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About TGK's Nebraska
Pointing Labs
My name is Aaron Stover and I am the owner of TGK’s Nebraska
Pointing Labs. I have been hunting over
pointing labs since 2000. My family is a
HUGE part of our small operation. My
wife Melanie, and our children Madison and Rylan are all heavily involved with
the dogs. We all interact with them on a
daily basis as we firmly believe our dogs need to be well socialized and a part
of the family, not simply dad’s hunting dogs.
When litters are being born and have hit the ground is when you really
see our family work as a team. Melanie
has a special bond with our females and is right there with them when they are
delivering pups, rubbing their tummy, patting their heads, or just letting them
know she knows what they are going through.
When the pups become mobile, the kids take over with playing with them
and loving on them on a daily basis.
Many a tear has been shed when the pups go home, because we love our
pups and at the same time we are happy they are going to new owners to give
them joy in their lives.
Our Philosophy
We want to provide you with "bend over backwards"
customer service and an excellent hunting dog.
Our family takes great pride in responding to customers wants and
needs. We may not always have exactly what
you are looking for, but we never want to miss the opportunity of placing a
puppy with a new home because we didn’t take the time to listen and understand
our customers.
All of our dogs are hunted and trialed. Let us be clear, our dogs are
hunting
dogs first and trial dogs second. Each year I hunt all over the
Midwest with annual trips to the most prime pheasant hunting available.
I am blessed to having family in Northwest Kansas, and Northwest
Iowa, and I also go to South Dakota and of course hunt around home here
in Nebraska. Our dogs quarter the field, point and
retrieve birds (land and water), and are good companions. It is our
opinion
that training a dog to only pass trials does not make a good hunting
dog or
generate good blood lines. A dog must love to hunt and that only comes
from
getting in the truck and going for real hunts on wild birds in natural
conditions. Training situations will never bring out a dog’s natural
abilities
that a cold fall morning of hunting wild pheasants and ducks will do.
References
Our Kennel always enjoys hearing back from our valued customers.
If you are a TGK dog owner and have an update on your puppy/dog, a hunting
story, and of course pictures, please email them to us. Has your dog done something great, let us know
about it and we will posit it on our current events section. If you are a
potential customer and would like a list of references, please let us know and
we will gladly provide them to you.
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Current Events |
April
27-29, 2012: These few days are where all of our family's
hardwork and teamwork pays off. These next few days our puppies
start going home to their new homes. This is always such a bitter
sweet experience as these little guys have been such a huge part of our
lives the last few months and we love them all dearly and will miss
them. We are thrilled to see the excitement and anticipation on
the faces of their new families and it makes all of the hard work worth
it. Our family continues to be blessed and humbled by our
customers for entrusting us with this investment. Thank you to
our customers who have literally driven thousands of miles, picked pups
up at the airport, or visited our home several times to pick out your
puppy. Your relationship is invaluable to our family! To my
family, thank you for making these litters a success. Without
Melanie's willingess to bottle feed when needed, take hundreds of
pictures, clean bedding, etc. etc. this would not be possible, you are
the second best mommy a puppy could ever have :) Madison and
Rylan thank you for playing with and loving the puppies on a daily
basis. They would not have their sparkling personalities without
you guys! Watch out world the next round of TGK pups is out there!
March
8-10, 2012: Wow, what a busy few days for our family. Nala
delivered her 11 pups on the 8th and Kiera surprised us all with a 3
day ahead of schedule delivery on the 10th, with 8 puppies. All are doing great.
Both litters have a few pups available, please see our litters
page for further details.
Week
of February 20, 2011: Not a lot of news to report. Nala and
Kiera are progressing along well in their preagnancies and getting
bigger by the day. Their upcomming litters have been pretty
popular and deposits on the litter have filled up quite well.
There are still a few spots on each breeding available depending
upon what sex/color and you are looking for, please contact us for
further information on availability.
We are down to our last couple
of weeks with Jedi being home with us. It has been a real
pleasure having him home for awhile and awesome to go hunting with him.
Jedi's vacation will soon be over as he heads back up to SD to
start the 2012 trial season. Please check back often for trial
and litter updates with Jedi.
Week
of December 26, 2011: Apparently the girls all wented to give me
one more great hunt for the year, see below, because three of our girls
all decided to go into heat this week!! Candi, Nala, and Kiera
all went into heat this week. We are going to breed Nala and
Kiera, and let Candi sit this one out as she has a much more regular
heat cycle and you should look for her to have a litter in the fall of
2012. We are thrilled to be using our brand new stud dog, Jedi,
as we know these breedings will be exceptional. For 100% sure
these breedings will produce yellow and black pups, but there is also
an outside chance that both litters may also produce chocolate, we
shall see. Please contact us for further information on these
outstanding breedings.
December
22-23, 2011 (Kimball, SD): I recently took a trip of a lifetime as far
as pheasant hunting goes. I went to Kimball, SD with my brother
and friends Andy Schoeberl (trainer), and LeRoy Robinson. Andy
and LeRoy showed us an amazing time and hundreds of birds. If you
are an avid upland hunter please put a SD pheasant hunting trip on your
to do list. It was everything and more I have ever heard about
pheasant hunting in SD. Thanks again Andy and LeRoy!!
