Drake Creek Kennels

26/08/2024

What a year!

Elkhorn Valley Hunting Retriever Club marks the end of our hunt test season this year.

A year ago we made plans to travel to the Fall Grand this year for one particular dog. But life had other plans. Those who train with me often know I still talk about Enzo often, and his loss is still felt around our house.

But in his wake, God brought me a tremendous group of young dogs and incredible clients who have become friends.

This year we titled:
SHR Georgia owned by Ryan and Pam Zegers
SHR Hank owned by Jon Squire
Dax ran and passed his first Started test.

HR Argo owned by Paul Otto

HRCH Rip (1 Master Pass) owned by Gabe Mackey
HRCH Charlie owned by Platte River's Pride Retrievers (2 Master Passes)
HRCH Duke owned by Chris & Libby Walsh

I’m small, I’ve never titled 3 HRCH in a single season before.

Rip is also my first Chessie HRCH and Duke my first golden.

I also got to experience the amazing joy of watching my son enter the sport and run his first test!

Thank you everyone who made this season a success! Club members, judges, bird techs, training partners and my beautiful & supporting wife Bailey, who without none of this would be possible!

Now we get ready for hunting season, with Gundogs coming in in a week and start to make preparations for next year.

The young talent in the Seasoned & Started level on my truck is solid right now and the future next year looks just as bright.

Again, thank you to everyone who made this possible. Have a safe duck season!

We’ll see you on the honor bucket!

25/07/2024

🎶 All the dogs are brown… and the ribbons are orange 🎶

HRCH Rip
And HR Charlie are on a roll! Both picking Master passes at Central NE Master hosted by Apex Retrievers.

Thank you to the Judges, the club and everyone at Apex for putting this on.

22/07/2024

Had a great weekend at Dakota Hunting Retriever Club. One I look forward to every year. The club members are top notch & The grounds amazing! Thank you to all the judges who donated their time this weekend so the rest of us could play.

We went 11 for 12 this weekend, with dogs running in all 3 levels. And brought home two new titles.

FINISHED
HRCH Rip - Title!
HR Duke
HR Charlie

SEASONED
SHR Argo

STARTED
SHR Georgia - Title!
And Raylon ran and passed HRCH Rider MH

17/07/2024

The Dog Days of Summer Roll on!
This week’s featured dog is SHR Argo owned by Paul Otto.

Argo came in for training last spring as a giant and rambunctious puppy. She’s a gentle soul, a hard worker and plays by the rules.

She’ll be making her Seasoned debut this weekend at Dakota Hunting Retriever Club

14/07/2024

Congratulations to HR Duke & Chris & Libby Walsh. Duke earned his WCX today in MO, Valley and was handled by his owner Chris.

Duke will head up to Dakota Hunting Retriever Club next weekend for his next HRC Finished Run.

10/07/2024

The Dog Days of summer continues with:
HR Charlie (1 Master Pass).

Charlie is owned by Platte River's Pride Retrievers.

This fire cracker of a chocolate female is sweet natured and loving in the kennel, but an absolute beast on the line! We call her “The Chocolate Rocket”!

She is currently running HRC Finished & AKC Master tests!

25/06/2024

The last two weeks have been a blur with back to back hunt tests held by both of our home clubs!

We had a great couple of weekends and saw success at all levels!

HR Charlie picked up her first Finished pass and was able to make through her first Master! Owned by Platte River's Pride Retrievers

HR Rip went 2 for 2 in Finished at Salt Valley! Gabe Mackey

HR Duke was also able to pick up a Finished pass! Chris Walsh & Libby Walsh

Georgia, our lone little started dog, (not pictured) of Black Goose Outfitters also picked up her first two Started passes.

And last but not least, my son Raylon ran our old man HRCH Rider MH in Started and was able to add 5 more points for him!

16/06/2024

This makes my Father’s Day, right here!!

13/06/2024

The Dog Days of Summer!

This is HR The Duke of Walshington!

A well bred, biddable and loving Golden Retriever owned by Chris and Libby Walsh!

An absolutely joy to train, Duke has never failed test on his journey thus far.

He’ll be making his Finished debut this weekend Salt Valley HRC

04/06/2024

It’s June! So time to start the Dog Days of summer.

This week’s dog is Rip! Owned by Gabe Mackey of Freemont, NE.

HR Valhalla's Full Throttle Rippin it Up Retriever

Rip might be friendliest Chesapeake you've ever met.
Sired by the mighty Field Champion Topsail's Good Time Buddy, Rip came to train with us in the summer of 2022. He is truly the Chesapeake we all dream of owning.

