NA-JGV 2023 Annual Meeting

Leonard Chase Bio –

• Joined VDD-GNA in 1991 and has been a member for 30 + years.
• Established vom Hetzenhof kennel in 19
• Has run 11 VGP’ S with most of the blood tracks being overnight tracks, which are at least 14 hours old.
• Has completed four -20 hour tracks which are 1000 meters long (5/8 of a mile), plus one -40 hour track.
• Became a VR judge in 1995,
• Became a SWvR judge in 2002  after apprenticing with Joerg Tabel.
• Since becoming a blood tracking judge I acquired a library of tracking books, videos and knowledge from others in the organization.

Jeff Henke Bio – 

In 1970, when I was 11 years old, I started doing chores for a neighbor that had German Wirehaired Pointers. I spent a great deal of time with him, training, helping whelp puppies, etc. I got my first wirehair, Tailor, from him soon after that.

In the following years I owned and hunted over 2 more GWPs.

In 1988, with the last AKC wirehair I had, I got involved with the Hawkeye Chapter of NAVHDA and met some people with Deutsch Drahthaars. In 1990, I got my first German Registered dog, Moses vom Wildrucken. Though our testing never advanced past Natural Ability in both NAVHDA and the JGHV, we hunted a lot. Mose passed away in July 2001.

In 2002, I imported Ebba vom Drostenberg from Germany and got very involved in training for VDD and NAVHDA tests. We ran all the tests we could, including VGP, 20 and 40 hr blood tracks, BTR and NAVHDA Utility. In 2004, I got the kennel name ‘vom Entenmoor’, which translates to ‘from Ducks Marsh. To date vom Entenmoor has produced 35 litters which all go back to Ebbi, we have trained and tested many of the pups we’ve produced. We host training days and tests at our property.

Bobbi and I are currently members of the VDD-GNA Heartland Chapter, NA-JGV, NADKC, and NAVHDA.  We both serve as officers for Illowa NAVHDA, and I’m Director of Testing for NA-JGV. I’ve been a JGHV judge since 2007 and Blood track judge since 2010. 

Cortney Schaefer Bio – 

I grew up in Nebraska and have been bird hunting since before I could carry a gun, although we never owned any hunting dogs while I was growing up.  I work as a wildlife biologist and I got my first German-bred dog in 2005.  I have successfully trained/handled 10 dogs through the VJP/Corona Specialty Tracking Test, 12 dogs through the HZP, and 9 dogs through the VGP.  I have also successfully trained/handled dogs through the NAVHDA NA, UT, and IT.  I have been a JGHV Performance Judge since 2013 and am currently an apprentice Breed Show Judge.  

In the past, I served as the DL-GNA Breed Warden for 10 years, and the DL-GNA Director of Testing for 8 years. I am currently serving as the DL-GNA Director of Judge Development, in addition to being a member of a few different VDD-GNA committees.  I have waterfowl hunted a lot in the past, but I am primarily an upland bird hunter now, in addition to recovering a handful of deer each year.