December
17, 2011: Today my friend Spencer Volzke and I headed up to
Pheasant Bonanza and did a morning hunt. The folks at Pheasant
Bonanza do a wonderful job of showing you a good time. Spence and I got
to shoot and shoot at :) several birds today. All the dogs got to
get on birds today so it was a great day. APLA folks I did some
scouting around here also and I think this location would provide the
organization a wonderful place for a hunt test.
December 16,
2011: Waverly, NE Today I took the afternoon off and went
hunting with my friend and insurance agent Rusty Wellman. Rusty took me
to a couple of his honey holes right around Waverly. We saw several
birds and got a couple of Roosters today. It was a blast, thanks
Rusty!!
November
23-27, 2011: Atwood, KS for Thanksgiving. Birds, birds, and
more birds is all I can say. Folks NW Kansas is back!! I
have been pheasant hunting in NW Kansas now for 15 years, thanks to my
beautiful wife Melaine, and I haven't seen this
many birds since she first took me home all those years ago. A
huge thanks goes out to my father in law who secured private land for
us to hunt on. I hunted Nala, Candi, Kiera, Flo, and our kennels
future star Bleu. All did well on this trip and got to see a ton
of birds.
November
4, 2011: Ceresco, NE, A fun and proud day for TGK. This
morning I took my son, Rylan, with me for a quick pheasant hunt.
This was Rylan's first time going with me. We took Kiera,
Nala, and Candi with us this morning and let them all hunt together as
we had a very large section to cover by ourselves. The dogs all
individually did a nice job, but on this morning it was Nala that found
the rooster and delivered him back to Rylan and I after I shot it.
Rylan was just thrilled to see the whole thing play out before
his eyes. I am quite sure I have a hunting partner for life now!!
October
2, 2011: Parsons, KS (APLA Fall Test), Jedi earned his APR
title!! This wraps up a very successful 2011 trial season for
Jedi. Jedi earned his JH title and went 2/2 on SH titles in AKC
trials to compliment his newly acquired APR title through the APLA.
Our thanks goes out to our trainer Brad Lhotak. Brad and
Jedi are becoming a very good team and Jedi will be a special dog to
watch in 2012 as he finishes his SH title and competes for a MH title
and GMPR titles. Jedi is going to have a great/fun fall winter as
he gets to go guiding with Andy Schoeberl at Pheasant Crest Lodge in
SD. What a lucky dog!! Jedi turns two on October 17, 2011
and then we will do his health clearances and if all goes well he will
be offered for stud to approved females. Please feel free to
inquire into his stud dog agreement and we will send you a copy.
Also, huge congratulations to Justin Poore and Winnie on her CPR
title at only 9 months of age!! Winnie is a puppy out of our last
breeding between 4xGMPR Ridley x CPR Nala.
September
10, 2011: Webb, IA (APLA Fall test) The Webb, IA APLA Fall
test continues to treat TGK well. It is a pleasure to report to
you that our kennel has added another talented female that will be sure
to enhance our future breeding success. TGK's Just Go with The
Flo (Flo), earned her CPR title at this test. Flo is not yet on
our website, but soon will be. Flo is Jedi's full sister and
littermate. Flo received the comment from the judges as exiting
the upland field, "those were two of the best points we have seen all
day!!" That said our kennel and family would love to give credit
were credit is due. Our fist round of thanks go to Andy Schoeberl
who agreed to sell back to us Flo, who originally aquired her as a
puppy from us. The second round of thanks goes out to LeRoy
Robinson who ran Flo in the upland section of the hunt test and did a
phenomenal job with her!! Our kennel continues enjoy success
highly due to our friendships and professional relationships with what
we lovingly call, our "SD Boys!!" Please keep a eye on our
website for Flo's upcomming page. She turns two this fall and
then will begin her breeding career. We are actively looking for
a qualified stud dog to match Flo's pedigree and intense hunting sytle,
any suggestions?
August
20-21, 2011: Missouri Valley AKC Fall Hunt Test (Valley, NE) I
was so nervous the night before I could barely sleep. In Jedi's
first attempt at upper level testing he slammed it. Jedi went 2/2
in the SH testing this weekend. We are super excited about this.
Jedi continues to improve week after week and this is just the
beginning for this exceptional dog! Most likely this is it for
AKC tests in 2011, now onto the Fall APLA tests. Brad Lhotak has
done a wonderful job with him and we will be anxious to watch him
compete at the APLA events now. Stay tuned.
August
14, 2011: No grand news to report just wanted to get some
thoughts down and keep folks up to date on some upcomming things for
TGK. The first is as we approach the fall tests we are anxious
and hopeful that Jedi will be ready to perform at the
upper level testing. Jedi continues to make strides each week and
as anxious as we are all for these "big dog" titles we still have to
remember he is not even two years old yet. We will keep you posted on
how he does. After the fall tests are over and he turns two we will be
getting his health testing done before he starts his breeding career.
