCD clear, CERF- normal.
We are very excited to introduce Strawberry’s granddaughter, Libby! She expresses a fantastic personality and a cunning hunting prowness very similar to Strawberry’s nature, only even more athletic. Libby was a joy to train with her intense natural point and mechanical-to-hand retrieving. She is definitely a favorite around here inside as well as out.
Libby is AKC registered.
OFA Hips- Excellent, CNM and EIC negative by parentage, Eyes: PRA and PRCD clear, CERF- normal.
Lucy is the younger sister of Libby and Tucker, being born from the same phenomenal parents (Sauk River’s Crimson Tide of Morgan’s Point X GMPR Sauk River Storm’s Phoenix), different breeding, and just as much character, drive and endurance. She has similar attributes but brings her own personality to the table. She is crazy about birds, very intelligent, athletic, excellent mother, she loves people and is exceedingly biddable.
Lucy is EIC and CNM negative, PRA/PRCD normal, PENN hip x-ray evaluation shows no degenerative joint disease and tight hip joints.
Brandy, born 8/28/2018, is the sweet and beautiful daughter of Piper and Harley! Brandy is a gentle pleaser and loves to play the game! She loves to be with us and is quite the character! She makes an excellent companion and hunting or hiking partner.
PENN hips show no evidence of Osteoarthritis and she is negative for EIC, CNM, PRA/ PRCD via parentage.
There’s no simple way to introduce our Lady…. In short, she’s a deadly combination of tiny (about 50 pounds) and mighty with a hot red color to match! She’s a sweetheart in the house and a fireball in the field! Lady is the daughter of J-Taylor and Daisy, both retired parents, making her an integral part of our breeding program as well as family.
EIC negative by parentage, PENN Hip Certified no degenerative joint disease and her hips are tighter than 80%, Eyes are PRA and PRCD clear.
Vita is the child of Dixie and Tater! Full of athleticism, sweetness, and drive! She is a phenomenal huntress, performing flawlessly this past winter for ducks and geese! She has a muscular build, has such a good nose, nice point and aims to please! What a delight to hunt with! Vita has proven to be an excellent mother, producing top quality puppies.
PENN Hip evaluation show no degenerative joint disease or osteoarthritis. Genetic testing is clear for PRA/PRCD, EIC, and CNM.
Dixie is the perfect combination of Cowboy and Strawberry! She is so beautiful inside and out! Dixie’s a very “classy” dog who loves to hang out with you wherever you go. She is extremely athletic, has a build like her Grandmother, Rosie. She shows the hunting prowness of her father and her mother with a staunch point, intelligence, incredible nose, and a soft, easy going demeanor. She is a wonderful mother, and the sister of “Rio”, another incredible pointing lab owned by John and Shann McKeever, who’s picture can be seen in various places on our Facebook page and website.
CNM and EIC negative via parentage, PENN Hip shows no hip dysplasia and tight hip joints, PRA and PRCD negative, Eyes CERF clear.
Introducing our Yellow-Factored Black pointing lab! This guy always has a great big smile on his face, a soft demeanor in the house and a personality geared to please. With his muscular athletic build, staunch point, and excellent nose, Duke is fired up in the field and water and never stops until the job’s done!
He is the son of 4x GMPR Bearpoint’s Mighty Max and Morgan’s Pointing Red Rose (Daughter of Helm’s Point Doctor).
Hips: OFA Excellent, Eyes: Cerf Clear, PRA/PRCD negative via parentage, CNM and EIC negative via parentage
Bred from a long line of field, water and family champions, Cowboy has been a true pleasure to have in our kennel!
Cowboy is a sight to behold! His bloodlines have given him the physique to run big in the field with a willingness to please his owners. He has a strong natural point with style and drive! He is the real deal with roots that go deep into the pointing lab archives. We were fortunate enough to have been able to breed his mother “Rosie” from the original “Point Doctor”, to 4 X GMPR “Mighty Max” of Bearpoint Kennel in Colorado. What we ended up with is an awesome stud of a dog that loves to retrieve on land and water, as well as a classy pointer on upland game birds! He is a quick learner and takes to training like a duck to water with a desire to pick up on new things.
OFA Excellent hips, Eyes are CERF’d, PRA/PRCD normal (by parentage) and he is EIC and CNM negative by parentage.
