The 14th International Armbruster was another success for GNA. The Big Rivers Chapter was very well represented by good dogs, good people, and good judges. Here is the list of handlers and dogs from our chapter that participated in this years competition. Hats off to all that put in the time to train the dogs and make the long journey to Utah. 12th place: Chris Fender with Andee vom FENCO (awarded most beau

Join us for the Big Rivers Chapter Meeting in Bentonville, Arkansas April 10-12, 2015 click on the link below for registration details VDDGNABRC 2015 Annual Meeting  

UPCOMING BREEDSHOW When: April 11 Where: Bentonville, Arkansas Who to contact: Test Director & Test Coordinator: Kevin Sherrodd Include your email with your entry. Event is in Conjunction with BRC Annual Meeting contact Kevin at: [email protected]    

HZP’s 17-18 Oct 2015 Big Rivers Giddings, TX Private Grounds TD: Brandt Hardy 1914 Pericles St. Baton Rouge, LA 70808 225-252-2195 [email protected] TC: Sean Hicks 512-423-6021 [email protected] w/o hare track Shoot Bird: No   VGP’s 17-18 Oct 2015 Big Rivers Excello, MO Peyton Farm and Private Grounds TD: Gary Peyton 37721 Mallard Ave. Excello, MO 65247 660-651-0869 [email protected] T

  Follow the link under “upcoming events” at the bottom of the page for more details: Buffalo, TX HZP 2014  

To win a chapter award is a very special and significant achievement. Every year at the Chapter meeting we acknowledge individal members and their dogs for top VJP, HZP, and VGP scores. To win one of these awards you must be a member of the Big Rivers Chapter, as well as train & handle your own dog. We also give out a chapter wide “top water dog” trophy called the Mesquite award. Th

Day 1 Lobo v.d. Feldblumenwiese - Kraig Stemme - 69 Andice vom Hugelland - Sean Hicks - 72 Gitta vom rotten Fluss - Brandt Hardy - 68 Lynx v.d. Feldblumenwiese - Tammy Casa - 69 Tina vom Erthal - Charlie Martinez - 63 Day 2 Sulphur Springs VJP Ames vom Hugelland -Curtis Cox -67 Atz vom Hugelland - Brad Bouldin - 70 Ludwig v.d. Feldblumenwiese &

Friday 6:30 - 9:30 Mike Schell Saturday 7:30 Meet at Ranch to discuss the day’s events 8:00-12:00 Chukar Challenge 8:00-10:00 Armbruster Pre-evals 10:00 -11:00 force fetch seminar 8:00 -2:00 Intro to JGHV LUNCH Hamburgers, chips and drinks available for lunch - cost will be $10 per person 1:00-3:00 Mike Shell Seminar on Test Readiness and Testi

CVathage, MO Day One Eric Toribio Vella vom Elderbach 67 Scott Tumey Volker vom Elderbach 57 Eric Toribio Bella vom Rienberg 65 Kevin Keown Bocephus vom Konig-Haus 60 Day Two Bethany King Brynna vom Konig-Haus 67 Timmy Plaster Venus vom Elderba

    Sulphur Springs, TX Day 1 Haraldur Karlsson Cliff vom Fussdamm 69 Dwayne cordell Bea v.d. Jaegerlateinhuette 67 Ruben Saavedra Bogart vom Jager Wald 65 Damon Juneau Benelli vom York Haus 59 Justin

2015 Big Rivers Training Days May 2 - Carthage, MO (Bethany King) [email protected] May 16 - Excello, MO (Gary Peyton) [email protected] May 23 - Giddings, TX (Sean Hicks) [email protected] June 13 - Carthage, MO (Bethany King) [email protected] June 20 - Excello, MO (Gary Peyton) [email protected] June 27 - Craig, MO (Rhonda Wiley) [email protected]

Giddings, TX Apollo vom Natohaus 184 Josh Stephens Pheonix II vom Jagdkonig 168 Randy Hensley Marly vom Wasatch 160 Mike Bunny Katja vom Wendigjager not passed Allen Asherin Sonja vom Orion

