Upcoming Litters

"The difference between mere killing and a glorious sport is the manner in which you do it - over thrilling dogs, in magnificent country and with reverence for the game."

- George Bird Evans

"C" Litter vom Prairie-Flusstal

Performance Breeding

Anticipated Whelp Date: February 16th, 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 my breeding program. And he's been producing pups with these great 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 whelp in mid-February 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. This is a performance breeding. Both Livvy and Earl have passed the VJP, HZP, and VGP, in addition to being marked as Laut.

PUPPY REGISTRATION, RESERVATIONS & PRICING

All Puppies from the "C" Litter are Reserved

All of our puppies are registered with the Verein Deutsch Drahthaar (parent club in Germany). Puppies are de-wormed and have their first set of vaccinations before they leave our house. We feel that leaving the dewclaws on the puppies is healthier than removing them so all of our pups retain their dewclaws. Each puppy is also micro-chipped and tattooed in their right ear with their VDD registration (ZB) number. Puppies must be picked up at our house (in south-central Nebraska) between 8 and 9 weeks of age.

With each of our litters, I submit blood cards to Neogen before the puppies turn 1 week of age. So before puppy selection occurs (typically at 7-8 weeks of age), I will have DNA results for each individual puppy. Each puppy buyer will know whether their puppy is FF or Ff (Homozygous or Heterozygous for furnishings), and have confirmation that their puppy is free of Hemophilia B, von Willebrand’s Disease Type II, Exercise Induced Collapse, and Hyperuricosuria before they take him/her home.

The performance of our dogs is very important to us. We ask each of our puppy buyers to commit to running our pups through a VJP (Spring Natural Ability Test). The VJP is a 1-day test usually held in March or April of each year. A puppy from our "C" litter would need to run in a VJP in the Spring of 2027. We would love to see each of our puppies run through the HZP as well. A puppy from our “C” litter would need to run in the HZP in the Fall of 2027. We would be thrilled to see any of our pups complete the VGP. The VGP could be completed anytime in 2027 or later.

The health of our dogs is also a top priority. We also ask each of our puppy buyers to consider x-raying the hips and shoulders of their puppy after he/she turns 1 year of age. Your local veterinarian will be able to complete these x-rays and costs typically range between $400 and $750.

We require a nonrefundable $500.00 deposit to reserve a puppy from our litters. The remaining balance ($2,000.00) is due before the puppy leaves our house at 8-9 weeks of age. Puppy buyers can select the gender and color of their puppy, but we will select their puppy from there. We select the puppies for each buyer when the puppies are 7-8 weeks of age. We match up puppies based on the buyer's level of training experience, where they live, their testing plans for the puppy, their temperament preferences, and any other specific traits they are looking for.

Puppies are reserved in the order in which I receive deposits. If I do not breed a dog as planned, if a breeding does not take, or if I don't have your preferred color/gender available in the litter, I will offer you the option of having your deposit refunded or waiting for a puppy out of my next planned litter.

2026 Prairie-Flusstal Puppy Contract