K BAR K Kennels - Illinois Blackmouth Cur, French Brittany Spaniel Breeders

K BAR K Kennels is a family owned Kennel. We are a small kennel that prides itself

on quality not quanity. Our French Brittany's & Blackmouth Curs are not only proven hunters.

They are proven reproduces. The foundation of our French Brittanys are Sire: Salt Creek Tugboat

and Dam: TK's Little Black Coal.

Tugboat & Coal: Have produced 8 litters so far. Their pups are proving their worth in the

field, in the home, and in the whelping box. Bringing forth a whole new generation, of

hunting compainons and family pets.

The Foundation of our Blackmouth Curs are Sire: Shelby's Hunter II and our Dams: Knierim's

Precious Dollar & Knierim's Tiger Lilly. At K-Bar-K Kennels we believe in proven crosses.

Hunter & Dollar have been mated 5 times. Hunter & Lilly have been mated 4 times.

These pups are proving their worth as coon-squirrel dogs. As well as working both wild &

domesticated stock (Hogs/Cattle). We have had pups go on to make Bear--Bobcat--Mountain

lion--decoy coyote--wounded blood trailing dogs. We personally feel the BMC is adaptable

and trainable to meet all your hunting needs.

We try to make purchasing a puppy from us as simple as possible. Our French Brittanys sell

for $500.00. Our Blackmouth Cur puppies sell for $350.00. We suggest a simple $50.00

(REFUNDABLE DEPOSIT) to hold your puppy for you. That way if you can't take delivery

we can simply send you your check back.

I am a Pastor so please no calls on Sundays. Lets keep Sundays for the Lord.

Thank you for your interest in our dogs. May God wonderfully and bountifully bless you

and your family.

Kevin R. Knierim

Blackmouth Cur, French Brittany Spaniel

Kevin R. Knierim
7404 E. 825th. Ave.
Altamont, Illinois 62411

Breeding quality gun dogs for over 8 years.

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Kevin I hope all is well with you and your family. Bo is doing great this afternoon he pointed his first covey of wild birds. He held and we walked passed him and flushed the birds. He has been pointing tame birds and retrieving them for several weeks. He is very hard headed and wants to do things his way, but as my father said today you can take that out of him but if doesn't have it you can't put it in him. Much like my ten year old daughter that is going on 15 he is six months going on four years old. Thanks again. Matthew

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Thank you for the message. Pheasant hunting is over for the year. I was very pleased with Ramona in her first year. Excellent pointing and eager to please. She is also a wonderful family dog. We will be relocating to Virginia this year. Not much for pheasant hunting, but I hope to get into quail. Let me know if you have any hunting leads or contacts in the state. We will be in the Richmond area. Sincerely, Steve Sipula

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Hey Kevin,

I hope all is well this holiday season and enjoying it with loved ones. Troy is growing at a very fast rate, mentally and physically. up to about 35 lbs already at 4 1/2 months. But he learning commands quickly and has the mentality of wanting to learn more. He knows sit, down, high five, roll over, stay, and I am in the process of teaching him to ring a bell to go outside. He will start intermediate puppy classes this week so hopefully leash training will become easier since he LOVES to pull lol. Seems to gaining his hunting instincts with his nose into the ground almost at all times and starting to chase rabbits and squirrels. He actually scented cayotoes the other night and I had no idea they were nearby until he started barking and running into their direction. Luckily that scared them off. Other than that, he'll be staying with family friends when I attend my family in Colorado this week and wish I could bring him with. I will be in touch down the road. Have a wonderful holiday season and talk soon!

Best Regards,
Jason Foster

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I want to give an update on our bmc we bought 2 years ago this month. His name is Buck. His dad is Ringo and his mom is Dollar.

He's a top wounded deer track dog at 2 years old. I had him running blood lines at 10 weeks old and he was a natural. I have had him on 4 wounded deer tracks and he's four for four. He knows his job is tracking wounded deer.

