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Whipstall Wirehairs and Gun Dogs

Breeder of German Wirehaired Pointers. Dog trainer from crate training puppies through steady to wing, shot and fall. NAVHDA, AKC, VHDF.

02/19/2023

These 🎶 smooth operators 🎶 in the field make us look good! We have a great crew of staff and nearly 20 guides to help make your hunt a success!

12/07/2021

Guided a group from Southern Arkansas this weekend at Highland Hideaway, Saturday and Sunday. 11 guys total and we split the group 5 and 6 to a guide. I had the group of 5. Grandpas, dads, uncles, brothers and sons, 17-74 yrs old. My group ended up with 79 birds for the weekend and as Grandpa put it, "It's not about winning, it's about having fun, but we did get a couple more birds with one less guy!".
Had one guy ask me how much one of my pups would cost, he had sent a couple pics home to his wife and she wanted to know which one he was bringing home. I just couldn't sell one, they work to hard for me and seem to be enjoying their life as it is.
Hunt was a lot of fun and I feel lucky to be a part of their yearly trip this time.
No bird in the video but it was nice to hunt with a group that approached a dog with guns pointed up, held a reasonable line for safety and how can you not appreciate the scenery.

12/04/2021

Perfect day for a hunt at Highland Hideaway. We covered just under 7 miles walking, dogs average 3-4 times a persons distance in the field, they work so hard for us. Dogs did amazing, as they always do, 5 guys and 40 birds. We even managed to find the elusive pillow bird!

11/23/2021

Pavlov's Hunter, doesn't take them long to learn, good hunter!

11/23/2021

Pixie and Asher honoring Jeff Chapmans Countryside Huck, so much more to hunting than finding, pointing and retrieving birds. I haven't put my pups through whoa or honor training yet, they are 1.5 yrs old and have figured out on their own to respect another dogs point. 212 birds so far this year at Highland Hideaway Hunting preserve.

11/02/2021

Morning hunt with Finn, a Pudelpointer I had the pleasure of training this year and Asher.
The dogs worked well on the wild birds. The ground had been hunted 2-3 times since Sunday opener but if you have the best dogs they will find the smartest roosters missed by the less fortunate hunters. Dogs pointed 3 roosters and 2 hens. Not sure what happened with the 3rd rooster, it was chaos, wings flapping, cackle of satan, straight into the sun and the bird was wearing a bullet proof vest is what Terry Pump told me. Looked like a balloon, 15 feet off the ground and straight away from my vantage point but I could be wrong. If you look close one of the roosters doesn't have a tail, my gun is shooting low for some reason. We saw where he landed and swung around the area and got another shot at him. Was a great hunt and lots of fun, thanks for the invite Terry.

10/27/2021

Whipstall dogs have retrieved 75 birds so far this year over 5 guided hunts. You can tell they love to hunt because they look so good doing it!
Asher and Pixie working together, with those two locked up I wouldn't wager against a bird being there.

Pixie solo point, she won't move til that bird is in the air.

Asher with a retrieve, he was a little stubborn releasing the bird early in the season but has figured out we don't go get more til the bird is in my hand.

All them have been great, each with a natural retrieve, makes hunting and guiding a true pleasure behind these dogs.

10/22/2021

UPDATE: We have expanded our distance for Buck to within' 100 miles. As we have only gotten a couple actual applications, so many want him but few applied. Please note, these applications are very easy to fill out on line and come directly to us. We would love for him to have a country setting, and my dream (Vicky) for him would be to have a heated porch for him to lie on in the sun when the weather gets cold. Our vets take him to their outside kennels and he always goes in and snuggles up inside one of their outside doggie houses for a couple hours until being brought back inside where he seems to love the warmth and seems very comfortable. So a quiet, relaxing place, preferably fenced in and with loving arms would be wonderful.

We are now accepting forever foster applications for Buck. Let us explain it. Whom ever becomes his forever foster will be his forever family and will make the decisions on his life however Whispurring Hope rescue will keep him under our wings and cover any and all cost and needs he may have this includes any toys, blankets, beds, food etc. anything that brings him comfort to all his vet bills. With this being said we are looking for a home close enough to which is now his vet in Dyersville Iowa for any emergency or vetting he may need. You will fill out a pre application for adoption and our foster form as this is a different situation and most of our foster form would not apply. Although he is making great progress everyday due to the trauma to his head and his age we will stay within a 50 mile radius of Dyersville
whispurringhoperescue.weebly.com
Praying we find the perfect forever.

10/13/2021

Asher holding a bird tight. I think after missing a few he wasn't going to let this one get to far away!

10/13/2021

Koa and Asher pinning a running bird. No way! I had trouble believing they missed myself! But I wasn't shooting, so I can always say I would have hit it.

