Almost Heaven Kennels

10/18/2026

Congrats to Tracey Johnson on Eve's first Master Pass at the Eastern GSP Club's Hunt Test. Four pieces of perfect bird work on the back course and one "non productive", where I elected to move her on and a nice retrieve in the bird field with the Chukar's wing completely covering her eyes, bringing it back on sound.

Big thanks to the Club and all the folks involved in putting on the Test, couldn't happen without you and a huge thanks to the Judges, that volunteer their time to walk behind the dogs and Handlers, brace after brace.

09/27/2026

Word from the GSP Club of Ohio horseback Trial is that Clyde the Glide(Kricket x Duke), owned by the Poss family and handled by Jonathan Sensinger, won the Amateur Gun Dog stake yesterday. He keeps on keeping on!
Clyde is offered at Stud to approved bi***es and current OFA clearances can be found at the OFA website.

09/25/2026

10 month old Duke, owned by Rafael Franco, getting his point on 😎

09/25/2026

Congrats to Team Baby Grrrroooooot!

A little late to posting, but I am pleased to announce Groot took home the Associated Bird Dog Clubs of Ohio 2025 Open Gun Dog of the year and the combined Gun Dog of the year awards.

First year out as a Broke dog and he blew us away, a huge thanks to Almost heaven kennels for training our special boy… “Baby Grooottt”

09/14/2026

Cooper, owned by the Michael and Shauna Landoe Ploeger family, bred by Wolf Plain Brooks.

08/26/2026

14 month old Millie(Kricket x Murphy the Diabetic Alert Dog), owned by John and Ashley McClinton. I can't show the work that got her to this find from her break away, but suffice to say that she made about a 700+ yard loop getting there lol!

08/19/2026

After seeing the most recent rankings in the GSPCA Journal, I was confused by the absence of Clyde(Kricket x Duke), owned by the Poss family. I had Steve reach out to Rick Petersen and due to a small oversight, Clyde/Steve hadn't been recognized as a member. I'm happy to say, Clyde is now recognized for having a pretty good Spring season. 😎
With Jonathan Sensinger

07/29/2026

There's something strangely, but ohhhh so satisfying, about the crunch of a horse fly between your fingers and hearing your horses sigh relief. 😈☠️

07/19/2026

Some of what's going on today 😎

07/12/2026

I've had a few questions on how our habitat work has been coming along, so thought I'd share some pix of the pollinator plots and stump regeneration.
A clear cut that only a few short months ago, appeared to be dead and devoid of life, is turning in to a teaming oasis of new life in a habitat desert of mature forest. We are seeing deer and fox on the daily, a huge increase in various songbird use, various Wood Peckers; hawks, Ravens, Bald Eagles, Buzzards and Vultures perching in the trees regularly, including one that was tagged! I've seen one Pepe Le Pew, which I could do without lol, but was none the less entertained to see waddling AWAY from me toward shelter. Lightning Bugs every eve and a few bats. Every time I stop and look around, I notice more.
I'm going to go with it is becoming a success, but there's still more work to do! Time and patience!