About Us

Jason has been in the breed, competing in field trials, since the early 1990s. Two of the highlights of his career have been handling a dog he bred, NFC FC Lighthouse Reverence, to the 2003 National Field Trial Championship title, and being the recipient of the 2004 Hogan award for the top Professional handler of English springer spaniels in the country.

Situated on 120 acres about an hour Northeast of Madison, Wisconsin, Lighthouse Kennels has a range of cover and water to test your dog's skills. Our cover options include a large switch grass field, several native grass fields, a light brome field, a small pine woods (with a quail hutch), and a stand of willows (with a quail hutch). You can practice water retrieves in our pond or in the creek. We prefer using positive methods whenever possible, and try to use the least physical correction we can when discipline is necessary.

We do utilize an electronic collar in some training instances. The most common circumstance is after we have trained a dog to be steady to wing and shot, but he opts to chase a bird. We then use the collar as a remote correction, at a very low setting.

As breeders, our number one priority is temperament. We do not tolerate any kind of aggression towards people or other dogs. Our dogs run together several times a day, girls with girls and boys with boys. We demand good temperaments regardless of whether we have females in season.

We strive to breed a springer who can be an excellent family companion and housedog. Most of our dogs live inside the house part time, and we cannot tolerate hyper dogs nor those who bark often! We want dogs who can turn it on in the field, and then turn if off when they go back inside the house.

We are very proud of many dogs from our breeding. Our dogs are far from perfect, but they are solid hunting dogs with excellent temperaments and good health. We have yet to meet the perfect dog, so if what you read about someone's dogs seems too good to be true, it probably is!