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by Grange » Thu May 07, 2009 9:06 am
I first found out about Berg Bros when I was researching english setters. I contacted Scott Berg a while back and was impressed with his willingness to talk about not only his setters, but other breeders and other breeds. He didn't seem to have the kennel blindness or breed blindness that some breeders I talked to seemed to have. I ended up scheduling a visit to his kennels, which aren't terribly far from the Twin Cities, MN. The facilities were nice from my perspective. All the kennel runs were in climate controlled buildings and were clean. The dogs were for the most part calm in their kennels and were friendly with people. They have 50+ acres of fenced in land and they liberate quail on the property. I spent a couple hours talking with both Scott and Ben Berg about their dogs, and their training and breeding philosophy.
I purchased my puppy from a different breeder that was recommended to me from Berg Bros. After I purchased my pup I talked to Scott Berg about his puppy program. I enventually decided to give it a try. I guess Scott is a good salesman. I don't regret my decision.
After the three weeks were up I went to pick up my puppy and Ben wanted to show me how well my puppy was doing. We ran her on a couple quail and I was impressed. She really showed her desire for birds. Her tail was going 150 mph and when she hit point she looked like the pictures above. Now I'm not going to say my pup wouldn't have been able to do this if she didn't go into the puppy program, but It probably would have taken longer to get her to this point. There is no way I would have been able to get her on that many quail that flew that well in that amount of time.
