For over thirty years we have honed our lines To produce outstanding family gundogs.  The foundation of our line is FC Dixieland's Rusty HOF, the dog that revolutionized the German Shorthaired Pointer.  

We were fortunate enough to find this line back in the late eighties and recognized what Rusty had to offer the breed, and set about making sure that we'd have tightly and carefully line bred Rusty offspring for generations to come.

 Only a handful of breeders can boast to having Rusty Grandson's and Granddaughters still producing today and we have three of them!  Today most of our breeding stock males and females line back to Rusty at least three times, and some eight to ten in just six or seven generations.

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WildRose Smokin' Moose (white Dog in Foreground) Moose was the foundation Sire of our whole kennel, as well as my personal companion and  by far the lead dog of my entire hunting string.  He produced nothing but great pups with terrific noses and a natural retrieve and that are blessed with a calm, quiet, and  loving demeanor. To this day the most outstanding females we have are his daughters and granddaughters.

  Moose (WildRose Dixieland's Legacy)  Moose, is the last son, from the last litter of my foundation Sire, WildRose Smokin' Moose.  We tried to call him two or three different things, but he was so much his father's son I kept errantly calling him Moose.  Well it stuck and he's proving after his first three seasons in the field to have inherited all the best attributes of his father and even improved in some.  

His mother Tipper is the best female I or my family has put in the field in over thirty years and we expect that this breeding will prove in the long run to have been one of the best we ever conceived.  

So far he's lived up to his name "WildRose Dixieland's Legacy" not only in proving to be a wonderful family gun dog himself, but he's well on his way to one day becoming a field champion like his great Grampa "Rusty", and the puppies he's thrown in his first litters are truly exceptional.

Moose was the first dog I ever attempted to train steady to wing, shot, and kill in an attempt to have my first field trial dog.  His first placement in an AKC trial came in February at the CNMBC spring horseback trial when he won a 23 dog 4 point major gundog stake!

Moose is a ground eating hard runner with insatiable drive and desire, hunting from the truck or horseback, who instantly adapts to the needs of foot hunting as well to be a great close working heavy cover, or dead bird and single finder and is a tremendous natural retriever wet or dry.  

In his first season he very quickly proved that good breeding does in deed make good sense and will always yield great results.. On top of all that he's a big loveable, playful goofball around the house and as usual as I type this he's laying quietly (well snoring a little) next to my desk.

Bullett (AKA Rincon's Slick Runner), our newest shining star at WildRose German Shorthairs.  Bullett is the Son of NFC/FC Rincon's Slick Willy, Grandson of MRK's Western Pride, and Great Grandson of HOF/FC Dixieland's Rusty and after two seasons is the most outstanding and complete young dog I've ever owned, and is the finest young upland hunting dog I've seen in the field in 30 years.  

At the encouraging of many of my field trialing friends who recognized Bullett as something truly special and a sire with a lot to offer the breed at the age of six I broke him steady to wing, shot, and kill in just five weeks and he earned his first field trial placement less than fifty days after the process began.  He now has placements as both a gun dog and All Age Dog, in trials in five different states in just 12 attempts.

His strongest points are endless drive and the best long distance nose I've ever seen on a dog bar none.  I hate to admit it but by the time he's finished his next season he will in all likelihood surpass even Moose, and Shadow as the Premier Upland dog I've owned.  His first three litters have produced pups equal to himself and the dams we've mated him to and we expect nothing but greatness from this line.

Dan (WildRose Smokin Dandi Runaway Dan), Sired by FC/National Chukar Ch Dandi Runaway Rusty, and going back four more ways to Rusty in just four generations, Dan brings together one of the tightest line breedings of Dixieland's Rusty's line ever, and looks so much like his grandfather Rusty it brings tears to the eyes of Ron and Esther Hermann who bred, owned, and gave Rusty the opportunity to become the Hall of Fame dog that he was.  

Dan's strongest point by far is in, inheriting his Grandfathers drive, and his own insatiable natural retrieve, followed by his incredible intensity in the field, and his unwavering desire in tracking.  The litters he's produced so far have proven the strength of his genes in producing great young dogs with endless natural ability and desire.

Shadow, (WildRose Smokin White Shadow), yet another of HOF/FC Dixieland's Rusty's fine descendants is the anchor of our whole kennel and hunting operation today.  For those looking for tremendous class, style, true versatility, and just an incredible drive in the field along with the ultimate in calm, quiet loyal personalities let us introduce you to Shadow.  

Shadow has been our most used and reliable sire for the last 10 years.  His pups are now shown, trialed, tested and hunted in over 35 states, and several foreign countries.  He produces very natural, biddable family gun dogs with endless drive, quiet manners and dispositions and a good natural retrieve.