To ascertain the thoughts of Stockley Kennels contribution to the upland bird hunter, it all stems from a great hunting dog you follow throughout a season that leaves the impression on others as well as yourself every dog is not created equal. A breeding program is so important to obtain this, it has been our major goal.

We run in field trials as do alot of bird dog enthusisists to determine who has the best dog that day or weekend. Field trials are like a yard stick by which to measure a specific dogs ability to compete on liberated or wild birds that day. We'd all like for hunting to transpire on wild birds, but due to the decrease in habitat and other circumstances controlling it, that is slowly diminishing. So we take to field trials as a form of recreation, but it still requires our dogs to be top notch.

At Stockley Kennels we hunt our dogs from the prairies of Saskatchuan to the fields of Kansas and Oklahoma and back home again to edges and hedgerows of our Eastern Shore of Va. where alot of major talent has been made over the years. Again our major goal is a class hunting dog that also can compete in any walking field trial, such as NSTRA, NBHA, AFTCA and USCSD. We have competed and have been very successful in those trials. Our dogs are hunted from Sept - April just about every day, every year, whether it be on liberated or wild birds. This gives our breeding program the supreme edge to find the dogs that have the nose, style, and know-how to hunt for the gun, that is very important to us and has been the main reason for our success.