10/13/2021

Guiding season is here! I always hear about the Lab, the Shorthair, the Vizsla and an occasional GWP of the clients that they grew up with, always a smile on their face as the memories come back to them. Their dog is to old or they don't have time to train and care for a gundog with the limited hunting they do now. Our lives are so busy. You never know what a person will love about a dog. I was reminded this week it isn't always about performance as it is about having fun and making memories. Griz, one of my dogs, that has been cautious in the field and has a close field search, a bit hesitant to venture out and lead but is very solid on point and finds birds, had a client fall in love with him as soon as he hit the ground. The client couldn't get over how much they liked the look of Griz and even gave him a nickname. So, I would like to introduce Whipstalls Abominable Grizzly AKA "Big Sexy". Nothing like being in the field and here a client yell "Come on, Big Sexy is on point, don't miss and disappoint him" to know they will remember this hunt for ever.

09/22/2021

Asher was one of the smallest pups out of the litter, I think that made him a little more ornery and a little more fearless.

08/07/2021

Whipstalls Adventurous Otto received a Prize 1 112/112 today! Adam did an amazing job training and caring for Otto. So many things can throw a test off for a pup and handler, so it's great when it all comes together. Great job Adam and Otto!

06/07/2021

Whipstalls Audacious Ozzy Huntz, tested NAVHDA Natural Ability June 4th and scored 98/112, Prize 3. A Prize 1 score is from 112-99, Prize 2 98-80, Prize 3 79-58. Each section requires a minimum score to receive the higher prize. Ozzy ended up with a 2 in search and that dropped him to a Prize 3 classification, a 2 in cooperation and 4's in every other aspect of the Natural Ability test. Ozzy discovered the caged birds were in the tree line next to the start of the field and was confused why everyone wanted to continue hunting the field when they were right there! (The 2's in cooperation and search) Proud of this score and the owner who trained Ozzy.

05/24/2021

Whipstalls Adelwolf Asher scored 112/112 for a NAVHDA Natural Ability Prize 1, perfect score! He was on fire Sunday, his cover of the field search was fast and big, quartering nicely and flying by us for a quick check in, slamming in on points. He had a slow cautious search where you could see him thinking and figuring out which way the bird went, stalking the scent trail to find the bird, the best track he has ever done, I was impressed, a week ago he would track for about 10 feet then break into his field search. Figured it out just in time. Asher's swim portion had everyone smiling, he jumps as high and as far off the bank as he can for the entry, landing and going completely under water coming up already swimming forward. Asher is a machine and the toughest dog to handle training and in the field, very challenging at times, but love to watch him work.

05/24/2021

Whipstalls Apocalyptic Pixie scored a 110/112 for a NAVHDA Natural Ability Prize 1. Pixie has been the most consistent dog, what I see during training is what I can expect in the field and saw during the test. She is animated in the field, prancing through the grass, one judge asked if she had a hurt foot and I told him no that's just Pixie prancing through the field finding birds, which she did her usual and found them all.
The track worried me, when I released her to track, she took off into a search, running around and sniffing random area's, she had to p**p. Once that was complete, she came back and got on the track, didn't quite finish the track out and this is where she dropped her 2 points and little extra weight, it was a good track and what I expected to see from her.
My biggest concern for Pixie was the swim portion, I had yet to get her to swim for just a bumper. She would go in after a bird or wings tied to a bumper, but just a bumper wasn't worth it to her if I didn't follow the progression from bird, to wings, to bumper.
As we approached the pond I told the judges that I was probably going to embarrass myself getting Pixie fired up to swim after the dummy and to please refrain from laughing until the show was over. I grabbed the bumper that matched the bumper I have trained with, commenced to making funny noises and running up and down the bank teasing her. Tossed the bumper a short distance into the pond, she entered the water and stopped just as the water got to deep to walk. Pixie turned around and came out, I grabbed another bumper and started teasing her again and she had no interest, at this point I feel a little dread. Then Pixie went back into the water and started pawing toward her bumper, I didn't move or make a noise, she made the small move to get the bumper, not quite a full swim, I grabbed the bumper when she came out and started playing again, now she was fired up. Tossed the bumper in the water and it was a short throw, she swam a bit but judges felt it wasn't quite enough. Pixie brought the bumper to me and was ready for more, I made the throw a little further and she hit the water with no fear this time, the 4th throw Pixie hit the water at full speed and completed her swim portion with a score of 4. Judges told me if they could award points for a show I would have gotten them.

