Drahthaar experiences

Quailnerd said:
Been around 2, one was a pup at a nahvda na test, he was a nice pup that had drive. Wish I could have seen him as an adult.. the other was a finished 5 year old who was a tank100-110 lbs. he retrieved ducks all day for us in a sloppy, cold muddy tank and did a fantastic job, owner did say he’s a decent upland dog who just carries too much mass to go big all day. I’m sure he would be fine in a thick pheasant hole, would struggle on the flats
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That's out of standard for vdd.....so very rare to see one that big
 
Packing up the truck for sharptail opener. The PP can barely be bothered. The DD stares daggers every time I come in. She always thinks she's gonna get left behind.

This may not make sense, but the PP hunts with passion. The DD hunts with intensity.
 

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Goosemaster said:
They will kill rabbits and house cats.They are very aggressive hunting dogs.
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You can raise them with cats, and they will be fine, but all bets are off in the field. The dog in my profile picture would get our cat down and mouth him until he was soaked with slobber. She would kill anything with hair in the field.
 
Fireman03 said:
Idk what other breeds have a standard that has to be followed in order to be breed certified? I just know the vdd standards
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You make a good point about dogs here in the U.S..

All breeds have standards but as a standard rule unless you are going in the showring no one cares.
 
As far as temperament I have to say look at the breeding parents what the breeder is producing in the past. I've had DDs for over 30 years now and I have to say I've seen some that are a little growly but honestly that was in the '90s temperament issues have been dealt with breeding. I was a conservation officer and just to put it in perspective the meanest dog I experienced during my career was a yellow lab. That dog wanted to eat me and in no uncertain terms. So every breed can have issues.

The other thing I will add about DDs is you have to train them, work with them they are very smart dogs are bred to hunt and if you don't work with them they will get themselves into trouble chewing scratching digging and when you let them out of the pen/ house and it's not hunting season they will hunt anything that they can find which could be the neighbor's cat. It's not that they're having an aggression problem but they are bred to hunt everything from varmints to boars and upland birds. I really like to run them in the vdd tests. If you pass the HZP you have a good dog to hunt.

Comparing them to other breeds for upland dogs they're great trackers most are very good pointers but if you compare them to a setter or a pointer they don't point as well but they will outtrack and out retrieve either of those. Personally I like a smaller dog and would chase a DD male that was 70 lb or less.
 
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Versdog said:
As far as temperament I have to say look at the breeding parents what the breeder is producing in the past. I've had DDs for over 30 years now and I have to say I've seen some that are a little growly but honestly that was in the '90s temperament issues have been dealt with him breeding. I was a conservation officer and just to put it in perspective the meanest dog I experienced during my career was a yellow lab. That dog wanted to eat me and in no uncertain terms. So every breed can have issues.

The other thing I will add about DDs is you have to train them, work with them they are very smart dogs are bred to hunt and if you don't work with them they will get themselves into trouble chewing scratching digging and when you let them out of the pen/ house and it's not hunting season they will hunt anything that they can find which could be the neighbor's cat. It's not that they're having an aggression problem but they are bred to hunt everything from varmints to boars and upland birds. I really like to test them.

Comparing them to other breeds for upland dogs they're great trackers most are very good pointers but if you compare them to a setter or a pointer they don't point as well but they will outtrack and out retrieve either of those. Personally I like a smaller dog and would chase a DD male that was 70 lb or less.
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I totally agree,they will hunt anything.We had one when I was a kid.she came from Butte.She killed many animals.Great bird dog.
 
My male Wirehair tolerated the wife’s cat, but any chance it got, he would provoke the cat. The best male Wirehair I ever worked for. I now have a Female Wirehair Hair and a Female Wirehair-Haired Pointing Griffon. The cat raised the Wirehair, but it still would annoy the cat. Both the Wirehair and the Griffon get along and hunt very well. I am a blessed man.
 
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