06/12/2026
This pup was born January 13, 2026. The mother is Emma von Julson. The pup is Alina von Augenstein. This is my pup from that litter. Right from the initial phone conversations during the buyer interviews we encouraged the new owners to begin Trained Retrieve Training as soon as the pup had its permeant teeth.
We are planning to run this pup in the HZP this fall.
This pup will hunt pheasants in SD in November as a force fetched (trained retrieve) dog. This will make the training for and running the VJP, HZP and VGP in 2027 so much easier.
This video gives you an idea of the pup's progress.
Trainer Comments: Force Fetch Training. After this video, I did an extended hold for 3 minutes and she did great without dropping it. I’ll start doing extended holds now, building up the duration, and then I’ll switch to incorporating different objects. That will go faster. After she is solid on that, I’ll overlay the collar and start working on fetch. You can’t see in the video because it is on her right side, but her tail is wagging when I let her know she is doing well.
Notice the pup has hobbles on her front feet. That is the orange thing around her front legs. This is to keep the pup front using her front legs to push the trainer's hands away when she it putting the bumper in the pup's mouth.
