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Deutscher Wachtelhund


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The Deutscher Wachtelhund is a strong boned, muscular, medium sized gundog with long thick wavy hair. It is solidly-built which allows it to retrieve heavy game such as hares and foxes. The ears are fairly long and should reach from half way to the nose, to the tip of the nose. The size is approximately 18 to 21 inches. Body length, nose to base of tail is twice the height. It is slightly larger than the Springer Spaniel.

This spaniel was created from various breeds in the early 1900s. The "recipe" has been kept a secret, although the Wachtelhund undoubtedly owes much of his ancestry to the ancient European water dogs, as well as to other hunting breeds.

Not only is the Wachtelhund a fine retriever in wet or marshy areas, but he is also used for hare and fox, exhibiting the hound trait of giving tongue on the trail. Aggressive enough to face a fox or even a wolf, the German Spaniel naturally goes for the throat of his furred prey. As a flushing dog, he is useful in finding feath-ered game. His sensitive nose enables him to bloodtrail wounded game, such as deer or boar, in the forest.

He is particularly skilled in dense underbrush and areas with standing water. While obedient and affectionate with his master, he has jagdpas-sion> an intense desire to hunt. He is a choice dog for the professional hunter, such as the German forester. A sturdy fellow, a bit low on leg, his tail is docked by a small amount and is always carried low. Germans say he "should only be in sportsmen's hands."

The Wachtelhund has vibrant, affectionate and friendly personality and are willing workers and excellent companions. It is an obsessive scent follower with bloodhound like persistence. The Wachtelhund (quail dog) is easily trained to hunt all types of game. The Germans bred it to be a strong forest dog, built not for speed, but to rummage about the forest.

To do many hunting tasks such as; finding game; retrieving and recovering game; blood trailing wounded deer, red stag (elk), and boar. They are used to hunt waterfowl and upland game, all fur and cloven hoof game from hare, fox, and wild boar. They hunt with a high nose, scenting air scents as a pointer when game is far away, and will put their nose to the ground to follow foot scent as a hound when game is close.

Unlike hounds they can be called off a trail and will return to their master. They naturally hunt in an arc pattern before the hunter, bringing the game back before the hunter. They are aggressive in the hunt, but are also a loyal and great family dog. They are not pack hunters, but one-on-one hunters and will hold a wounded boar or bear at bay, if necessary. They do best living in the home.

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