Hickory Hills Retrievers

01/19/2025

Darby and his daughter Oakley getting it done today! Limited out at 10 👏

10/27/2024

The 2024 HRC International Grand was a fun, challenging, and rewarding one! The Grand committee, judges, members of the Gateway HRC Club, and so many volunteers put on one heck of an event—thank you to everyone for making it a great five days for the 888 dogs that competed.

The HHR team of Jeremy and Bow took a crew of 11 talented and prepared dogs to run some very challenging series. When the dust settled (literally), 7 of them brought home the green. Congratulations to the following:

6XGRHRCH UHCH Rolo MH HOF, owned by Bow & Lynne Switzer

5XGRHRCH UH Cosby MH, owned by Cindy & Jeni Gripshover

4XGRHRCH UH Toby MH QAA, owned by Cindy & Jeni Gripshover

3XGRHRCH Ash QAA, owned by Neil & Carol Kaufman

HRCH UH Baker, owned by Bobby Doggette

HRCH Nash, owned by John & Molly Nordheim

HRCH UH Fern, owned by Jeremy & Kate Legge

Nothing at this level happens by chance. Huge thanks to the owners for allowing us to campaign these great dogs. We are blessed with the best training group who live like family and support each other in this pursuit of excellence. Thanks to our kennel crew and those who help so much in daily training and operations! Jeremy would like to thank his wife, Kate, for tolerating him being gone for seven days with a newborn at home. We had a ton of surrounding family support and help while on the road. We are truly blessed in so many ways!

TEAMwork makes this dream work!

09/23/2024

The HHR team headed to Ghent, KY this weekend to Inducky’s annual fall test. The club put on a great test that was both challenging and fair. Thanks to the club members and all the bird techs for working hard and keeping us moving.

The whole crew was involved this weekend! Jeremy, Bow, Em Rose, and Julian got it done at the line going 20/21. Congratulations to the following:

Trixie, handled by Julian and Em Rose, two started passes!!

5XGRHRCH UCH Rolo MH HOF, 2 passes, owned by Bow & Lynne Switzer

3XGRHRCH UH Toby MH QAA, 2 passes, owned by Cindy & Jeni Gripshover

HR Poppy, 2 passes, owned by Lynne & Bow Switzer

HRCH UH Fern, 2 passes, owned by Jeremy & Kate Legge

HRCH UH Reno, 1 pass, owned by Roger & Rose Weber

HRCH UH Baker, 2 passes, owned by Bobby Doggette

HRCH Timber, 2 passes, owned by Ron & Kelli Zimmerly

HR Cash, 2 passes, owned by Danny & Tina Delph

GRHRCH Ash QAA, 2 passes, owned by Neil & Carol Kaufman

HRCH UH Bailey MH WC, 1 pass (ran Sunday only), owned by Carrie Capone

09/15/2024

This weekend we had the opportunity to head to Coshocton, OH to run the Ohio Valley Retriever Club Qualifier. 38 dogs ran the event and the judges put on a challenging setup-up for the four series stakes. Thanks to the judges and all of those who worked hard to make the event run smoothly!

HHR started with 4 dogs…. Toby, Ash, Reno, and Fern. Cosby was scratched due to a small injury. We carried 3/4 into the second series (25 were called back). Ash, Fern, and Toby did a great job on both their land marks and the meaty blind. Ash was the star with only one whistle to the blind.

The third series was a water blind with a long entry and a big swim. Ash and Fern did very well on the water blind and were, along with 11 other dogs, called back to run the 4th series.

The 4th series was a beautiful water marking test with an indented middle retired gun. Ash was on rails in her final series run and took the blue ribbon, earning first place and the designation of QAA.

Congratulations to GRHRCH Ash QAA, owned by Neil and Carol Kaufman!

The whole crew is heading to Inducky next weekend for a HRC weekend test and important Grand prep!

09/08/2024

Jeremy headed north with five dogs (Toby, Cosby, Ash, Reno, and Fern) this weekend to Canton, IL for a Field Trial Double Qualifier. 32 dogs ran each event and the judges put on a challenging set-up for both of the four series stakes. Thanks to the judges and all of those who worked hard to make the event run smoothly!

In the first Qual, the field was effectively cut in half with each series. Reno, Ash, and Toby made it to the third. Toby was one of 7 dogs called back to the final series—placing FIRST and earning the designation of QAA.

Congratulations to 3xGRHRCH UH Toby MH QAA, owned by Cindy & Jeni Gripshover!

