Awards & Achievements
Not just a brag, not just a stepping stone to a higher title, not just an adjunct to competitive scores, a title is a tribute to the dog that bears it, a way to honor the dog, an ultimate memorial. It will remain in the record and in memory for as long as anything in this world can remain. Few humans will do as well or better in that regard.
And although the dog itself doesn’t know or care that its achievements have been noted, a title says many things in the world of humans, where such things count.
A title says your dog was intelligent and adaptable, and good-natured. It says that your dog loved you enough to do things that please you, however crazy they may have sometimes seemed.
And a title says that you loved your dog, that you loved to spend time with it because it was a good dog, that you believed in it enough to give it yet another chance when it failed, and that, in the end, your faith was justified.
- Susan Mowery
Why Title a Dog?
JGHV Testing Awards Earned
JGHV Plaque for Handlers - 2023
Awarded to handlers who have successfully trained and handled 5 VGP Prize I dogs
JGHV Plaque for Breeders - 2018
Awarded to breeders who have produced 5 VGP Prize I dogs from their kennel
DL-GNA Master Trainer - Silver Level - 2017
Awarded to a trainer/handler who has passed at least 5 DLs through the VGP
DL-GNA Master Trainer - Bronze Level - 2014
Awarded to a trainer/handler who has passed at least 3 DLs through the VGP
Publications/Podcasts
- The Accidental Bird Dog Podcast - JGHV Testing: The VGP Test - March 27th, 2024
- Verein Deutsch Drahthaar - Group North America Newsletter - Liesel’s Journey to the Armbruster…and Beyond - Fall 2022
- Hunting Dog Confidential Magazine - Tribute to a Bobwhite Quail - Issue 3.1, Spring 2022
- Project Upland Magazine - How It Started - Issue 4.1, Spring 2022
- German Versatile Hunting Dog Files Podcast - Fall Breed Tests (Part 1): Judge's Perspective - July 15th, 2021
- Hunting Dog Confidential Magazine - The System that Built the Breed: JGHV and the Deutsch Langhaar - Issue 2.1, Spring 2021
- Bird Dog Babe Podcast - Improving Your Odds Through Testing - November 2020
- Covey Rise Magazine - Rare and Rising: Deutsch Langhaars - February/March 2020 Issue
- The Hunting Dog Podcast - The German Longhaired Pointer - February 2018
- Gun Dog Magazine - Germany's Handsome Hunter - December 2015/January 2016 Issue
- Gun Dog Magazine - In Hot Pursuit - November 2011 Issue
- Pointing Dogs Volume One: The Continentals by Craig Koshyk - Book Published in 2011
- The Pointing Dog Journal - Longhaired Versatile Pointing Breeds - November/December 2008 Issue
- The Versatile Hunting Dog Magazine - My Once in a Lifetime Dog - October 2008 Issue
Awards/Achievements with Deutsch Drahthaars
Liesel vom Cohansey ("Liesel"):
HZP Suchensieger - 2022
1st Place Winner of the VDD-GNA International Armbruster HZP – 2022
VGP Suchensieger - 2022
NA-JGV VGP High Score Award - 2022
Alivia vom Prairie-Flusstal ("Livvy"):
VGP Suchensieger - 2024
Awards/Achievements with Deutsch Langhaars
Cora vom Illertal ("Kaylee"):
HZP Suchensieger - 2007
Highest Scoring DL in a HZP (190 points) in North America - 2007
Best Looking Female at the 2010 DL-GNA Breed Show
Breed Certification Award – 2010
Prize 1s in the NAVHDA NA and NAVHDA UT - 2006 and 2008
1st DL to earn a VGP Prize I and a NAVHDA UT Prize I
"A” Litter Earned a Hip Evaluation Award - 2012
“A” Litter Earned a VJP Performance Award - 2012
"B" Litter Earned a Hip Evaluation Award - 2013
"B" Litter Earned a VJP Performance Award - 2013
"B" Litter Earned a HZP Performance Award - 2013
"B" Litter Earned a VGP Performance Award - 2014
DL-GNA Breed Advancement Award - 2013
Oilleli von der Schmiede ("Elli"):
VJP Suchensieger - 2011
HZP Suchensieger (at 11 months of age) - 2010
2010 DL-GNA HZP Challenge Award
2011 DL-GNA VJP Challenge Award
Breed Certification Award – 2011
Youngest DL to pass the VGP in North America (until her son passed the VGP in 2016 at 18 months of age) - 2011
2nd DL to earn a VGP Prize and a NAVHDA UT Prize I (both at under 2 years of age) - 2011
Prize 1s in the NAVHDA NA and NAVHDA UT - 2010 and 2011
"C" Litter Earned a Hip Evaluation Award - 2013
"C" Litter Earned a VJP Performance Award - 2013
"D" Litter Earned a Hip Evaluation Award - 2014
"H" Litter Earned a VJP Performance Award - 2016
"H" Litter Earned a Hip Evaluation Award - 2017
"H" Litter Earned a VGP Performance Award - 2017
DL-GNA Breed Advancement Award - 2017
VC Bianca vom Coraschatten ("Bianca"):
2013 DL-GNA VJP Challenge Award
Breed Certification Award – 2013
VGP Suchensieger - 2014
4Hs in Use of Nose and Search at the VGP - 2014
1st DL in North America to complete Totverweisen at the VGP - 2014
Highest Scoring DL in a VGP in North America (324 points, Prize I Totverweiser) - 2014
2014 DL-GNA VGP Challenge Award
1st DL to earn a VGP Prize I and a NAVHDA Versatile Champion Title - 2013 and 2014
Prize 1s in the NAVHDA NA and NAVHDA UT - 2012
2nd Youngest Dog (all breeds) in NAVHDA history to earn a UT Prize I - 2012
2012 Handler of the Year Award (Northcentral WI NAVHDA award presented to Cortney/Bianca)
First Deutsch Langhaar to pass the NAVHDA Invitational - 2013
2nd Youngest Dog (all breeds) in NAVHDA history to earn the title of Versatile Champion - 2013
2013 Dog of the Year Award (Northcentral Wisconsin NAVHDA Chapter)
"F" Litter Earned a VJP Performance Award - 2015
DL-GNA Breed Advancement Award - 2016
Levis vom Veybach ("Luke"):
HZP Suchensieger - 2017
VGP Suchensieger - 2017
Breed Certification Award - 2017
Best Looking Male at the 2018 Breed Show
2019 DL-GNA VGP Challenge Award
Benelli vom Hunter's Shadow ("Bene"):
Breed Certification Award - 2022
Maizey vom Coraschatten ("Maizey"):
Youngest DL to pass the VGP in North America (Prize II at 15 months of age) - 2020
HZP Suchensieger - 2020
VGP Suchensieger - 2020
