Seranoa Kennels

Seranoa Kennels Pointing dog training and boarding We offer dog boarding as well as training services for all pointing dogs.

Seranoa Kennels is located on the prairies of central Montana, south of the Big Snowy Mountains and about an hour outside of Billings, Montana. We frequently offer for sale English setters and pointers —puppies, started dogs, and finished bird dogs—to bird hunters, falconers, and field trial competitors. Because of where we’re located, we’re able to work our dogs on sharp-tailed grouse, Hungarian partridge, pheasants, and sage grouse.

04/05/2026

All of us learn better when we’re not stressed.

When we’re working with a dog, it’s up to us to create and maintain a low-stress environment. Even more importantly, we need to be able to recognize stress in our dogs.

By doing this, we can make adjustments in our methods so that our dogs are in a position to learn rather than shut down or resist.

It’s easy for us to think that a dog is being obstinate or difficult — and respond by applying more pressure — when in fact the dog is too stressed to learn and understand.

The better we get at identifying these behaviors and reading a dog’s body language, the better we become at being effective trainers.

If you’d like to learn more about developing the skills that will help you communicate better with your dog, join us at one of our training seminars. In each of the three sessions, we’ll look closely at how we as trainers and handlers can learn to observe and understand before we respond and give cues.

Visit seranoakennels.com or the link in the bio to learn more.

03/14/2026

We are all about putting a little slack in the rope around here…

If you’ve been thinking about wanting to send a dog our way for spring training, we have a couple spots still open for April/May/June.

Our three month spring training program is designed to help your dog learn about “whoa”, backing, stop to flush, and standing to wing and shot. It’s great for tune ups on started dogs or fresh young dogs who need a solid foundation. We welcome all pointing dog breeds.

Reach out with any questions.

Who is the Understanding Bird Dogs Seminar series right for?The Understanding Bird Dogs Seminars are right for you if yo...
02/20/2026

Who is the Understanding Bird Dogs Seminar series right for?

The Understanding Bird Dogs Seminars are right for you if you want to develop a new perspective and skill set that will help you help your dog learn and improve performance in the field. No matter your experience level as a bird dog handler, you will find great benefit both in the field and at home with these methods.

Participants will get to watch other dogs and handlers learn while working with their own dog alongside a trainer who has helped hundreds of dogs learn the same skills.

Though it is tailored for dogs between 1 and 3 years of age, any dog who needs help with ‘whoa’, bird manners, and handling in the field will benefit. Handlers of all experience levels will find this class enlightening and see great improvements in their own understanding of their bird dogs and in the dogs themselves.

All pointing breeds are welcome to participate.

We look forward to helping you better understand your bird dog.

More info on our seminar series can be found at our website or at the link in our bio seranoakennels.com

Helping a dog become a better bird dog requires more than just having a bag of tricks. The trainers who consistently get...
02/15/2026

Helping a dog become a better bird dog requires more than just having a bag of tricks. The trainers who consistently get positive results have learned to slow down, observe behaviors and responses, and ask questions. That’s where understanding comes from: when we can accurately interpret what we observe without emotion, and ask the right questions, we get better at communicating. These are skills that all of us can learn and master. 

Seranoa Kennels is excited to offer a series of three weekend-long training seminars designed to help owners understand the three basic skills that make up the foundation of every trained pointing dog – whoa training, yard training (backing, stop-to-flush, and steady to wing and shot), and handling/patterning/finishing in the field.

Each seminar builds on skills and methods from the previous session, slowly and logically developing the skill sets of both dog and handler. The progression from an over-exuberant young pointing dog to a finished gun dog or field trial competitor goes best when it goes slowly and methodically. The better we as trainers become at reading and understanding the responses of our dogs, the smoother that progression goes.  

For more information and how to sign up, visit our website linked in our bio seranoakennels.com

Congratulations to my good friend Alex Rickert… his young pointer male, Seranoa’s Ramblin’ Man, call name Sam, will run ...
01/30/2026

Congratulations to my good friend Alex Rickert… his young pointer male, Seranoa’s Ramblin’ Man, call name Sam, will run in this year’s National Championship at Ames Plantation.

Sam is from one of the Seranoa’s On Guard Annie x Touch’s Malcolm Story litters.

After leaving Seranoa Kennels at about six months old, Sam was developed by Ike Todd and is now on Mark McLean’s string. In the last few weeks, Mark has handled Sam to a RU Championship at the Georgia Open and the callback at the Continental.

I’d like to thank Alex for giving Sam the opportunity to compete at this level, and wish him all the best at Ames. The drawing will be on February 7, and dogs will begin running on February 9.

Seranoa Kennels would like to congratulate Mark McLean & Jerry Raynor on their sweep at the Georgia Open Quail Champions...
01/13/2026

Seranoa Kennels would like to congratulate Mark McLean & Jerry Raynor on their sweep at the Georgia Open Quail Championship. Congratulations, also, to Carl Owen, owner of Ch. Woodville’s Long Hard Ride, and Alex Rickert, owner of RU Ch. Seranoa’s Ramblin’ Man.

Ramblin’ Man, call name Sam, is from one of the Seranoa’s On Guard Annie x Ch. Touch’s Malcolm Story litters. I’d like to send out a big Montana thank you to Alex and Mark for believing in Sam and giving him a chance. I hope we see him at Ames…

Whatever is offered to us is only received with an open hand. The dogs and horses who I spend my days with offer a great...
11/25/2025

Whatever is offered to us
is only received with an open hand. The dogs and horses who I spend my days with offer a great deal to me — patience, kindness, loyalty, playfulness — but it’s up to me to recognize those things and to choose to be open to receiving them. A savvy dog or horse trainer always learns that an open hand encourages and reassures. When I keep a hand open for Cinch’s muzzle or Toby’s paw, I always end up with a handful of grace.

“And the Aurora Borealis was out. I’ve seen it only a few times in my life. In colors of rose and lavender and purple, i...
11/13/2025

“And the Aurora Borealis was out. I’ve seen it only a few times in my life. In colors of rose and lavender and purple, it moved and pulsed against the night, and the frost-sharpened stars shone through it. What a thing to see at a time when I needed it so badly.” — John Steinbeck

Seranoa Kennels and the home training grounds beneath the Northern Lights.

We get what we give.
11/03/2025

We get what we give.

I am beginning to understand that generations of bird dogs can make and measure the cadence of a person’s life. Calendar...
10/28/2025

I am beginning to understand that generations of bird dogs can make and measure the cadence of a person’s life. Calendars and clocks are pale, vague, and frail by comparison.

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