Where the Heck Did the Summer Go?
As I sit here on Labor Day, September 4, 2023, it is raining outside (has been since late yesterday) and Fall is definitely in the air....
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Rob Oliver
- Apr 13
- 2 min
Look What the Easter Bunny Brought Us
Beginning early Saturday April 8, 2023 Sunny started to whelp, she ended up giving birth to seven healthy, very uniform pups.
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Rob Oliver
- Sep 15, 2022
- 1 min
My How They Grow!
It always surprises me how quickly things change, especially when it comes to puppies. We sure are grateful to be around these little...
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Rob Oliver
- Sep 11, 2022
- 1 min
Who Doesn't Like Puppies?
Sunny and Jammer's Pups were born the 17th of August and my how they grow. Day to day they're growing so much and doing what puppies do....
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Rob Oliver
- Sep 11, 2022
- 5 min
Memories and Musings
This blog is a bit of a departure from my usual discussion but two events over the course of the last few days have stirred some...
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Rob Oliver
- Aug 29, 2022
- 3 min
Exciting Announcement - Jammer First Editions
We had a new litter born out of Sunny and Jammer. The litter was whelped on August 15, 2022 and contained two males and two females, all...
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Rob Oliver
- May 16, 2022
- 3 min
April Showers Brings June Puppies
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...
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Rob Oliver
- May 15, 2022
- 9 min
You Want to Breed Dogs!!!
When I first began breeding dogs many years ago I had enough academic training in genetics to make me dangerous but little real world...
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Rob Oliver
- Mar 23, 2022
- 2 min
Retriever Training - The Mother of Invention
As I have been privileged to spend time with many retriever trainers, both amateurs and professionals over the years it has become...
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Cory Oliver
- Dec 21, 2021
- 1 min
Let the Bells Ring Out - They're Here!!!!!
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...
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Cory Oliver
- Dec 8, 2021
- 2 min
New Litter Set to Land!
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...
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Rob Oliver
- Jun 12, 2021
- 7 min
Never the Twain Shall Meet - Really?
For years I have read and heard disparaging comments about the separation between retriever Field Trials and a typical day in the field....
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Rob Oliver
- Apr 24, 2021
- 6 min
It's All About The Dogs - Yesterday vs. Today!
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...
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Rob Oliver
- Feb 27, 2021
- 5 min
The Big Four!!!!
This week in a text conversation with my friend Marcy Wright of Horsetooth Retrievers she was extolling the virtues of a five month old...
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Rob Oliver
- Jan 1, 2021
- 4 min
A Dog's Life
When one considers a dog's life, one often enviously contemplates its simplicity, but the reality is quite the contrary. This was the...
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Rob Oliver
- Dec 31, 2020
- 5 min
What A Year!!!!
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....
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Rob Oliver
- Dec 12, 2020
- 5 min
Just Leave Me Alone!
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...
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Rob Oliver
- Dec 1, 2020
- 5 min
In A Galaxy Far Away...
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...
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Rob Oliver
- Nov 11, 2020
- 3 min
Everybody Loves Ginger
Recently I received a phone call from Joule Chareny who writes the column in Retriever Field Trial News about the great dogs from the...
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Rob Oliver
- Feb 23, 2019
- 3 min
Eight Feet Tall With Super Powers
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....
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