MCA Retrievers / Maple Creek Acres

09/08/2024

Our Talli getting it done AGAIN at Mississippi Headwaters Retriever Clubs Hunt Test! 👊🏻❤️

Talli earned her 3rd Senior pass!! Talli is owned by Curt Zenefski. Handled by Lauren Springer.

06/08/2024

Congrats to Gail and Nitro for earning his CGCA this week. Windisch’s Red Light Roadrunner CGC CGCA

23/07/2024

Mother & Daughter! Apple didn’t fall far. Busy & Talli the Matriarchs of MCA!

23/07/2024

MCA’s Give Me Fuel Give Me Fire “Talli” earned her 2nd Senior Hunter SH pass at North Dakota Retriever Club’s hunt test. Handled by Lauren Springer. Talli is from our Fridge/Busy 2022 litter.

09/07/2024

This handsome young lad “Nitro” earned his CGC and is going to knock out his CGCA soon. And he has fondness for Agility work. He and Gail Becker are working well together. Windisch’s Red Light Roadrunner CGC ❤️

08/07/2024

Soooo proud of our girl Talli, she ran her first hunt test the other weekend and earned her first Senior Hunter pass. Huge thanks to the crew at Dynamic Retrievers for doing all the heavy lifting in her training and Lauren Springer for handling her. Looking forward to her future! From our Fridge/Busy 2022 litter “MCA’s Give Me Fuel Give Me Fire” ❤️

07/06/2024

A Pupdate from Lindsey ❤️. Betty checking in from our Turbo/Busy litter, 5 1/2 months old now.

02/06/2024

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UC Davis updated the spay/neuter guidance adding more breeds and consensus on age best to consider spay/neuter to reduce cancer and orthopedic events. This is a retrospective study. I’m just now reading full article/update published April 2024, link below.
Golden Retrievers:
Male: may neuter after 12mo
Female: never spay- intact for life preferred.

https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fvets.2024.1322276

26/05/2024

Happy Birthday to this big lovable boy! Two years old today. MCA’s Juice To Get Loose of Jboo. “Juice” Looking forward to big things from this oversized handsome young man. This is going to be Juice’s summer to do great things and add some titles to his name 🐾

21/05/2024

Puppy’s and Pigeon’s! Talli last spring when she was about 5 months old. Big Thanks and Photo credits to Jeffrey Karls at Rose Lake Media 👊🏻

26/04/2024

Some things are ageless! Here is one of them. Do better, be better! As a human and as a trainer!

26/04/2024

So we picked up this issue of Gun Dog magazine awhile back as the cover was Mark Atwater’s Pearl girl when she was a pup. At training tonight a photographer points out to me that a picture he took last year made it in The Annual Puppy Issue. Sure enough Yours Truly and my sweet girl MCA’s Give Me Fuel Give Me Fire “Talli” made it in an article on training with pigeons.

25/04/2024

One more of Nitro.

24/04/2024

Windisch's Red Light Roadrunner
“Nitro” getting on some live pigeons. Always fun with the youngans.
Photos by www.pawprintsbytammy.com

https://k9data.com/pedigree.asp?ID=1324945

18/04/2024

Dear Past And Future Puppy Owners
I loved them first. I thought of you years before you even realized. I planned for and cared about your baby long before you started thinking of adding to your family. I worried about your future with that puppy before you knew there would be one.
There were hours upon hours spent researching lines for the parents of your puppies. Going over breeder after breeder, choosing not only my pet but looking for a dog that will make you your pet. Worrying if you'd be happy, if I had chosen correctly and your puppy would grow up healthy and happy. Going over puppy after puppy with fellow breeders, running over my program with as many knowledgeable breeders as I can, determined to not miss anything. Tracing lines back as far as I could, learning the ins and outs not only for my knowledge but so that I was informed, prepared to go over every detail with you, to answer the questions that sometimes you don't even ask.
Then there's years of watching your puppies parents grow. Loving them and enjoying them as part of my family. Taking them every where I can, training them, socializing them, watching how they fill out. Asking myself I had made the right choice in both of them. Scrutinizing their conformation, how they move, and their temperament. There was the stress of health testing. Praying not only that my babies were healthy but that they had the genes to make your baby healthy.
Finally came the time to put your puppies parents together. For the next 63 days I worried, I obsessed, I grew excited. I watched your puppies mom like a hawk. Making sure my baby was ok, monitoring her diet better than I do my own. Concerned that she was getting enough of the right nutrients and that your growing baby was getting the best start possible.
I spent hours on the couch, floor, and dog bed with her watching her tummy grow and anxiously waiting. As your baby and mine grew I laid my hands on her tummy and felt the first movements of your puppy.
As the time grew close I spent most nights in the nursery with her. Making sure she didn't go into labor without me knowing, in case something went wrong and one of our babies needed help. When labor started my whole life stopped. I spent every second with her.
Your baby was born into my hands and I held my breath as I cleaned them up, watching for movement and breathing, cleaning them up, checking them over, and wondering if you'd love them as much as I already did. I helped your babies brother when mom got tired and he was stuck. I cried when your babies sister didn't make it.
For the first 8 weeks most of my life was filled with your baby. Watching them grow and making sure I was doing everything possible to make sure they started their lives the right way. Making sure each one was getting enough to eat, enough socialization time, that they were de-wormed and given their shots. I was the first person they saw when they opened their eyes. I spent my weeks playing with them and keeping them safe.
I searched for you and interviewed you. As you spoke I tried to read your character. Would you love them as much as I do? Would you bring them in as part of your family? Would you care for this tiny life that I brought into this world that I am responsible for? Some of you were turned away but some of you were welcomed into our family.
The day you took your baby home was harder than I'd ever let on. I was excited for you but I was also terrified. Had I chosen correctly? Were you who you seemed to be?
My love and worry didn't end there. I thought about your baby regularly, saddened when I didn't get updates, ecstatic when I did. I hoped you were caring for your baby the way I care for mine. I answered your questions happily and answered them again just as happily to your babies siblings new parents.
When your puppy's sister ate a couch I stayed up that night she was at the vets, waiting to hear that she was ok. When their brothers parents decided he no longer fit in their life I welcomed him home, sorry that I had chosen wrong for him and promised him it wouldn't happen again.
I loved your baby first and I will never stop.
-Author Unknown

