Meet Cora vom Illertal "Kaylee"

When Kaylee took her HZP test, she received the highest score ever recorded by a Deutsch Langhaar in America. She was also one of the highest scoring of any breed in the HZP that year. The German judges at her test called her the "best langhaar in America". At the 2010 DL-GNA breed show, Kaylee was rated "excellent" in every category and was awarded 1st place of all DLs of all ages. And then in her VGP, Kaylee just missed attaining a maximum score by 1 point. Kaylee definitely has the entire package as a gundog with both her good looks and her hunting ability.

While Kaylee was an incredibly talented gundog, the thing that really set her apart was her disposition. Kaylee was the calmest, sweetest dog we have ever seen. She has been the calmest dog at every test and training day we have ever attended. She was also very cooperative and very easy to train. When we started training Kaylee for advanced tests, we only spent 2 days with her on a check cord before she was completely steady to wing, shot, and fall.   

Kaylee's favorite thing in the world was duck hunting. Although she could sit quietly in a duck blind for hours, the moment she hit the water for a retrieve, she let out whimpers of anticipation. As she closed in on the duck, she bayed in excitement until the duck was safely secured in her mouth. Kaylee had also been hunted on ruffed grouse, woodcock, waterfowl, pheasants, rabbits, and doves in Wisconsin, pheasants, quail, prairie chickens, sharptail grouse, and rabbits (cottontails and jackrabbits) in Nebraska, pheasants in Iowa, pheasants in South Dakota, and sage grouse in Wyoming.  

Kaylee has been featured in The Versatile Hunting Dog, a monthly magazine published by the North American Versatile Hunting Dog Association (NAVHDA). You can view a copy of Kaylee's article in The Versatile Hunting Dog below. You can also see her pictured in the 2008 November/December issue of the Pointing Dog Journal.