“I had to wait a few years before I could get a hunting dog. During that time I decided to take a few vacations and visit breeders in my home state of Utah, Idaho and Oregon. I was not experienced with identifying good breeders when I began the search. However, I learned quickly what makes a great versatile gundog breeder – they test their dogs in NAVHDA and only breed dog’s with certain scores, they breed for coat, height and other elements of breed standard, they perform all the health testing (i.e. Penn Hip/OFA, thyroid, etc.) and THEY HAVE A TRAINING PROGRAM. I visited 9 Wirehaired Pointing Griffon Breeders in the mentioned states over the 3 year wait period and found what I believe to be the top three breeders in that region. I chose RidenHigh Gundogs for the quality of the standards noted above and the prey drive David breeds in his dogs. David’s dogs are hard running, big ranging chukar dogs. I bought my pup to hunt waterfowl, chukar, grouse and guide pheasant for friends learning to hunt. I am absolutely amazed at the versatility of my pup. Enzo is far more than I could have hoped for. He is a great pet as well, he hangs with me everywhere I go. I love my dog! PS – David always has a long waiting list – another great indication of breeding great gundogs – reputation!”

“Had a great experience with David. I gave David my 1 year old Griff (Sig) for bird dog training. After two months with David there was obvious changes in my dog’s ability to listen and follow instructions. It was very apparent that David spent a significant amount of time with Sig training him on birds, and getting him acclimated to bird country. Sig is a great companion and wonderful with my kids; he’s a natural fit to our family and thanks to the help of David he’s an outstanding hunting partner as well!”

“Excellent trainer and handler.”

“The BEST dog and a GREAT trainer are what we received from Ridenhigh Kennels. We
purchased our first gun dog from David after a great chat about hunting and types of dogs. We
picked up the most wonderful puppy from the Birdy/Riz litter, who returned to David for some
training. The week after she came home, we scored a Prize one 112 in her NAVHDA NA test.
We couldn’t have done it without you David, thank you so much!”