ABOUT US
Currently located in northern Illinois, FoxPoint Gundogs was born when Matt and Kelly found each other through their mutual love of gun dog breeds. Kelly is a second generation dog fancier, having been involved with conformation shows since childhood beginning with her family's Pugs and branching into sporting dogs as a young adult. She had a successful junior showmanship career followed by working for several professional handlers before finding success as a hobby handler. She has a variety of accolades in the conformation ring including multiple Best in Specialty Show wins, group wins, and top twenty rankings as well as several performance titles in field, rally, obedience, and dock diving events. Matt is a life-long outdoor enthusiast and hunter who has spent many years hunting behind his Labrador Retriever, Hunter. He introduced Kelly and Pistol Annie to hunting, and they've never looked back! The pair enjoy both upland and waterfowl hunting with their dogs as frequently as life allows.
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- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - We strive to own and produce versatile sporting dogs. We do not breed often and endeavor to improve the breed with each of our few litters, aiming to produce puppies sound in body and mind from health-tested parents. We do not ship puppies and all buyers agree to buy under contract. FoxPoint puppies will not be placed with their new homes until they - at minimum - have had their first series of vaccines, are dewormed, and have been microchipped and individually registered with the American Kennel Club. If interested in a FoxPoint puppy, we encourage you to contact us early, as we typically have a waiting list. Our litters are raised in a home environment with regular interaction and handling. During a critical development window from their third day through their sixteenth day, we utilize early neural stimulation (ENS) protocols with each of our puppies. Based on military canine programs, when conducted in once daily short intervals (3-5 seconds each) during this developmental period, these exercises have been shown to benefit the development of improved cardiovascular performance and adrenal glands as well as greater stress tolerance and disease resistance. Our puppies are exposed to a variety of surfaces, sights, odors, sounds, and people throughout their time with us including a puppy "jungle gym". FoxPoint puppies are introduced to a variety of game birds, usually via wing or frozen training bird to start, beginning at approximately four weeks of age. Additionally, we begin basic obedience training (e.g. sit, down, wait, recall) as well as settling exercises (e.g. go to mat) and crate training. We also litter box train our puppies to help with the housebreaking process as well as beginning adventures outside at around five weeks of age. Our puppies typically join their new families beginning around 8 to 9 weeks of age so that they can acclimate to their new environment within the first critical socialization period which typically ends around 3 months of age. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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