12/13/2011

We received some excellent news today.  Elli (Oilelli von der Schmiede) is pregnant with her first litter of puppies!  This will also be the first litter for the sire, Colt vom Hollbaeck.  The puppies will be born around January 15th and be ready for new homes in mid-March. 

12/5/2011

Tomorrow, our B Litter turns 8 weeks of age.  The first puppy is leaving tomorrow and the rest will follow over the next few weeks with the exception of Bianca vom Coraschatten.  We are very excited to keep Bianca here with us.

11/29/2011

Today, our B litter is 7 weeks of age.  They have had a busy week with meeting lots of new people and their first raccoon (dead).  We have some new photos to share that were taken this past weekend.

11/22/2011

It is hard to believe that our B litter puppies are already six-weeks old!  The pups are really active and enjoy exploring the yard and playing with new toys.  The only times they will hold still are when they are sleeping or when they are being held.

11/16/2011

This past week was very busy for us.  Cortney attended the annual DL-GNA Meeting and Hunt in South Dakota while Scott stayed home to take care of the puppies.  We also got a couple of breedings between Elli (Oilleli von der Schmiede) and Colt (Colt vom Hollbaeck).

A friend came over yesterday to photograph our 5-week old puppies.  Please check out Tim's website at www.feathersphotography.com to view other great photos as well.

11/8/2011

Our B Litter is 4 Weeks Old already.  It has been fun to see each of their personalities start to develop. 

11/2/2011

Our Elli (Oilleli von der Schmiede) surprised us today by coming into heat much earlier than expected.  We will be breeding her to Colt vom Hollbaeck in the upcoming weeks and with any luck, our C litter will be due around mid-January 2012.

11/1/2011

The puppies are now 3 weeks old and getting more active every day!  They are also just learning how to drink out of a dish.

10/25/2011

Check out new photos of our 2 week old puppies! 

10/19/2011

We encourage everyone to check out the November 2011 issue of Gun Dog Magazine.  Our breed, the Deutsch Langhaar, is featured and Nando vom Auwelt (the sire to our A Litter) is featured on the cover of the magazine.  There is also a really nice pointing photo of our Elli on page 54 of the issue.

10/18/2011

Our B litter of pups is now 1 week old.  New photos of the puppies can be found HERE.

10/17/2011

Congratulation to Walter Soehl and Ando vom Hollbaeck for completing their VGP this past weekend.  Ando is the sire to our B litter of puppies and we are very proud that his test went so well.  Ando earned an incredible score of 345 points and a Prize I (Totverweiser) with 4Hs in pointing, the search behind the duck, and the search without the duck. 

We would also like to congratulate Hermann Rohling and Nando vom Auwelt for their outstanding VGP performance this past weekend.  Nando earned 319 points with a Prize I and was named suchenseiger.  Nando was the sire to our A litter of puppies.

10/11/2011

Our "B" Litter of puppies has arrived!  Kaylee whelped 9 puppies in the early hours of the morning.  There are 3 females and 6 males.  We have a lot of color variation in this litter.  We ended up with 4 schimmel pups, 2 brown pups with white chest markings, and 3 solid brown pups.

10/10/2011

As the hunting season progresses, we are hearing more great reports about puppies from our A litter.  You can check out a new photo of Aubrey vom Coraschatten ("Kayna") after a successful pheasant hunt or some new photos of Arik vom Coraschatten ("Finn") while he was getting some last-minute training before a 2-week grouse/woodcock hunting trip in Minnesota. 

10/5/2011

We added a couple of new photos of Arko vom Coraschatten ("Porter") to the website today.  Porter is now almost 11 months old and ready for his first hunting season this fall.

9/25/2011

Both Elli (Oilleli von der Schmiede) and Colt (Colt vom Hollbaeck) ran in tests this weekend and we are happy to announce that both dogs passed.  Colt earned 157 points in his HZP and Elli earned 268 points with a Prize II in her VGP. 

9/6/2011

We have good news to share today.  A trip to our vet confirmed that Kaylee (Cora vom Illertal) is definitely pregnant!  It looks like we will be having our "B" litter of pups around October 10th.

9/1/2011

August was a very busy month for us as we continued preparing for our fall tests.  Colt vom Hollbaeck is nearly ready for his HZP and Oilleli von der Schmiede is nearly ready for her VGP.  You can check out some August training photos of Colt, Elli, and Kaylee HERE.

8/23/2011

Our "A" Litter puppies are now 9 months of age.  It has been really nice to have a couple of those pups nearby to watch them develop.  Kayna (Aubrey vom Coraschatten) has turned into quite the water dog!  You can check out some new photos of her HERE.

8/15/2011

We have a couple of good pieces of news to share.  A few days ago, we learned that our Colt vom Hollbaeck has received a hip rating of "A" from Germany.  He is now one step closer to getting certified for breeding.

