@revilokennels

I am a firm believer that things work out a certain way for a reason. I have been breeding dogs far too long to know that things always...

When I first began breeding dogs many years ago I had enough academic training in genetics to make me dangerous but little real world...

As I have been privileged to spend time with many retriever trainers, both amateurs and professionals over the years it has become...

Sunny and Quinn's litter arrived early last Thursday morning. We ended up with 2 black males, 1 black female, 2 yellow males, and three...

Quinn and Sunny were whelped a day apart, three years ago this past November right here at our kennel. It has been a delight to watch...

For years I have read and heard disparaging comments about the separation between retriever Field Trials and a typical day in the field....

On the fifth of April of this year I made a trip to Yampa, Colorado to rendezvous Boo (Revilo's Boogie Nights) with Deke (FC AFC...

This week in a text conversation with my friend Marcy Wright of Horsetooth Retrievers she was extolling the virtues of a five month old...

When one considers a dog's life, one often enviously contemplates its simplicity, but the reality is quite the contrary. This was the...

With the year and the season rapidly coming to a close I figured I better get out one more time at least for crack at a wily cock bird....

Last week my son Wade came down for a few days of chasing wild Montana pheasants. We had a great time, as late season wild pheasants are...

My most recent Mack's Prairie Wings catalog came the other day and as I studied the pages two things occurred to me. First, just about...

Recently I received a phone call from Joule Chareny who writes the column in Retriever Field Trial News about the great dogs from the...

One day during Elle's first waterfowl season, when she was just over a year old I doubled on mallards just before the end of legal light....

For most avid hunters the season end is bittersweet. While it spells an end to waking up and going out into the pre-dawn chill often...

Broadwater County lies within the Pacific Flyway which means that our waterfowl season closes tomorrow. A sad day indeed. In an effort to...

With every litter of pups comes the time when mom is done with them and then its time for the humans to take over the role of shaping the...

Soon after becoming involved in Labradors I met a gentleman by the name of Lyman "Junior" Turner who lived in Magrath, Alberta, about 40...

I've always enjoyed hunting pheasants in the late season for several reasons. First, the birds have been well educated by the constant...

In his great book, Snakefoot The Making of a Champion, Robert G. Whehle, the founder and owner of Elhew Kennels and a remarkably...