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Hunt'em Up Kennels, 2998 E Ivy Lane, Tescott, KS (2025)

09/17/2025

Hunt’em Up Kennels is a licensed dog boarding and training facility located just outside of Tescott, Kansas. We specialize in training all breeds of pointing dogs for upland and waterfowl hunting. We are currently looking for both full-time and part-time help. The roles of those hired will involve the hands-on care of dogs, horses, and birds. You will be involved in kennel and property maintenance to ensure that the Kansas Department of Agriculture and Animal Welfare standards are not only upheld but exceeded. These roles will also involve assisting with the training of dogs on obedience, gun dog training, and the preparation of dogs for hunt testing and field trials. There will also be times your duties might also involve the care of cattle on the family ranch operation.

Inquiring individuals must be able to pass a back ground check and have no history of crimes against animals. Experience working with and caring for dogs and other animals is a plus but not required. We need the individuals on our team to be self motivated, have a strong work ethic, have a high level of personal accountability, have a desire to continuously learn, be able to handle constructive criticism, and have the ability to follow instructions. Showing up on time, being punctual, and a positive attitude toward learning are a must. These positions require working in adverse weather conditions at times and demand attention to detail.

These positions allow for a flexible schedule to help maintain an appropriate work/life balance. Pay will be hourly. Hard work and attention to detail will be rewarded. Individuals with their own dogs will have access to training grounds and assistance with training. Gear and dog food discounts will be available where applicable. Ultimately, we are looking for a couple people who would like to make this a long term career. If you are interested and looking to work in a fun, flexible environment where the day to day activities help to avoid a feeling of monotony please reach out and we can set up an interview.

For more information please reach out to Kaj Larson at 785-820-6451. Texts or calls are welcome. I look forward to hearing from you!

09/16/2025

I love getting updates on pup’s sired by the stud dogs here at Hunt’em Up Kennels! This handsome young pup, Huey (formally Heff), is co-owned by Sheena Collins and Nancibeth Clements and out of their breeding between Vittoria and Sitka. This was Huey’s first weekend in the conformation ring but it proved to be quite successful! He was WD/BOW on Saturday and Sunday for a total of 4 points!The show was this past weekend at the Three Rivers Kennel Club Show in Gray Summit, MO where Lj Utterback handled him.

09/12/2025

Congratulations to our wonderful friends/clients Michael and Katy Maxwell and their dog Maddie! Michael and Katy own and operate Prairie Valley Gundogs together. Maddie and Michael tested in NAVHDA’s Invitational today and came away with a pass earning Maddie her VC title! I can’t tell you how happy I am for all of them! Maddie is an incredibly talented dog and I’m glad Michael’s work, investment, and perseverance paid off today! I had the pleasure of working with Maddie thru force fetch and also some steadiness training a couple years ago. Michael has continued on with things with Maddie and today they earned accomplished something wonderful together!

09/12/2025

I’d like to take a moment to congratulate Paula and Micheal Wallace on Prada’s wins at the National Bird Dog Circuit Player’s Championship. Prada is a talented young female out of a litter sired by our stud dog, Sitka. Prada won both the Puppy Pointing and Doubles Pointing events! It’s been awhile since I’ve played that game but those of you that have played this game know what an amazing accomplishment that is. Prada was trained and handled by Ryan Lester of Lester’s Kennel. Ryan’s doubles partner was Michael Vaughn. Awesome work guys!

09/09/2025

Flood Update: We are all safe here at the kennel! The flood water was pretty crazy yesterday, but it is receding. Chest waders were required to get to the horses and birds today, so hopefully that situation is better tomorrow. There are still several thousands of acres of crop fields covered in water around home so hopefully the water continues to flow steadily off them! Normal training and conditioning schedules should resume tomorrow. Thank you to all of you who have checked in on us and as always we appreciate you trusting us with the care of your dogs!

09/08/2025

Labor Day weekend we headed to the GSPC of Nebraska’s horseback field trial. It was a cool, rainy weekend. The weather presented tough conditions, but we had a great time anyway. I had 9 broke dog stake runs over the weekend and came away with 8 clean, quality runs. I was proud of how the dogs performed in the tough conditions especially for it being our first trial of the season. Bl**er took home 2nd place in OAA. Boss brought home 4th place in OLGD. In a 3 point major OGD(R) stake, Shelby took home 1st, Reign finished 2nd, and Boss placed 4th.

Shelby showed incredible heart in her OGD win. In OLGD, she blew both of her front pads. I debated pulling her from OGD, but I decided to tape her feet up and let her have a go at it. When we first started you could tell the tape was making her uncomfortable. About a third of the way thru the brace she lost the tape on her left front paw after she had an incredible find. I mentioned picking her up and the judge that was with me hinted he really liked what he was seeing and she seemed okay. Long story short she blew away the rest of the course. She had another very nice find and absolutely stomped the finish. I can’t tell you how proud I am of this dog, her development, and her buying into being a broke dog over the last year. She just keeps getting better and I can’t wait to see what the future holds for her. A huge thank you goes out to her owners Carl and Stephanie Correra for trusting me to develop her to her full potential. I can’t say that we are 100% there yet but we are getting extremely close and when we do it’s going to be a lot of fun!

