Meet the Breeder with a Kennel the Size of Night Hawk You Can Expect You Had Better Have a Good Vet Near by That Knows About a Talk with Jane & George Americans

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Meet The Breeder With a kennel the size of Night Hawk you can expect you had better have a good vet near by that knows about A Talk with Jane & George Americans. Well Jane’s vet is a very knowledgable, you get Christiansen of Night Hawk Kennels that way by owning two Night By Dennis Guldan Hawk dogs. Jane has worked with her vet and other vets to he first Meet The We will be watching Jane, identify a marker for epilepsy Breeder column I ever the AWSC and their dogs be- found in AWS’s. did over ten years ago cause as of June of this year wasT with Paul Bovee of central after a many year battle the The American Water Span- Wisconsin. Back then if you American’s will be running iel has always been known as wanted an American Water hunt tests under the spaniel a meat dog. Nothing flashy but Spaniel (AWS), it probably had classification. So we can evalu- would bring home the meat. some Bovee bloodlines in them. ate how well they can perform Night hawk dogs do just that. It was around that time that as a versatile retriever/flusher. They are used to hunt pheas- Jane & George Christiansen of ants, grouse and have no equal Night Hawk Kennels of Vergas, if your hunting waterfowl in a MN was also introduced to small canoe. Night Hawk also Paul Bovee and continued his train with chukkars. bloodlines. I asked Jane what she looks In this issue we will look at for in her bloodlines. She looks Night Hawk Kennels and what for a good family hunting dog. has happened to this great little A dog with good temperament dog designed for waterfowl with a soft curly coat that loves hunting from a canoe. The to hunt. Beyond that she looks America Water Spaniel has it’s for good conformation and a origins in a swampy area of good bite. the Fox River Valley region of So how much would you central Wisconsin, not that far pay for a great American Water from Green Bay. An area not Spaniel from Night Hawk Ken- dissimilar to the area that Jane nels? $700 will get you a great & George Christiansen decided family and hunting dog. So if to establish Night Hawk Ken- you want more information nels in western MN. about Night Hawk Kennels or Jane & George are the larg- American Water Spaniel you est breeders of American Water can either go to their website Though Jane & George have Spaniels in the world. So what www.nighthawkkennels.com a large kennel, about 50 dogs, does the American Water Span- or give Jane and George a call they try to find time to get them iel Club think of their breeding at 218-342-2411 you’ll be glad all out in the field. Twice each program? They must approve you did. year they fill their vehicles and because Jane is the president of test their dogs. the national club.