Excellent health, temperament and hunting ability are the touchstones of our ideal Weimaraner and our primary considerations. We believe that these three essential qualities, bred carefully and with the consideration they truly deserve, also make the Weimaraner an exceptional household pet that excels in any job given to them. Conformation, intelligence, work ethic and other attributes that complement our primary aims are equally important to our breeding program.

Health Considerations

The Weimaraner in the United States today is plagued with various health issues, and we feel that testing our breeding dogs’ health is important to produce healthy puppies that will live long and function into old age as a hunting partner and pet. Our dogs are hip x-rayed and submitted to OFA for evaluation. We also run full thyroid panels on our dogs. We pedigree research in order to take extra precautions to avoid the multitude of inherited diseases and conditions, such as bloat, allergies, IBS, and take care to avoid producing and propagating genetic disorders into the gene pool.

Temperament Considerations

Because temperament, like health, is an inherited trait, dogs that exhibit shyness, aggression, separation anxiety, fear, and other undesirable characteristics are never used in our breeding program. Quality of mind is also very important as is a certain level of “toughness” (never aggression) and resiliency. Weimaraners with the correct temperament are easily trainable for any job and also makes them exceptional pets and house dogs. Our dogs compete in the obedience ring, participate in temperament tests or are working therapy dogs.

Hunting Ability

Our dogs are working hunting dogs, but they are also competed in various venues such as field trials, hunt tests and NAVHDA testing to help us assess our breeding stock. We do not, however, discount the differences in competitive events and real hunting, and most of all, we hope to produce dogs that will serve as hunting companions. Exceptional drive, strong pointing and retrieving instincts, water love, willingness to please and intelligence are all characteristics we value in our dogs.

Conformation Considerations

We breed to the 1944 standard, one of the earliest American standards which was modeled closely to the German standard. Of note, this standard was the only one to emphasize the importance of the Weimaraner as a hunting dog: "It is not the purpose of the Weimaraner Club of America to sacrifice the basic hunting instincts of the breed to bench performance. The objective in breeding is the maintenance of those qualities which have made the Weimaraner outstanding as a hunting dog." The working Weimaraner should be a moderate dog whose conformation promotes a dog able to hunt all day. Balanced and moderate type is strongly preferred, and extremes are avoided. Lack of white, coat color or length, head type, and other fancy points are of secondary concern to conformation that promotes a functional hunting dog.