![]() “I have him here on weekends and then he goes back home. One, I co-own with my sister, for instance, is a lab,” Taylor continued. It’s just not really something I publicize,” she said, adding that the exact number fluctuates. When asked how many dogs in total were living on the property, Taylor would not say. Taylor said she currently owns three generations of dogs. Taylor kept from a litter born earlier in 2019. Most were adults, but at least one was a puppy that Ms. Taylor’s lawn when The Canine Review’s visited on the evening of September 17. Taylor’s younger dogs have also won awards. “Riot’s dad is a versatile champion with NAVHDA (North American Versatile Hunting Dog Association), and a master hunter. When you look at a pedigree, you know if your dogs have hunting in them because of the titles you put on the dogs or what is behind them,” she added. His five generations of breeding is key to his performance, Taylor said. I get my field titles first,” she explained.Īn AKC Grand Champion, “Riot” has also won AKC titles such as a Master Hunter and Companion Dog. Taylor considers herself primarily a hunting breeder. He’s got about a hundred puppies out there,” she said. “I started with Riot, that’s my stud dog. Taylor’s own foray into breeding began 10 years ago, and she still has the dog that started it all. Taylor credits the Moermans for helping her get her start as a breeder as they planned out their retirement. Taylor bought a puppy from prominent hunting dog breeder Abbe Lane Kennels, owned by Robert and Judy Moerman. ![]() An avid grouse and woodcock hunter, she told The Canine Review that she originally adopted German Shorthaired Pointer rescue dogs to use in the field. Her entrance into the breeding world grew out of a passion for hunting. “I’m not really a kennel operation,” she explained. The pack appeared healthy and well-socialized, if not particularly active. For the rest of the time, Taylor says her dogs live in her home, sometimes crated or running in the front yard as they were during The Canine Review’s visit in September. Taylor’s garage, which she says she occasionally uses to house her GSP’s (only in mild weather, during daylight hours, she adds). There is a single outdoor kennel run in the back of Ms. ![]() A larger one sits at the end of her backyard. Downslope and left of her front yard is a small body of water. Taylor’s house is the last in a row of homes bordering automaker General Motors’ famous Black Lake vehicle testing facility, a 67-acre sea of black pavement.Īn expansive lawn is carved out of the thicket that surrounds the house on all sides. Taylor and her husband is also the location of her German Shorthaired Pointer (GSP) breeding business, High Caliber Kennel. Milford, Michigan - A dirt road rolls off the back of a paved cul-de-sac in exurban Detroit and leads through about twenty yards of thick woods before ending in front of American Kennel Club Breeder of Merit Lynn Taylor’s house.
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