Richard Matt's Breeding Goal

"My breeding goal is to provide to the average hunter, the gundog test handler and the GSP-afficionado a companionable and calm dog, as confident as performance-orientated.

To achieve this, my decisions are based on three cornerstones:

- Calmness and nerves of steel!

- Top performance coupled with a healthy degree of toughness!

- Outstanding quality, elegance and "the look of eagles"!

I largely meet that goal by continual line-breeding on the maternal side plus the introduction of outcross-bloodlines from the paternal side."

(Richard Matt)

Here, we provide some basic information about the "vom Moosbach" kennel in English. Should you have any questions, please contact the webmaster at editrix@editrixoffice.com.

An Overview of German Blood Tracking Tests

Tracking, both of game scent and blood, is a critical element in the philosophy of ethical hunting followed by the "Verband" and the clubs following its rules. No game ought to suffer or to be lost unnecessarily.

There are the Blood Tracking Test (VSwP) and the more recent Trackshoe Test (Verbandsfährtenschuhprüfung – VFSP). Each of these tests can be run in both the 20-hour and the 40-hour version. The track has either been laid 20 hours or 40 hours before the dog and handler attempt to follow it.

The VSwP is similar to the VGP blood track except that it is done over a longer distance (1,000 m as opposed to 400 m), the track has been aged longer (20 hours or 40 hours as opposed to 2-5 hours), and the same amount of blood (250 ml) is used despite the difference in distance.

The distinguishing feature of the VFSP is that only 100 ml of blood is used over 1,000 m, with much of the track being laid by fresh deer hooves that have been attached to the feet of the person laying the track.

A Brief Introduction to Our Bitches

The peerless Sandy KS vom Moosbach (Pia KS vom Moosbach x Xorro KS von der Hansaburg), b. March 7, 2001, D1, S1, Btr, Vbr, HN, VGPI (329 pts), V1 and CACIB at International Conformation shows (FCI) is the dam of the Z-, B- and C litter.
Sandy is not with us anymore.

At the 39th Dr.-Kleemann-Zuchtausleseprüfung 2010 at Zistersdorf (Austria), Richard Matt led both his two young bitches, Beatrix and Yasmin, to win a "KS" suffix to their names.



Beatrix KS vom Moosbach (Amor vom Hirschenacker x Sandy KS vom Moosbach)Beatrix' performance: D1, S1, HN, Vbr, Btr, VGP 1a, 345 pts with overnight track and "Bringselverweisen" at 18 months. Conformation: V1 and CACIB at FCI standard.




Yasmin KS vom Moosbach (Uno KS vom Moosbach x Adda von der Sagterhöhe)Yasmin's performance: D1, S1, Btr, Vbr, HN, VGP1 - 322 pts. Conformation: V1, BOB and CACIB at FCI standard.




Adda von der Sagterhöhe (D1 S1 VGP2 HN V) is the dam of the Y-litter by Uno KS vom Moosbach. Two dogs from the Y-litter, Yasmin and Yankee, won a "KS" suffix to their names.
Adda is not with us anymore.

Glossary of German Terms

The following information may be helpful to understand the marks following a dog's name:

Performance tests and marks:

D = Derby
The test for young dogs born after the first of October of the year before last, held only in spring. It is an appraisal of the dog's natural, inherited pointing performance. In a dog's description, there is a "D" followed by a number, which stands for a 1st, 2nd or 3rd prize, with 1 being the highest and 3 the lowest mark.

* = Andreasstern
Tracking a hare is not part of the Derby test. If a dog, however, happens to come across a hare during the test and shows excellent work on its track, it will be awarded an Andreasstern. However, this has no influence on the result of the test.

VJP = Verbandsjugendprüfung
The VJP is the test for young dogs of the national gundog breed club association, the umbrella organisation for gundog testing, the JGHV, short: "Verband" and roughly the equivalent of a Derby. It includes hare tracking. Here, the dogs are not awarded a "prize", but a score that is shown as a suffix of the "VJP", for example "VJP 65".