As we wait for the day Finley will be bred (just days away) it seems fitting that all of nature is coming to life at Norling Rise.  Xupe flushed a wild turkey up into a tree this morning and then flushed him again from the treetop out into the marsh.  I flushed a few pheasant as I walked a tree line this morning.  Ducks, geese and migrating birds were audible throughout the day.

And just now, as I was beginning this post, I noticed three wild turkeys moving slowly around the pond out our sunroom window.  Finley, who had been snuggling next to me, took notice when I got up to catch a photo of them, and she watched them intently before dashing out to get a closer look.  Never a dull moment around here.

As of last night, Finley von Herrenhausen is “in season.”  We expect her to be bred in about 7-9 days.  Calculating out 63 days from then suggests that the puppies could arrive on June 3rd, give or take a day or two. We’ll be sure to post after the breeding has taken place.

That’s mama Finley, with our Xupe, from her first litter.

Forest, Norling Rise’s Juniper Berry, from our “B” litter, just became an AKC Junior Hunter. His person sent this great shot of him on point during one of the four legs he had to complete.  Touché Forest!

Edgar (“Norling Rise’s Loganberry”, from our “B” litter) lives in Wisconsin. We recently received this update from Edgar’s people…

We are pleased to announce that we will be breeding our female, Finley von Herrenhausen (left) to Simon von Herrenhausen (right) in just a few weeks.  Both are purebred Korthals Griffons, both are International Champions, both are AKC Junior Hunters and both earned NAVHDA Prize 1’s for Natural Ability.

There’s a lot about Finley throughout this website.  Here’s a bit more info about Simon:

To view Simon’s pedigree more closely, visit the data base on the Herrenhausen website:

http://www.herrenhausensportingdogs.com/cgi-bin/geneal.plop=tree&index=15201&gens=5&db=griffon.dbw