Hunter's Moon Kennel, Breeder of Small Munsterlanders

Ran the dogs in in the Michigan Amateur Field Trial Club hunting dog stake at the Gladwin Field Trial Area Sunday April 10th. First time I’ve run all 3 dogs in this event. There was 3 inches of hard crusty snow on the ground, and drizzle/freezing rain most the day. Birds where hard to come by, but Litha managed a nice clean find on a woodcock, and placed 1st. Alder had a nice run as well, and placed 3rd out of a field of 20 dogs. Beat out a field of mostly English setters and a few German shorthairs.  

 Alder of the left with one of the field trial judges, and Litha second to left with myself. Nice to finally get a win at a grouse/woodcock trial for the old girl. 

Kevin 

  We are planning on breeding Breck again late spring. Our vet recommended we breed her to a different male and hope that makes a difference. Sometimes two dogs just don’t genetically work together. We will post details soon.
Breeding with Hunter’s Moon Dancer “Emma” is on hold. Her hips were very close but not quite above breeding standard. We will consider a second X-Ray in a few months with her.

Unfortunately Breck’s breeding didn’t take. We will try to breed her again her next heat cycle if all goes well. In the mean time we are planning a breeding very soon with Dancer out of our D litter. We are waiting on the results of her hip X-rays, and pending breeding approval with the SMCNA. Here’s a couple pictures.

Hunter’s Moon Dancer “Emma” 

We are glad to report Breck was bred. We decided to breed Breck by artificial insemination, and things went excellent. Ultrasound is scheduled for Christmas Eve, and expecting pups to whelp January 30th.
Breck & Lucky

Great news! Breck was approved for breeding by SMCNA last month. She was judged to have very good overall conformation. We are excited about breeding Breck on her next season, which should be late spring. Please see our planned breeding page for information. For more pictures and information on Breck, please visit her page.

First of all we want to thank all the C litter pup owners for natural ability testing their dogs this past summer and fall. A total of 6 pups tested and they all did a great job. As a result we will be awarded a natural ability breeders award for the C litter from both NAVHDA and SMCNA.

Annie (Celeste) – handled by James Huck – 97 prize 3
Caedon – handled by Matt Melton 112 prize 1
Crony (Cornelia) – handled by Mark Jefferies – 94
Holly (Clementine) – handled by Alexi Makkas – 104 prize 2
Cash (Cosmo) – handled by Joel Kuhar- 112 prize 1
Catawaba Xela (Charlie) – handled by David Nighswander – 102 prize 3

We will add more pictures as we get them, but here’s some for now.

Caedon

Annie

Holly with owner Alexi

Great job everyone, and thanks again.

It’s been a week now since the puppies left for their new homes. We couldn’t be happier they are all going to some great new homes. We thought we would introduce the pups and their new families.

Carson Haddow from Louisiana and his new pup Moon (Dux).

Jakob Derpinghaus from Wisconsin and his new pup Scout (Drugi).

Larry First from Michigan and his new pup Der Autumns Gracie (Diana).

Kirk Fitzgerald from Michigan and his new pup (Dancer).

Bernie & Lila Beeck and grand daughter from Minnesota with their new pup (Delmy).

Rick and Kerry Alspaugh from Michigan and their new pup Gunnar (Drummer)

Sean & Cristina Gamble Family from Ontario and their new pup Wally (Drogo).

Sharon Bower from Ontario and her new pup Drummer (Dax).

We’ve had some great weather the past few days, so the pups been spending plenty of time outside. Of course, all the playing gets tiring and they need some time relax.

For more pictures and videos of each pup, please visit the Puppy Gallery

After a week of rain everyday, we finally had a nice sunny day here in Michigan. The pups got to spend a lot of the day outside today. They really love playing with balls and wrestling around, so here’s a short video of today’s fun.

For the most recent pictures, visit the puppy gallery.