We are closed Sundays & Mondays; all other days by APPOINTMENT
ONLY.
There is no email address anywhere on this site.
Welcome to the Kirby Mountain
Sporting Dogs site. Our
family’s business focus is the breeding and training sporting dogs. We are
located in the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont, the heart of grouse and woodcock
hunting. We are a small, family-run business, allowing us to keep our hands on
every aspect of breeding and training. We breed Brittanys, Labrador Retrievers,
Chesapeake Bay Retrievers, English Springer Spaniels, and English Cocker
Spaniels. Our puppies are very special to both us and their future owners. Our
breeding program is researched and maintained to insure the optimum in health,
temperament, intelligence, and performance in all our sporting dogs.
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We are a small, family-run business
located in Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom, prime grouse and woodcock habitat. Since 1990, our business has grown with our family
from part-time work to a year-round breeding and training facility for a
variety of sporting dogs.
Because our
dogs live in our house with our family and our other pets, it is important that
these dogs are well-behaved, gentle, and predictable. If this is not the case, a dog cannot live
here, or more importantly, it will not be bred. (These dogs are spayed/neutered and placed in appropriate homes.) We want you to be 100% happy with your Kirby Mountain dog, so we
work hard to match you with the appropriate dog. Whether you buy a dog in order to hunt, hike,
fish, bike, canoe, walk, run, sail, or to cuddle, hug, or play with, we want
our dog to become a member of your family.
By breeding,
raising, and training a variety of sporting dogs we are able to observe each
breed’s strengths. By speaking with you
about your expectations and needs, we can recommend the best dog for you. In the field our dogs show a combination of energetic
performance and extreme natural ability.
Our dogs are field dogs from champion lines that have proven their
health and performance over generations of competition and hunting.
About 80% of the dogs we train have been
bred from our lines here at Kirby Mountain Sporting Dogs. This means we are able to see how well they
work, and we are able to evaluate our breeding program on a continuing
basis. Many of our clients choose to
compete with Kirby Mountain dogs at NHRA and AKC hunt test, at bird trials, and
even in the show ring. Clients place
titles on Kirby Mountain dogs in agility testing and obedience trials. Whether a client chooses to compete, hunt, or
breed a Kirby Mountain dog, our focus is to breed intelligent and easily
trained dogs that provide years of companionship and pleasure for their
owners. With our focus on breeding
intelligence and trainability, a small percentage of our dogs have been used
solely as working dogs: by professional
guides and by different facilities to chase nuisance birds.
For the
lifetime of your Kirby Mountain sporting dog, you can give us a call or
schedule a time to visit, watch training, or receive an evaluation. In addition, if you have a favorite picture
of your dog or dogs, drop us a note—we literally have hundreds of photos, but
we always love more!
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