WIREHAIRED POINTING GRIFFON

NEW LITTERS PLANNED & IN PROCESS

Lou (Griffe D'Automne Tiny Dancer) has decided to have a litter shortly after the New Year, 2009. We expect there to be a whelping around January 10th. Her companion is Gifford, our lovely Seven year old male, the pictures of whom are on the front page of the website, the "Our Griffons" section and elsewhere.

Gifford is a favored companion, calm and in touch at home, playful and engaging with people and dogs in the yard and intense and focused in the field.

Two years ago, we matched these two, and there were ten pups. Since then, owners have given many reports, and lots of pictures of the bunch. In the "Owners & Griffons" section, we have posted a number of pictures and will soon add more, so that you can get a sense of the compsition, makeup and temperment of these guys. Virtually all of them have full, coarse gray outer coats, solid undercoats and full furnishings. They are quintiscentially Grifs. Most are average or above average in stature, but they are all within the standards of Wirehaired Pointing Griffons.

As with all of Lou's pups, she brings the finest hunting tradition and breeding of Griffons from Quebec and France. In Gifford, one gets a solid, bright, nicely composed and balanced temperment from North American stock. The lineage of Lou’s Canadian parents from the Griffe D’Automne kennel in Quebec are fine and well-tested NAVHDA utility hunt prized Griffons. While Gifford was too far along before we became actively engaged in testing the Grifs, several of his progeny have NAVHDA NA Prizes.

Placements are made on a first come, first placed basis.

GIFFORD

LOU

The above pictures are all of LOU

(Pictures all copyright by Greg Curtis, 2007)

Lou, the Dam, is four years old and her full name is: Griffe D'Automne Tiny Dancer

While I got Lou (Tiny Dancer) too old to NA test and she was ready for breeding late last Fall,
she is a solid hunter with strong drive and determination and has a truly sweet disposition.

Lou is 21" tall, 23" long and is about 53 lb in field trim.
She has a long, harsh and moderately open field coat with sufficient undercoat; Her furnishings
are exceptional for a female and her pups tend to have a medium to longer hard-wired coat with
moderate to exceptional furnishings; Her OFA is normal; She is a very determined and
single-minded hunter from a family of hunters and a most gentle and caring human companion.
AKC and CKC Registered.

We are getting rave reviews from owners of Lou's Feb '07 litter and several of them are already hunting. They have consistently endearing personalities, are quick to learn, have proven compatibility with the most trying family members (kids under 5) and draw upon their very substantial natural instincts to hunt.

Lou was obtained from Quebec and is the pup of Pipo and Samantha, both well-tested and well-known Griffs in Eastern Canada with close connections to outstanding French lineage, as follows:

PIPO

SAMANTHA

Lou's Sire - PIPO DE LA RIVIERE D'OE NAVHDA NA P-II (5/20/00), UT P-I (9/6/03)
{OFA-WG-1104G36M-PI M} SN84624401, CKC 1068973
NAVHDA GR-000699 3/25/1999
At the time Pipo was bred to Samantha, he was then owned by Steve Brodeur of Quebec.

Lou's Dam - SAMANTHA NAVHDA NA P-I (6/4/00), UT P-I (9/19/04)
{OFA-WG-1091G34F-PI F} JG596053 NAVHDA GR-000749 4/29/1999.
Samantha is FDX in Canada, has 4 NSTRA placements, received a placement
in CKC field open shooting dog trials, was the Quebec Griffon Of The Year
and she has won The Coupe Korthals twice.
Samantha is owned by Martin Gagnon of Quebec.

Litter Information & Pricing: These pups should be handsome (as Griffons
go) and it should be easy to develop their natural abilities to search, point, retrieve and track to
produce outstanding field performers. No less so, they should be ideal family dogs and cherished
companions. A $300 non-refundable deposit is required, and the deposit will be refunded only if
no healthy pup is available for sale at the time pups are ready to be delivered. The balance of
payment is due prior to shipment or pickup. Shipment, Transportation Certificates and Crating
costs are the expenses of the Buyer. With the considerable effort and expense to get Big and Lou
together and to provide for their ongoing good health and that of the pups, a considerable amount
of expense is in the offing. Pricing for limited registered pups from this litter is: $1,100 for
males and $1,500 for females, including the deposit.

All pups are sold with an AKC Limited Registration which prevents random future breeding and
permits this Kennel to support and promote ongoing Wirehaired Pointing Griffon excellence.
Pups may be purchased with future intent to breed or with an arrangement to have their dog
participate in the future of this kennel, provided that additional requirements are met and a kennel
agreement is made a part of the initial purchase. If spaying or neutering is desired, it is our strong
recommendation that the pup is at least one year old before the alteration is undertaken to allow
the full potential of the dog to develop first.

We reserve the absolute right to refuse sale to anyone, as only qualified homes may have these
pups. With nearly 60 prior placements into loving and caring homes as evidence, quality of
placement is our watchword. Recently, there has been some criticism of kennels deigning to treat
puppy sales as “a placement” or “adoption.” Certainly, we appreciate that puppies are not human
infants. But our expectations that the lives we nurture into existence become cared for and
cherished family members is still an important and very achievable goal - without which we
would not have a kennel.

FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT ANY LITTER

CONTACT:

Greg Curtis
PO Box 808
Choteau, MT 59422
406-466-2644
Email: earmtngriffons@gmail.com