german shorthair or wirehair

[shootdonniebrook]

I'm looking for either a shorthair or wirehair for grouse hunting. Parents must be working bird dogs, buy or trade guns. e-mail me at shootdonniebrook@aol.com

[freddogs]

You could try the kennel where I got my last pup. I'm very happy with her. She's just over a year old. They have a website at http://home.centurytell.net/KennedyDrathaars/ .  They breed Drahaars which are German Wirehairs with a german registration. They are located in the middle of Grouse Country.

[prairiedog555]

If you decide on getting a wirehair, spend a little more and get a Drathaar,  they are bred for intellegence and hunting ability, not conformation.  The parents have to be certified as good hunters.  With other breeds you never know when you are going to get "show dog" blood.
I am appalled at what some people do to gun dogs.  I know a guy whose wife shows shorthairs.  They are nutty as hell.  Look what they did to Irish setters and now labs.  Why don't they stick to poodles and such and leave working dogs alone.

[Don Fischer]

If you decide on getting a wirehair, spend a little more and get a Drathaar,  they are bred for intellegence and hunting ability, not conformation.  The parents have to be certified as good hunters.  With other breeds you never know when you are going to get "show dog" blood.
I am appalled at what some people do to gun dogs.  I know a guy whose wife shows shorthairs.  They are nutty as hell.  Look what they did to Irish setters and now labs.  Why don't they stick to poodles and such and leave working dogs alone.

And you could throw in the Gordon, Springer Spaniel and the Cocker Spaniel. Indeed even the standard poodle was at one time a water dog. We now see a few red setters and it won't be long till it happens to them. For wirehairs there's a vet in Oregon, Ray Calkins that has good hunting lines. Cascade Wirehairs.

[Striderman]

I have a German shorthair and have hunted him on Maine Grouse for 8 years.  I trained him to work very close, he did an outstanding job on them.  My brother in law has a 2 year old Dratra sp sorry and so far this dog does a ok job on grouse ranges a little to far.  Up in Maine the most popular grouse dog in a English Settler.