. Bird dogs in sport and conservation. Bird dogs; Dogs. ^•y ^V;-'^. The Weimaraner was developed by German nobles as an all-around hunting dog and as a companion. Weimaraners serve as hunters, retrievers, and trailers, and they excel in obedience tests. It is little wonder, then, that the selected stock that was finally permitted to come to the United States was able to produce young- sters that have made good in all fields in which they were intro- duced. "In general, the same breeding and guardianship of the breed established in Germany has been continued in America," Baird writes.
. Bird dogs in sport and conservation. Bird dogs; Dogs. ^•y ^V;-'^. The Weimaraner was developed by German nobles as an all-around hunting dog and as a companion. Weimaraners serve as hunters, retrievers, and trailers, and they excel in obedience tests. It is little wonder, then, that the selected stock that was finally permitted to come to the United States was able to produce young- sters that have made good in all fields in which they were intro- duced. "In general, the same breeding and guardianship of the breed established in Germany has been continued in America," Baird writes. 'There were never over 1,500 Weimaraners in all of Germany because of this strict breeding program. According to a report in 1947 at the annual meeting of the Weimaraner Club of America, there were only 200 of the breed scattered from coast to coast. And this strict-breeding policy pays off in that those permitted to buy any of the stock can be sure of getting a dog who will fulfill their ; In 1929, Howard Knight, a sportsman from Providence, Rhode Island, was admitted into the Weimaraner Club in Ger- many and brought over the first two Weimaraners to be seen in the United States. Subsequently he imported six other top speci- mens, which, with the first two, became the foundation stock Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Yeatter, Ralph Emerson, 1896-. Urbana
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