Mackinaw Valley Gun Dogs

02/09/2026

Opening Day of Dove Season 2026! It was 96 degrees tonight, so the goal was one bird for Desi and then back to the A/C. It didn’t take long to knock one down for her and she made a perfect retrieve.

29/08/2026

Upcoming Litter Announcement- The long awaited breeding of Mackinaw Valley’s High Five Just Call Me Cinco and GMPR Mackinaw Valley’s Northstar Seek and Destroy has taken place. An all chocolate litter is expected around 10/26. We are currently taking female deposits.

The sire (Coe) is from our breeding of FC GRHRCH Black Ice's Carbon Copy Of Ammo Mud Bud "Buddy" MH QA2 and CPR Mackinaw Valley’s Don’t Tread on Me. This pair consistently produced calm, intelligent pups. Coe is everything you want in a companion and working retriever. He was trained to a high level, has field trial experience, and is a great hunting partner. Coe is built like a lab should be, with excellent structure and coat.

GMPR Desi is my personal hunting dog and constant companion. She was trained to a high level at a young age and earned her Grand Master Pointing Retriever title before 2 years old. She is from a breeding of 4xGMPR TC High Caliber Diamondback's General Mad Dog Mattis MH QAA (direct son of FC AFC Barracuda Blue) and CPR Lockdown Moxies Stiff Drink.

Pups will come with AKC registration and a 26 month health guarantee. It will be hard to find a better breeding of chocolate pointing labs that can perform at the highest level. More importantly, they will make great family companions.

https://www.huntinglabpedigree.com/puppy.php?ID=72160

13/08/2026

Tonight we had dinner and a short visit with IUPD K9 Indy! It was great to see Rob (handler) and Dudley (trainer) also.

10/01/2026

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1GtYxMJ4yc/?mibextid=wwXIfr

It’s game day!!! Let’s down those ducks!!

PS: only AI ducks were harmed during the making of this post… 😉

01/01/2026

We had another great trip to Kansas. The weather ranged from 75 degrees and sunny to 15 degrees with 40 mph winds. The bird numbers were great this year, and the dogs were able to find them in the extremely varied conditions. Desi continues to improve and was able to find several downed birds that the experienced dogs couldn’t locate. Mason provided the comedic relief for the trip as always.

20/12/2025

We took Desi on a quick hunt at home today. She did a great job staying under control and tracking the running birds. She finally pinned one down at the end of the cover and made a nice retrieve after the shot.

26/10/2025

North Dakota 2025- We had a great trip to ND this past week, duck hunting in the morning and upland hunting the rest of the day. My main goal for this trip was to allow Desi to apply her training to real world situations. She learned a lot about wild birds and retrieving ducks in cold water cattail sloughs. The highlight of the trip was when Desi pointed a pair of roosters in a tree row. She was steady until released and retrieved the big, old bird with its tail dragging on the ground.

The rest of the dogs performed like the seasoned bird dogs they are, and produced lots of birds for the guns. Fire loves diving into thick sloughs in search of pheasants, and will retrieve anything that hits the ground. Nadia and Stewie covered miles of prairie, handling pheasants, sharptails, and Huns throughout the trip.

11/10/2025

Desi earned her Grand Master Pointing Retriever title last weekend at the NC APLA hunt test. We picked her up today at In Flight Retrievers and Ryan has done a fantastic job with her. Now it’s time to go hunting.

Thanks to Roy Geberth for the great hunt test photos.

22/09/2025

Desi earned the first pass towards her Advanced Pointing Retriever title this weekend at the Wisconsin APLA hunt test. She will be traveling to North Carolina in a few weeks to finish her APR title and attempt to pass the Master Pointing Retriever test.

02/09/2025

The 2025 hunting season is finally here! It was a slow night of dove hunting, but the kids and Fire still had a good time.