Master of Hounds Inc & Fuhrerin Gun Dogs

23/06/2025

Good Morning ALL!!! I know many of you have been waiting for news regarding litters. A litter of 7 was born 6/22/2025 three females and four males to Dangerous Liaison AKA Gwen and Silenzio. Another litter is due by Arca, this is a dual sired litter as Arca is scheduled to be retired afterwards. Sires are Red & Silenzio . Due date is July 2nd. Info should begin to show up in AKC Marketplace soon!!

27/10/2024

Completed Matings: Good News!! Although the females are being stingy. Diamonds are Forever has been kind enough to come into heat and mate. Last mating was yesterday. Puppies to come!! Still waiting on Chloe to come in. I'll continue to use this post to update on matings, as to not fill the page with posts.

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10/10/2024

As you know, hunting season is well underway!!! Duck season is right around the corner. Fuhrerin is going to start doing some firearm and choke reviews with our favorite Pudelpointers Kylie and Liam at the helm. Look for those videos to begin to appear on our youtube channel as the season progresses. How will it be different than some of my favorite channels? Shout out to "Target Focused Life"; "TSC" - The Shooting Channel with my favorite guy from the UK (he's just awesome, this is the old guy and not the young one with a similar name); "Blue Collar Outdoors" with all their pattern testing - mainly on Turkey. I'm 5'2" 102lbs most days. Definitely gives a different perspective on a gun. Guns to be reviewed are my favorite guns - which is why I own them, some are new so I haven't shot them yet so the jury is out. The Norinco was my 1st shotgun and will always have a place in the safe. Take a look below at what's ahead (The Ethos, 48L and 1100 are safe queens, two never fired and will not be included in line up). Guns listed as having multiple barrel lengths have, multiple barrels. Should be a alot of fun!!! Chokes to be reviewed: Rob Roberts triple threat, Rob Roberts Turkey, Mojo long, mid & short range, Pure Gold turkey, Indian Creek Diamond Striker Turkey, Kick's High Flyer full, Jebs High Voltage, Carlson's Cremator, TruGlo Double Threat Dove, Briley's Rifled, Patternmaster (PM) Mid range blind side, Terror Choke, PM Code Black Duck, Trulock Boar Buster, HS Strut Undertaker Turkey ported, PM Black Mamba, Wad Wizard Power20 & Power20 Swat, Carlson's TSS turkey, Trulock Pinhoti, Mojo Predator, Primo's Tightwad, Sumtoy Turkey, Jebs Head Hunter, Briley's extra Full, Carlson's Turkey (28ga), Kick's Buck Kicker, Kick's Gobblin Thunder and Gemini IM. Some of these chokes come in a variety of constrictions, I have the most popular for each gauge. Two IC (Indian Creek's) for the 20ga - 555 & 562. I have all constrictions of Terror for 12 & 10 gauge. Hopefully we'll get a Carlson's White Wing Improved Modified in this season, but we shall see. Most of the guns listed below are AWESOME, right now looks like I'm going to be a R***y girl (yes, with all the concerns people have mentioned, loved my Masai Mara so much, I bought a Gordion). And I am forever a Browning Hump Back girl. The A5 is excellent, the Silver,,only in micro midas, the adult size is a bit too beefy for a petite person. ENJOY, looking forward to running these dogs!!!
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09/09/2024

Sad to announce we do have BAD news. It is not GRAVE news, but still, sorry news. Both Arca and Gwen came into heat this August like clock work, but Gwen's heat flashed in and went out before should be bred. I did catch Arca while she was flagging, HOWEVER, the male did not make it to her in time because I feel asleep the minute I sat down when I got home. It only happened twice, but those were the last two days of her flagging, when I released the male to her in the morning, it was too late. Her heat like Gwen's was "flashing" in and then going out. In the past Arca went well over a week before being ready to breed (almost 2wks). The bi***es are now only lasting a total of about 7 days. The minute you see swelling and blood the males have to be released to them, which is NEW and so I missed it. Right now there are no December puppies. We are currently waiting on Chloe to come into heat, watching diligently. My energy levels are back up. I've been exhausted since July and am just now starting to rebound. My apologies to all, Arca and Gwen are 6mths or more behind schedule.

