Battle Mountain Kennels

Eyes open still waiting on the ears but man are they adorable!!!

These beautiful babies are now two weeks old!!! If you are looking to add to your family let me know!

The OFA would like to share that the AKC is hosting a series of breeder oriented webinars focused on health. The next webinar of the series will be on Cardiac Exams with Dr. Heidi Kellihan and will take place Tuesday, May 7th, 7:00-8:00pm ET.

Join Dr. Heidi Kellihan for a break down on OFA Cardiac Examinations done on your breeding stock. She will share cardiac abnormalities that a Cardiologist screens for when performing OFA Cardiac Basic and Advanced examinations.

Register now: https://loom.ly/8HqE6F8

FC AFC Tarton Prime Time (135 AA points 13 AA wins) X Faith MH QAA Chavez daughter. Prim’s sire was NFC Maxx’s Surprise a full sibling to FC AFC Chavez. Breeding will take place next week. Preference given to competition Field Trial Homes.
Call or text for additional information 316-259-5444

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Looking for a field bred golden retriever? Have a few available. Here is the link to their pedigree….

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In honor of Abbey, I'd like to share a few of the things I've learned about TVD from her:

1) Not every dog with TVD has a heart murmur. Abbey had NO heart murmur. She would have had an OFA auscultation only cardiac clearance. Scary.

2) The TVD was not Abbey’s biggest challenge. She could have run successfully with her mild TVD (and atrial septal defect!), but she also had a cardiac arrythmia from an accessory pathway that would cause her heart to go into Ventricular Tachycardia. Medications helped prevent the arrhythmia. We have trained other dogs with mild TVD and it is not career limiting.

3) What is career (and life) limiting is moderate to severe TVD.

4) They have not determined the genetics of TVD…yet. It is thought to be polygenetic, therefore coming from many different genes. What we can do, as breeders, is test our breeding stock to be sure we are not breeding affected individuals. In the same vein as hip dysplasia, breeding fewer affected individuals will likely reduce the amount of affected dogs in the future.

5) Dogs affected with TVD have come from two echo cleared parents. Just like dysplastic dogs have come from two OFA Excellent parents.

6) Dr Heaney from Petcardia in Colorado was instrumental in ensuring Abbey had a safe and successful trial career. Abbey could not have accomplished with she did without frequent check ups (including training with a Holter monitor every year) from Dr Heaney. A cardiologist is your best friend when discovering your dog has a cardiac condition.

7) Cardiac disease is not always a death sentence for a dog. But thoughtful breeding decisions, while not throwing “the baby out with the bath water” may reduce incidences of TVD in the future.

8 Breeders and owners need not be secretive or ashamed of a TVD diagnosis with their dogs. It happens and it's noones fault. Sharing stories of any and all dogs with TVD can help people make sounder breeding decisions and reduce the incidence of it moving forward.

9) Since Abbey's diagnosis, we have been echoing many dogs in our kennel and discovered 2 additional dogs with TVD...neither of which we knew had the condition prior to the echocardiogram.

Thank you to Don & Kathy Fregelette for being so open in sharing her story.

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3xGMPR hunting retriever champion Hope makes a new friend in Billings Montana at the pointing trial Cloey

4xGMPR Rosie !!!!

My Rosie girl qualifies for the Tripple Crown !!! Next year

Two males ready for their hunting homes!

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Puppies have started to go home this one will be named Murphy!

Vet check and dew claws today! They were troopers!

Babies arriving today! 5 so far! 1 girl 4 boys

Officially on puppy watch! Momma didn’t want dinner tonight

Upland training yesterday!

Me throwing birds at the 2019 NRC!

So very proud of Kurt and Kane! Jams the 91 dog open with only 12 dogs finishing and JAMS the amateur with only 7 of 57 amateur dogs! How blessed we are! Kane is now QAA2 by two open jams!

Jazzy and her 6 puppies are doing well!

Pups enjoyed playing with a left over quail from today’s shoot

Three healthy puppies have arrived! Can’t wait for them to grow and learn. Daisey is a great momma

Thor with Bill Schrader! Great training day

Starting to “show” can’t wait for these pups to arrive in 20 days!!!