v.d. Wildblumen Kleine Munsterlanders

28/11/2024

👉Archer vd Wildblumen
Ruffling feathers since 2022 👹

25/11/2024

Last seminar of 2024! Nate is presenting the NePoPo® training system with a focus on sporting dogs at the fantastic training grounds of Rusty Guns Kennel in Lillington, NC on December 14-15.

There are a couple spots still open and we hope you can join us! Come and learn to apply modern dog training concepts and techniques! Tarheel NAVHDA members get discounted registration (contact RGK for discount code prior to registration).

Nate Czarnota is a NePoPo® Gold School graduate. NePoPo® is a registered trademark of B.C.BB B.V. (Michael and Bart Bellon) and is used here with permission.

13/11/2024

Feather was not amused with my chit chat!

12/11/2024

This will be an excellent opportunity to learn how to teach your dog to retrieve with reliability and enthusiasm. Open to all breeds!

📣 WILDBLUMEN/EISENEICHE PUPPY BUYERS: You can register for this class for free! You will receive more info soon.

08/11/2024

We saw Archer for about 3 minutes total during this walk...he kept himself in the thick sorghum to track>point>track>point phez. He's got some pretty stylish points...too bad no one could actually see them!

Big thanks to for the 📸 and spending time with us despite the heat ☀️

29/10/2024

Some more glamour shots of Archer 🤩

29/10/2024

Nate decided to bring Archer to MI instead of me, so I'm glad he's making the most of it 😆

Archer stuck this young bird and held it until I could stumble the 70 yards to him. And with that, I’ve shot a grouse over every dog that made the trip with me. We’re all beat to hell and ready to go home.

I think this might be one of my favorite trips. The challenge of getting everything to go right and put a bird on the ground would be frustrating except that you see and hear enough flushes that the action felt almost nonstop.

Can’t wait to get back here with so she can see how good her young stud handles these birds in this cover. Talking about Archer, not me 😜!

29/10/2024

PSA!
Home Depot is having a sale on platform ladders 🙌 I love these for different training purposes, including working through the retrieve, grooming, and other behaviors. Your back will thank you!

This Slim-Fold Work Platform is ideal for high-up jobs that you need a large platform to reach. It features a 300 lb. load capacity with a solid surface and strong aluminum frame. It’s also foldable so

19/10/2024

It's been a busy week, and I have updates to share about the KlM Lönssuche, BUT FIRST...
I'm going to miss this smarty pants, as will Uncle Archer. Luckily we'll all be hunting quail in NM this winter, so the farewell is truly just -for now-.

And after receiving an update, it sounds like he's being a VERY good boy 🤗

After an extended puppy development board and train, Rainer (Asher v.d. Eiseneiche, green collar male) went home with Peter to MN! Rainer spent 2.5 months here and as he showed Peter at pickup, is ready to get after pheasants in the cattails already!

While Rainer was here we completed game, water, and gun introductions, crate training and housebreaking, puppy obedience, lots of socialization (environmentals, people, dogs), etc. He also got experience traveling for and hunting wild birds in ND and MT!

This little guy already has a vendetta against birds, can be shot over, hunts independently with high cooperation, and recalls well in the field when not on the presence of game.

We are available to do this work with any companion gun dog puppy from any breeder! While the higher level training with older dogs is always impressive, nothing has more positive lifelong impact than intentional puppy imprinting and development!

01/10/2024

Come out to Rusty Guns Kennel this December!

Still some spots open for Nate's seminar at in Lillington, NC, December 14-15.

If you're a member of Tarheel NAVHDA, reach out to Scott and Kyley for a discount off the regular registration fee.

www.ironoakdogs.com/seminars

NePoPo® is a registered trademark of B.C.BB B.V. (Michael and Bart Bellon) and is used here with permission.

26/09/2024

Some kind words from Nate after my sit down with GDIY.

Drinking game:
Take a swig everytime I say 'you know' 😂

Gretchen sat down with Nick from Gun Dog It Yourself after the August seminar to talk about our breeding program of our Kleiner Muensterlaender. These dogs are the ideal versatile hunting companions for anyone interested in a dog that is very capable on fur, feather, and can blood tracking to help you recover big game.

The FCI affiliate breed club, KlM-D, and our North American landesgruppe (chapter), KlM_GNA, already adhere to strict breeding requirements which include:

- Health testing
- Temperament testing
- Performance testing

This means getting a healthy, capable hunting dog, that is also a wonderful companion in the home and around town is virtually assured.

Some breeders do very little with their puppies because it gives them a more accurate idea of what they are producing genetically, absent the influence of early intervention. While there is some validity to that logic, we feel that it would be unethical and not in the best interest of each individual puppy and their prospective owner not to capitalize on such a critical developmental period and set them up for success.

Gretchen goes above and beyond to give each puppy the best possible start at life. Activities include:

- Early Neurological Stimulation
- Early Scent Introduction
- Operant Conditioning
- Activities to enhance proprioception
- Socialization
- Imprinting
- Crate training
- Nail trimming
- Developing positive conditioned emotional responses

Our experience as trainers tells us most often problems arise not because of a bad dog, but because of a bad fit between the dog and lifestyle and expectations of the owner. As such, we place puppies in homes based on intensive questionnaires and direct conversation, combined with AviDog temperament testing and our 8 weeks of intensive time with the puppies, to ensure the best fit between dog and home.

Once puppies are placed we continue to support owners with weekly live online webinars through the end of the puppies' critical development period, hold numerous in person training events to help them prepare the dogs for hunting and hunt tests, organize housing for breed association tests, as well as organize hunt camps for our owners to get their dogs hunting wild game on public land. And otherwise just try to create a strong sense of support amongst our kennel family.

Gretchen is a do-er. In every capacity that I've ever known her she is rarely in the "figurehead" position, but is always the person actually responsible for actually getting things done, on time and correctly. So I'm glad she is getting a bit of the spotlight put on her even if it makes her a little uncomfortable!

Links to the youtube video and spotify episode are in the comments below.

Great job, lady!

18/09/2024

Nate Czarnota 's second Gun Dog It Yourself episode is live!
See below for YT link as well as upcoming seminar details.
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Nate Czarnota of Iron Oak Dog Company sits down with me after his training seminar to discuss a number of topics that were addressed throughout the weekend.-...

15/09/2024

Toad (Alric) and Rainer (Asher) are 15 weeks old now! We're celebrating in MT/ND 🎉

They haven't gotten any wild bird feathers in their face yet, but we just got here so we'll do our darnedest to make it happen!
We've seen each of them follow their nose and confidently move away from us, both on solo walks and walks with a big kid.
We hope to get them on some rabbits too 🤞

10/09/2024