Blackhawk Falconry Dachshunds

03/08/2024

05/07/2024

When I take my AMAZING hunting dog, who’s been chasing rabbits all season to its first field trial…..

27/06/2024

Blackhawk dachshunds catching “grave robbers”

21/06/2024

It was a real honor to be able to participate in the “Falconry Chronicles” podcast, hosted by Jonathan Munnnier. And an even bigger honor that he released it on national dachshund day! This podcast has been a great representation for falconry in general, and very informative for new and experienced falconers alike. Thanks Jonathan for producing this great falconry resource.

Continuing the mission of sharing falconry’s stories from all over the world…. Latest Episodes Episodes Jun 21, 2024 Episode 119: Paul Thomas Jun 21, 2024 Happy Dachshund Day everyone! Yes, you guessed it, you're getting a double dose of dachshund-inspired episodes this week due to the occasion!...

03/06/2024

08/04/2024

It was a fun weekend hanging out with Jonathan Munnier and Kevin Stahler. The elusive blue ribbon evaded us, but the falconers still had several placements. We’ll gett’um next time I’m sure!

29/03/2024

ABC News Detroit Picked up the story and did another story on us tonight. We are again honored for the opportunity to participate in the preparations for the NFL draft. And happy to serve the city and people of Detroit!

Based near Lansing, Paul Thomas and his wife Terese have been hired by Bedrock Detroit to keep away pesky pigeons and starlings and their p**p to keep downtown clean before fans arrive for the draft.

28/03/2024

What a fun day! Fox News Detroit Channel 2 is featuring our bird abatement company on the 11’oclock news tonight! I’ll post a link once it goes online.

15/03/2024

How I love getting these reports from Teddy on how Kip is doing. Rabbit season is drawing to a close, and she is already out catching woodchucks with young Blackhawk Kip Von Moritz. She has done so much for us over the years by putting great dogs in our hands. It’s an honor to put one back in hers!

12/03/2024

It was a real honor to be asked to participate in this tribute to Teddy Moritz. She has changed the landscape of rabbit hawking, by pioneering these dachshunds into falconry. I’m sure she’ll be embarrassed hearing all these falconers singing her praises, but no one is more deserving.

Continuing the mission of sharing falconry's stories from all over the world.....

22/02/2024

Another installment from Teddy on how useful a small dog like Kip is in the field. Love hearing stuff like this!

So I’m curious, what are your favorite hunting memories with a dachshund? Tell me about a time when your dachshund really impressed you in the field!

13/02/2024

If anyone is interested, these 3 dachshunds need a home. They all come from Moritz origin. Some DNA from Blackhawk “Turq”. Some DNA from Eliya lines. But all go back to von Moritz in the back ground. The male is older but would probably make a good stud dog for someone interested in breeding. And the bitch is only 4 years old and has a lot of hunting left in her im sure.

If your interested you can contact me and I will put you in touch with the owner.

06/02/2024

Over the years we have had the honor of doing several breeding collaborations with Teddy Moritz. To the point that much of our dogs DNA is intertwined.

So there are occasions where we’ve asked her to put “Blackhawk” on the registered name of a dog she’s bred. And where she’s asked us to put “Von Moritz” on a dog that we’ve bred.

One of the biggest benefits of this arrangement is that we get frequent updates of how those dogs we send are doing.

If anyone is wondering, even at 70+ years old she embarrasses us with how hard she hunts. It’s not just rabbit season. She starts sending us woodchuck kills and recounting of the days hunts in July. And they come every few days….non stop clear into rabbit season, where they are quickly replaced with daily rabbit hunts.

She sent me this video today of a the stud dog named Blackhawk “Kip” Von Moritz. I asked her if she minded if I share this to our Blackhawk Falconry Dachshunds page.

From the sounds of it Kip is already siring litters at Teddys, and if you get a dog from teddy in the near future, odds are high that young Kip may be on half that pedigree.

It’s a real honor for us at Blackhawk that she entrusted us with some of those first longhairs 25 years ago, and that she considers the dogs we are breeding today, as worthy of her kennels.

It’s a friendship we value highly, as I know it is for many other falconers who have built a friendship and bond with her around these wonderful little wiener dogs.

11/12/2023

Falconry meets be like…..

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27/11/2023

Blackhawk Kennels Show their tracking collar setup for smallest hunting dachshunds, who go to ground.

24/10/2023

What a great time we had at this Wolverine dachshund clubs, AKC trials !!! We didn’t find the blue ribbon this weekend, but MAN was there some GOOD dogs there! Jersey took 2nd, both the days we ran him in the field champion dog class. 18 dogs the first day and 14 dogs the second day.

Wenja got a 4th and a 3rd in the field Champion Bitch class. And our two youngest dogs took a series of 4th placements in open classes.

