Re: Anyone hunt with a Deutsch Drahthaar?
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I don’t own one, but if I were to get a hunting dog. That would be the breed I’d go with.
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Re: Anyone hunt with a Deutsch Drahthaar?
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Hello, Just currious if anyone hunts with a Drahthaar and what they think of the breed? Thanks I don't hunt with anything I can't pronounce.
Brandon
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Re: Anyone hunt with a Deutsch Drahthaar?
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I do not know about today's standards for the Drahthaars but 20 years ago I knew a wealthy enough guy who had one and he had explained the whole breed and process of the dogs (I did get to meet the dog though I did not hunt with it). The Drahthaar name was a recognition of the training the dog went through and it had to be proven in a trial before a committee, it was very grueling and if the dog failed any one of the 3 areas of the trial it was not deemed worthy of the Drahthaar title, most of the time when a dog failed the owner would put it down because it wasn't deemed fit to live. I believe back then the guy said he paid around 3k for his dog not including his flight and bringing the dog back from Germany after it passed the trial. I know they were expensive as heck back then but I would probably faint at the price today!
Mark Skokan, Buffalo MN.
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Re: Anyone hunt with a Deutsch Drahthaar?
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I have sold mallard ducks, upland gamebirds and San Juan rabbits to Drathaar owners getting ready for their breed tests on numerous occasions. The dogs had to hunt fur, hunt upland gamebirds, do a 1000 meter blind retrieve on waterfowl, kill a predator (usually a fox or coyote) and act appropriately to humans showing various levels of aggression. Only allowing dogs to breed that pass the tests, tends to produce a high percentage of very good, well rounded hunting dogs.
I think all hunting and working breeds would be improved by only allowing dogs that passed tests appropriate for that breed to reproduce.
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Re: Anyone hunt with a Deutsch Drahthaar?
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hey, I have hunted over both, drahthaar and pudle pointers, wirehairs and shorthairs... this is my advice if your thinking about getting a pup..... socialize with many dogs and many people. I had 8 pudle pointers at one time and loved that breed, German hunting dogs are awesome hunters and are very focused. that's the good news. The reason I switched over to labs was because I got very tired of breaking up dog fights which get the people I hunted with very upset. German hunting dogs are moody about other dogs and other people just like/much like chessies. Each has a fierce possessive traits about game, protecting the roost, and protecting the owner. I loved the drive and point instinct in all my dogs, but while hunting with others, kept my dogs close to me while hunting, and kept people away from the ducks after they were back in the blind. Also, with any German hunting dog, plan on force fetch training.... they will eat a duck while you stand there yelling.... seen it many times!
Plan on strong tough obedience training....in other words, if that dog is more worried about you than he is about the dog next to him that he doesn't know, your hunt will be very peaceful.
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Re: Anyone hunt with a Deutsch Drahthaar?
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I've never been a big fan of the versatile breeds. The ones I've seen do all things okay but nothing really well. I hunt grouse and woodcock over pointing dogs, one of them being a Brit, and yes, he does nip. Pigheaded male. My English Pointer wouldn't think of biting me. Biggest BS statement of the year thus far . And we’re early into it .
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Re: Anyone hunt with a Deutsch Drahthaar?
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Look , not everyone has the kennel space for a dog for every occasion. The Germans recognized this and addressed it . From Jagd terriers to GSP/GMP’s and DD’s . Properly trained and introduced, they’ll excell at any task handed to them . I’ll never go back to specialized breeds . I’d take my GSP over any lab ( heat tolerance issue) and they’d give and pointing breed a run for their money . And , I think , they’re a better coyote decoy dog than most of the curs. Certainly easier to live with. And they’re not as aggressive as Airedales , much as I love Airedales. Years and years of being a dog guy. GSP’s and GWP’s are it for us.
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Re: Anyone hunt with a Deutsch Drahthaar?
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I've never been a big fan of the versatile breeds. The ones I've seen do all things okay but nothing really well. I hunt grouse and woodcock over pointing dogs, one of them being a Brit, and yes, he does nip. Pigheaded male. My English Pointer wouldn't think of biting me. Biggest BS statement of the year thus far . And we’re early into it . Posco, find a NAVHDA ( North American versatile hunting dog association ) event to go to. Well bred and trained examples of German dogs do it all well.
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