TGK's Nebraska Pointing Labs

About TGK's Nebraska Pointing Labs

Our names are Aaron Stover and Fred Foltz, and we are the owners of TGK's Nebraska Pointing Labs. Fred and I are just like you, we love the outdoors, we love to hunt, we love our dogs, and above all else we are family guys with beautiful wives and children: "we love them too".

Fred and I have been hunting buddies for about 10 years now. In 2000, we purchased our first pointing Labrador, Hershey, and a year later we purchased Molly, this is why we call them “The Foundation". Hershey and Molly have provided and continue to provide us countless hours of hunting thrills and friendship that only good hunting dogs offer. It was this enjoyment that allowed us to expand into what we call “The Prodigies" that include Tess, Abby and Babs. We are now expanding our dogs into “The Future" with Kiera, Candi, Auggie and Nala.

Our Philosophy

We want to provide you with "bend over backwards" customer service and an excellent hunting dog. Fred and I do not believe that you must spend thousands of dollars to be rewarded with a top notch pointing Labrador pedigreed puppy. We all work hard during the week, and we believe you should have fun on the weekends hunting with a dog that doesn't break the bank to own.

All of our dogs are hunted and trialed. Let us be clear, our dogs are hunting dogs first and trial dogs second. Our dogs are trained to quarter the field, point and retrieve birds (land and water), and to be 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. 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.

Current Events

May 23-24, 2009—Under the direction of Professional dog trainer Andy Schoeberl of High Caliber Labradors, Kiera obtained her third and fourth passes in the AKC Jr. Hunter tests, at the South Dakota Hunting Dog Club. These passes giver Kiera her Jr. Hunter title through the AKC. This most likely wraps up Kiera’s Spring trial schedule. Andy is very excited and confident that he can run Kiera in the more advanced level tests in both the APLA and AKC come this fall. Congratulations team TGK!!!

May 09, 2009—Under the direction of Professional dog trainer Andy Schoeberl of High Caliber Labradors, Kiera obtainer her Certified Pointing Retriever title. The test was held at Swanson Farms, Elsmore, Kansas. Kiera has turned out to be an excellent dog for our kennel. She has a tri-pod point, and per Andy, “if she could run on water she would”. Our Kennel plans to let Andy continue her training and to obtain the highest possible titles she is capable of. Next up will be the AKC double hunt test at the South Dakota Hunting Dog Club, May 23-24.

September 27-28, 2008 - What a great day for our Kennel!!! Auggie passed the double JH test in Tulsa, OK, thus giving him is JH title. Auggie went 4/4 in tests this fall so we are extremely proud of him. Hopefully this is the first of many more titles to come. Another high point for us was that “Rachael” a black female out of one of our Hershey x Tess litters passed her Master Pointing Retriever test in Girard, KS. Rachael will compete for another pass in two weeks in Afton, IA and will hopefully earn her Grand Master Pointing Retriever Title. This is a great accomplishment for Rachael and her owners and it is quite the testament to the type of dogs we are striving to produce.

September 10, 2008 - What a great two weeks it has been for having new pups. Abby delivered 10 beautiful puppies today that included 3 yellow males, 3 yellow females, and 4 black females. Abby is a wonderful mom as this is her third litter. This combination of Rockstar (stud dog), and Abby will be sure to please even the most discriminating buyer/hunter.

September 07, 2008--Under the direction of Professional Dog trainer Andy Schoeberl of High Caliber Labradors, Kiera obtained her second pass in the AKC Junior Hunter Test. The test was held at the North Dakota Retriever Club in Glyndon, MN. This most likely will wrap up Kiera’s trials for the fall season as she is now at the half way point to her JH title. Kiera’s trainer, Andy Schoeberl will soon be heading off to his pheasant guiding job for the rest of the fall and winter. We will get hooked back up with Andy in late winter so he and Kiera can continue their training together and hit the Spring of 2009 trials hard.

September 06, 2008--Under the direction of Kyle Hodges, Auggie obtained his second pass in the AKC Junior Hunter Test. The test was held at the Mile-Hi Golden Retriever Club in Berthoud, CO. Auggie’s trainer, Lonny Taylor, is now looking at running Auggie in a double hunt test in Tulsa, OK to see if Auggie can possibly obtain his JH title this fall prior to heading down to Texas for winter training, and to start working on the skills needed for the Senior Hunter Test. Our Kennel is thrilled with Auggie’s progress.

September 03, 2008—Wow what a scary/exciting night for our family/kennel. Nala (through a c-section) delivered 17 puppies!!! Unfortunately 4 of them did not make it through the operation. Our Kennel has 13 yellow pups that are doing wonderful and mom is also doing quite well. We will be pretty busy keeping a eye on them and making sure to the best of our abilities they stay healthy (weighing them, and bottle feeding if necessary). There are several deposit positions available on this litter. Please contact us.