lancetkenyon
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Best pack of hounds ever! (One not in pucture)
2 GSPs, two GSP/Walker mixes
They will run ALL DAY LONG. Then crash.
2 GSPs, two GSP/Walker mixes
They will run ALL DAY LONG. Then crash.
That's frigging awesomeBest pack of hounds ever! (One not in pucture)
2 GSPs, two GSP/Walker mixes
They will run ALL DAY LONG. Then crash.
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The Drahthaar is one of the most versatile dogs I've been around, not to be confused with a German wire hair. They set the standards very high for drahthaar registry and the handful I've been around have been nothing but amazing. From tracking wounded/downed big game to upland and waterfowl, extremely intelligent dogs, and very useful. Great demeanor and attitude as well, all this coming from a Labrador guy.VDD German Drahthaar by far. Check them out or your doing yourself a disservice. Not the American version the pure German one. I had an amazing girl from Vom Altmoor kennels on NJ. What a hunting beast. Woods water fields she could do anything. And I mean anything.
At 9 month's old I had her breaking through skim ice on a lake for duck work. There are not enough adjectives to describe how wonderful she was.
1 thing as they or she was is STRONG ON FUR. don't take that lightly. Raccoons possums yotes are in trouble.
I miss my girl
How she cuddled with my daughter and the other at the vet for check up
RIP
Sasha
That was my Sasha's summer haircut.Many of the versatile breeds are awesome dogs. We have a first gen american gwp from imported german parents. I cant call her a vdd, but her parents are. She is amazing. 50#, looks like the Sasha dog pictured above, but bushier in the face. A real hot mess after drinking water. And if she gets into burrs. Personality for days. Willful. Im sure if she were male I would have had to run him nearly to death before any training. Quick learner. Use the navda or similar books for training basis; they are good and necessary. She will swim in a river amongst the ice flow when its 10F. She will hunt early season upland all day if you keep her in the water. She drinks copious quantities of water. Like watch out amounts. An angel in the house with our littles. She plays super hard with other dogs; some dogs are put off by it or will think its a fight.
I cant say enough good about the draht breed. Had a gsp as a kid. She was a great house dog and hell on cats, untrained and a meh hunter because of it. Ive been around pudelpointers and they were great too. Never hunted with a griff nor a stichelhaar so i have nothing there.
I get woody every time I see bird dogs working. My wife just shows clips of our dogs and then *bam*- faster than a blue pill.View attachment 537400
If I only hunted upland, I would consider another shorthair. After having a wirehair ill never have anything but. Its draht or wirehair forever for me.