Two Wirehaired Pointing Griffon puppies sitting in grass
We are so excited to announce our planned breeding for 2023 between VC CH Flatbrooks "Walker" MH and Mocha Von Hartzheim. Pups should be available for pickup near the last week of August.
VC CH Flatbrooks Walker MH on point in the field
Walker is perhaps the most titled WPG in the nation. He has passed AKC Champion, Senior Hunter, and Master Hunter; NAVHDA Utility and Invitational (Versatile Champion); and AWPGA's Field Dog of the Year and Hall of Fame.
Mocha hunting pheasants - Wirehair Pointing Griffon Puppies in Montana - Griffons Out West
Mocha comes from a great line of hunting dogs and has been in the field since she was a pup.
Korthals Puppies in Montana - Griffons Out West
The hardworking Wirehaired Pointing Griffon is renowned as the “supreme gundog:” outgoing, eager, quick-witted, incomparable in the field and loving at home.

About the Breed

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How it all started

The History of Wirehaired Pointing Griffons

The development of the Wirehaired Pointing Griffon breed officially began in the Netherlands in 1873 by Eduard Karel Korthals (1851-1896), a Dutch sportsman and avid hunter. Korthals set out to create what he considered the ultimate walking hunter’s gun dog. The Wirehaired Pointing Griffon is therefore also known as “Korthals’ Griffon” in many other parts of the world today.

The Griff, as we call it, was bred to be a hardy, all-terrain, close-working hunting dog, working in the marshy low-lying ground of the Netherlands. According to Dr. E.B. Ilyus, the first secretary of the G.C.A. in 1917,

"The chief characteristics in which the griffon excels, and is superior over setters and pointers, are his ready adaptability to all species of game, all climates, and all varieties of terrain, his exquisite nose, wonderful vitality and endurance, and the pronounced instinct which makes him the easiest of all dogs to train on game...and being very intelligent and affectionate, he makes an ideal man’s companion." ...
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2023 LITTER ANNOUNCEMENT

Planned Breeding for April 2023, featuring VC CH Flatbrooks "Walker" MH.
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