Hello,
We are retired educators from Kansas and Wyoming. Jim was high school administrator that enjoys hunting and hiking. I am a retired Special Ed teacher that enjoys hiking, camping and training pups. Raising dogs over the 47 years has been a journey of meeting so many great people. We value the health each of our adult dogs and puppies they produce. We understand the emotional lose when losing a family pet. It is important to us for our dogs to eat healthy and live a family involvement life. We want the same for our puppies.
Thank you for your interest in our Clumbers. We live 12 miles outside of Paris, Texas on two acres in a beautiful area. We are surrounded with oak trees. We moved from the Yellowstone area of Wyoming in 2020 to be closer to our grandkids. After raising English style Labrador Retrievers for over 35 years and Clumber Spaniels for 8 years, we decided to move from Kansas to Powell, Wyoming in 2012. When we moved, we petted out our Labs and took our 2 Clumber Spaniels with us. We are going on our 19th year of raising Clumbers
Duetsche, our first European male, was from some great show lines in Europe. He passed away at the end of April 2023. We brought Duetsche to the US when he was 4 months old. A robust healthy boy that was ready for any adventure or happy to just lay by our feet and loaf around the house, he is the ideal Clumber. His snoring in the bedroom at night was almost like baby’s lull-a-bye. He is always ready for road trip and his snoring in the back seat after the first 10 miles is a funny addition to our trips. Duetsche was going on 16 years old. Duetsche was followed by Alex and Kort as our stud dogs. Where has the time gone?
Izzie, our girl, had a mother that was on the AKC show circuit when we met the handler. We traveled to meet Izzie's owners and parents. We fell in love with Izzie. Her father was a beautiful Clumber with the sweetest laid back personality. Izzie is now retired and a young boy adopted her.
I thoroughly enjoy training our dogs for obedience and taking training classes to improve training skills. Jim enjoys hunting with the Clumber Spaniels.
Clumber puppies are the best therapy for the elderly. Our neighbor in Powell had a hair salon and taking pups to her salon to visit clients waiting for their turn in the chair was a great experience for the pups and the ladies. Janet, our neighbor would often call over to our house and let us know she had clients who were waiting for the Clumbers to come for a visit. We always had neighbors with toddlers or young children who were excited to see a puppy. Yes, I use the puppies part of my program. The experience of meeting a wide variety of people and children has always been great social training for our pups.
Jim and I found the Clumber Spaniel breed 19 years ago. He had looked for a hunting companion for his Labs for years, but could not find a breed that hunted and worked as close as his Labs. Not only did he find a good hunting companion, but found a great pal.
Clumber Spaniels are always ready for an adventure whether it's hunting, hiking, going for walks or going to an outside sporting event. With their huge feet, Duetsche would even go cross country snowshoeing with us. Clumbers are also great couch potatoes. On Sunday afternoons, you can find Jim and some Clumbers curled up on the floor, sharing a pillow, watching the Kansas City Chiefs play football. I enjoy going on walks with a Clumber or 2. Nothing is more relaxing for me than a nice long slow walk in the country or working on a certain skills.
Jim enjoys working with the dogs in the field. Watching them work an area is so amazing. Alex and Jacie were both close to reaching an AKC championship, but sending our dogs to the east coast cut out our time with them. Due to the expense and distance from us, we decided to drop the show ring. Jim wanted Alex for hunting. He became an excellent hunting companion. Alex and Jacie are both retired now and live with a couple in Texas. Jim has always had a Clumber or two for hunting. Our dogs have shown great noses for the field. We take a great deal of care raising our dogs and pups. Health checks, DNA testing, hip and elbow certifications are just a few things we do to make sure anyone getting one of our pups will be happy and proud of their dog.
All of our Clumbers and litters are registered with the AKC. We will continue our hobby of raising quality Clumbers for a few more years before we retire. This is special breed of dog that not many people get to experience. Our hope is that we continue to give people the opportunity to own a rare, goofy, clownish, loyal breed of dog.
The dogs are our children. If anyone would like to visit with our vet or families that have gotten dogs from us, it would not be a problem to give you information for reference. We also enjoy people coming to our home and visit our family. We have picked people up from the airport to take them to their motel and then have them come to our home for visits. We thoroughly enjoy meeting families acquiring a new family member. I really don’t like to fly a pup. I prefer for a family member to come and pick up their pup or meet us. We also know pet transporters.
Occasionally, we place an adult dog from us or for other people that are reputable breeders. Requests must write an informational letter with references for approval. We also prefer our adults to pickup in person. Each dog has their personality and it is important a new family is the perfect home.
Thank-You
