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Show Eight Rare Puppies Make Debut into Dogdom; First Such Birth in City i Springville has another first, this time a litter of eight rare puppies, the first such birth in Springville and the third in Utah county. Proud owner is Dr. Blake Gam-mell, Gam-mell, 436 Brookside Drive. Known by the German name of Weimaraner, the mother dog is a rare species and is one of only about 2000 such dogs in the United States. The Weimaraner originated in Weimar, Germany, now in the Poizzian zone. The earliest date recorded in the history of the development dev-elopment of the breed was in 1810. For many years, no dogs were allowed to leave the country. They were raised by sportsmen for their own pleasure, as companion hunting hunt-ing dogs and the breed was never commercialized. The dogs have been used in Germany Ger-many for hunting stag and wild boar as well as upland game. They are dogs with courage, a keen nose and a sharpe eye; are reliable on warm and cold scent, obedient to recall under all conditions and ready to take to water when ncc-esary. ncc-esary. In 1941, a Weimaraner club was formed in America with 200 members mem-bers and through the organization the pure-bred dogs have been produced. pro-duced. They are grayish color, rather large when full-grown and have at times because of their keen sense of smell, been used in locating missing persons. |