Here's the kicker though, i just took him pheasant hunting this morning and he flushed a rooster and a hen. Had his nose to the ground the whole time and stayed close. He'll go afer anything that moves in the yard, especially squirrels and rabbits. But he also knows his boundaries, as he will not leave our yard unless accompanied by one of us.

This dog is the best. We are considering another one.

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We wanted an all-around good family dog for livestock and hunting. After doing some research, we found K-Bar-K kennels. We also spoke with several people who recommended Kevin very highly. We decided to get one puppy from him this month. We came back with two and couldn't be happier. Lorie, who is about seven weeks old, is settling in great. And Emmylou, who is about five months old, gets along great with our other three dogs and is quickly becoming best buds with our Mountain Cur. They love hitting the trails together. Kevin was wonderful to work with. He knows and loves his dogs. We really couldn't be happier and are very excited about the upcoming months. All in all, a great experience and would definitely recommend K-Bar-K Kennels to anybody wanting a good all-around dog.

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We have a small kennel, Log Cabin Family Farm Kennels, and bought Justice with the intentions of putting him in our breeding program. We picked up our BMC puppy, Justice, from Kevin in September. This is the second puppy we have purchased from Kevin and we are well pleased. Justice is a nice, stocky male and holding his own with our other BMCs. Kevin is a pleasure to work with, is glad to answer your questions, and will keep in contact with you. It was a blessing dealing with K-Bar-K Kennels! Bob and Lisa Tennyson, Log Cabin Family Farm Kennels

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We picked up Luckey, our BMC, 3 weeks ago from Brother Kevin. It seemed as if she picked us. She fits in so well in our home. She is such a little tracker, always sniffing her way to new discoveries. She is great puppy, and Kevin was so knowledgeable about everything we asked. He had an answer for everything. We love showing her off and bragging about her to everyone who sees her. Thank you very much for all your kindness and answering everything.

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Hello again Bro. Kevin, We are just so very pleased with our little (10 weeks no) French Brittany, Ella, to all of her abilities so soon!!
She house broke within 10 days...no more accidents....she retrieves, is such a social puppy too. She loves everyone, and almost bosses around MUCH bigger dogs that they do not know how to respond!! She obeys several commands already, stays close and she observes everything with keen interest. Her colors (tri..black, white, roan/orange) are becoming very defined with alot of ticking..she is a beauty! We cannot thank you enough for all of the correspndance and coordination with our purchase from you. Anyone would be very lucky to obtain such a wonderful pup!! God Bless, Karen

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Bro. Kevin is such a joy to deal with and his puppies are just simply wonderful. We started our search back in May, and came upon the K Bar K advertisement/informational in the Gun Dog Breeders. We were very excited to learn of an upcoming litter and sent in our deposit...the waiting was so hard, but then we learned that we would be getting our girl, Ella! She is so good natured, very smart as she has learned much already even at her young age! We highly recomment Bro. Kevin and his Kennel!

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BUY YOUR BMC FROM BRO KEVIN AT K-BAR KENNELS IN ALTAMONT,IL

Just wanted to take a moment to mention that Bro. Kevin Kneirim is a top-notch breeder and just a great help to us. We drove 4 hours to pick up our BMC and expected a hand shake and goodbye but Bro Kevin chatted with us about all the pups we were interested in and helped us choose. Not only that, but he gave us a huge bag of food, all of the vaccination information, records of 8 generations on both sides and more.

In fact, there was one pup we were interested in but he nicely told us that there was a man in Ohio waiting for one just that color for a year and a half. He stuck to his guns even when we jokingly told him we'd sweeten the deal $100 if we could take that one. Bro Kevin gave us a smile and said that that wouldn't be honorable and apologized again.

The point: you can trust that this man has integrity and takes pride in finding top-quality BMC's a good home.

We chose a female and named her Lily and have had such an easy time training her. Our girl is SMART and very quick to pick up new commands. She even whispers. Yes... whispers.

Her senses are keen too. Her first kill was at 4 months. Poor chipmunk.

Anyway... I know that no one ever reads this far, but if you have, you are taking your decision seriously. Rest assured that you are going to get a QUALITY canine from Kevin at K-Bar.

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