The people at this trial were so great! Wolverine had a hard few years when they were forced to find new grounds. But the grounds at Red Cedar Beagle club are WAY better than the old Detroit Beagle club grounds! Thanks Nancy Baronas and the Wolverine Dachshund club for putting on another great trial! 😊

02/10/2023

Two young Blackhawk dogs and one young Blackhawk handler learning the “ropes” of field trialing.

15/06/2023

Took Ambush to work with today to help me dislodge seagulls from their nests. He was not very enthusiastic at first. He’s not much of a morning person…..

08/06/2023

Here are some really great photos of a Blackhawk dog named “Guinness” who is owned by Matt McGrath in Canada.

Matt took this eyass Goshawk this spring and is now manning it to his dog. This bird will grow up knowing the dog who will eventually flush rabbits for it.

Well done Matt!

14/04/2023

The life of a dog breeder……

23/01/2023

Normally I try to keep our videos short and action packed. I figure people are more likely to watch a 3 minute video. But for this one I decided to leave out the music and transitions and try to showcase more of the dog work, and what a typical hunt looks like with our cast of three Harris hawks over Blackhawk Falconry Dachshunds

Hawking rabbits with a cast of three Harris Hawks, over Blackhawk Kaninchen Dachshunds. 1-22-23

25/12/2022

Merry Christmas to all our Blackhawk Families and Friends!

09/12/2022

Always a joy to watch a team come together!

Paul and Brandi Kaufmann started Introducing “Tikka” their Finnish Gos/Siberian Gos cross to Blackhawk’s Givin Rabbits Hal -“Hal”

Looking great!! Good luck guys!

02/12/2022

A special birthday surprise to one of our longtime Blackhawk Falconry Dachshunds family!

Sean turns 7 today, and his mom and dad couldn’t wait to show him his new pal! Happy Birthday buddy!

03/11/2022

Sounds about right…..😎

27/08/2022

🐾 From our family to yours! 🐾

We hope all our Blackhawk Falconry Dachshund Families had a Doggone Good National Dog Day yesterday!

Feel free to share your favorite picture of your pooch below!

And as always best of luck to everyone on the upcoming falconry season!

-Blackhawk Falconry Dachshunds

28/07/2022

Time capsule!!
This aluminum bucket has something very special in it!

20 years ago, Bill Boler and I put together a breeding between his bitch ”Sunni” and a stud dog that I bred named “Blue”.

The breeding produced a Blue eyed red dapple male that Bill Boler decided to keep. We ran this fiery little male for 2-3 years. His only flaw was that he was TOO GOOD for practical hunting! He’d be up flushing rabbits 100 yards ahead of the hawks and other dogs.

I was about 24 back then, and as the young falconer and low man on the totum pole, I was often the one tasked with running him down. He was impossible to call off a hot track. He might as well be deaf, as all the yelling and threats I could utter never even caused him to break stride.

He was eventually sold to teddy Moritz and sent out East to be bred to several females from Teddy moritz’s line. As those puppy’s sired by him began to develop, it was apperant that he was a very special stud!

Many of the dachshunds, bred for falconry to this day have this very special dog in the back ground of their pedigree.

At least in falconry circles who follow these hunting lines, he may be the most famous dachshund of mention. This stud passed away about 5-6 years ago, and hadn’t been bred in about 15 years.

His name? Blackhawk True Blue Patriot aka “TURQ”!

And outside of a vile or two that teddy Moritz herself has tucked away, inside this bucket is what I believe to be the last of his semen on the planet!

I plan on putting it in my best field bitch “Wenja” next year. If it takes, they will be the first TURQ PUPPYS born in over 15 years!

This very special time capsule is currently on its way home to Blackhawk!

30/05/2022

So proud of Blackhawk “Kip” Von Moritz! This is the stud we sent Mrs. Teddy Moritz last summer. Kip got his field championship today after winning his class. Then he went on to defeat the open bitch, and the winning field champion, to win “Absolute”!

Kip FC’d with 3 first places, 1 second place, several best of opens, and today an Absolute.

Kip was bred by Blackhawk partner Richard Hoof

25/04/2022

A great day two, for Blackhawk Falconry Dachshunds at the AKC field trials!

Blackhawk They Come to S***f the “Rooster”
1st place Open Dog
Blackhawk The Ghost of “Gibson” 3rd place

Gavin (9 years old) handled Blackhawk Sweep the Leg No ”Mercy” and took 1st place out of 11 in open Bitch
And Terese Thomas took 3rd place with Blackhawk Karma Comes Around

Also Teddy Moritz took 2nd place with Blackhawk Kip Von Moritz over in Pennsylvania today! He was called back high dog, but the gallery accidentally bumped another rabbit as they were walking up to the line. Poor Kip saw it, and as soon as he was released, he ran back to where he saw the rabbit and dropped a spot. But then he held on for 2nd!

Great weekend overall for falconers dogs!l