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Welcome To Sunny Fields Kennel! We are based out of the Cleveland, Ohio area and pride ourselves in top quality German Shorthair Pointers for the hunting field, field trials, and home. We do have puppies available from time to time. Please take a look at our litters page for planned breedings and puppies that we have available.
The name Sunny Fields Kennel was originally created and used by my father, Art Terstage, Sr., starting in the late 60’s. At the time, he was running and campaigning Field Acres Kennel bred dogs and used the Sunny Fields Kennel name for his own dogs. Once I was born, he pulled back from campaigning dogs to raise a family, but we always had shorthairs.
In late 2001, I convinced my father to start campaigning shorthairs together. He purchased a shorthair, Zeta, to start us “getting back into the game”. Unfortunately, he passed in June of 2002 before he could pass all of his knowledge to me. Soon after my father’s passing, I decided to continue on the Sunny Fields Kennel name. I purchased Nike shortly after and began my own personal journey into birddogs and German Shorthair Pointers.
I am a firm believer that form follows function. While conformation standards are always in the back of my mind, I believe breeding stock needs to be proven in the field. My dogs are hunting every season to prove their worth (Plus it is a ton of fun!). Also, I personally campaign my dogs on the AKC and NGSPA field trail circuits. The field trials are a great way to compare the dogs against other dogs and, more importantly, a great way to make some great friends. As part of supporting the sport, I also judge trials and have become a member of the local and national level German Shorthair Pointer Clubs.
Thank you for taking the time to visit our site. Please look around. If you have any questions or just want to talk about birddogs in general, please feel free to email me at aterstage@sunnyfieldskennel.com or call 216.406.2553.
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| Vegas' National Amateur Shooting Dog Win at the 2009 National German Pointing Dog Association National Championships. Pictured is Vegas with Cliff Mesnard (Scout - Thanks Cliff!). Standing left to right is Mark Oakley (Judge), Art Terstage (Handler), and Rob Creaney (Judge). |
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