A Family Tradition – Photo Gallery

Our history begins with Lawrence R. MacQueen and his wife, Agnes Boden Hay. The sailed from Scotland in the early 1930’s and settled in Pottersville by the mid 1940’s. Here is Larry with his first champion Field Trial pup, “Staindrop Hurricane of Greenfair” in 1942. Larry was an experienced and knowledageble handler for Laboradores and English Cocker Spaniels, and later making the switch to English Springer Spaniels.
This is an image of Pottersville, December 25th, 1942. In some ways, the town has changed dramatically since then, but it remains a small and quiet town, tucked away from the busy roads and general stresses of everyday life.
And this is Ramornie Kennel. Named after his birthplace in Scotland, Larry first built his kennel (located to the right of the current DHK property) to serve as a training grounds and facility to prepare his dogs for Field Trial competitions. Throughout his career, Larry had over 25 Field Trial Champion dogs including one international, and one national.
The MacQueen’s lived a dedicated life to dogs, and raised their family accordingly so. Larry and Agnes had two sons, Stanley and Jack. In this photo, you meet Stanley, the second generation of dog handlers, and his childhood dog Whitie.
There are distinct characteristics for the MacQueen family. First and foremost, they cherish their dogs, as they are an extension of their family. Secondly, they like things that go fast, especially cars and motorcycles. Not only is this a great photo from the past, but shows a combined love for both.
Here is Larry posing with his two sons. In this photograph, Jack (on left) and Stanley (on right). This is 1949, and Stanley is working with his father training and handling Springer Spaniels.
“Ludlovian Bruce of Greenfair” won International Champion in 1954. Bruce was then known as the youngest dog to win Inernational Champ at only 24 months of age.
“Wivenwood Willie” earned his National Champion title in 1969 after only training with Larry for one full year. “I’ve always felt that the springer is the most exciting sporting dog,” Larry reported to Sports Illustrated. “They are the hardest to train, because they are expected to do more at a trial under tighter control than any other breed.”
Though never pursuing the field trial sport as intensely as his father, Stanley handled many of his own downs throughout his career. He even beat his father in the New Jersey Springer Field Trial Championship hosted in Allamuchy, NJ.
A typical Field Trial event held in Hunterdon County, NJ. Approximate timeframe is 1954.
We love the proper field attire circa 1950. Felted hats, trial pins and feather, tweed, leather and (of course) tried and true field coats.
Stanley, Mrs. Bedford, Agnes and Barbara MacQueen.
The first barn and kennel, Ramornie Kennel, located to the immediate right of The Dog House Kennel.
Stanley and Larry MacQueen (3rd generation) approximately 1958.
Larry plays with a homing pigeon. You can see from this picture that The Dog House Kennel and property are currently under development.
The breaking of grounds for The Dog House Kennel at 21 Homestead Road!
The first client to ever stay at The Dog House Kennel, a Gordon Setter named Duffy. 1969.
And here we are in current time, 2013. We’ve added on and made several improvement to the original business, but the single fact remains that our family has operated the same kennel throughout the decades with trust, care and a whole lot of love for dogs!