Also, Kaylee (Cora vom Illertal) recently came into heat.  She was bred to Ando vom Hollbaeck late last week so with any luck, we will have a litter of puppies whelp in mid-October.  We should be able to confirm the pregnancy in about a month.

7/22/2011

Apparently it is that time of year when folks start to think about adding a new hunting companion to their family.  The Upcoming Litters page was updated today to reflect that we now have 6 puppies reserved from our upcoming litters.  We are only planning to accept 6 more deposits between now and the whelp dates.  Please contact us if you are interested in reserving a puppy for early 2012.

6/12/2011

We received new photos today of Ava vom Coraschatten ("Willow").  Apparently Willow shares her mother's love of water.  Check out some photos of her dock jumping HERE.

6/5/2011

Oilleli von der Schmiede just became the second NAVHDA Utility Prize I Deutsch Langhaar in our household.  Today, Elli completed her NAVHDA Utility test with 201 points and a Prize I! 

5/27/2011

It is hard to believe that our "A" litter of langhaars has already turned 6 months old this past week.  We talked to most of the puppy owners and it sounds like the puppies are doing great.  You can check out updated photos of most of the puppies by clicking on their individual pages HERE.

5/15/2011

Please take a minute to visit the new JGV-USA website at www.jgv-usa.org.  JGV-USA is the primary testing organization for us to run our Deutsch Langhaars through.  Cortney is the new webmaster for JGV-USA and is very happy to launch this newly-revised website today.

5/1/2011

The 2011 testing season is officially underway for us.  Yesterday, Colt vom Hollbaeck ran in his VJP and earned a great score of 71 points.  Elli (Oilleli vd Schmiede) ran her VJP today and was suchensieger with a score of 77 points!  We would also like to congratulate our other drahthaar and langhaar friends that tested over the weekend. 

4/26/2011

Now that the snow has finally melted in northcentral Wisconsin, we can finally start some real training for the year.  New photos of 5-month old Aubrey vom Coraschatten ("Kayna") can be seen HERE.

4/18/2011

We would like to congratulate Mike Cross and Betty (Batamote vom Coraschatten) on passing their first NAVHDA Utility Prepatory Test.  Mike and Betty ran in the Grand Canyon chapter last weekend and earned a Prize III.

4/12/2011

Check out new photos of Arko vom Coraschatten ("Porter") HERE and/or check out new photos of Aldo vom Coraschatten ("Ashbee") HERE.

4/3/2011

Now that the pups from our previous litter are over 4 months old, they are really getting out into the woods/field/water to explore.  Check out new photos of Arik vom Coraschatten ("Finn") HERE.

3/6/2011

It sounds like all of the pups from our last litter are doing well in their new homes.  Yesterday, we received new photos of Arrow vom Coraschatten ("Gage") that you can see HERE.  Today, we received new photos of Arko vom Coraschatten ("Porter") that you can view HERE.

2/23/2011

We received new photos of Aubrey vom Coraschatten ("Kayna") yesterday.  Kayna is now 13 weeks old.  You can check out the new photos on her webpage HERE.

2/17/2011

Yesterday, we decided it was time to take updated photos of Kaylee, Elli, and Colt.  You can click HERE to see a family photo or you can visit our Meet our Langhaars page to see the new photos of each dog pointing in the snow.

2/2/2011

February is a great time of year to work on force-fetching your dog.  Jim has been force-fetching Ava vom Coraschatten ("Willow") recently and shared a few recent photos with us. 

1/27/2011

Yesterday we received several photos of Beretta vom Coraschatten ("Retta") from her 2010 hunting season.  Her owner, Ken, said that it was a "slow bird season" but the photos are evidence to the contrary.  You can check them out on Retta's page.

1/17/2011

It is hard to believe that the puppies will be 8 weeks old tomorrow and soon leave for their new homes.  The last two months have really flown by.  The latest photos of the pups can be found HERE.

1/14/2011

Today we received a couple of hunting photos of Ava vom Coraschatten ("Willow").  Willow is now over 2.5 years old and had several opportunties to hunt ruffed grouse, pheasants and waterfowl in Minnesota this past fall.  You can check out photos of her HERE.

1/10/2011

The puppies will be 7 weeks of age tomorrow.  I have posted new photos of them HERE.  Also, a friend came over the other day to photograph the puppies.  You can view some of his photos on our Litters page.  You can see some of his other work on his website at www.feathersphotography.com.

1/3/2011

Happy New Year!  A couple of newsworthy items today.  First off, the pups will be 6 weeks old tomorrow.  You can find new photos posted HERE.

Secondly, we have made a final decision on a stud dog for our next litter.  His name is Ando vom Hollbaeck and you can find more information about him and our next litter HERE.