High drive, handsome & trainable, he is undoubtedly the finest Chesapeake I've ever personally worked with.

https://www.drakecreekkennels.com/rip.html

26/05/2024

When your daughter wants to play Barbie’s with you. But you just can’t shut it off…

17/05/2024

Finally got around to snapping some dog pics from this past weekend.

Picking up Started Passes were
Argo - Paul Otto
Hank - Jon Squire

Seasoned Passes
SHR Duke - Chris & Libby Walsh
Charlie - Dough Ahrens Platte River's Pride Retrievers

And a valiant effort from or Chessie, Rip in his first ever Finished run who came up JUST short on the last bird of the day. We’ll get ‘em next time!

Now on to Kansas City!

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15/05/2024

Huge thank you to all the club members out at Great Plains Hunting Retriever Club (HRC)!! Always an awesome test and a great social.

Thank you as well to all the judges for donating their time!

16/04/2024

Awesome spring trip in the books! Tons of fun! Great weather, great friends and a lot of hard work.

11/04/2024

Lot for them to think about out there…

04/04/2024

If there’s one nice thing about spring in Nebraska, it’s that you don’t lack for opportunities to train crosswind setups. But think I’m good now….

01/04/2024

Weather was cold! But the training setup was on point!

25/12/2023

Merry Christmas from our family to yours! Thank you to all our clients, training partners, club members and friends for your support!

18/12/2023

I love having the opportunity to hunt with dogs we’ve trained! This weekend I got to hunt with SHR Duke owned by Chris and Libby Walsh. He handled the big honkers great and ran a really nice blind. Excited to see what next hunt test season has in store for this young Golden!!

22/11/2023

Just passing this along with the mystery respiratory illness affecting dogs across the country.

29/10/2023

HR Ellie! With a nice mess of birds from Opening Day!

28/10/2023

Another pic from the field! Argo, with a nice pintail! SportDOG Brand

30/09/2023

Visit our friends at Quiet Brook Acres Labs for a new litter sired by our HRCH UH Viper MH. 11 puppies ready for their new homes Thanksgiving weekend! Read more or contact them today!

You can reach out to Selah's owner to inquire further about the puppies or to reserve one for yourself by contacting them below: (402) 432-3817 or [email protected]...

19/09/2023

Received another great pic today!
HRCH Enzo, up in Canada with Ryan Zeggers of Black Goose Outfitters!

Look at that dog’s face! Think he wants it?!

18/09/2023

SHR Duke finished out Teal season this past weekend with 4 nice Blue Wings!
I’m told he ran two great blinds and picked up one double. Can’t wait to have him back running Seasoned next year!

30/08/2023

We wrapped up our hunt test season this past weekend Elkhorn Valley Hunting Retriever Club! Thank you to all the club members & judges, it was a really fun test!

We only ran one Finished dog and one Started dog.

Here is Rough It’s Duck Machine “Argo” owned by Paul Otto after her first Started Pass!

We had a great season.
Titling one new Started dog, two new Seasoned dogs, one new Finished dog & going 2 for 2 in the Masters we ran this year.

It was a great truck of very young talent this year & I can’t wait to see what these dogs bring back to the table next summer!

13/08/2023

Another one down, four more to go for Enzo’s MH title!

We had a great time at our home club, Nebraska Dog & Hunt Club. Thank you to all the judges and other members that worked to make this event a success!
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06/08/2023

He just keeps rolling! First Master pass for HRCH Enzo!

05/08/2023

Tri-color litter sired by our Viper born on 6/30! Click to read more about Kodi's litter and to contact her owner.

You can reach out to Kodi's owner to inquire further about the puppies or to reserve one for yourself by contacting them below: (402)405-2116

27/07/2023

I don’t know how everyone else takes such great ribbon pics of their dogs in this heat! All I get is laid back ears, wide open mouth and a lot of panting… and the dogs seem hot too.

But I did want to make a shoutout to our newest Hunting Retriever Champion!

HRCH Hidden Creek’s Enzo!! Owned by Pam & Ryan Zegers of Black Goose Outfitters!

It’s been an amazing year for Enzo, knocking out Seasoned and Finished, in the 2023 season, never failing a test and he’s yet to handle on a mark.

We start our campaign for Master next weekend. Before Enzo heads to Canada to start guiding hunters.

Thank you to all the club members of Dakota Hunting Retriever Club! You guys throw a hell of a test every year. Well organized, amazing grounds, an awesome banquet and great members!

Thank you too to all the judges! You guys put in three long hot days of work so the rest of us could play. Thank you for your service to the sport!


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