Ruffwood Game Farm - Bird Dog Training

Pointing and Flushing Breeds previously trained by Mike Wilshire
Property is available for field events on our 150 acres of mixed terrain

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Ruffwood Game Farm - Mike & Donna Wilshire
R.R. # 1, Cayuga, Ontario N0A 1E0 (just one hour southwest of Toronto)
Phone: (905) 772-7230, Email: info@ruffwoodgamefarm.com

Mike Wilshire got his first Brittany in 1978 and had great success with him. He was a CKC Amateur and Open Field Champion by 3 years of age as well as Show Champion. As Mike continued to acquire more Brittanys, have success with them, and set up a successful breeding program, he became a CKC and AKC approved field judge, CKC Western Ontario Pointing Breed representative, marshalled Ruffed Grouse Society trials, US National Gun Dog Championship, travelled to Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Arkansas. Wherever there were bird dog activities, he was there! People started asking for his help, and thus began the professional bird dog training. He had many successes and put Field Test titles from FDJ through FDX as well as Cdn and US field trial wins and placements. He has bred US Field Champions as well as the #1 Juvenile Brittany in the US. He has been televised on Angler and Hunter TV, Wild TV, on radio and written up in Outdoor Canada, Ontario Out of Doors magazines and celebrity guests have visited the Game Farm.

For over 20 years he lived on an 85 acre farm in Belwood, Ontario, but moved further south to 150 acres in Cayuga, Ontario in 2010 and set up Ruffwood Game Farm. After 40 years, MIKE HAS RETIRED from training now, and is enjoying some judging, as well as watching CKC Field Dog Tests, NAVHDA and NSTRA events here at the farm.

The Game Farm remains open for dog club events, as well as a venue for breeder's puppy days, and club events in the spring/summer/early fall months. BOOK YOUR EVENT EARLY!

Thank you to all clients who have entrusted their dogs to Mike Wilshire over the years.

Please enjoy photos of some bird dogs, training sessions, and achievements at Ruffwood Game Farm, Cayuga, Ontario.

Young English Springer Spaniel has been to Ruffwood Game Farm for assistance from Mike for gun dog training. She earned 4th in Open at Trial..

Mike Wilshire of Ruffwood Game Farm, Cayuga training with Vizsla, Sage. Sage got her FDX Champion title with high 90's scores.

Above: Mike Wilshire training Chester, a client's Ruffwood Brittany on the Game Farm.

We will have a litter of purebred Brittany puppies ready to go early Spring 2024.
Please check out: www.ruffwoodbrittanys.com

For those of you who missed the Pheasants Forever Hunt at our place October 2011, it was televised on Angler & Hunter TV in February 2012.
It is now available on YouTube, and here is the link: Angler & Hunter Episode 7 at Ruffwood Game Farm

please contact Mike or Donna Wilshire
by email: info@ruffwoodgamefarm.com
or by phone 905.772.7230

BRITTANY PUPPIES - born January 2024 / ready to go March 2024.
Non-refundable deposits from approved families.
For information on our Brittany puppies: www.ruffwoodbrittanys.com

Some organizations we belong to or affiliate with:

We are Life Members of CKC, which is 30 years of continuous membership, and members in good standings. We are also founding members of the Brittany Spaniel Club of Ontario in the late 1970s, and founding members of the Brittany Spaniel Club of Canada in 1988 and the Ontario All Pointing Breed Field Dog Club. Mike is the CKC Western Ontario Pointing Breed Representative to Council, and we are both CKC and AKC approved Field Trial and Field Test judges.

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