Our first litter was born on August 10, 2007. Ira whelped seven healthy puppies which included four males and three females.
The Dilmunfast “A” litter matched Ira vom Moorehaus and Hector vom Drosselbart. This is a line breeding of the Drosselbart line that was started twenty years ago by Dr Grady.
Hector is a wonderful example of a male Drahthaar. He is strongly built, great coat, tremendous desire to produce game and hits the water harder than any lab I’ve ever seen. To top it all off, he is a perfect gentleman with great disposition and obedience.
We expect this match to be soundly complimentary. Both parents have wonderful temperments and strongly exhibit a tremendous ability for “work after the shot”, particularly in their ability for blood tracking. As a matter of fact 3 of the 4 pups that went to blood tracking homes have successfully recovered 15 deer in their first full hunting season.
The improvement in coat and body mass that we had hoped Hector would bring to Ira appears to be present and by all indications the pups have turned out to be superior hunters with all owners being well satisfied with them.The entire litter looks like little carbon copies of each other. There is a high degree of consistency in appearence. The structure of the pups as of now appears to be very good with no glaring faults. All the bits are correct with the exception of one. Hip X-rays have so far been excellent.
Temperment seems to be as predicted without exception. No problems have been reported and everyone is pleasantly surprised at the affection these dogs have for all people.