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15/07/2024

HUNTING BIO (Segugio Italiano):

No dogs are showing a propensity for deer at this point. No tests were done for it, but deer have been present in live hunts - no interest. They can be trained to track what you want, but this is what's in their nature.

Arca: (1st Boar, 2nd Rabbit, bird, squirrel, fox untested - doesn't hunt anything else naturally)

Red: (1st Boar or cat, 2nd Rabbit, fox untested no squirrel) approx scenting ability to date: 60yard cat

Written in the Stars (Chloe): (Boar, Fox, cat, squirrel but late)

Dark Horse (Ode): (1st Rabbit, 2nd Cat - no squirrel, may come on late he's indicating they're there. fox untested Late bloomer SERIOUS hunting drive just came in, went from regular to Arca/Gwen)

Dangerous Liaison (Gwen): (1st Boar, 2nd rabbit, squirrel, cat, fox) measured scenting ability to date: 60yd 5in squirrel

Diamonds Are Forever (Sissy): (1st Boar or Squirrel, Rabbit, Bear) measured scenting ability to date: 50yd 8in squirrel . Late bloomer.

Solar Eclipse (Birdie): (1st Boar, 2nd rabbit, bird - hence the name, squirrel came late, fox - untested)

Behold the Red Sun (Todd): (1st Boar, 2nd Rabbit, squirrel came late with low drive, fox untested)

Silenzio: (Boar, Fox, Squirrel - untested on rabbit)

Control (Copper): (Trained Rabbit, nature untested)

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15/07/2024

FOR MY HUNTERS!!! "winter is COMING!!!" or should I say "Puppies are COMING" lets take a look at what to expect:

1) Puppies don't start until they are 8mths OLD!!!
2) there's a small possibility you may get a "slower" puppy who doesn't come on strong until it's nearing 3yrs old. Again the possibility is SMALL. From observing my 1st litter, they kinda start tracking fresh out the box. The ones least interested will likely turn out to be the odd balls, from what I understand (read and witnessed) the odd ones generally turn out pretty good, maybe the best.
3) Check the Hunting Bio post to know what innate abilities the dog is demonstrating to see what you want and would like to build on.
4) And this is one of the biggest. TRAINING so I made you a 5min video to explain it. Essentially the Segit is more of a primative than a hound. Completely different workings, but I got 'em figured out. You can TRAIN them if you want using a drag, from what I've seen they don't need it, a starting pen will do, if not, just walking in the woods with game should get them started. The game I'm referring to is like rabbit or fox. Squirrel is a bit more difficult, the ease of it depends entirely on the dog itself. Of course it's easier to start them if you have an abundance of squirrel. Boar is very old school for this breed. It's best to raise them playing with hog pieces, a head, leg etc like you might see in medieval paintings. Then you just need my video to understand him and you should be good to go.

BELOW IS ESSENTIAL KNOWLEDGE FOR EVERY HUNTER LOOKING TO USE A SEGIT:I took the Segits to a Hog Bay competition. NOTHING. I took them to a bay pen with help...

12/07/2024

This was the breakdown I did on Diamonds are Forever in May. Very lovely female. She was my pick for a show home. I thought she was the best dog I had. Still do. I think she could beat her mother and her mother gives you Ideal Forte all day. She's killer. Sissy's brother Behold the Red Sun is killer as well. I never ranted about Sissy because sissy is THIN and I wasn't going to show her because I personally couldn't condition her. "I'm not good enough for my own dog". I've seen handlers that could put weight on a dog like this, but I'm just not good. I've seen Sissy in condition and whoa mama, but most of her life from birth on she's been thin. The conditions under which she gained I'm unable to duplicate. It's not food or quality, calories or fat. (exhale), but I'm showing her. She's lovely.

