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About The VCDKK (Vereinigter CanAm Deutsch Kurzhaar Club)
Many friends of the hunting Deutsch Kurzhaar (DK) in North American and Germany, including breeders, owners and versatile hunting dog judges expressed an interest in forming a Deutsch Kurzhaar club that would exclusively embrace the German traditions of breed purity and testing. To that end in December of 2006 a Deutsch Kurzhaar Breed Club was established that exemplifies the spirit and intent of the German breeding and testing system for the Deutsch Kurzhaar.

The VCDKK is the ONLY Deutsch Kurzhaar Club in North America that truly exemplifies and embraces the spirit and intent of a performance based breeding system. While other North American Kurzhaar clubs and some Kurzhaar breeders may express an allegiance to the German performance based breeding system of the DKV, It is a fact that many participate in unrestricted breeding of untested dogs of other registrations.

Members and breeders of the VCDKK hold the Deutsch Kurzhaar breed in the highest esteem as evidenced by their adherence to breeding restrictions that are part of the VCDKK bylaws and are strictly enforced. We are the only Deutsch Kurzhaar club in North America that does not practice and condone unrestricted breeding to untested Kurzhaars, and in some cases German Shorthaired Pointers (GSP’s) that are now considered by many to be a completely different breed from the versatile hunting Kurzhaar.

The focus of the VCDKK is to promote the Deutsch Kurzhaar (DK) through proven and established performance testing and breeding practices in order to preserve the integrity of one of the worlds’ premier versatile hunting companions.

Under the umbrella of the DKV, the VCDKK adheres and abides by the strict testing rules of the Jagdgebrauchshundverband e. V. (JGHV) and has drafted by-laws that reflect and emphasize breeding regulations and practices that are important to the consistent development of a capable and biddable versatile hunting dog. A copy of those bylaws is available on this website and at the VCDKK website: www.canamdk.com

The VCDKK executive board and many VCDKK members have years of experience and a broad spectrum of knowledge with respect to the training, testing and hunting of the DK. Many of them are intimately familiar with and practice the breeding strategies that have successfully evolved the versatile hunting Deutsch Kurzhaar.

The VCDKK welcomes hunters who are experienced DK supporters and novice members alike. In fact, If you are a licensed hunter who wishes to support our breed you are welcome in the VCDKK. The VCDDK prides itself on making every effort to aid its members by offering as many training and testing opportunities as possible.
The versatile hunting DK is our pride and our passion and we will make every effort to maintain the true versatility of the DK breed. In addition we steadfastly abide by the time tested and proven performance testing program of the DKV. The VCDKK follows the letter the well established German testing and breeding system that is intended to consistently produce the most capable versatile hunting companion that any serious hunter would be proud to live with and hunt by.

BENEFITS OF VCDKK MEMBERSHIP

• All VCDKK members receive a quarterly New Letter, The Versatell, that contains interesting and useful kurzhaar related information including articles about training and hunting, meeting and event announcements, Performance test results, executive board reports, current info from our German DK friends and the DKV, the latest dog health and informational articles and photos of Deutsch Kurzhaars’ doing what they do best – hunting!

· Contact with real world hunters that are experience versatile hunting kurzhaar trainers as well as ethical experienced Deutsch Kurzhaar breeders;

· Access to club merchandise, published club literature;

• Access to the Members Pages of  what we believe is the best Deutsch Kurzhaar Website available where all club related announcements, kurzhaar testing schedules, test results, news letters, articles, kurzhaar photos, members roster and important documents can be found;

· Electronic copies of by-laws;

· A VCDKK Logo decal;

· Voting privileges and easy access to all board members;

• Opportunities to have your DK related articles published in the official VCDKK News Letter;

• Opportunities to meet versatile hunting dog owners of other versatile breeds affiliated with the JGHV;

· Access to the German breed club's Magazine in the German language “The Kurzhaar Blatter”;

· A open invitation to all VCDKK, DKV and JGHV sponsored events including, club meetings, tests and training seminars;

• An opportunity to apply to be a DKV performance test judge;

·  Most importantly, you will belong to a versatile hunting Kurzhaar club in which all members provide a nurturing supportive learning environment to both the novice and the experienced versatile hunting dog owner.
You will have access to years of training and breeding experience and advice from real world hunters who have personally trained and hunted over the amazing Deutsch Kurzhaar. Every effort will be made to help you and your dog become successful within the VCDKK performance based testing and breeding system.

For more information about the VCDKK and a printable membership application, visit
http://www.VCDKK.org
     If you have questions regarding the VCDKK, the Deutsch Kurzhaar, training testing or any related topic please do not hesitate to contact me at vectortfl@gmail.com

In addition to the VCDKK I also belong to the Verien Deutsch Drahthaar Group North America (VDD-GNA) commonly referred to by Kurzhaar owners as the DD Group. The DD group functions under the umbrella of the JGHV and emphasizes and protects breed purity and the German performance based breeding system.
I have found that the DD folks are a great group of family oriented people and are very willing to offer assistance to those Deutsch Kurzhaar owners that are dedicated to the German performance based breeding and testing system. In fact many of the Drahthaar test formats are identical to that for the Kurzhaar and may be substituted for some of the test required by the DKV for the Deutsch Kurzhaar.
For that reason I have included a link to the VDD-GNA on this website and listed the names of DD breeders that I know and trust. The benefits of belonging to the VDD-GNA are similar to those listed for the VCDKK along with an expanded array of training and testing opportunities. It is to the advantage of any Deutsch Kurzhaar owner to belong to both the VCDKK and the VDD-GNA so I recommend and encourage membership in both groups.