Maple Grove Kennels

10/19/2026

Fun weekend! Little grouse and duck action!

10/10/2026

Last dock dives of the year for Poppy! Beautiful 80 degree day with the leaves at full color today!

10/09/2026

Mallard kind of morning. 🦆 3 longer retrieves with Poppy putting those webbed feet to work.

10/08/2026

Pointing 👍 retrieving 👍. Fun times at the pheasant farm. Went 11/10 for the morning getting all our birds plus a bonus and I might have missed one more at the end of the walk 🤷‍♂️.

10/02/2026

Poppy and I have been getting after it. In her first solo season without mom she has been doing great! We went to a Pheasant preserve yesterday and she cleaned up in short order. Lots of prey drive in her for sure. I have been seeing it the first two seasons but she is really a solid pointer now! Duck hunting has been hit or miss really warm temps still and the mornings have been calm but we have got a few. She loves to retrieve in the water which is no surprise with how she dock jumps for the bumper all summer! 😂

09/11/2026

Happy Birthday U Litter!!! Hope you all are safe and healthy! Poppy says hello to all her crazy brothers!

08/15/2026

Go check it out. Bird Dog Of The Day with all the cool Picardy swag!

Inspired by the athleticism and versatility that made the German Shorthaired Pointer America's bird dog, the GSP Hat is a badge of belonging for shorthair owners.

07/07/2026

This is a post no one wants to make.

We lost our Sophie on Sunday. She had transitional cell carcinoma — a tumor wrapped around her bladder. Late last week we noticed she was urinating more frequently, then having trouble going and by Sunday she was unable to go at all. We take some solace in knowing she didn’t show signs of pain or endure prolonged suffering.

Her final morning was spent at the lake. She chased squirrels around the woodpile and took a long solo swim like nothing was wrong, right before I left to take her to the ER vet. Her final moments were surrounded by the four of us and lots of love. When the vet brought her into the room after her scans, she walked in, looked at each of us individually, got love from everyone, then laid down and put her head in my lap as I sat on the floor. It’s like she knew what was happening.

Sophie will forever be missed and is not replaceable (don’t tell Poppy). We have memories of hunting across the country and in Canada — ducks retrieved, pheasants pointed, grouse cornered, yard rabbits chased she did it all. She and I shared plenty of deep conversations in the front seat of the truck on the way to our various destinations and she was a perfect listener. Sophie was the best hunting dog I’ve ever had, but more than that, she was a wonderful member of our family. We could not have asked for a more kind and gentle dog.

We have thousands of photos of our main girl and more memories than we deserve. The time spent with our furry friends is never long enough. She will forever be missed.

06/19/2026

Reach out to Reed River For more information!

04/20/2026

Happy Birthday S Litter!!! 🎁🎉🎂