Shreveport, LA Gusto vom Sendero 183 Tammy Casa Utz III vom Kervinshof 179 Steven Beam Auburn v.den Knight Tails 179 Matt Martin Toska vom Elderbach 178 Paul Ebisch Amos vom Konig-haus 169 Kevin Keown Franz v.den Briarwoods 167 James Troy L

Huntsville, MO Sean Hicks Alice v. Warner Prize III 296TF Rob Lambert Axel v. Fisherhaus Prize III 244TF Adam Ratcliffe Grizzly v.d. Feldblumenwiese No Prize   Sulphur Springs, TX Chris Fender Fusco vom Sendero Prize I 310TF Matt Preston Fochado vom Sendero Prize I 308TF Dan Brown Fresca vom Sendero Prize III 247TF   West Columbia

Greetings all, I would just like to take a brief moment and extended our best wishes to BRC members representing our chapter in the 2012 Armbruster. The Big Rivers Chapter will be well represented by some outstanding handlers and even more impressive dogs. We wish all members the best of luck and as always, thank you for putting the time and dedication into your DD for this wonderful event. Best of luck, Christ

Big Rivers Chapter Spring 2012 Update Greetings All Spring has hit a month early in most places within the Big Rivers Chapter. Our testing season is over, and annual meeting is right upon us. I wanted to give you a short update so that y’all would have an idea what’s going on within the chapter. Our testing season went very well with all three of our VJPs this year in new locations with tests in Carthage, M

King Farm VJP - Carthage, MO Utz III vom Kervinshof Steve Beam 75 Bolton vom Mightymo Kathy Austin 70 Anna vom König-Haus Jim Wion 70 Ariana vom König-Haus Rhonda Wiley 69 Otto vom tapferen Herzen Trent Knight 68 Toska vom Elderbach Paul Ebish 67 Amos vom König-Haus Kevin Keown 64 Blitz vom Coldwater Canyon David Ross 62 Click Here for pictures Brown Farm VJP - Sulphur Springs, TX

Greetings All We are working down to the very end of our hunting seasons within BRC. Testing season is upon us. Here are some other things of note. Recent Events Paul Belding About 2 weeks ago, the land owner of our VJP test grounds in in Weatherford TX passed away after a short illness. I did speak to Mr. Belding while he was in the hospital and he knew his condition was grave. Even at that point in his illness,

Greetings All We are in the midst of final details in putting together the 2011 Armbruster, that the BRC is hosting in Shreveport Louisiana. It is an exciting time for our chapter and could not be done without lots of volunteer help. We anticipate an exciting test, wonderful social time and a very enjoyable conclusion to a great deal of work. It’s a great celebration for the Deutsch-Drahthaar breed and GNA me

Greetings All I hope your summer has been going well, and your DD training for the Fall is ahead of schedule. We have been very busy this summer, and I wanted to share some of the highlights. Armbruster 2011 Preparations The planning is done except for a few final details. Our Test Director, Cal Bambrough (UT), has been busy getting the test sites approved and the judges lined up. This is going to be a wonderful ev

BRC VJP scores are below. Congratulations to all handlers and dogs. Time to get ready for your upcoming HZP! Dog Score Handler Fusco vom Sendero 75 Christopher Fender Akasha vom Mightymo 74 Robert Norris Sonja vom Kervinshof 72 Linn Nightingale Uri vom Wiredhaus 71 Zane Brown Fiero vom Sendero 71 Zane Brown Cora vom Red-Rock 71 Preston DeWolf Briley vom Mesquite 71 Tammy Casa Federica vom Sender

We have a full schedule planned for you, your family and your DD for the weekend. Please plan on attending to participate in a seminar or two, enter the Breed Show and see the Armbruster Test grounds first hand. Yes, we will have one of our fun auctions again this year. Please donate your items through Chad Crissup. Mark Crowder we want an item donated from you this time since you win all the big prizes an

Leonard Baker has stepped down from both roles primarily due to increased responsibilities with JGV-USA. We want to thank Leonard for his time of service. The BRC Board acted quickly by securing experienced leadership to fill the vacancies. Jim Wion has stepped into the role of BRC Director of Testing on an interim basis. Additionally, Cal Bambrough - Utah, has agreed to be the Test Director for the