Top Gun Kennel - Iowa German Shorthaired Pointer Breeders

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Steve & Jodie Ries
3000 Central City Rd
Central City, Iowa 52214

Breeding quality gun dogs for over 17 years.

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Steve,

I met you at the GSPCI clinic last week, a pleasure by the way. You spoke about "hyper-hydrating" a dog prior to taking the field, I'm wondering if you could name a few of the products (powders) you have used?

P.S. I have been much more consistant with the commands and the use of the trigger and will continue to do so, I've seen progress already. Also, no more leaning into me or my wife. I learned a lot in a few minutes of expert advice. Hope you can make it out next year.

Thank you!
Tony Milosh -IL

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Top Gun Team Sport Members,

Thanks for attending the GSPC of MN AKC Hunt Test. You have some very impressive dogs. I also admire the professional way in which all you not only handle your dogs but how respectful all of you are towards other handlers, Judges, and volunteers. This game needs more of us out there. Good luck with rest of the Hunt Test season and have a great hunting season. Look forward to seeing next year!

Thanks Pete!

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Steve & Jodie,

I would first like to personally thank you for your wonderful hospitality these last few days. They say Texas in known for their “southern hospitality” however I have never experienced the kindness of good hearted people like I experienced in Iowa this weekend. It was a pleasure meeting each of your family members along with your family friends. I cannot thank you all enough and words cannot explain how impressed and grateful I am to have been given the opportunity to come to Iowa and meet such wonderful people that I did during my two day trip. To welcome a complete stranger in, make them feel as if they are a family friend at home, introduce them to your friends and family and allow them to tag along to the gatherings that you allowed me to, indeed truly shows the wonderful character of each of you as a person and I am grateful to have met each of you. I have had the opportunity to meet a lot of people in my life time and deal with many of good and bad people every day with my profession however I can honestly say, your family and friends left a truly wonderful impression in my heart that I will never forget and I cannot thank you enough.

It was an experience that I will never forget and have truly found a state that I will defiantly be visiting in the future hopefully at least once a year for a hunting trip or to pick up another dog (Haha).

You have produced and operate an awesome kennel and have produced and raised some fabulous dogs. I have no regrets of choosing Top Gun Kennel as my choice with the purchase of my first German Shorthair Pointer. Your facility’s are top notch and are without a doubt the best Kennel facility’s I have seen in person or online. I believe that the first thing that sticks out within your Kennel business is the customer service which is outstanding. Your willingness to teach and expose your new dog owners to as much as you can in order to be able to give their new puppy the opportunity to success of becoming a family/hunting companion of even reach the Master Hunter level , goes without noticed.

The techniques that you use to train your dogs to such a high level are very easy to grasp and not overly difficult to understand or teach. As an instructor in a totally different line of work then what you teach, I truly believe in and appreciate your methods of instruction and training. You hold your breed at a very high level and expect the same out of their owners which I respect to a great deal.

Also as an instructor it is my perspective that although the “learning objectives” may be totally different, the teaching methodology should always remain the same throughout everyone’s learning process, no matter what type of experience or skill of the person. We must first start out with the very basics and excel to an advanced level from there. Your teaching methods are very simple and easy to comprehend which will allow any person willing to learn, the opportunity to excel at a high level and build their puppy to the companion that they desire.

As for “Tex”, I am again overly impressed by his performance as a five month old puppy however after meeting you all I would not have expected anything less. I am very excited to bring him home at the end of the month and show him off to my friends and family. I am even more excited about sending him back up to Iowa in a few months and seeing the final product that he will produce in the hunting fields of Iowa and Texas.

Once again I want to thank you all for your welcoming hospitality and valuable time during your busy weekend to entertain me. It was an experience that I will always appreciate and never forget. I am blessed to have met a family and friends like yours. If I can ever be of any assistance to you, family, or friends in any type of way at all, please do not hesitate to give me a call. I will do all I can to help out. If you need a reference here in Texas or anywhere worldwide give them my number and I will be more then glad to fill each of them full of positive facts about your Kennel business.

Thanks again Steve Jodie, Rachel and everyone else I had the opportunity to meet this weekend and I truly mean it.

Thanks again,

Tommy Maffei Galveston, TX

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Hi Steve & Jodie,

I put together a quick summary of Mocha’s success in the two tournament hunting series that we participated in for the 2009/2010 season and thought you might like to see it All in all it was a great first year for Mocha and I expect to build on it for next season.

Midwest Upland Gun Dog Series ( M.U.G.S.)
(A) Wisconsin Open: 3rd place Top Gun Amateur Pointer
(B) Chuckar Classic: Champion Top Gun Amateur Pointer
(C) The Jewel: 3rd Place Top Gun Amateur Pointer, and 3rd place Top Gun Main Event Pointer
(D) Menomonie March Madness: Champion Top Gun Amateur Pointer
(E) M.U.G.S. Amateur Championship: Champion and Third Place Top Gun Amateur Pointer (This event was a match play event which involved 6 runs in one day)
(F) M.U.G.S Series Championship: Champion and Runner-up Top Gun Amateur Pointer event and 2nd place Top Gum Main event Pointer.

