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.
In the years since Dixieland's Rusty revolutionized the "modern German Shorthair" we've enjoyed over the last twenty five years I've only seen one dog with the potential to bring about as much positive change to the breed as our own Bullett. Not only does Bullett pass along his phenomenal long range nose as well as his flat out charming temperament and personality to his offspring he instills in them the "bird sense" and natural ability that produces pups with the potential for greatness. We are very fortunate to have stumbled onto this wonderful dog as a pup, and have been blessed to no end with not only what he himself has added to my guide string, he is the reason I began trialing and his production as a FT sire is unreal.
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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.
Field Champion Rincon Slick Runner
Stud Fee is $600.00
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 was the most outstanding and complete young dog I've ever owned.
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.
Bullett after five years of just being the best dog I'd ever had in my guide string overall became a "Field Trial Dog" as well. He finished his FC in January of 2009 by winning in five of his last six trials! He's still one of my all time favorite dogs to hunt behind and his offspring are the kinds of dogs most of us have only imagined or dreamed about in the past.
FC Rockyhill Duke Wood
Stud Fee is $600.00
Duke is truly something very special. Two years ago his owner asked me if I would take him and see just how much I could do with him because Will was seeing potential in Duke he just wasn't able to bring out properly. Since I owned two of his littermates which I absolutely adored I said yes without hesitation. Duke proved the first fall while he was with me he could be a great wild birddog in five different states on 11 different species of upland birds as well as retrieving ducks and geese for me. His manners in the house and around the kennel have been pure perfection as well. Agreeing with Will on Dukes so far untapped potential I decided to throw him in with my field trial string as well. Well, he definitely has made us proud. In a phenomenal feat he completed earning his Field Championship in just five months earning all of his points toward that title in adult stakes.
He began his career in adult stakes this spring, and in only five trials has three wins of 2, 3, and 4pnts as well as a 2nd in a 29 dog 5 point stake. All of his placements up until this most recent were also in retrieving points.
Duke is absolutely a phenomenal young dog and an absolute credit to his father "Bullett" and grand testament to our breeding program here at WildRose.
Duke like his father is also now standing stud here at WildRose German Shorthairs and his stud fee is $600.00.
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.
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.
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 getting better every year. He has now not only proven he can handle 14 different species of wild upland birds birds across 12 different states, be a solid duck dog in the blind or when jump shooting, he's also now defeated over 145 dogs in field trial competition across six states as well including in national competition. He has wins in both horse back and walking stakes, retrieving and non retrieving stakes, call back and kill on course trials as well.
Yes he still takes up most of the bed whenever he gets the chance!
WildRose Rusty Runaway Dan
Dan, was sired by FC/National Chukar Ch Dandi Runaway Rusty, and goes 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 became.
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. When it comes to a purely and completely versatile German Shorthair he is the best I have ever owned or seen. 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.
WildRose Smokin White Shadow
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.
Shadow is no longer with us, like all great dogs he has gone on to his reward. His legacy lives on though here at WildRose and will for generations more through his offspring.