Dear members of this forum! i hope, this post is on the right place. i am from germany and i own three DK- not GSP but DK. i am here, because i want to communicate with some people about testing and training there dogs. Greeting madonna

and this is my emma:

welcome to the forum madonna.  Hope you find the information you need.  The people here are great.  Your picture of emma didn't post.

oops never mind.  I see it now, not sure why I didn't before.  She's beautiful!

Dear Mit! Thanks for your welcome! i am really proud of my emma. but it is still not sure, that she will stay with me, because i need a bitch for breeding. and, if she fails the tests this year, i will sell her- My old bitch now is neutered, she is now only family and hunting dog. and i have a male dog too. and more than three dogs i will not have in my house. but, i am very confidently, that she will do the tests very well. if she does, i will make a litter with her in 2009. but she is really beautiful and a very nice, cooperative dogs, that always wants to be petted and praised.

Greeting madonna

Welcome Madonna to our forum and widening our horizens to the Deutsch Kurzhaars DK

To learn more about the DK breed from Germany I will try to post a link for reference for the other members on this forum to enjoy and learn more about the DK.

DK http://www.nadkc.org/index.htm   and another link

http://www.deutsch-kurzhaar.ro/index-frameset.htm 

I do have a love for all the pointing breeds and love to learn about them . The DK or Deutsch Kurzhaars is new for me and yes the DK is not a GSP even though in English Deutsch Kurzhaar translates into German Shorthair

Thanks for the info Marie

I had no idea what a DK was

Welcome Madonna

Your Dog is beautiful

Renee'

I wasn't going to reply here, but to Marie's post. Not all american breeders have bred for the type of dog she is refering to. A DK is a GS, just run through a different series of tests. Trust me, I judge them have been around them and had my hands on many. The test is the only difference. And they have to pass some tests before they can be bred, something which I like to think American breeders can do on there own without anyone telling them they have to.When they first started testing them here, amercian bred dogs were allowed to test, now they are not, or they would and would still pass with the same success rate they had before they were disallowed. I think anyone on this board that hunts there dogs will tell you the fur drive is still alive and well in the gs (american), we just don't use it as much, or promote it. We still run tests based loosley on the German system (NAVHDA) where the dogs are tested in tracking, waterwork,and fieldwork, handlers can use fur for the drags if they want, but I have not seen it happen.

Edited to say, welcom Madonna, your girl is beatiful, I am sure the tests will be a breeze. I am interested to hear of your hunting over there. What percent is birds and what is furred animals (we call them varmints!)?

Thank you Trey, you cleared the DK  Germany and GSP American difference and testing  meanings  for all of us non- knowing unaware GSP American lovers. It was so confusing for us and now really I understand why I have no more moles, gophers,possum and rabbits in my back yard since the addition of a GSP fur tacking dog is actually in this breed but never called upon to do so in America. Always thought Rocky was doing something wrong and out of ordinary and it really is in the GS  Both the DK and GSP are GS's but it is just the series of test are different for the DK to test (furkins),  GSP American- no furkins. But if we tested our American GSP's with furkin drags, they would pass with flying colors because it is deep seated in the GSP Breed. Both the DK and The GSP are GS's

Here is a picture of a DK taken from one of the DK licks

Here is a spoiled American GSP Rocky who goes after furkins every chance he gets

Dear, i must admite, that i never hunt on birds- i only hunt on boar, on deer or fox.very much blood stalking. pointing and field search only for testing
and, the training of my dogs differs much from a bird dog- we begin training with retrieving, drags, blood-tracking- oboedience.
emma did her hunting ability test with 10 months, but has no test in pointing and field search at this time- we call this test derby.  we do this in april  . perhaps you will look at my homepage? www.deutsch-kurzhaar-von-der-himmelsleiter-homepage-ms.de


greeting madonna