Post by dirthawker on Jun 22, 2007 19:36:27 GMT -5
they are moderately hard to find but not outrageously priced for a pure breed dog you can get them for 700-1000. depending on the breeder. they are a good dog that you have to work with they seem to be a rocket in the field and a part of the rug at the home. they are smart a friend of mine has some of them and he has them trained to just find the game he wants, just tells them get the rabbit and thats what they go after tell them get the quail and again thats what they go after
I don't believe that there are that few of these dogs in the U.S. That's probably just some hooey that the other web site was saying so they could up the prices for puppies. In fact, I know a couple here (non-hunters) that have two WHV's and they got them from a breeder who sells lots of puppies. So, just make sure that their parents were hunted and you should be ok. -Joe
Post by dirthawker on Jun 23, 2007 12:43:48 GMT -5
no I found them on a website also they weren't that bad cant remember the site but it was on the google sites at the top of this site. although that was a month ago or so. they had some males for 400 and females for 600 but didn't look any further in to it because I wasn't ready for another dog yet. I my self don't like the male dogs only take females but that is just me.
I paid around $450 or so for our female Vizsla. Not including shipping or pick-up cost.
As a puppy they are very hyper, full of energy and stubborn. They are also very smart and always ready to give affection. She was already potty trained when we got her at 2 months old and picked up on the new dog door within 2 days.
At 10 months she weighs 40lbs (probably a pound or two more), I haven't weighed her in the last week or two though.
I haven't worked with her with pointer commands as much as I should have but she is a natural hunter. Her nose is to the ground always and would be easy to train to pick up on certain scents. I can throw a stick as far as I can in the dark and she will go find the exact stick in the dark, time after time (our yard is full of sticks ;D)
Mike McDermott hunts quail with Vizslas.
Last Edit: Jun 28, 2007 7:24:30 GMT -5 by miket307
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Post by dirthawker on Jun 28, 2007 13:38:49 GMT -5
these dogs where actually breed for falconry from what I have found on the breed. so again this is my next dog. was just over yesterday at Tom Gossard's house yesterday and he has a new pup just clinched it for me
Post by profalconer on Nov 8, 2008 22:50:50 GMT -5
Do you know their names? I thought I knew all the falconers in the area. By the way there are a couple of wirehair vizsla breeders on raptors nest under the dogs part. I would have gotten one but it never gets below 40 where I am and that's only at night. I'm pretty happy with my boy even though he can seem kinda stupid sometimes but its really only when he is really excited like right out of the truck and it only lasts about 2 minutes.
Last Edit: Nov 8, 2008 23:01:20 GMT -5 by profalconer
I've been hunting Harris Hawks over vizslas since 1993. I've never had a wirehair, but I've seen a nice one work when I lived in CA.
In general, Vs are more connected to their human than most of the German breeds of pointers - they can be soft and shut down if too much correction is used. My first vizsla would shut down if I yelled at her, but pain never stopped her in the field. She hunted on bloody feet, worked rabbit on broken foot, etc. She was a real wimp about pain around the house, but not in the field.
For upland work they can handle more cold than I can. As long as they are moving they are fine in cold down to about 0F, but then below 0F and and I'm not out hunting so I don't know about below that.
Vizslas are fine for duck work in the south or early season. I could not work them in the water when its too cold. They DO get cold if they have to sit still in the cold. I will put a coat or neoprene vest on mine if they have to sit still in the cold or work in cold water.
Some vizslas seem to require regular exercise when young. They are fine during hunting season, but also need to run regularly year round. My current vizsla is very mellow. She drives hard in field, but lays around the house. she was house broken early and never seemed to "need" to run they way my first vizsla did. I hunt ducks, upland birds, rabbits and squirrels. My vizsla is trained to point both birds and rabbits - then flush on command and stop to flush. Mine are also good squirrel dogs.
The short coat is great in the SW - easier to get cactus spines out, doesn't hold fox tails etc, and greater heat tolerance. I'm in MI now and she has not had any trouble with the cold - but I would not ask her to sit in a duck bind wet. But then I don't duck hunt that way so its not an issue.
I don't know as much about WHVs. I've only been around one. She was a good hunter and more mellow than most "regular" vizslas.
NAVHDA would be a good place to look for a wirehair Vizlsla with good hunting ability. NAVHDA tests a dog on both upland bird pointing and water work.