TopGun Retrievers

08/21/2024

HRCH Leo, Kowani, Trace, SHR Daisy, and Copper act as part of our security system when you pull in the drive. Unfortunately, their bark is worse than their bite 😂.

08/21/2024

Welcome to the Kennel Copper! This good looking dude is new to the kennel and owned by the Hammond family. He’s here to learn how to be a hunting dog, and I have a feeling he’ll be getting a lot of birds in his future!

He is currently going through collar conditioning and is doing great!

Deaton Gunn Hammond

08/14/2024

Last weeks cooler temps were nice and teased us. The heat is back, which means the crew is back on the early morning grind!

07/29/2024

Had a good run this weekend at North Alabama Master test going 3/5 this weekend. We always enjoy running on Ethan Corkren’s beautiful grounds and appreciate his time in the judges chair alongside Kris Travis. They put on 3 solid tests and got everyone run in one day!

Congrats to our dogs that passed:

HRCH Tallie (4/4) owned by Stephanie Opp Grisanti picked up her 4th pass continuing her streak of 12 straight clean master series.

HRCH Dyson (2/2) owned by Bernard Terry picked up her second Master pass

HRCH Leo (1/2) owned by Ed Apple picked up his first master pass.

06/18/2024

We ran our first Masters test of the year at Firewater Farms. Our crew came out 3/6 after 3 very hot exhausting series. Thanks Sean Jackson for the use of your property and all the workers that made this test go off without a hitch and worked their tails off!

Congrats to:

HRCH Dyson owned by Bernard Terry on her first Master pass

HRCH Jake owned by Reid Yarbrough who is 2/2 with us.

HRCH Tallie owned by Stephanie Opp Grisanti, who is 3/3 and closing in on that title.

All three dogs ran flawlessly picking up 3 triples clean and running great blinds, leaving the judges nothing to write down.

Purina Pro Plan

06/05/2024

Happy 2nd birthday to our very own Penny!

05/02/2024

Maggie owned by John Freeman is rocking and rolling through T-Drill.

04/26/2024

When you’re not ready for training to be done for the day 😂

04/14/2024

Great morning training with the crew at the farm. The FT crew ran the first setup: derby dogs, (Dyson and Penny) ran as singles and all stand out) the Q dogs (Tallie and Jack) had the left bird retire after picking up the right mark.

The rest of the crew ran the second setup.

03/19/2024

We went 3/4 this past weekend at Southern Flight HRC and came home with 2 brand new HRCH’s. Congratulations to Dyson and Leo. These two hot rods are fun to run and we are blessed to be a part in their success. This is just the beginning for these two!

New Hunting Retriever Champions!!

HRCH Morayglen Hondo’s Leo owned by Ed Apple
&
HRCH Hiwater’s Lady Dyson owned by Terry

Purina Pro Plan

03/10/2024

We kicked off the 2024 test season at West TN this weekend. We had a good run going 5/6. We’d like to thank the judges for their time, workers, and Maple Ridge Retrievers for the use of their beautiful grounds.

Finished:
Leo: 1/2
Dyson: 2/2

Started:
Daisy: 2/2

03/08/2024

03/06/2024

Baby Kowani, owned by Colby Beland is taking to FF very well. she is by far the tiniest lab to come through our kennel, but don’t let her size fool you, she’s the boss and lets everyone know it!

Nathan Arant

03/05/2024

We have fed Purina Pro Plan since day one and have no interest in swapping. Dogs keep great coats and are straight muscle. We can guarantee that while your dog is with us, they will be fed a quality food with veterinarian backed formulas.

Ray Voigt Kelsi Toth

Purina Pro Plan

02/28/2024

30 mph winds make perfect for cross wind blinds. The cast off the points with the big dogs were 🤌🏻. Shoulder the wind and then cast into it.

02/16/2024

Continuing our young dog highlights is Trace, owned by Ryan White. We’ve had him all duck season to get a jump on training and he has been doing well. He is currently going through FF and has graduated to Collar Fetch.

He’s going to be a fun one to open up in the field. He’s a marking machine and does Everything 200 mph.

02/14/2024

The young dogs are trickling in and the ones that are already here are rolling! Little Kowani owned by the Breland family is rolling through on lead obedience and will be on to collar conditioning shortly. Don’t let her size fool you, she has a big heart and has assumed the role as Kennel Boss!

02/01/2024

Duck season ‘23/‘24 is in the books and TGR dogs put in some work. It was feast and famine all season long but everyone got on birds and we had veterans add to their tally and young dogs kick off their careers in fashion!

Young dogs are starting to roll in for the Spring and the hitters will be back in soon! We are looking forward to this training year and can’t wait to hit the road hard! We are coming out of the gate swinging with some unfinished business from last year and couldn’t be more excited about the young crew!

