IN - LINE KENNELS
Text & Articles submitted by: Jason Lewis
Edited & Displayed by: Shawn Grosekemper


Monty & Trish Johnson
7911 Hwy. D
Bonne Terre, MO 63628
573-358-2722


Home of:
CHB SPO FD. CH. IN-LINE BLACK JACK  (stud fee $200)
CHB SPO FD. CH. IN-LINE T-BONE (stud fee $200)


Monty Johnson had a dream and it is now a reality.  Presently, Monty has three enclosures, including a puppy-starting pen, and a plenty of kennel space.  Monty starts puppies, trains and conditions all age beagles and is a great resource for a wide range of beagle owners.

His fulltime job is running dogs.  He has a 250’ x 100’ puppy pen, a 5 acre enclosure and a 15 acre enclosure.  There are plans for an additional 25 acre enclosure.  He has built and developed everything the right way, including his field champions (just checkout his shed full of trophies).  His running grounds have a proper balance between food & cover.

Monty’s practice is to house a smaller number of hounds for more individualized attention.  We made arrangements and happened to get a couple in for what I like to call “beagle boot camp.”  My main objective was to get another beagler’s opinion and to have the extra weight run off my hounds.  I run year around but nothing compared to the individual attention, training and diet a dog can get from going to a professional handler.  Together we worked out a training schedule and a finished objective.  Fifteen days later I picked them up and was wowed by the results.  I knew what I had before I left them with In-Line Kennels but I didn’t expect them to return with such endurance.  The wife and I also had a chance to work with Monty one on one with our three pups, the day we picked up my other hounds.  It is not often you find someone who truly cares about people and admires your hound of choice, BEAGLES.

No matter if you are looking to get one started, conditioned for a field trial or for hunting season or just need some guidance give Monty and Trish a call and make arrangements to get your beagling on track.
 
The grounds are easily accessible and the shed & office are state of the art.  

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These outside kennels are very clean and spacious.  Each dog can be housed individually
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 This high dollar lesbadiza is the best rabbit cover known to man.  Cover is key.
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  Besides a mixture of crop, Monty also feeds the rabbits using these barrel feeders hidden in brush piles
 The enclosures are designed so different dogs can be run at the same time.  They are also designed to help young dogs get started then graduate upward from smaller to bigger running grounds.
 Field of Dreams.  Monty’s property is generally flat and great for following and watching your hounds run.  It is a great place to go and see good hounds run and to buy great hounds, which you actually see run right in front of you.  
 Monty’s opinion is that a puppy should not learn to hunt by sight chasing.  His puppy pen is set up with dense cover.  The pup needs to learn to use its nose and not be tempted to expect sight chasing as a hunting tactic.  There are chances at sight chasing though because Monty uses a mixture of wild rabbits and tame rabbits.  The tam rabbits are used to increase the scent, which helps the puppies trigger their natural instincts.
 Strips are cut in the enclosure for owners and trainer to inspect progress and in the puppy pen encourage youngsters to get busy.
 Using a professional trainer will cut time in starting a puppy.  It will also help pups start on rabbits and not take chances with a puppy running trash when started out in an unenclosed area.  These two are a tender age of 5 months.  Nose down and tails working, they are growing up fast!!!!

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