In the rodeo world they say that every contestant is entitled to one good horse, if you are extremely fortunate you may even have a great horse. Well I guess the DK world is similar. We have been very fortunate – we have had eleven KS dogs and each has been very special in their…
A tribute to Herr Klaus Bommers, July 15, 1939 – January 22, 2017
We met Mr. Bommers in June of 2005 at his castle in Düboslar, Germany. We were there to pick up a Hege-Haus pup (Atlanta) and had the pleasure of spending two days with Mr. Bommers, his wife Renate, daughter Rita, and son Klaus. This was the first of thirteen trips we have made to Düboslar…
2012 Kleeman in Isernhagen, Germany
We made our way to the Kleemann viaAmsterdam, The Netherlands and then to theNormandy Region of France. If you havenot had the opportunity to visit theNormandy Region you need to do so for ahistory lesson and a reality check. The sitesand information provided by our tour guidewas truly moving. Other than the visit toNormandy I…
vom Riverwoods Shrines at International Kurzhaar Prüfung
The community of Surwold came to life October 13th – 15th with hundreds of DK enthusiast in the area for the International Kurzhaar Prüfung (IKP). Arriving in the area by car from Amsterdam we traveled through rain for the entire drive until we were thirty miles from our Inn. At that point the rain subsided…
2010 KLEEMANN IN ZISTERSDORF, AUSTRIA
When we made plans to attend the 2010 Kleemann in Zistersdorf, Austria we thought it would be nice to attend the event without the pressure of having a dog participating. That all changed in July when we were in Germany and learned that a dog I had first seen when he was twelve weeks old…
2008 Kleemann – Can this really be happening?
As the 2008 Kleemann approached we were making plans to attend and to watch our dogs participate. Only this year scheduling would be a problem as instead of one or even two dogs we would have three with three different leaders. Most probably they would be in three different groups and we could only watch…
What a week at the IKP in Austria
When we left for Ampflwang, Austria to attend the International Kurzhaarprufung (IKP) we had been told by both of our leaders (handlers) that Atlanta vom Hege-Haus and Bellevue vom Hege-Haus were in great form. Mr. Bommers’ daughter Rita suggested that it was very possible we were to witness something very special and was she ever…