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Anticipated Whelp Date: February 13th, 2026

Alivia vom Prairie-Flusstal "Livvy" has been such a sweet and easy dog to train, test, hunt, and live with.  I love her cooperative temperament, her friendy attitude towards other dogs and people, her adaptability, her smaller size, her caution on wild birds, her strong pointing and backing instincts, her tracking ability, her love of retrieving, and her very hard and incredibly low-maintenance coat.  In planning a litter out of her, I wanted to select a male with a similar temperament, better conformation, a little more size, and a longer coat.  There is nothing I want more in the world than a Liesel grandpuppy so I cannot wait to keep a puppy out of this litter for myself.

I began a nationwide search of stud dogs to complement Livvy's strengths while trying to make some improvements on her conformation and coat length. I am fortunate to see many dogs every year due to judging performance tests and apprentice judging breed shows so I can't help forming opinions on individual dogs or lines that are most in line with my own personal preferences.  I am very excited to keep a puppy out of Livvy so I had a pretty extensive checklist of attributes I wanted in the stud dog for this litter.  After much thought, I have decided to breed Livvy to Earl vom Grizzly Creek.  Earl is built beautifully and even with his longer coat, I don't think we are going to lose any of Livvy's harshness, density, or coverage.  He has the bombproof temperament that I always prioritize in our breeding program.  And he's been producing pups with his best attributes in other litters. 

Both Livvy and Earl completed overnight blood tracks at their VGPs.  I think this provides more confirmation of the wonderful temperament in both of these dogs that they have the focus and desire necessary to excel in cold tracking. Livvy has definitely proven herself in hot tracking while pheasant hunting with me in Nebraska :-)  I expect some variability in size in this litter.  There could be some variance in coats but they will likely all be longer than Livvy's. 

Livvy was bred to Earl in mid-December 2025 which means that my "C Litter will likely whelp on/around February 13th and be ready for new homes in mid-April 2026.  Every puppy in this litter will be FF (homozygous for furnishings) since both Livvy and Earl are FF. Each puppy will have a 50% chance of being braunschimmel and a 50% chance of being schwarzschimmel. 

Anticipated Breeding: May 2026

When I produced my "B" litter, I really wanted to keep a puppy because I liked both parents so much.  But I was also in love with my "A" litter keeper puppy (Alivia "Livvy) and was afraid that if I kept a "B" litter puppy, I would eventually have to choose between her and Livvy.  So I made the difficult decision to place the "B" litter puppy I was planning to keep with someone else.  It turns out that I could not have made a better decision.  I placed Beretta vom Prairie-Flusstal "Bertie" with John Richards.  John is a wonderful trainer and avid hunter with some great experience in the JGHV system.  He did an even better job raising Bertie than I could have imagined.  It was thrilling to watch their progress through the VJP, BTR, VGP, and then the Armbruster HZP.  And yes, you read that sentence in the order in which Bertie completed her tests.  She completed the BTR on the same weekend as her VJP.  She ran her VGP before her HZP.  And then when she ran in her HZP, she ended taking home 1st Place in the Armbruster while being named the Best Water Dog with a 12 in the Search Behind the Duck.

This is truly a special breeding since Liesel and Bertie are the only mother-daughter pair to each win the Armbruster.  Bertie is obviously a really talented little dog, but what really stands out to me is her temperament.  She is so tuned into John.  When you watch the two of them together, you can see that she has a tremendous desire to please.  It reminds me so much of her mother.  She is incredibly cooperative, while still having a ton of drive to find game.  This balance is so special and something I will always strive for in my breedings.  Bertie is quiet and well-mannered in the house and with other dogs/people.  She is on the smaller side of the breed standard.  She has a particular affinity for dispatching furred predators.  She has definitely proven herself in her performance in both testing and testing.  I feel so honored that John would allow me to lease Bertie back for a litter in my kennel.  She is definitely her mother's daughter and I am hoping that by breeding her, I'll be able to produce puppies with that special balance of tremendous cooperation with incredible drive.  I will be keeping a female pup myself to find out how close I get to that goal.

I conducted another nationwide search to try to find the best dog to complement Bertie.  My priority was to find a stud dog with the temperament that I prefer (very cooperative, quiet, and calm), but yet plenty of drive in the field/water.  I also wanted a dog that could help me try to improve upon Bertie's minor conformation/coat faults and add a little size.  I love Bertie's smaller size, she's close enough to the bottom of the standard to be mindful of the height of the stud dog.  Quartz V vom Kervinshof has intrigued me for a while but I did not have a female with the appropriate coat to breed to him until Bertie.  Quartz has not been bred very many times, but both puppies that I have seen out of him really stood out at their breed shows as having beautiful movement (both earned 11s in form as well).  I ran Livvy through the VGP with one of Quartz's sons and was impressed by his temperament, looks, and performance all weekend.  After multiple discussions with folks with Quartz connections and Quartz's owner, I decided that he could be a great fit for Bertie.  I wasn't specifically looking for a stud dog with incredible water scores, but Quartz was named Best Water Dog at his Armbruster HZP just like Bertie.  So the pups in this litter might just like the water a little :-) 

I anticipate breeding Bertie in May 2026 which means that my "D Litter will likely whelp in July 2026 and be ready for new homes in September 2026.  They will be a little young for testing in 2027 but I have every confidence that they will be fully capable of excelling in the JGHV testing system at any age.  Each puppy in this litter will have a 50% chance of being FF (homozygous for furnishings) and a 50% chance of being Ff (heterozygous for furnishings). Each puppy will have a 50% chance of being braunschimmel and a 50% chance of being schwarzschimmel. 

I am currently accepting deposits for MALE puppies out of the C and D Litters.