05/24/2021

Whipstalls Abominable Grizzly scored an 88/112 for a NAVHDA Natural Ability prize 3, he had enough points for a prize 2 but judges felt his field search was lacking and didn't meet the minimum score in search for a Prize 2. Grizz had a 4 in swimming, a 4 in cooperation, a 4 in pointing and found 4 birds during the field search. Grizz was distracted at times, stalked a butterfly for about 1.5 minutes, spent alot of time almost tracking during the field search. Grizz is always in tune to me in the field and I worry some of my body language was holding him back, if I thought there was a bird planted in the area I would slow down, even stop so he would search the area completely, he would go into a slow hesitant search of the area as he thought I wanted him to. Grizz isn't big running dog so I don't have to handle him in the field much, only time I call for him is if I am changing directions.
He did well, even with a handler that tripped him up in the search portion of the test.

05/01/2021

Waterwork today at Brushdale Hunting Preserve and Kennel, Michelle is great with the dogs and has the best ponds! Here is Asher and Grizz with some retrieves, not sure what happened to my video of Pixie, she was a little hesitant to swim out but she eventually was making decent little swims for the dummy as well, She gets a pic from field work this morning cause she looks so good!

04/27/2021

Planned on just running the dogs for some exercise, getting them warmed up then taking them to the pond, we had a few birds left over after training other dogs so we ran the Whipstall pack all together. Koa educating Asher Grizz and Pixie in the first pic then Koa watching to make sure they do it right in the second pic. They were all ready for the pond after this. Love these dogs!

03/30/2021

Last guided pheasant hunt I did of the year, Whipstalls Adelwolf Asher, my 11 month old on point and his mother Koa, honoring his point, made me smile when I got this pic. 3 guys and 24 birds, dogs worked well, couldn't be happier with this litter from Jeff Jalbert's Ozzy and Koa.

03/08/2021

Pixie worked well with other dogs and 4 people shooting birds today, several solo points and retrieves. Got to love a dog that has a natural retrieve. One of her points was a double that the guy was good enough (lucky) to drop both birds, Pixie retrieved the first and then tried to get the second with one bird in her mouth already, she wanted the double retrieve!

03/08/2021

Asher working with Riggs, a buddies finished GSP, to pin down a bird. He had several solo points and a couple of retrieves, he ran well with other dogs and several guys shooting 12g's. He handled the pressure well of other dogs and more people, I think he enjoyed it more than the solo hunts he has done with me.

02/06/2021

Invitational is in Iowa this year, maybe Covid won't keep spectators from attending. Koa's father qualified in 2019, but Covid shut down the Invitational last year, hope Ernie makes it to Iowa.

01/29/2021

Asher, Grizz and Pixie. All wishing they were chasing birds!

01/27/2021

One of the reasons I keep closed captioning turned on all the time

12/09/2020

Whipstalls Avid Eli, another unspoiled 60lb pup at 7 months, I offered to go with the pup for a small increase in price, owners raise pheasants, have their own pond and hand out treats! I am still in Cedar Rapids, Iowa tho. Guess my beard was a bit to grey, Love the tail set on this dog!

12/09/2020

Whipstalls ALeagueOfHerOwn Hardwired, "Dottie". This pup is in Jackson Michigan at Hard Wired Kennels, check out their FB page by the same name. Dottie was my pick of the litter, I was keeping her. The pup that was going to Hard Wired was Pixie, she ended up with a small umbilical hernia at 7 weeks, I discussed options with Ed and he was interested in Dottie. I wanted to keep Pixie and have her hernia fixed and get her healed up, she shouldn't be bred after a hernia surgery was the advice from the Vet and advice I am going to follow. If I couldn't keep Dottie, Ed and his kennel, Hard Wired, was the perfect place for Dottie to go. Ed's son shot the pheasant that Dottie pointed, with a SxS! I think it was meant to be.

12/08/2020

Whipstalls Adventurous Otto, 59lbs! Otto has started his training! Be afraid birds, be very very afraid! Another not spoiled dog! 7 months 3.5 week pics

12/08/2020

Whipstalls Able Isabella Dakota Flush, "Izzy". Loves birds and water! Owner swears she isn't spoiled. She is so smart she raises her paw when she has a question. 7months and 3.5 week pics.

12/07/2020

Whipstalls Audacious Ozzy Huntz, "Ozzy" 26" tall and 60lbs at 7 months, puppy pic of him at 3.5 weeks. Pups in this litter are amazing! Couldn't be happier with the way they have grown and how the owners have taken care of them.

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Videos

Pavlov's Hunter, doesn't take them long to learn, good hunter!

Asher holding a bird tight. I think after missing a few he wasn't going to let this one get to far away!

Koa and Asher pinning a running bird. No way! I had trouble believing they missed myself! But I wasn't shooting, so I can always say I would have hit it.