23/05/2024

The 1st rabbit video has been posted for Kylie and Liam. As I pondered it, I would like to mention that both Kylie and Liam are trained hunting dogs with hours and hours of work on live game and tracking behind them. If one wants to compare the Pudelpointers to the Italians, keep in mind that the Italians are completely ignorant with zero experience or knowledge. THAT is what makes their meager rabbit video great. If I was starving, I wouldn't want another dog with me. Which breed is better on rabbits?? I am training ONE, lets see!!! It's all very exciting!!!! All of them are such GOOD DOGS

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12/05/2024

UKC: Lately I’ve heard the word UKC around me a lot. No single person “take offense” it was literally a multitude of people, so no it wasn’t YOU. I’m sure everyone has seen that I no longer show in UKC and for all intent and purposes I steer clear of it. The lingering question people may have is: “Why; What happened?”
My Spanish Water Dog. AKC Copper’s Asegi Moonshine (who I no longer own) . I spent a great deal of time turning her into an upland hunter and waterfowl dog (she was the makings of a 3 title dog: hunt/show/herd). We were avid members of the Dallas HRC (Hunter Retriever Club). I wanted my dog’s due. After some back and forth with UKC and HRC we found that Siena was allowed to run the hunt tests with the permission of the HRC running the tests and would be awarded the points and title. GREAT!! One issue down, another to go. The second issue being, to get the SWD back into the gundog group in the UKC, that way they could run hunt tests in UKC and herding in AKC. The entire continent was listing the SWD as herding and cutting it out of hunting competition, and there was a mention of the coat. I even watched a video about the Lagotto, in which someone who doesn’t actually hunt them complained, whoa is the coat and those like it for hunting. It’s not. I take mine in the woods; I’m not guessing. She was fine. Second, if it’s an issue just cut it, like any other hunting breed with such a coat (Barbet, Poodle etc). It’s not hard,,,lol. Either way, that’s the perfect combo, gundog and herding, best of everything. Well, I told the UKC I wanted to make the request. I heard nothing from them until I got a denial some months later. They’d met, discussed it and said no. Here’s what upset me. I never got an opportunity to make a case for it. I was given no instructions on how to make the request. There was just a meeting based on my email asking to make a request and a no, with no opportunity to SAY anything. So of course I gave them a few words about what I just stated and the ruinment of breeds for cuteness since people were trying desperately to save the SWD COATS!!! Of course I had to mention my beloved Pekingese in the process!!! From then on, I stopped believing the UKC was the place for working dogs as they are often touted. I couldn’t believe it was so hard to try to get a dog to do what it was bred to do (multi-purpose). Sometime during, near, or around this time I was showing Arca in the UKC. I looked at their standard and it was wrong, someone who didn’t know what they were doing wrote it, and the UKC had approved it. I can only surmise without questioning the mechanics or the difference between it and the FCI standard. The UKC standard is about a mythical dog that doesn’t exist. A GOOD Italian can never win in the UKC, they have humps in their backs. Having experienced their “processes”, I completely abandoned the UKC after that. I didn’t bother to try to change the standard or talk to them about it. I’d talked to them before. ((frown)). That’s just MY experience. Hunting dogs can’t hunt and breed standards are wrong, with a lack of systems and procedures. The standard is why a Segugio Italiano shouldn’t show in UKC. The breed doesn’t have a flat back or features in their standard. Our standard, the FCI standard, is comprised of features that are there within the breed making it possible for you to place. Again this is just MY personal experience. Others enjoy and have enjoyed the UKC. I’m happy they have found their place. I could have simply had a terrible time. Nothing against the UKC, but I do recommend that the Segugio Italiano NOT show there, not unless that standard is changed, and I think that is a fair and correct statement given the circumstances. I'm sure the UKC is a wonderful place for others. Breed specific, it's not a good place for the Italian for SHOW. Otherwise I'm sure it's lovely.

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10/03/2024

Silenzio. Look for upcoming footage of Silenzio treeing. He is already at work!!

10/03/2024

Copper (Controllo). Copper arrived at our home as a 2 year old male. He is one of only three puppies who survived in his litter. I was "there" when he was born helping from afar, what serendipity that he is with me now. Thank you Rita for entrusting me with this gem. Thank you Burasca (his mother) who I often threaten to steal. Burasca i mia rigazza!! Now I have a piece of her and her nose. I will take care of it!!

21/02/2024

A wonderful trip to Italy. I had to BEST time!!! I am even grinning while writing this!! It was filled with family and friends and love. Thank you to everyone who made this possible. (EVERYONE - veterinarian included!!) Gracia Milla.

Welcome to America: Silenzio di David Butini e Controllo di Rita Bechi. Gracia. See you again in 2025!! Ciao Ciao!!