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Spiegel Bird Dogs

Expected Spring 2023

Piper x Gauge

We are tremendously excited about this litter between Piper and Gauge.

Piper’s puppies are backed by champions!

A Brittany with any one of these bloodlines is special. Piper’s puppies are backed by three of the best bird dogs in history: Peter Gunn “Pete," High Hopes Dark Nite “Joe,” and Magnum High Velocity “Gauge.” 

Brittany pointing a bird

Piper's Heritage Includes

​NGDC NAGDC FC AFC Peter Gunn - “Pete”

2009 National Gun Dog Champion
2009 National Amateur Gun Dog Champion

4x American Field Champion

AKC Field Champion
AKC Amateur Field Champion

2010 National Magnums Masked Man Award

2012 tri-tronic shooting dog of the year

 

Pete was the first dog to hold both the National Open and the National Amateur Gun Dog Championship titles, and he did it in the same year! (more about Pete here)

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2x NGDC/NAGDC/DC/AFC High Hopes Dark Nite - “Joe”

2013 National Gun Dog Champion

2014 National Gun Dog Champion

2017 National Amateur Gun Dog Champion

 

Joe is the second Brittany ever to win both the NGDC and NAGDC--the first being Peter Gunn.

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Magnum High Velocity - Gauge (Sire)

NAGDC NGDC NWGDC NAWGDC GFC2 GAFC3 FC AFC Magnum High Velocity “Gauge”

Four-time National Champion:

2017 National Open Gun Dog Champion

2019 National Amateur Walking Gun Dog Champion

2019 National Open Walking Gun Dog Champion

2020 National Amateur Walking Gun Dog Champion

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Five-time Magnum’s Masked Man Award (top Gun Dog in the country) 2017 - 2021

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Other placements in the championship:

2017 National Amateur Gun Dog Championship 3rd

2019 National Amateur Gun Dog Championship 4th

2021 National Open Walking Gun Dog Champion- Runner-up Champion

2021 National Amateur Walking Gun Dog Championship 3rd

2021 National Open Gun Dog Championship 4th (65 entries)

Guage on the cover of The American Brittany
Brittany retrieving a bird

PIPER

Romence's Kaila's Girl Piper MH - AKC Certified Pedigree

GAUGE

Brittany blaze
AKC Certified Pedigree - Magnum High Velocity
Brittany National Championship trophy

National Champion

Here Guage is showing off his National trophy.

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Gauge made the cover of The American Brittany three times.  

Piper's Wins

In the fall 2022, I entered Piper in six AKC Master Hunt tests. She passed five of the tests and became an AKC Master Hunter. The first Master Hunt test Piper did in fall 2022, she scored all 8s. On her second test, she scored 9 – Hunting, 9 – Bird Finding Ability, 10 – Pointing, 9 – Trainability, 9-Retrieving, 9- Honoring. During that test, Piper's brace mate needed an honor. Piper pointed a quail
from about 15 feet away and held steady.

 

While waiting for the brace mate to come around, the quail volunteered (Piper did not move a single paw). Because the brace mate would need to honor through a retrieve by Piper, the judge asked if he could throw down a dead bird in front of Piper. Little did I know he would THROW the bird hard right in front of Piper. She did not move a paw. Next, the judge came back again and said we have a live bird now, so he's going to pick up that dead one and put a live bird in its place. Piper stayed steady, not moving a paw.

 

Finally, the brace mate came around and stole Piper's point,  establishing his own point one foot from the bird. The judge said to flush the bird.


So I went in and flushed the quail. The brace mate broke and chased the quail at full speed. Piper still has not moved a single paw! I told Piper, “gone away” and Piper heeled away at my side. That point was truly special and earned Piper a 10.

AKC Hunt Test results

In Piper’s third test, she scored four 8s and two 7s. Piper’s fourth test, she scored all 9s. Piper peaked a hill during her fourth test and saw her brace mate on point. Piper instantly froze without taking a single step and focused on her honor. She was about 45 yards from the dog pointing; it appeared to be a perfect honor to me, but she only scored a 9. On the fifth test, Piper broke on the shot. She had not made that mistake in a long time, but somehow she thought she was sent to retrieve it. Oh well, DQ on that test.

 

On the sixth test, Piper scored five 8s and one 9. The gunner of that run gave me his contact information and said he wanted a puppy out of Piper. A genuine compliment knowing AKC hunt test gunners see hundreds of dogs run. Piper worked hard in training, and I was proud of her performance and outstanding scores.

Brittanys are natural retrievers

Piper

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