22/02/2025
We spent the last several days down in Georgia at our Klub fur Bayerisher Gebirgsschweisshund Group North America Vorprufung. It was great seeing so many old friends and also some new! All of our hard work with Ike the past almost 2 yrs was put to the test with performance, obedience and conformation testing. I am very proud to say that Ike passed all portions of the test with very high scores qualifying him for breeding. As a group this was our most successful Vorprfung to take so I’m also very proud of the commitment to training of all of those that tested! Special thanks to our German judges Sven and Michael for making the trip to not only judge our dogs but the unwavering support they’ve given us! It is truly incredible to see people so passionate about maintaining the integrity of this great breed! Thank you to Ken Parker our club chairman for organizing and hosting the event and Bryan Whittington and his grandchildren and everyone else who had a part in feeding us wonderful meals and for their tireless work. Thank you to Kevin Vollmer for laying tracks for us and being an extra set of eyes when training our rigorous obedience standards. I am forever grateful that I have someone willing to go the extra mile to help us succeed! Also to my mother, mother in law, sister and brother in law for their help transporting our boys. Lastly to my amazing wife for supporting me through this obsession with these dogs…I really couldn’t do any of it without her or the small village that it takes to make things work!
