SportingDog Adventures Sponsors

I am pleased to announce we have sent out 26 Sponsor kits to interested companies.  We are looking forward to partnering with some of these great companies for our upcoming 2011 season.

For more information about our sponsor levels and marketing packages feel free to contact me  any time.

As of today our first two sponsors are Pheasants Forever and Wild Wings Sportsmans Club!! 

Our website for the show is www.sportingdogadventures.com .  There is also a facebook page up and running as well.

Filming will commence soon and we are more than excited for what we have planned for our viewers!!

KFAN Radio Interview Thursday August 12th

I will be live on KFAN radio this thursday at 815 pm. We will chat about Game Fair and the seminars that I will be putting on as part of the Native Performance Dog Food Team.

Im sure we will talk all things Soggy Acres Retrievers and SportingDog Adventures as well.

If you want to get some insightful information about our appearance at Game fair, Kennel or new Television show dont miss the interview.

I will also be at Game Fair all weekend for Native on stage and at the retriever pond!!

Heres the link for KFAN were you can listen to the show live online.

http://www.kfan.com/main.html

The Last Hunt

The Last Hunt

Too often gun dog owners take for granted their teammates and do not realize how great they truly were until after they have passed.  I own numerous dogs and have had the pleasure to hunt over dozens of fine hunting hounds.  With that said, I always knew my first dog Lily, was something special.

I got Lily as a wedding present from my mother and father in law.  She was a chocolate bundle of joy and the first dog that was wholly mine.  I was determined to train her myself to not only hunt, but run competition.  Hunting was natural to her, but the competition was well, something she ran me in.  Trainers would refer to her as a “whole lotta dog.”  This was basically a nice way to tell me that I was in over my head because she was running me.  I still decided that I was going to train my girl and learn with her the art of the retrieving sports.  We worked plenty and she became a great upland hunter for grouse and pheasants.  Many a time came along where I was ridiculed for my brown dog being inferior because of her color.  Nothing would be said and we would head to the field.  After the hunt, and after she hunted the other dogs off the field in embarrassment, I would receive the same compliment…..Not bad for a chocolate.

Lily eventually led me to the Labrador retriever breeding world.  I decided to work on producing my own kennel and line of labs.  With the strength of puppies from Lily the groundwork was laid for my kennel, training program and eventual foray into television.  With all of the above said I will still always remember our last hunt.

It was December and I had 5 dogs at our cabin.  Grouse season was still open and I decided to take the dogs out.  Slowing in her old age, Lily would struggle to keep up with the young dogs.  Even at 11 years old she still would manage to put up her share of birds.  As I got my shotgun and coat I let Lily out of the cabin.  I was walking to the kennel to get a couple of other dogs when she gave me that look.  The look said, “Let’s go out together, just me and you boss.”  I had gotten the look other times, but for some reason took her up on it that day.

We went out in the woods and put up 12 grouse.  I shot like usual and we got only one.  It didn’t matter though.  I could see how much it meant to my old girl that it was just the two of us.  She would flush birds, look after I shot and run back to me.  Once at my feet she would drop on her back and perform the “Victory Roll” that she had become famous for with friends and clients.  The truth was neither of us cared if we got a bird; it was just her and I as a team.  I did take her out to a few game farm hunts later in the year, but that was truly our last hunt.

It is said that you only get one great dog in your life.  I am sure that I will and already do have dogs with immense talent, shown by their titles.  But ability and titles are not what make a hunting dog great.  I know that I will never again have the same bond with another dog that Lily and I had.  She was my first and once in a lifetime dog all at once.

My Dillers taught me more about dogs, training, life and now death than any other animal ever will.  She passed with a massive infection.  By the time she saw a vet it was too late.  To her last day she never showed a sign of illness.  I think she was just focusing on the hunting season that was only a month away.  Twelve years is a good life for a Lab, especially as they were all quality years.  That still doesn’t make the thought of her not being in the field, riding shotgun in the truck, or sitting on my lap on the couch any easier.

Tomorrow dawns a new day and I’ll pick myself up.  I will work with my dogs and hunting season will be packed with adventures.  I just won’t enjoy them quite as much as I used to.

Thank you for the great memories girl.  Now rest easy, find a nice tree to curl up under and please wait for me.  I’ll be along in a bit and we will hit the field.  I promise to shoot straight this time and it will be just the two of us.  I promise.

August Gundog Retriever Workshop

Soggy Acres Retrievers is hosting our last summer gundog workshop on August 6 thru 8.  This will be a great class focusing on getting your retriever ready for hunting season.

The class will focus on everything from obedience to handling drills for your retriever.  Both upland and waterfowl hunting training tactics will be covered.  Handlers will be shown first hand how to implement the tactics with their dogs.

Once the class is over video clips of the training techniques will be posted and any troubleshooting questions that arise will be answered promptly.

Dont miss out on a great opportunity to get off your couch with your hunting buddy and get prepared for the upcoming season.

There are several spots available in the class, and total participants will be capped at 12 dog and handler teams.

Feel free to email or call with questions.

Jeff Fuller 2622159683

Upcoming litters of Fox Red, Yellow and Black Labrador Retriever Pups

We have three litters that are bred or being bred in the next week or so.

HRCH Stewart’s Scapaflow Buck MH X SHR Soggy Acres Josie Lee

Litter was just bred and pups are due in late Sept.

Fox Red pups

HRCH Waterdogs Rockhill Wizard MH X SHR Soggy Acres Victory Mae

Tory will be bred to Wiz in the next few days with pups ready in late Sept to early Oct.

This litter will have yellow pups from Fox Red to a Lighter coat.

HRCH Stewart’s Scapaflow Buck MH X Soggy Acres Lucy Belle

Lucy just came into heat and will be bred to Buck in the next two weeks.  The pups will be tri factored black puppies and due sometime in early Oct.

All of our litters are bred for superior temperament, as well as natural ability.  Feel free to set up a time to come out and meet some of the dogs!

 

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