Veery traces back to our first pair of LMs imported to Sunnynook Kennel over 30 years ago. On the Sunnynook side of the pedigree, over 80% of Veery's ancestors have been tested at both puppy and hunting levels and have passed a conformation test.
Veery herself is a one-person dog, eager to please her master, but slow to warm up to strangers. Her temperament tends to be on the active side, and at times overly cautious in novel situations. When hunting, she has a one-track mind, and can be uncharacteristically strong willed. Veery has been field tested at three levels including one of the most demanding versatile dog tests North America has to offer, VHDF's Performance Evaluation.
Given Veery's capable but complicated temperament, we have chosen as her mate the least flappable male we know. SaskElkana's Bones is the calm workhorse personified. He has proven so not only with his hunt-aholic owner but also on arms-length tests with trained judges. In all of the 20 different field-test tasks, of which Veery did 18, Bones completed them if not with prancing showiness, then with a working dog's solid purpose and ability.
Both Veery and Bones live up to the name "Large" Munsterlander and we expect the puppies to fall in the upper half of the LM's size standard. Both are healthy, apart from minor ailments at times. Veery went lame for a time as a pup, which we attribute to strain on a shoulder from her obsessive butterfly hunting – one would think a pup would soon catch all the butterflies and it'd be over. Not so, those cabbage butterflies are surprisingly nimble in the air. Veery kept twisting in the air and pounding her joints, without giving up. Bones and Veery are HD-free with hips rated Excellent. Veery is also certified free of Elbow dysplasia.
Bones had sired 4 litters previously, two of which have received Progeny Performance Awards. Sunnynook's Y-litter will be Veery's first.
Veery is shown on the right. Photo by Craig Koshyk.