In the second Qual, there was a combined second/third series, which four of the dogs were invited to run… Toby, Ash, Cosby, and Fern. 8 dogs, including Fern, were called to run the fourth series. Fern earned a Reserved Jam, a big feat for a young two year old!

Congratulations to HRCH UH Fern owned by Jeremy & Kate Legge!

The rest of the team trained this weekend with Bow and picked up some challenging marks and A LOT of blinds in preparation for the upcoming HRC International Grand!

08/26/2024

Bow & Lynne took the crew south this weekend for Music City’s 20th anniversary HRC hunt test. Thanks to the club members, judges and all the workers for putting on a great test. It was a sweltering weekend and the club did a great job running efficiently and keeping everyone safe.

Bow went 17/22, bringing home two new titles. Congratulations to the following:

4xGRHRCH UH Cosby MH, 1 Finished pass, owned by Cindy & Jeni Gripshover

3xGRHRCH UH Toby MH, 2 Finished passes, owned by Cindy & Jeni Gripshover

HRCH Timber, 1 Finished pass, owned by Ron & Kelli Zimmerly

HRCH UH Bailey SH, 1 finished pass, owned by Carrie Capone

GRHRCH Ash, 2 Finished passes, owned by Neil and Carol Kaufman

HRCH UH Baker, 2 Finished passes and a new TITLE!! owned by Bobby Doggette

HRCH UH Reno, 2 Finished passes and a new TITLE! owned by Roger & Rose Weber

HRCH Nash, 2 Finished passes, owned by John & Molly Nordheim

HRCH UH Fern, 2 Finished passes, owned by Jeremy & Kate Legge

Poppy, 2 Finished passes, owned by Bow & Lynne Switzer

08/12/2024

The HHR crew had a great time running this weekend in Albion, Indiana at Backwater Retriever Club’s AKC Master test. Thanks to the club members and all the workers for putting on a great test. The judges did an outstanding job setting up challenging and fair series.

Bow went 6/9 running mostly two year olds in the three series Master test. Congratulations to the following on moving one step closer to the MH title:

GRHRCH Ash owned by Neil and Carol Kaufman

HR UH Baker owned by Bobby Doggette

HR UH Cash owned by Danny & Tina Delph

HRCH Nash owned by John & Molly Nordheim

HRCH UH Fern owned by Jeremy & Kate Legge

Poppy owned by Bow & Lynne Switzer

Note: Glad we weren’t judged on our ability to take a group photo!

07/23/2024

The HHR crew has been working hard all through July! We had a great week at Bourbon Hills Retriever Club of Kentucky Master Test and Owner-Handler Qualifier. Thanks to the club for putting on two exceptional events.

In the O/H Qualifier Jeremy / Fern took 4th place and Bow/Rolo received a JAM.

Bow went 5/7 running a young crew in the three series Master test. Congratulations to the following on moving one step closer to the MH title:

HR UH Cash owned by Danny & Tina Delph

HRCH Nash owned by John & Molly Nordheim

HRCH UH Fern owned by Jeremy & Kate Legge

HR UH Reno owned by Roger & Rose Weber

HRCH Rocky MH owned by Roy & Yulanda Switzer

06/23/2024

06/11/2024

Thank you WISILL for hosting and running a great SRS!

Congratulations to 10xGRHRCH UH Darby MH HOF owned by Ron and Kelli Zimmerly for placing 4th. And 5xGRHRCH UH Rolo MH HOF owned by Bow and Lynne Switzer.

Thank you to everyone that help me train and care for the kennel! (Bow Switzer, Cindy & Jeni Gripshover, Kyle Walton, Joseph Williams, Julian Thomas, and Em Rose)

04/29/2024

We were blessed to pass 3/6 of the dogs we ran at the 2024 Spring Grand! Thank you to my wife for supporting me! Thank you to Cindy and Jeni Gripshover for helping take care of the dogs at HHR and to Bow Switzer for putting up with me when we are training. Thank you Kyle Walton for all you do for us as well.

We went into the 3rd series with everyone still hitting it pretty good until Cosby and Axel pointed out. Bailey did well until pointing out in the 4th series.

Darby earned his 10th grand pass making him the chocolate with the most grand passes in HRC history! Owned by Ron and Kelli Zimmerly.

Toby earned his 3rd grand pass as a young 4yr old! Owned by Cindy and Jeni Gripshover.

Ash earned her GRHRCH title as a young 3yr old! Owned by Neil and Carol Kaufman.