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<blockquote data-quote="LBnM" data-source="post: 825718" data-attributes="member: 817"><p>Anyone that know of me knows that I favor the German Shorthaired Pointer. Not the ones that have been bred to English Pointers to make them faster and more field trial ready. Ike is an old line German Shorthaired Pointer out of Jim Reiser's Shooting Starr kennels. His momma was featured in the Sep/Oct 1997 issue of Pointing Dog Journal. </p><p></p><p>I do however have a fondness for all European breeds. The GWP, from a reputable breeder is a fine dog. The Drahthaar breeder in Elgin is long established and has an excellent reputation. For info on Britts talk to Delmar Smith in Edmond. He wrote the book on them and his sons are national trainers. Anyone interested in any of the European breeds needs to spend time and meet these folks.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.oknavhda.com/" target="_blank">http://www.oknavhda.com/</a></p><p></p><p>They are all some fine people and a little time with them on their monthly training days and you will see most of the Versatile breeds in action. </p><p></p><p>Ike was a NAVHDA pup and on his first opening day (in Missouri) he pointed, retrieved and backed my long gone older dog, Murphy Brown, so that I had my limit of both Quail & Pheasant in about two hours. He's just gotten better as he got older. He is 11 now and a little slower, but only at the end of the day. BTW, on that opening day he was just under 5 1/2 months old.</p><p></p><p>I highly recommend NAVHDA to anyone interested in bird dogs. And ...$1,000 or so in a dog from a quality kennel is a much better investment than what most people on this forum blow on guns in a month. A lecture tho'...a dog is a lifetime (his or hers) investment. The purchase price will be only a small portion of the cost of this investment. If you are not interested in it being so, and only want to put one in a pen until the day you are ready to go hunting - find someone who has a good dog and go hunt with them. You will probably have a better hunting experience doing this.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LBnM, post: 825718, member: 817"] Anyone that know of me knows that I favor the German Shorthaired Pointer. Not the ones that have been bred to English Pointers to make them faster and more field trial ready. Ike is an old line German Shorthaired Pointer out of Jim Reiser's Shooting Starr kennels. His momma was featured in the Sep/Oct 1997 issue of Pointing Dog Journal. I do however have a fondness for all European breeds. The GWP, from a reputable breeder is a fine dog. The Drahthaar breeder in Elgin is long established and has an excellent reputation. For info on Britts talk to Delmar Smith in Edmond. He wrote the book on them and his sons are national trainers. Anyone interested in any of the European breeds needs to spend time and meet these folks. [url]http://www.oknavhda.com/[/url] They are all some fine people and a little time with them on their monthly training days and you will see most of the Versatile breeds in action. Ike was a NAVHDA pup and on his first opening day (in Missouri) he pointed, retrieved and backed my long gone older dog, Murphy Brown, so that I had my limit of both Quail & Pheasant in about two hours. He's just gotten better as he got older. He is 11 now and a little slower, but only at the end of the day. BTW, on that opening day he was just under 5 1/2 months old. I highly recommend NAVHDA to anyone interested in bird dogs. And ...$1,000 or so in a dog from a quality kennel is a much better investment than what most people on this forum blow on guns in a month. A lecture tho'...a dog is a lifetime (his or hers) investment. The purchase price will be only a small portion of the cost of this investment. If you are not interested in it being so, and only want to put one in a pen until the day you are ready to go hunting - find someone who has a good dog and go hunt with them. You will probably have a better hunting experience doing this. [/QUOTE]
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