18/04/2024

This girl ❤️! Truly one of a kind! These are also from last years spring training. Pistol is her dad’s mini me. Hoping she will be half as accomplished as he his.

https://k9data.com/pedigree.asp?ID=1185632

18/04/2024

Came across some pictures from our training session from this time last year. Our Talli (Fridge/Busy litter 2022) just under 6 months old at the time. Her intensity and no fear has been serving her well with Dynamic Retrievers. Can’t wait for this girls debut. 🔥

https://k9data.com/pedigree.asp?ID=1289136

17/04/2024

“Ridge” Turbo/Busy boy. 🤣

Well it snowed last night and in true boy fashion, Ridge is a little mud magnet! 😂 None of the other dogs were even half this dirty and he doesn’t understand why I am not letting his little swamp butt run into the house. Bath first! 🐾

05/04/2024

MCA’s I Believe I Can Fly “Kayla” is now a citizen of Germany. After one missed connecting flight and getting to hang out in Chicago overnight, her and Brittany made it to Germany late last night (early this morning in Germany). Congratulations Bettina and Vincenzo on your newest family member! She is an amazing little girl that should fit right in with your 4 legged crew ❤️

We also want to mention how amazing our flight nanny Brittney is. She kept us informed with messages and videos the entire time and never once did we feel stressed with the delay in the flight or have any concern with the care Kayla was receiving while in Brittany’s care.

03/04/2024

And she’s off…Kayla is on the first leg of her adventure of being an international flier with her new best friend Brittany who will get her safely to her new family. 🐾❤️🐾

31/03/2024

Some days training consists of simple holding blind etiquette! Often overlooked but also the first point where the wheels come off in a test. The Master National Sleeve is a constant reminder of our goals moving forward. Here comes MCA’s Juice To Get Loose of JBOO.

https://k9data.com/pedigree.asp?ID=1274440

22/03/2024

Fantastic organization. We need to take care of our veterans! Our own Turbo/Busy girl “Honey” is in training and will hopefully fill a much needed roll with Patriot K9’s.

WAUSAU, Wis. (WAOW) -- A new fund with Patriot K9s of Wisconsin is protecting those who protected the nation.

22/03/2024

Miss Kayla enjoying the new snow. Turbo/Busy pup ❤️

21/03/2024

Happy 6th Birthday Jaxsin! He’s all heart and everyone’s best friend. He has an amazing vertical jump and is the biggest goofball. To know him is to love him 🐾❤️🐾

SHR Ridgeway I'm Goin' To Jaxsin DCAT DSA DM JH WC

21/03/2024

This is a really great podcast interviewing the trainer our girl Talli is with. It has tips that are beneficial to every dog owner, not just those training for competitions. Thank you Dynamic Retrievers for sharing this!

Tim Springer, founder of Dynamic Retrievers specializes in training young bird dogs for hunting, field trials, and hunt tests. He shares his insights with Laura Schara on the proper use of e-collar training, puppy training, and more. Sponsored by: Kinetico (https://www.kineticoMN.com/) Your Boat Clu...

19/03/2024

Hanging out at Tractor Supply today with Kayla. She is flying to Germany in a few weeks and we want to get her used to meeting people, loud noises and activity she is not used to. She did so great and even got to bring home a new tennis ball and a quacking stuffed duck that the person in front of us in the check out showed her 😊!

16/03/2024

MCA’s Matriarch Busy wishes everyone a fantastic and festive weekend. Shout out to Jen's Doggie Style Pet Grooming for the awesome picture.