Born September 17, 2000
Wilma was our third Small Munsterlander Pointer. She came into the world in the wee hours of a beautiful Sunday morning. I was fortunate to be at the Sengpiel's and helped during the whelping. It was a fun and rather tiring night delivering the five puppies. I went to bed about six in the morning. Picking Wilma was easy. Naming her was another matter, but picking up on my desire to call her something a little different from the norm, the kids felt Wilma was a natural. We hope she is. Everyone asks how you pick a puppy.
- Like a good retriever, carrying something at six weeks -
There have been books written on the subject, and it has been discussed in numerous magazine articles. First off, I always tell people to not select a puppy based on coloration and markings, but I am convinced that's what most people do. I will admit that looks did enter into my choice in that I liked her white tail, and she had a little less brown that the other female. Actually, the other female, Alpha v. Sengpiel, looked very much like her father, Buddy Boy, and grandfather, Fritz with a large brown cape and white tip of the tail. Wilma has a little more white on her body. We went to see the puppies when they were six
weeks old. Both puppies appeared to have good angulation, nice ears, and moved well. Both seemed equally interested in me, both loved to be held by anyone, and both loved to carry things. However, Wilma was the one that got my attention when she quickly stopped playing in the leaves in the yard upon smelling the scent of a dead quail. She immediately began to follow the scent track. At six weeks, that was all I needed to see. We went back to pick her up two weeks later when she was eight weeks old. We believe that it is important to leave the puppies with the litter as long as possible. Yes, I am saying more than the much lauded 49 days!
If you have studied the information on our web site, you will know that we are big proponents of a good line-breeding program. Lloyd Brackett, Mr. German Shepard, believed that his best dogs were produced when the father of the sire is the grandfather of the dam on its mother's side. Actually if this formaula has merit, I can not see that it would make a difference if the sire's father was the grandfather on the dam's mother's or father's side. In the case of Wilma's breeding, Fritz (Jeiko vom Jakobsbrunnen, DOD, UT I) is the father of her sire, Buddy Boy, and the grandfather of the dam on both the dam's mother's and father's sides. Her pedigree is shown below. According to the Brackett approach, this should be a very good breeding.
-- Wilma at 9 months --
We were unable to test Wilma because my transfer to Missouri just didn't make it possible. She has an excellent nose and points well. She does a good job tracking moving quail (we use Tibetan quail and they seem to move much more than bob whites). She was very slow to mature and very cautious of new surroundings. We had difficulty getting her into water at first (frozen water in Minnesota until mid April didn't help), but once she got used to it, she will search forever. Wilma did not have the boldness I was looking for, but all other attributes were present. I had decided not to breed her, however, Bud had different ideas and our accidental B litter and Gunwood's Barney v Bud "Barney" was the result. We lost Bud when the litter was one month old and we were thankful Bud had his own breeding plans. I was an officer in the SMCNA at the time and took a fair amount of flack from a few of the members who have never had any type of accidents in their lives. Anyway, I guess it was worth the grief because we have Barney. I truly believe some things are just meant to happen.
-- Two shots of Wilma on Tibetan quail. Pointing from about eight feet, above photo, and about 20 feet on the bottom photo. --
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Sire: Brendan Boy v O'Meara/Sengpiel "Buddy Boy", UT Prize I 199 points. Buddy Boy was brown and white and his hips are certified as OFA Good.
Grand Sire: Jeiko vom Jakobsbrunnen, DOD "Fritz", UT Prize I 187 points. Fritz is brown/white. Hips certified as OFA HD Good. Fritz was imported from Germany in 1986. He has produced many fine offspring including a Utility Breeder's Award litter and two Natural Ability Breeder's Award litters.
Great Grand Sire: Quando v Rehwinkel "Quando", VGP I 318 points. Quando was brown/white. (German)
Great Grant Dam: Flocke vom Jakobsbrunnen "Flocke", HZP 176points. Flocke was brown/white. (German)
Grand Dam: Blanka v. Krieger "Lilly", NA III, 78 points. Hips certified as OFA Good. Lilly is white and brown.
Great Grand Sire: Fero vom Lohebeeke "Fero",VGP I, 320 points. HD Free, white/brown plated. Fero was imported from Germany in 1985 as a young adult after passing the VGP test and conformation test. He was one of the top male dogs in Germany at the time).
Great Grand Dam: Catja vom Brunnenweg "Catja", VGP I, 305 points. OFA HD Free. Catja was white/brown plated and was also imported from Germany in 1985.
Dam: Asta v. O'Meara/Sengpiel "Daisy", UT Prize III 161 points. Daisy is white and brown, plated her hips are certified as OFA Good.
Grand Sire: Ajac v. Ammerell, "Barney", NA Prize I 112 points. Barney is white/brown, plated. His hips are certified as OFA HD Good. Barney has produced one Natural Ability Breeder's Award litter and many fine offspring.
Great Grand Sire: Jeiko vom Jakobsbrunnen, DOD "Fritz", UT Prize I 187 points. Fritz is brown/white. Hips certified as OFA HD Good. Fritz was imported from Germany in 1986. He has produced many fine offspring.
Great Grant Dam: Alexis of Green Acres, NA Prize II 95 points. OFA HD Free. Alexis was white/brown.
Grand Dam: Augusta v. O'Meara/Sengpiel "Auggie", NA II 99 points. Hips certified as OFA Fair. Auggie is brown/white ticked.
Great Grand Sire: Jeiko vom Jakobsbrunnen, DOD "Fritz", UT Prize I 187 points. Fritz is brown/white. Hips certified as OFA HD Good. Fritz was imported from Germany in 1986. He has produced many fine offspring.
Grand Dam: Blanka v. Krieger "Lilly", NA III, 78 points. Hips certified as OFA Good. Lilly is white and brown.
What is that I smell? Our tails never stop. One of her first swims. Success!
Small Munsterlander Pointer
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