In the juvenile stakes, Linda did Linda things and brought home the win in OP. In OD, I got to handle Jimmy and Robert Kubas’s R***r X Citori pup, Oak. Oak laid down a very nice run that would’ve won a lot of Derby events. He looked great on his finds and showed intelligent and forward application. He’s got an incredibly bright future! Jimmy stole the show from Oak with his run though. It was a run that makes a handler smile! He had two very nice finds with a powerful all age race.

A huge thank you goes out to all of the volunteers who battled thru uncomfortable, wet conditions to help make the trial a success! Thank you to the judges for doing the same and giving our dogs your attention. Thank you to Ryan Griess for working so hard to put on a great event and provide wonderful meals to everyone! Lastly, thank you to Tim Owens for scouting all the dogs in derby and the gun dog stakes!

08/11/2025

The spring trial season has come and gone. I neglected to get pictures of the dogs and their ribbons the last half of the season. Anyways, it was pretty solid. They did pretty good.

Pictured left to right: Boss, Reign, Morgan, Shelby, Fenix, Bl**er, Linda, and Jimmy

08/09/2025

Recently, the GSPCA released the latest point standings for the various venues of competition within the organization. I had several people reach out asking if I knew Reign was sitting at the top of the Open Gun Dog standings. I knew she’d had a good spring field trial season but didn’t expect to see her at the top of the standings. In the grand scheme of things it doesn’t mean that much at this point, but it’s still pretty cool to see and it’s special to me because it’s Reign.

Reign hasn’t had the easiest life, but that’s part of what makes me love her. When she was 7.5 months old she and her littermate brother contracted Parvo. She was the lucky one that lived thru it. I say lucky, but I’m not sure luck had much to do with it. The older she gets I realize it was probably her spirit that kept her going. You see she’s that dog that gives you everything every single time you ask her to do something. She has no quit; no concept of half assing anything.

As a result of the Parvo outbreak, she missed out on her first hunting season and some critical developmental periods of her life. It took her awhile to bounce back from the Parvo and it also took me awhile to mentally recover from that situation to the point I wanted much of anything to do with dogs. We got thru it but Reign’s early development suffered because of my issues. This spring Reign found herself and started to become the dog I always felt she could be. A fourth place finish at the AKC horseback championships was followed up with three wins (two major wins) and a couple other placements. I’m looking forward to this fall. Hopefully, we can finish out the year with more success. It’s sure fun to watch a dog work when the pieces are all coming together like you want them to!

Reign is out of Sitka and Little Hunter Kennel’s female, Duchess.

07/04/2025

Happy Fourth of July!

So thankful for the freedoms we all share here in the United States of America. May we never stop being proud of what this great nation and today stands for!

06/24/2025

The Sitka X Bl**er pups turned 7 weeks old today. To say, I’m excited to see what these pups develop into is an understatement. These pups should have the talent do just about anything in the field that your heart desires. Versatile, but powerful enough to effectively cover big country. Biddable, but full of desire. Intelligent and trainable. Excellent in the field and an off switch to match in the house.

I have two males available; preference will be given to field trial and hunt testing homes. And, a hunting home is a must. These pups deserve the opportunity to do what they were born to do! PM, call, or text for additional details. Serious inquiries only please.

06/23/2025

Puppy pictures and Monday’s sometimes bring the same feelings…

06/09/2025

The juggling of client dog send homes, the whelping of a new litter of pups, and dogs that needed testing left us figuring out the best way to handle everything this past weekend. I couldn’t be more proud and thankful for Braedyn’s efforts this past month taking on the task of learning to handle broke dogs and the details that involve testing dogs in AKC Master tests. Those of you that have tested dogs at this level know the tests aren’t easy and there is a multitude of things to prepare yourself and the dogs for. With the help of some awesome friends we set up a mock hunt test and spent time daily explaining the test as best as possible.

On Friday, Braedyn loaded Shelby and Boone up and headed to Sturgis, South Dakota to participate in the test. Saturday didn’t go as planned, but we discussed how to handle things differently and bounced back nicely on Sunday. On Sunday, Braedyn was able to handle Boone to two Master passes and Shelby to one! Shelby nearly completed a second pass on Sunday as well. She handled a couple birds clean but on the last bird it took the gunners four shots to hit it and she couldn’t stand the last shot.

Thanks to everyone that brought dogs and helped gun at the mock hunt test. You all are an awesome group of friends and I’m thankful for you! A special thanks goes out to the owners of Boone and Shelby for trusting us with their dogs and for giving us the opportunity to test them. Lastly, thanks again, to Braedyn for taking on the challenge of learning the ins and outs of Master tests and how to handle dogs at that level. That’s not a small task especially for someone with less than 5 months experience working with pointing dogs! Boone is now two passes away from finishing his title and Shelby needs four more passes.

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