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Major Accomplishments:


2008 PHU National Singles Champion
- REBA

2008 PHU National Puppy of the Year - TILLY

2007/2008 PHU Dog of the Year -
Top Gun Division - DRAKE

2007 PHU Dog of the Year -
Doubles Division - JAKE

2006 PHU National Singles
Champion - JAKE

2006 PHU National Puppy
Champion - DRAKE

2006 PHU Dog of the Year -
Puppy Division - REBA

2005 NBDCA Hunter Division
National Champion - REBA
 


 

 

 

 

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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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