Speaking of his breeding career, the second thing is I am already starting to get
inquiries on his availability as a stud dog. I am currently
working on our stud dog policy and will put that information on the
website in the very near future. That's all for now folks, start
excercising your dogs. The weather is turning cooler now, kids
are going back to school, and the fall is quickly approaching.
July
30, 2011: Puppy pickup day at TGK!! Just wanted to say
thank you to everyone who got a Trooper x Kiera pup and drove all those
miles to pick up your pups. Our family is truly humbled that so
many of you drove so far for one of our puppies. We would
especially like to give a shout out to Charlee and Reese who rode all
the way with their Dad and Grandma from Kentucky to take home "Hunny".
Make sure you don't spoil her girls!!
July
22, 2011: Jedi passed his final leg of his JH title in Bemidji,
MN. Thanks to Brad Lhotak for obtaining this title.
Hopefully we are now onto SH testing and GMPR testing this fall!!
June
25-26, 2011: Jedi passed a double AKC Jr. Hunt Test in Rapid
City, SD. Thanks to professional dog trainer Brad Lhotak for
Jedi's continued progress. One more pass is needed for his JH
title and then on to bigger and better titles this fall. Updated
pictures of Jedi are coming to the website soon, if you want a
sneak peak email me and I can get you some snap shots, he is really
growing up!!
June13, 2011-Kiera delivers her pups:
On
this day TGK produced our very first all GMPR breeding when Kiera
delivered her litter. This is a breeding bewtween 3.5xGMPR
Trooper, MH x GMPR Kiera. Rarely in the pointing lab world does
the breeding include both parents being a GMPR, so we think this will
be a very, very special breeding. Please see out litters page!!
June 12, 2011 -TGK's Nebraska Pointing Labs has a very, very special day for us:
On
this Sunday our family went up to watch some of the AKC Hunt test at
Valley, NE. Our own Jedi was competing, but so was Gator, and
Rachael. As many of you know we are very sentimental towards our
Hershey x Tess breedings, and this gave us the opportunity to view
three dogs from three different litters out of our Hershey x Tess
breedings, so we couldn't miss the opportunity to go see everyone.
All three dogs had very nice runs this day. We event took a
"family" picture, as we brought with us Hershey and Tess just hoping we
could get everyone together. I have not quite figured out how to
post the picture yet :), but if you would like to see the "family"
picture let me know and I can get you a copy.
April 15-17, 2011 -TGK's Nebraska Pointing Labs Congratulations on the following:
1.) 4XGMPR, HRCH Rooster received his QAA title in Ohio. Rooster is the son of our Hershey x Tess.
2.)
Aaron received his 2.5xGMPR title this weekend at the
Higginsville, MO APLA trial. Aaron was the stud dog we used on
Candi's last litter, see our litters page.
3.) Cruz
received his 4xGMPR title this weekend at the Higginsville, MO APLA
trial. Cruz is the stud dog we are using for Tess's last litter,
see our litters page.
4.) Ridley earned his 4xGMPR title
this weekend at the Higginsville, MO APLA trial. Ridley is the
stud dog we used on Nala's last litter and is the father of TGK's the
Mountain's are Bleu, a yellow female we have the highest of hopes for!!
April 11, 2011 -GMPR Kiera was bred to 3.5xGMPR, MH Trooper :
TGK's
Nebraska Pointing Labs enthusiastically announces our very first GMPR x
GMPR breeding!! We are absolutely thrilled to bring this pairing
together (see our litters page). Trooper needs no introduction in
the Pointing Lab world but when paired with our very own GMPR Kiera,
watch out Pointing Lab World, this breeding just may set you on fire.
In all seriousness I urge you to compare Kiera's pedigree along
with her GMPR title to other breedings and I think you will see why we
are excited. We aren't the biggest, but we are trying to do our
best for you, give us a shot!!
April 2, 2011 -CPR Tess was bred to 3xGMPR, HRCH Cruz :
We
are thrilled to announce Tess's last breeding and we honored to use
Cruz (see our litters page). Cruz is the most talented Chocolate
Pointing Lab currently competing in hunt test trials if not the most
talented regardless of color! Tess has only been bred to our
Hershey in the past but he is now retired, and we were looking for a
similar pedigreed dog as Hershey, as we know what type of dog this will
produce (see either Hershey or Tess's page to view their incredible
history), and Cruz was a easy choice. When these pups hit the
ground Cruz will potentially be a 4xGMPR and MH. We are so
excited about this breeding that we are keeping a black female for
ourselves. Look out APLA as she will soon be on the scene!!
February 21,, 2011 -Candi delivers her puppies:
Candi's
due date was the 20th and we all anxiously waited all day for the pups
to arrive, but the day came and went without the new puppies arriving.
Aaron set the alarm for 12am, no pups, again I got up at 2am, no
pups, the alarm was set again, for 4am, still no pups! At 6am
Aaron got up for the day, and two new pups were delivered. The
21st was a scheduled very busy day at work for Aaron, so Melanie
graciously stayed home and sat with Candi until the pups were done
being born that day. Candi has 4 beautiful chocolate pups and 3
black pups.
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