duetche drathaar

I used to hunt now and then with a man from Tivoli, TX and he used to tell stories on dogs he got from the dog pound...he was good friends with the dog catcher and the dog catcher would give him a call anytime he got a dog that had potential to make a hog dog...He told a story about a beagle, a bluetick hound and a wirehaired Drathaar...all three stories are good but will tell about the all purpose/bird dog...

He got the call and he goes and picks up the dog...goes hunting after a short socialization period and he turns the dog into the bay around 10 PM or so...they caught a few hogs and when he was ready to go home the dog wouldn't quit running the hogs in that thick brush...he leaves the dog and the next morning he tried to catch the dog but he wouldn't quit running the hogs...so he left the dog and never saw him again...

I believe the Weimeraner, German Short Hair and the Drathaar were bred as all purpse hunting dogs for boar, deer, birds etc...I got quite a few ideas from how they bred and culled dogs from back in the early 1980's...I have searched long and hard in finding how they did things in the last few years but that info I can not find...might have been too harsh to make it available any more...