Rangerwood Kennels is located just
outside of New Holstein WI.
The kennel is situated on 14 acres
and run by my wife, Stacey and I
along with our 2 sons, Colten and
Gage.
We have been in business since 2005,
but our love of dogs goes back to
our childhoods. and In 1995 when we
began our search for our first
hunting dog.
My passion for hunting encompasses almost every game bird species
available in our state, so we needed
a dog that could do it all from
upland to waterfowl and no dog is
more versatile than the Labrador
Retriever. As things usually
go Stacey fell in love with a
Chocolate Lab pup from one litter
and I with a yellow lab pup from
another litter, so we compromised and got both, not
knowing what we were in for.
Ranger the yellow and Mack the
chocolate were best buddies right
from the start and proved to be
pretty good hunters and companions,
although at the time I knew little
about hoe to properly train a
hunting dog. Over the years I
learned more about training and we
talked of opening a boarding kennel
at our home. Then in 2002 we
lost Mack suddenly to cancer.
Ranger was lost without him and in
2004 we got Ranger a new friend, a
yellow male named Drake, who was
sired by a Bird Dog Challenge World
Champion. Drake was to be my
new hunting partner, as Ranger was
getting older and slowing down.
As I started to work with Drake, I noticed he had more drive than any dog
I 'd ever seen, not hyper, but a
desire to hunt and retrieve like no
other dog I had ever hunted with.
The first time I took him to train
on live birds, he was a natural and
the breeder said he may be
competition material.
Drake went to his first Bird Dog Challenge in January of 2005 at eight
months old and qualified for the PHU
Nationals to be held in March.
At the Nationals, Drake took third
place in the puppy division ( for
dogs under 2years of age ) and we
were hooked. I read as much as
I could on training and Drake and I
trained daily during the off season.
We decided now was the time to start
our kennel and we purchased 2 more
labs Jake a year old yellow male and
Reba a black female pup.
When the 2005/2006 Pheasant Hunters Unlimited season rolled around, we
were almost unbeatable in the Puppy
Division and Jake did well in open
classes. At the 2006 Nationals
Drake was the Puppy Division
National Champion, Jake was the
Singles Division National Champion
and Reba was named High Point Puppy
of the Year. After that there
was no turning back and now our dogs
have four National Championships and
five High Point Dog of the Year
titles to their credit in just three
years. Our dogs have also been
featured on the Outdoor Channels
Tournament Hunter Bird Dog Challenge
TV.
We now own seven Labrador Retrievers
and our kennel is up and running.
We strive to produce dogs that are
healthy, intelligent and a pleasure
to have in your home and will excel
in the field.
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