2Welcome to Bally's Gun Dogs
2010 SUMMER HUNT TEST SCHEDULE & RESULTS
2010 Summer Ribbon Count~Updated 8/22/10 23 Ribbons to date!
May 1&2-Stetson JH 3rd and title passes achieved.
June 5 - Forest Lake, MN Koa passes 1st leg of JH.
June 19-20 Elkart, IA Koa passes legs 2 and 3 of JH.
June 27 Prior Lake, MN Cortney Apprenticed Judged JH.
July 12 - Rochelle, IL All seven entries achieved passes. Passes included Bugs, Stetson, Koa, & Elsie in Advanced Working Certificate (WCX) and Vegas, Elsie, and Koa in Working Certificate (WC).
July 23-25 - Bemidji, MN Koa earned two Junior Hunter passes including her TITLE pass along with a Senior Pass. Elsie earned her first three legs of her JH.
August 7&8 - Kansasville, WI We had to scratch Bugs out of MH due to her coming into season. Stetson & Koa both passed SH tests.
August 21&22 - SMHRA Fall Test Koa completed her 3rd and title pass of her SH TITLE, and Elsie achieved her title pass for her JH TITLE.
August 29 - Northern Flights Fall Test Prior Lake, MN Adam will be apprenticing SH.
September 11-12 - Prior Lake, MN We are planning on running several dogs in UKC Started, Seasoned, and Finished tests.
ABOUT US
Bally's Gun Dogs is a small family kennel located in Brownsdale, MN. We strive to produce and train high quality labs to excel in the field, the duck blind, and in the house. All of our dogs are members of our family and live with us in the house.
We offer puppies (chocolate, yellow, and black), started dogs, stud service, training from basic obedience to hunt tests to hunting family companions. Puppy training packages are also available which include a variety of puppies plus a training program tailored to your desired level of hunting or companionship.
Adam has been a dedicate hunter his entire life. He purchased Stetson, our stud dog, in the fall of 2007, and began his formal training career. He trained Stetson by himself to successfully pass four senior hunt titles at 14 months and win several other upland events. Since then, Adam has apprenticed with professional trainers in Illinois before we relocated to MN in the Fall of 2009 and currently is apprenticing under Rick McConico at Old Oak Kennels to further advance his knowledge.
Cortney has raised dogs with her family her whole life. Her family raised Giant Schnauzers, American Eskimos, and West Highland White Terriers. She competed in the 4-H level of dog obedience during her younger years and plans to restart with the new pups.
We met in the September, 2008, and the rest is somewhat history. In late March of 2009, we purchased Diamond, our black female, and raised our first litter of lab puppies in the summer of 2009 placing 13 little darlings into great homes (see our testimonials page).
In August of 2009, we went to Las Vegas (Adam's birthday present) and decided to get married. Our next puppy coming in the spring of 2010 will be named Bally's What Happens in Vegas, "Vegas", after our adventure there.
Three days after we were married on the day we returned home, we found out Cortney's job was taking us to Minnesota. In October, 2009, we closed on the house and began our new adventure. The added acreage and space allowed us to expand more than our one male and one female. A chocolate female, Elsie, was added in December, 2009, and as mentioned earlier, Vegas, a black yellow factored male joined us in April, 2010. Dice a black yellow factored female arrived in May. Charlie, a fox red female, and Koa, a chocolate female, joined us in May, 2010.
Pease contact us for current availability of hunting or family companions and training space.
Thank you for visiting our site.
Adam & Cortney Bally
