Our Deutsch Drahthaar Breeding Philosophy

We are proud to embrace the high standards of selective breeding established and cultivated by the German founding fathers over the past 125 years. Our philosophy with our German Drathaars is to breed only when it serves to further the kennel's gene pool toward our ultimate breeding objective, and not simply to supply these versatile hunting puppies to anxious buyers.

By virture of a Drahthaar pup's birthright it should excel naturally at pointing, retrieving in the field and water, and blood tracking on leash any wounded big game animal. Disposition, performance, and coat and conformation are the three primary points on which we focus when making our breeding decisions.

We breed our hunting dogs with care, raise our puppies with love, train the youngsters with patience, and ultimately hunt our finished companions with pride. For that is our primary objective; to breed a hunting dog/family pet that is intelligent, cooperative, and genetically predisposed to point, retrieve, and track in the field, forest, and in water - in other words . . . .

A Versatile Deutsch Drahthaar

 
   
The Deutsch Drahthaars at Krull Lodge have been featured in
 
 
Krull Lodge in Hunting Dogs magazine
Krull Lodge in Field and Stream magazine
The Traveling Wingshooter article  
 
Versatile Hunting Dog
June 2010
Field & Stream
Nov 2009
Sporting Classics
May/June 2009
 

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