Taters Bio: as told by his owner, Rick, (Tater is owned by Rick Steenhoven of North Country Retrievers)
Tater would be best described as a lazy man’s retriever, which works out very well for me. He is as low-maintenance as they come. We spent less than a dozen days training last year. He got his MHR and WR one week after his second birthday, both in the same weekend. He qualified in 14 straight NAHRA Senior tests, and 4 of 7 AKC Master Events. We do not train using an e-collar, simply because we dont need to. Tater currently has over 70 known, documented field titles in 4 generations and likely many more that we are not aware of. His grand-father is Grand Master Pointing Retriever (GMPR MHR Rik’s Risky Raider MH). He will hold a staunch point if the birds cooperate, but we have never trained for pointing or pushed that issue and have never ran him in any APLA events, but we are planning on exploring that venue in the future after his AKC MH is completed. But we dont travel far to run due to the costs involved these days, so we only run a couple local events a year. We run NAHRA (our favorite and most fun), AKC and HRC tests, and an occasional Qualifying AKC Field Trial. He desperately wants to please and just melts when I express my dissatisfaction with him. He was an only-puppy in his litter which makes it a surprise that he loves any and all animals regardless of their size, gender or species. He plays with the neighbors Yorkie just like a little puppy, and has never met an animal or person that he didn’t like. He is a true lover-boy, enjoys cuddling, and he has an always-happy disposition. He went completely through force-fetching in less than a week in just 4 sessions. Two sessions on the bench, one session on the lawn and one to a pile. And we were done. We went directly into handling drills from there. He shares my passions of hunting, fishing, boating, riding the 4-wheeler, and I recently built a trailer to pull behind my bike so he can ride behind the Harley to our Retriever Events together, and in style. He literally loves to be in the wind with me. His passions in life are equivelent to that of a 12 year old boy. He is completely at home curled up on the couch, on our bed, working row crops and CRP pheasant hunting in South Dakota, where we go every November for a couple weeks, or patiently sitting in the duck blind working Mallards. He is on open-feeding. He maintains a constant 80-85 pounds year around.
He is EIC & CNM Clear with Excellent Hips, Normal Elbows, current CERF
Tucker is owned by Nami and Doc Erickson. He was born in 2009, and is a grandson to our Morgan’s Point Strawberry Queen and Doc Erickson’s Casey out of Bearpoint Kennel. He has all of his health clearances. To date (2016) he and Nami have acquired almost 1000 HRC points. Here are some pictures of Tucker. The Black and White one was published in the Hunting Retriever magazine. Getting an “Upland Hunter” pass at 9 months of age is very rare, as the rules say that a dog must exhibit a Finished (Master) level of control. He attained his HR (Hunting Retriever) title at 12.5 months — His UH (Upland Hunter) title at 14 months — His HRCH (Hunting Retriever Champion) title at age 3. At age 2, he placed 3rd in the state of WA in the pointing division of Bird Dog Challenge. From September 1 through the end of January, he hunts : Grouse, Doves, Rabbits, Pheasants, Quail, Ducks and Geese. He averages about 200 retrieves each year. Tucker is extremely smart, athletic and Good looking! He is the apple of Nami’s eye and produces phenomenal puppies!
Goose is reflective of his wonderful owners Brad and Sandy Brockhouse from South Dakota, they are the “real deal”! The description below is from their webpage for Goose:
“Goose is a stunning, gorgeous red 70 pound blocky male with classic lab conformation! His sire is 1 1/2 time GMPR Elcanan Jumpin’ Jake SH (FC Pin Oaks Texas Rex X FC AFC Crow Rivers Malarky’s Cougar daughter). His dam is GMPR Bearpoint’s Sage Well Dunn (2 time GMPR HRCH Black Forest Bear Grits MH X CP Lady Catherine Wagging Light – Daughter of GMPR Riks Risky Raider MH X GMPR Elcanan’s Angel of HNTR’S PT MH). We finally have the “YELLOW” male we’ve been waiting for. Many came and went through our kennel but GOOSE stayed!! He has matured from a pup that refused to be left at home when we loaded up the dogs to go pheasant hunting to a bird crazy outstanding specimen of a Pointing Lab. One word describes Goose…DESIRE!!! Yet he’s an absolute gentleman and joy to be with. This dog will play the games at any level!!! Complete natural class with a NEVER QUIT ATTITUDE…he’s the real deal!!”
