congrats on the new addition sorry for the loss of your old friend heres to many years of trail and field to the both of you

congrats on the new addition sorry for the loss of your old friend heres to many years of trail and field to the both of you

sorry guys i guess i just needed to say that one twice

I know Tippit has some pups he'd love to see go to some more Trad Gangers.

Terry,
Thanks but my last breeding was sold out to all bowhunter families.  At four months of age the pups had already tracked 3 deer!  Tilly (mom) came from the Jenneney line and even though she was a smooth/wirehair they wanted to get that line back so we bred Billy their best tracking dog to her.  The pups are now 10 months old and I'm looking forward to many stories of their tracks this fall.  

We kept the pick of the litter female (Cash) and she has an incredible nose.  Tilly has already proven herself even though she is called a Schmire being smooth coated     The smooth coats don't pick up any burrs.  The wires can handle cold & rougher terrain better.

Tilly just came into heat today!  Now Molly & I are trying to decide if we are going to breed her again or not.  The pups from her first litter turned out great...very people friendly especially with kids and great desire to hunt.

I even talked to John Jenneney tonight about bringing her up in 10-12days to breed again to Billy.  Being a veterinarian it would have been easy to sell them through my clinic...but I wanted them all to work with bowhunters.  The first litter went to Ohio, Tenn, Florida, Maine, and one with me (three Trad Gang in all!)

If I breed Tilly again,  I'd like to see the next litter written up on Trad Gang...Doc

Tilly (mom)

   

Billy (dad) Jenneney sire

 

One of the pups @ 6 weeks already tracking deer hide

 

Cash (Tilly's Pup) @ 6 months

 

Tippit, is Tilly considered a black and tan? If not what color is she considered to be? My black and tan is smooth haired but doesn't seem to have an interest in hunting anything that he has to chase or search for. My red one with smooth hair has already killed some squirrels and a chipmunk in the yard. He is constantly running with his nose to the ground.

Tippit

That's great that the pups are getting onto deer - I met Zeus in March, big friendly teddy bear.

Teckels can really do it at a young age - of the litter Oskar was from - 8 pups - all had recovered deer by 5 months old.  I'm not sure exactly how many overall, but I know it near 40 deer total for the litter last year (that is pups 3-6 months old during the course of the hunting season).

Ryan

Ron

The wirehaired dogs in the US are mostly "sanglier" colored - that is "wild boar" in French.  This is the grey/black/brown peppered color.  The wild boar color does not exist in smooth haired dachshunds.  The only smooth coat teckels with that color are dogs of wirehair breeding that don't have a wire coat.

Oskar, and his litter, are black/tan smooths from European bloodlines.  

R

I just ordered John's book. It looks like a good place to start.

My lab is getting older and I don't know how much longer he'll be retrieving birds.  I've been thinking whether I want to replace him with a tracker.

Thanks for the info Ryan. The only dog I have owned that would track in a hunting situation was schnauzer and she was great.

Nole, when are you going to post a picture of your dachsund pup? We're still waiting.  

I was a "bird dog" man for years - Weimaraners and an English Springer Spaniel. We lost my Springer and my wife's Weimaraner within 2 weeks of each other just before Christmas a couple of years ago. I'm nearing 70 and struggled a bit carrying that Weimie down the stairs on the way to the vet. Decided to try something smaller. Hunted for nearly 20 years in Germany and was very impressed with the smooth coated Dachs a Forester had. Watched him drag in a wounded fox. He couldn't choke the fox, but sure was trying and wasn't about to let go. We got a wire haired Dachshund partly because I'd always wanted to try tracking, partly because of the weight/size issue and partly because he was the only dog uglier than me. Don't know why I waited so long. He has the personality of my Springer and the heart of a lion. When he was 9 months old, a friend asked me to help her find a young buck she'd arrowed and lost. We tracked that buck over 2 hours and a little over a mile. I was so proud of him when we found that first deer he got to sleep on our bed. No other dog has ever had that privelege. Look up United Blood Trackers on the web. John Jeanenny is big in that organization and was at a recent UBT seminar I attended. They're planning another next year in the Michigan area, but don't know where or when. I assume they have them more frequently in the East.

Great little dogs!!!!
Ron

Forgot what I was doing. I was going to include a couple of pictures.