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ALERT! Winter pheasant hunts are fun at Yellow River Game Farm! $15 +tax
for an even mix of hens and roosters. No license required, no minimum. Dog
and handler for lease if needed. Call for more information or to schedule your hunt:
715-822-8071 or 715-419-0173
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Piddle Creek's Pocket Rocket SH X Palmer's Duces Wild MH QAA
Pocket and Duces produced another great litter of HOT chocolates on 2/25/10.
This litter of six boys and two girls is top of the line. Pups are active, vigorous and destined for greatness. The previous breeding of this pair produced some of the nicest pups we've had. There have been nothing but
great reports on their progress.
Pocket is a dream dog. She is a senior hunter, started on her master title, beautiful, athletic, highly tractable and loyal and does any and everything one would want in the field.
Palmer's Duces Wild, owned by John Palmer and sire of Pocket's litter, is a titled as a Master Hunter through AKC Hunt tests and is Qualified All-Age in the field trial circuit. He is an exceptional hunting and family dog and a
handsome, well-built dog to boot. Duce's hips are OFA certified "excellent" and his eyes are CERFed.
Duce and Pocket are tested clear of both EIC and CNM. |
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Check out the 2010 Just Labs Calendar and see Piddle Creek's Royal Flush MH pictured for the month of February, along with Dr. Tim Shaw's Daisy MH and Dave Lybeck's Flap MH QAA. Royal, of course, is the chocolate. All are looking out of Tim Springer's truck during training last spring.
For more info and pictures, visit Dynamic Retrievers |
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Holly helps out United Way!
Holly, a son of my Master Hunter, Excaliber, and Piddle Creek's Little Bitty, brought in $1350 at the United Way's Holly Auction in December. He was fully donated by Piddle Creek Kennels. Holly has a wonderful new family and a new name, Gunner, that is more suited to his gender than his original name. How could anyone resist those eyes? |
Hurray for Babe!
Piddle Creek's Birdy Babe completed her Senior Title at Northern Flights Hunting Retriever Association's Hunt Test on 8/23/09. Babe is preparing to move on to the Master level in the 2010 season. She’s an incredibly talented dog. Babe came in season three days after titling and is bred to Palmer’s Duce’s Wild MH QAA . Their litter is expected in November, with pups that would be ready to go to new homes at Christmas time. |
Ace lives up to his name!
Pleasant Valley's 4th Ace earned his Junior Hunter Title on August 29th at Blackhawk Retriever Club's hunt test in Mondovi, WI. Ace was handled to his title by my son, Eric Strong. Ace is a three year old male yellow lab, OFA good, elbows normal, CERF normal, EIC clear, microchipped, dew claws removed. He carries the recessive chocolate gene and has produced a three color litter. Both his upland and waterfowl hunting skills are great.
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Piddle Creek's Royal Flush earned his Master Hunter Title on 6/14/09 and becamemy fourth Master Hunter. He was handled to his title by trainer, Tim Springer.
Also, on 6/14/09, my German Shorthaired Pointer, Feldjager's Sophia, earnedher Natural Ability Prize I. She was handled to her NA title by R. Carey McMillan.
On 7/15/09, grandson, Anthony, earned first blue and trophy in his classwith 197 1/2 points out of a possible 200, in obedience at the Barron County 4H dog show.
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Goose Banding Adventure
For the umpteenth time, our family participated in Barron and Washburn County DNR's annual Goose Roundup and banding. We assisted in the capture and banding of 519 geese and are pleased to report that there were no casualties among the birds or the banders. As you can see in the photo of the unidentified young lady, these birds can be a handful.
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HIP, HIP HURRAY FOR DEUCE
Candlewood's Gamblin' Man, AKA Deuce, completed his Master Hunter title on 3/15/09 at the Waterloo Amateur Retriever Club 2009 Spring Hunt Test in Manheim, TX. Of the 100 Master dogs that were entered, only 40, including Deuce, were able to pass the test. Deuce is now an AKC titled Master Hunter. If Deuce passes the next master event in which he is entered, he will be qualified for the Master Nationals. |
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Kathy and Larry donate dog that sells for $2600 at Auction
MN/WI FNAWS endorses Yellow River Game Farm/Piddle Creek Kennels.
"Kathy and Larry Strong have been helping the Minnesota-Wisconsin Chapter of the Foundation of North American Wild Sheep raise money for over 20 years now, by providing a Labrador puppy for our annual fundraiser. Kathy and Larry are experts in selecting, breeding and training dogs. They have established a reputation for integrity, honesty and for standing behind the dogs they sell. Over the years puppies selected and provided by Kathy and Larry Strong have made thousands of dollars for our conservation organization. The sale of their puppy at our annual fundraiser is one of the highlights of the evening as everyone knows the high bidder is going home with the very best available in a Lab puppy. At our March 14, 2009 annual MN-WI FNAWS Convention, a puppy from the Strong's very own Piddle Creek Kennels brought $2,600 on our live auction! Our membership obviously recognizes quality in both the Strongs and the dogs they select for our fundraiser."
John Coulter, President MN-WI FNA WS. Website: www.fnawsmnwi.org
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Ilsa Earns Title
Ilsa, our 14-month old German Shorthaired Pointer, earned a NAHVDA Natural
Ability Prize I with a perfect score on Friday, June 20, 2008.
She was handled to her title by her co-owner, Ken Brierton. Both did
a fantastic job!
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Congratulations Savvy!
On 6/1/08, Savvy sailed to her Junior Hunter title at the Northern Flights
Hunting Retriever Association’s hunt test at Kelly Farms at Marine
on St. Croix. She has already started training for the senior/master
level of competition, which we hope she will enter in ‘09.
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POCKET GRABS SENIOR TITLE!
Pocket earned her senior title in Texas 3/9/08. We are very proud of her!
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NEW TITLES
Piddle Creek’s Buster Brown JH earned his Junior
Hunter title at the Blackhawk Retriever Club’s hunt test on September
7th, 2007. Buster is the son of Farron’s Moses Parts the Water SH and
is grandson of NFC FC Storm’s Riptide Star, Am/Can CH Plantier’s
Ruthless Ruthie CD MH and of Piddle Creek’s Jim Dandy MH.
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Hillview’s Reuben James JH earned his Junior
Hunter title at the Central Minnesota Retriever Club’s hunt test
on June 16th and 17th, 2007. Reuben is son of CH Ridge View Rocky Road JH
and grandson of Candlewood’s Cash on the Line QAA. He is co-owned
by Betty Gray of Hillview Kennels and Kathy Strong and was handled to
his title by Kathy Strong.
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NEW TITLES
Piddle Creek’s Birdy Babe JH earned her Junior
Hunter title at the Central Minnesota Retriever Club’s hunt test
on June 16 and 17, 2007. Babe is the daughter of Piddle Creek’s Excaliber
MH and Piddle Creek’s Nimue (daughter of Piddle Creek’s
Jim Dandy MH).
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NEW TITLES
Piddle Creek’s Hunting Buddy JH earned
his Junior Hunter title at Northern Flights Hunting Retriever Association’s
Hunt Test on August 25th. Buddy is co-owned by Nate Wobig and Kathy
Strong and was handled to his title by his primary owner, Nate Wobig.
Buddy is the son of Piddle Creek’s Excaliber MH and Eternity’s
Leap of Faith JH.
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