Crockett is an Izzie/Timber puppy that will be going through our “Started Dog” program. He will be up for sale this fall. He’s just 7 weeks old now, but check back and watch him grow!

This is Ruby and Canyon. Both are Rio puppies from different litters. Ruby is a sister of Breeze and Canyon is from a litter with Timber. They are looking to be a formidable bird hunting team. They own the Kempster’s in Lewiston Idaho.

 Good looking girls!

Our first training pigeon of the year has hatched today. Always a sign that spring is here.

We’re gearing up for another week.  We’re going to get  some spring cleaning done this week and get the whelping room ready to go for Lacey. She is at day 50 of 63. We will soon have little paws running around again. Izzie puppies will follow about 2 weeks later. Puppies Galore!

All the new puppies will be gone to their new homes by the first of July. That will leave Jenni and I some free time to head to Idaho on Vacation. We will stop on the way to visit family and then up to Lewiston to see friends and share in a special time in their lives as they get married. We’re looking forward to the trip!

Last Saturday Trip and Sherry came down to see how there their pup Bojo was doing. Bojo has been with us for about  two and a half months now going through our started dog program. He has been progressing well and was ready to show Trip and Sherry what he has learned.

We spent the morning out at the Box T Cowboy’s chasing down some quail.  The conditions were a little rough. High winds and a dry terrain made for tough work for the most experienced of dogs.

Despite all that, Bojo made some nice finds and held his points well. He will be with us for a couple more weeks finishing up his training and then will be ready to take on the upcoming season. We’re going to miss him and his scrappy little attitude!

The partnership will allow all the Box T customers a chance to have a guided hunt with Upland Outfitters and the RVK dogs and our customers to be able to hunt 87,000 acres. Yep! That’s not a typo.

We will also have better pricing on birds. This will translate to less expensive hunts and a reduction in bird cost for training.

The 2010 – 2011 seasons will run from September to April.

We’re looking forward to a relationship that will benefit everyone.    See you in the field!

Well I spent the last hour of the day buttoning everything up. The clouds are rolling in and I could feel the mist as I finished up the days training. The weather man says we are going to get 12 inches of snow tonight and more tomorrow. All the dogs are bedded down and the wood stove is cooking. Let it snow!

Busy, Busy, Busy…….Lots of training going on right now along with a lot of other things. The new kennels are coming along. We’re waiting for our K9 Kondos to get here. We are slowly switching all our dog houses over to these. Hopefully these will be our last dog house purchases we will have to make. They are supposed to be indestructible. We hope to have these kennels operational in another week. The great weather has allowed a lot of work to be completed. We have one more day of good weather and then another snow storm is going to hit. At least that’s what they tell us.

If you have any comments or questions for us, just leave them here on the site. The new site allows you to leave them just about everywhere, or you can always just e-mail us still too. We’re very excited about the new site! It has a lot of new fetchers.  We are still working on things, but it is starting to come together.

Another week has flown by. The weather has been pretty good and they say we will hit the 60’s and maybe even 70 next week.

All the training is going well. Breeze seems just like one of the gang and is ready to try her hand at a real hunt. She and Bojo continue to grow their friendship. I’m afraid when he leaves she is going to be lonely.

Kota is also doing well in his training. Although he is about done, we are continuing to just brush up on everything. He now just needs that all important field time.

It won’t be long and we will be blessed with puppies again! Lacey is due around the first of May and Izzie about the 15^th. We will have a full house. We love the puppies and it is one of the most rewarding things we do. Lacey and Murphy are a repeat breeding. The last litter was outstanding. Izzie and Timber have both produced great puppies in the past, so we are excited and expecting great things from this litter also.

We are busy expanding the kennel again. We are adding a block of outside kennels for summer. We hope to have them complete about 2 weeks. Seems like the work here never ends.  Last year’s addition of the freeze proof water line out to the kennel has been great this winter and was worth all the work to get that in. I’m still ready for spring though.

Big day tomorrow. Training and building kennels! Well I guess that’s the same as all the other days.