TGK's Nebraska Pointing Labs

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 by playing with them and loving 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. 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.

Current Events

August 21-22, 2010- Valley, NE AKC Hunt Test:
Under the direction of Brad Lhotak of Golden Oak Kennels, Kiera got another pass on her campaign for her SH title through the AKC. This most likely wraps up the AKC trials for Kiera this Fall, and now she is off to compete for her GMPR title in the Fall APLA tests.

August 15, 2010 - Mitchell, SD AKC Hunt Test:
Under the direction of Brad Lhotak of Golden Oak Kennels Kiera received her first SH pass. One down and three to go for her SH title. Kiera competes at Missouri Valley Hunt Club the weekend of August 21-22 for more SH passes, then it will be onto APLA tests in September and October as she will be shooting for her MPR and GMPR titles this fall.

August 4, 2010 - Abby’s pups have arrived!! Abby delivered 8 beautiful black and yellow puppies today. This breeding is between CPR Rockstar and CPR Abby, see our Litters
page. These pups will be ready to go home the week of September 22nd.

June 4, 2010 - Nala's pups are here!! Nala delivered 9 beautiful and healthy yellow puppies today (5 females and 4 males). This breeding is between 3xGMPR, HRCH Ridley and CPR Nala, see our Litters Page. These pups will be ready to go home the weekend of July 24th.

May 1-2 , 2010 - Higginsville, MO
APLA Test:
Under the direction of Andy Schoeberl of High Caliber Labradors Kiera has obtained her APR title. This title compliments her CPR and JH titles, and per Andy “we are on to bigger and better things with this dog”. Kiera will now be scheduled to compete for her Master Pointing Retriever title at the South Dakota APLA test. TGK would also like to take a moment and congratulate a few other special dogs for their Master level passes at the Higginsville test. Ridley received his 3x GMPR title (Ridley is being bred to our female Nala, and is owned by Ed McNally, see our litters page). Aaron received his GMPR title (Aaron is being bred to our female Candi, and is owned by Sam’s Creek Kennels, see our litters page). Rachael received her GMPR title (Rachael is out of our Hershey x Tess breeding, and is owned by Dan Koolstra). Rooster received his 3xGMPR title (Rooster is out of our Hershey x Tess breeding and is located with Hunters Rose Kennels).

October 18, 2009-Hershey and Tess’s pups arrived early Sunday morning. In all, 12 pups were born (5 black males, 4 black females, 2 yellow males, and 1 yellow female). The pups will be ready to go home the weekend of December 6, 2009.

August 17 , 2009—Rockstar and Abby's pups arrived the other day. We have 11 pups in all. 4 black females, 1 black male, 5 yellow females and 1 yellow male. They will be 7 weeks old on October 5th.

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.