North American Tournament Hunting Association ( NATHA )
(A) Minnesota Pheasant Championship: Champion Top Gun Pointer O/50 and Champion Open Singles Pointer
(B) Wisconsin State Pheasant Championship: 2nd place Top Gun Pointer O/50
(C) Missouri State Partridge Championship: 2nd place Top Gun Pointer O/50 and 3rd place Top Gun Pointer
(D) Minnesota State Partridge Championship: 3rd place Top Gun Pointer
(E) US Open Pheasant Championship: 4th Place top Gun Pointer O/50 and 4th place Top Gun Pointer

Best regards,

Mark Donahoe, Minnesota

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Dear Steve and Jodie,

Sarge is the best gun dog anyone could want.

I took him for a run from 5:45am to 6:30am on the 8th hole this morning and he loved it. He thought he was back in Iowa but for the 80 degree temperature! We got some quail chicks and are raising them on a farm here for fall.

He said to tell his kennel mates he hit the lottery as he is very happy with his new surroundings.

Again, he is the best dog I have ever owned. You guys are really talented breeders.

Best,
Jay Johnston Puerto Rico

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Hi Ries Family,

I received the photo's of "VC" Top Gun Zephyr at her 2009 NAVHDA Invitational run. Zephyr scored 200 points for a Pass. This is a perfect score for this test. We trained almost every weekend from April and several days a week. She is very cooperative and loves to please. She hates to make mistakes and when she does, a little correction will fix the problem. No heavy handed correction needed. She loves the water and had little difficulty learning the Blind Retrieve or the Shackled Duck retrieve. Toward the end of our training she was retrieving thrown ducks from 150 yards out. What this means, is that by the time she arrived at the "splash" the duck had swam off and she had to use her nose to track the duck. Proves that she has a fantastic nose and has learned to use it. On her 1 hour run in the field, she found many birds and honored her brace mate with ease. It is my feeling that when we were in Iowa for the wild pheasant hunt she learned to honor while in the field with 5 shorthairs. Maybe it was her dad, Higgins keeping her in line! Teaching her to honor after that hunt was easy.

Looking forward to seeing you and Jodie at Pheasant Fest.

Oh, also looking forward to giving Higgins a good scratch.

Randy and Kristen King PA

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Steve and Jodie,
We wanted to share some pictures we took of "Top Gun Taylormade Rooster Cruiser". What an awesome dog! She is everything we could ask for and more. She is perfect in the house and phenomenal in the field. She is very smart and easy to train, with tons of style! And wow what a nose! We get compliments on her by everyone. Thanks again for such a awesome dog. And for all your time and advice from you and the other trainers on Saturdays. We couldn't have done it without you. We recommend Top Gun Kennels to everyone, and can't wait to get another puppy from Top Gun!
Chad & Tricia, Dubuque, IA

PS. See you at Pheasant Fest!

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Steve,
I wanted to take the time to thank you for placing Katy (Top Gun's Katy Lied) with me last June. She is a good girl, albeit impish at times, who really lives to please. Katy is great with my boys, my wife loves her & she's answered the call at every step of her Gundog training. Katy has 3 passes in 3 attempts at her JH tests with 8.5 being her average score. I've run her in one Walking Puppy stake & one Walking Derby stake in Field Trials and she ran hard & far while handling kindly.

Katy is now 9 months old and is a green-broke dog. I must admit, her training has been quite easy as she really understands what is expected of her after only one or two sessions. She hunted Grouse & Woodcock in the MAine northwoods at 5 months of age & graduated to Pheasant on Massachusetts WMAs by the time she was 6 months old. Her steadiness improved dramatically as the 2009 season progressed and culminated in a 13 bird Harvest in a late season Hungarian Partridge/Pheasant hunt in Rhode Island with my brother-in-law & another friend. Both of these guys are seasoned dog men and they were blown away by Katy's staunch points, steadiness through shot & biddability...... all this at 8 months old!

Katy will finish her JH early this spring and also run Natural Ability in NAVHDA. We'll get her in some Puppy Stakes at some field trials as well. Thanks again for breeding such a fine Gundog-

Rob Hopkins
Swampscott, MA

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Steve

I cannot tell you how thankful I am for your generosity on providing my brother in law and nephew a once in a life time experience to hunt with some of the best German Shorthairs in the country. Charlie and Chaz do not get to spend much time together but they have made some great memories!!! I had to already make some 8 x 10 prints for them!!! It was one of the best days of their lives. They truly enjoyed the whole hunting atmosphere and camaraderie etc..

Again, thank you .

Jerry, Iowa City, IA

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Steve,
Mav is doing very well... I love to hunt with him (just Stacy and I) He has pointed and held about 20 birds already and retrieves very well.. I just got back from a year end hunt out in Pierre SD. We shot over 200 birds.. Mav was a star. Everyone out hunting couldn't believe what he was doing at only 7 months. I was very proud! He really is pointing and holding well!!! I am still getting use to hunting behind a dog that actually tells you there is a bird there when he points...

Merry Christmas to you and a Happy New Year..

Dave and Stacy Gonzenbach, SD

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