A Rocky Start

My entire youth was spent training dogs.  Everything from training Guide Dogs for the Blind to rescuing greyhound racers to teaching puppy obedience classes.  I was a dog person through and through.  My lovely wife, however, not so much.  Her family had a dog once.  And she hated it.  So, for the first ten years of our marriage I would ask, she would say no and I would keep waiting for the day when a dog was allowed back on the premises. 

The change of heart came when I introduced her to the Wirehaired Pointing Griffon, or Griff.  A shaggy bathroom rug that could spend hours a day in the field with me and ALSO be content to curl up at her feet in the evening without bouncing off every wall waiting for the next hunt.

After a long, hard search, we found our Shai at Windmill Kennels in Burley, Idaho.  We knew what we were looking for and what we found was a breeder dedicated to producing quality dogs.  And  we weren't disappointed.  Our pup was bright, enthusiastic and possessed a natural ability that, to this day, hasn't disappointed.

That was the beginning of Broken Bow Kennels.