 
Dear Dave,
I wanted to send a quick note to express my sincere thanks to you and your wife for the wonderful GSP puppy we purchased from your kennel last
year (Power Point's My Fair Lady - Lexi)! She has been a great addition to our family and she's an absolute bird finding "machine" in the field.
While I've been fortunate to own and train a number of nice pointing dogs over the years, Lexi is by far the best hunting dog I have ever had. She
has an incredible nose, displays amazing style that includes efficient ground coverage and a high head and tail, has a natural back, and has been
an absolute joy to train! I am sharing these comments as a strong endorsement of both the expertise and outstanding GSP bloodlines that you
provide from your kennel. You made the puppy purchasing process great, you provided timely and thorough answers to my questions, and the
dog you placed with our family was everything you said she would be (and more)! Thanks again for everything and when it comes time for us to
pair Lexi with another canine hunting partner, I can assure you we will be coming back to Power Point Kennels!
I've attached a couple of pictures in case you want to display them - the first in on day "one" when we brought Lexi home from your kennel and the
second was taken earlier this week when she had her first opportunity to hunt in snow and we shot another five pheasants over her (all with rock
solid points).
Sincerely,
Brett Lewis
Ohio
Dave,
Thanks for doing such a great job training my shorthair Top Gun Ella. Your commitment and professional skills at training really shined in Ella's short hunt test career. Passing 5-7 for senior hunt tests, then going 5-6 on her master hunt tests really exceeded the average pass rate of 30% not to mention the money I saved on further entry costs. I came to you as inexperienced as one could be and any questions I had you were always eager to answer. The last minute NAVHDA natural ability test I threw on you really made me appreciate your commitment to me and Ella. With a couple weeks notice you were able to obtain a prize-1 with 110 pts. I will always steer people looking for a professional trainer with really clean facilities, and a proven track record your way. I would love to talk to anyone thinking about using Power Point Kennels for all their dog training needs.
Thanks for all your hard work,
Eric Skym
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Power Point is one of the rare kennels that gives the dog owner as much or more than they pay for in their training program. Dave and Deb Troup have a kennel full of great German Shorthair Pointers most of which have attained the AKC MASTER HUNT Test Title. Their blood lines of Shorthairs produce hunting dogs with excellent bird drive, hunt intensity, and will range according to cover conditions. I purchased one of their puppies last June and at 6 months old this female GSP was pointing and holding game birds. I've had the opportunity this last fall to hunt her in South Dakota on Pheasants, Quail in Oklahoma, and a mix of Quail and Pheasants in Kansas. She gets along well with my other dogs, is exuberant, and an eager loving friend.
Roger Felton
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Dear Dave,
I am delighted to provide you with a written testimonial as to your dog training program. I found Dave’s Power Point Kennels on the GSP club of Indiana web cite. I recall we talked first about my GSP Dixie in February of this year. As a NAVHDA member before contacting Dave I had an idea about what a good versatile hunting dog should be. I just didn‘t know how to get my new GSP there by myself. Being an experienced gun dog bird hunter doesn’t necessarily translate into being even a novice dog trainer. As I talked with Dave a fellow NAVHDA and NSTRA member I developed an appreciation for “teaching” before “training“. In addition to teaching a “trained retrieve” at Power Point Dave exposes his clients dogs to gunfire, swimming and as many species of birds as the owner/handler wishes. I took Dixie to Dave just 7 weeks before we were registered to take our fist NAVHDA test. The natural ability test evaluates a dogs nose, search, swim, point, track, and their desire to work. Dave prepared both Dixie and I for test in less than 2 months. The results……we scored 110 points of a possible 112 points which is a prize 1. Dave’s training program produces dogs that are remarkable in ability with steadfast reliability, no question about it! Thanks Dave for all your support and patience with Dixie and I. See you around Iowa and South Dakota in the fall. Sincerely,
Eric Pinkie
myelenore@yahoo.com
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