01/01/2024

We had a light 2023 year as far as hunt tests go, but we were busy reloading with some nice up and comers. Stephanie Opp and I would like to thank our clients and friends for the continued support and look forward to what 2024 brings for the TGR crew! It was a busy year with more training young dogs than testing and nursing back a puppy with a broken leg (more like containing a dragon with a broken leg).

2023 stats

HRC - 14/16 with 1 new HRCH and 2 Seasoned titles

Masters - 5/8

Grand - carried 4 dogs to the 2nd series

We look forward to building off 2023, wrapping up titles and qualifying everyone for the Master Nationals, prepping for the Grands, competing in Spring derbies with Penny, and possibly running some more SRS’s.

Somewhere in all that hustle we are squeezing in a wedding! Here are some of the pics of our year:

12/20/2023

12/10/2023

11/24/2023

Client dog pics are starting to roll in and progress reports are are promising! HR Leo is on the board with a solid 24 retrieves to start off his Sophmore season.

09/07/2023

2023 Fall Grand Line Up is set and running order released. We are making our return to The Grand with a crew and looking forward to letting the big dogs run. Our crew is young but consistent and have proven they have earned the right to go

#667 HRCH Honey
#674 HRCH Roux
#681 HRCH Tallie
#688 HRCH Jake

08/28/2023

We had a great (hot) weekend at Music City Hunting Retriever Club. We brought 3 dogs of our crew and went 5/6 for the weekend. HRCH Tallie went 2/2 running 2 great days of Finished tests. HR Leo went 1/2, running a beautiful land series with his back against the wall. Unfortunately, he lost his mind today and provided the judges and I a good laugh. However, the weekend belongs to our newly Seasoned titled dog, Dyson. She got her HR title on Saturday, handled by her owner Bernard Terry and we bumped her up to Finished today, except I was handed the reigns and she walked away with her first Finished pass, running 2 beautiful series clean. The future of our crew just keeps getting stronger and better and I couldn’t be more excited for the ride!

Finished
2/2 HRCH Tallie owned by Stephanie Opp
1/2 HR Leo owned by Ed Apple
1/1 HR Dyson owned by Terry

Seasoned (New HR Title)
1/1 HR Dyson owned by Terry

Purina Pro Plan SportDOG Brand

08/14/2023

We walked away from Black Warrior Retriever Clubs test with 2 master passes. We went 2/4 overall, Roux and Honey just wanted the birds too badly in the 2nd and couldn’t wait long enough.

Congrats to HRCH Tallie owned/handled by Stephanie Opp and HRCH Jake owned by Reid Yarbrough.

Road to the Master Nationals has begun!

07/31/2023

Never seen a double… ✔️
Never seen a diversion ✔️
Never ran a cold blind ✔️
Owner running his dog for the first time for her first Seasoned test and picking up 2 passes, Priceless.

Congrats to Bernard Terry and Dyson for picking up their first 2 Seasoned passes this weekend at North MS Delta HRC.

06/11/2023

Had a great weekend at North Mississippi Retriever Club. We went 2/3 in Master with HRCH Honey and HRCH Tallie running a great test for their first AKC event.

HRCH Honey owned by Ryan Hisky

HRCH Tallie owned/handled by Stephanie Opp

05/30/2023

It’s the small wins in this game. Saint came to us as a 6 month old but wasn’t a very confident puppy. Obedience went well and when it came time to begin F.F. We quickly realized he lacked the mental maturity to handle it. His owner and I agreed that instead of ram rodding him through it and killing his attitude, we would send him home and let him grow up a bit. Well he is back and he is a different dog. Toe pinch went great, and tonight was the first night of Collar Fetch. Tail was wagging, his little head Bob he does when he is excited is back, and he is now off to the races.

Classic case of you got to be patient, these dogs aren’t cookie cutter, and sometimes they mentally aren’t ready.

05/29/2023

We had a great weekend at North MS Delta HRC this weekend. We went to finish up a Seasoned title on one dog and said let’s bring the T-Ball crew 😂! We went 6/6 on the weekend with one new HR title.

Started:
2/2 Dyson owned and handled by Terry

2/2 Penny owned by TGR handled by Stephanie Opp

Seasoned and newly titled:
HR Leo owned by Ed Apple handled by TGR

05/26/2023

If you’re looking for a top shelf boykin breeding, look no further than this one. Scotty is a great guy so get in touch with him to bring one home. Both sire & dam are trained by our friend Jonathan Holland @ Tomahawk Kennels - Boykin Spaniels.

Most of Nellie’s first litter went back to Jonathan for training and is doing very well.

Scotty Dunnam