Upcoming Litters

Anticipated Breeding: Spring 2027

I am tentatively planning to breed Livvy in late Spring 2027 to produce our "D" Litter. I am evaluating her first litter and considering several different stud dogs before finalizing any breeding plans.  I will enter more information here as plans are solidified.

Livvy is due to come into heat again in late July 2026.  I will not be breeding her for this next heat cycle.  If she stays on schedule, her next heat cycle would likely be in late spring 2027.  If I follow through with breeding her then, my "D Litter will likely whelp in June and be ready for new homes in August 2027.  While I have not selected a stud dog, I will obviously be choosing a braunschimmel male so each puppy would have a 50% chance of being braunschimmel and a 50% chance of being schwarzschimmel. 

I am not ready to start accepting deposits for my "D" Litter yet.

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 "D" litter would need to run in a VJP in the Spring of 2028. 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 2028.  We would be thrilled to see any of our pups complete the VGP.  The VGP could be completed anytime in 2028 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 $600. 

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.