Small Munsterlander Pointer Litters at Brush Dale Kennel

The current price for a Brush Dale puppy is $2000. We require a refundable* deposit of $500 to hold a puppy for you from a current or planned litter. If you want a puppy expected to whelp within the next six (6) months, we highly recommend you make your deposit at the same time you submit your Reservation. The deposit is refundable*, so long as you cancel no less than two weeks prior to Pick Day. Otherwise, your deposit will automatically be transferred to the next litter. The remaining balance is due when you pick up your puppy (plus 7% Iowa sales tax). If we meet you at the Moline International airport in Illinois (MLI), you will also be responsible for reimbursing us for fuel and parking costs.

VALUE-ADDED
When you purchase a puppy from Brush Dale Kennel, you not only get a healthy Small Munsterlander Pointer puppy who is up-to-date with vaccinations and worming - you get a lot more:

Microchipped with 15-digit International mini-chip;
3-year Health Guarantee (see below);
NAVHDA Registration & Pedigree;
50% Testing Fee Feimbursement for NAVHDA's Natural Ability Test or VHDF Hunting Aptitude Evaluation. We highly encourage you to "test" your puppy and we will help you in any way we can to prepare for the Test/Evaluation;
Training Assistance. We have nearly thirty years of experience training versatile hunting dogs;
Low-Cost Hunting. You may "scratch hunt" on open days at Brush Dale Hunting Preserve for the cost of birds taken. For regular, reserved hunts you will be charged the per bird price rather than the package price for birds released for your hunt. (Your guests will pay the regular package price.)
At-Cost Hunting and Training Events. We generally host one or two invitation-only, at-cost hunting/training events per year at Brush Dale for our puppy buyers. If you would like to meet a lot of Munsters of all ages/colors/sexes, attend the Small Munsterlander Fun Hunt held annually in March.
Discounts on Future Puppy Purchases. You will receive a 20% discount on the 2nd Brush Dale puppy you purchase, a 30% discount on the 3rd puppy and a 40% discount on the 4th puppy or more. (Discounts do not apply to imported puppies nor to started dogs/puppies.)
Pick Order Priority for future puppy purchases. Repeat buyers are placed ahead of first-time buyers in the Pick Order.
Friends and Family Discount. Friends and family you refer to Brush Dale Kennel will receive a 10% discount on their 1st puppy purchase.

HEALTH GUARANTEE
Brush Dale puppies come with a 3-year health guarantee:

If, within 5 business days of the puppy arriving at his/her new home, the puppy is determined to be in ill health by a licensed veterinarian, you may provide us with a copy of the veterinarian's invoice for services rendered and we will reimburse you up to $250 for the cost of medications and/or procedures recommended by your veterinarian to return your puppy to sound health. Alternatively, upon signed written diagnosis from your veterinarian, you may return your puppy to us for a full refund.
If, prior to one year of age, your puppy is diagnosed by a licensed veterinarian with a genetic illness or defect that will
1. prohibit him/her from hunting now or in the future;
2. significantly limit the amount of time per day he/she can hunt from what would be considered normal; and/or
3. cause his/her premature death
we will reimburse you in full, or replace your puppy with a puppy of the same sex from your choice of an upcoming litter, in your sole discretion.
If, between one year of age and three years of age, your puppy is diagnosed by a licensed veterinarian with a genetic illness or defect that will
1. prohibit him/her from hunting now or in the future;
2. significantly limit the amount of time per day he/she can hunt from what would be considered normal; and/or
3. cause his/her premature death
we will replace your puppy with a puppy of the same sex from your choice of an upcoming litter.

THE PICK ORDER
Making a deposit holds the next available puppy. Deposits are ordered by date and the date on which you made your deposit will determine whether or not you are able to get a puppy from the current litter. Many people submit their Reservation prior to making a deposit. It's not uncommon for a Reservation to be submitted a year or more prior to making a deposit. The Pick Order (order in which puppies are chosen on Pick Day) is determined by a combination of category order (see below) and reservation date.

This is the category order in which reservations are placed by date to create the Pick Order:

1) Bitch and/or Stud Owner Keeping a Breeding Puppy
2) Repeat Buyers of Breeding Puppies
3) Buyers of Breeding Puppies
4) Stud Owner Keeping a Non-Breeding Puppy
5) Repeat Buyers, Non-Breeders
6) Non-Breeders
7) Repeat Buyers, Non-Hunters
8) Non-Hunters

After puppies are born, buyers who made deposits are contacted to begin the process of determining the Pick Order. At that point, preferred litter and sex of puppy is taken into consideration. Someone may pass on a litter if there isn't a puppy of their preferred sex available. Someone may decide to take a puppy of a different sex from their initial preference. No one is ever locked into a puppy of a particular color. Buyers may select any available puppy of their reserved sex on Pick Day. Therefore, the more flexible you are about litter, sex and color, the sooner you are likely to get a puppy, especially if you aren't near the top of the Pick Order.

BREEDING-QUALITY PUPPIES
The Small Munsterlander breeding pool in the USA/Canada is very small. Although the Breed is not rare in the world, Small Munsterlanders are considered rare in the USA/Canada. For the integrity of the Breed to remain intact, a breeder must choose a Munster puppy with the very best physical structure and conformation, cooperative temperament and versatile hunting ability for their breeding programs. Brush Dale litters are evaluated at age 8 weeks for structure and conformation. Buyers intending to breed their puppies are sold those puppies determined to have the best physical structure, Breed conformation, and cooperative temperaments in the litter.

PREFERRED HOMES
We prefer to place our puppies in hunting homes and will only consider a non-hunting home if the puppy will receive regular off-lead, hunting-type activity such as regularly participating in activities that utilize his/her natural talents, such as hunt testing (e.g. NAVHDA, VHDF, UKC, AKC), ACK tracking, AKC Agility, AKC Obedience, or AKC Rally. Although Munsters are probably the best house dogs of all the versatile breeds, they were bred to work and need mental stimulation and regular physical activity for optimal health/happiness and to be calm household companions. Most importantly, Munsters require regular, off-lead exercise that includes the ability to hunt something. "Something" does not necessarily have to be game birds. Hunting, whether it be for furred or feathered game, requires the same basic skill-set. Therefore, it doesn't matter if your Munster is hunting ground squirrels, he will be using the same basic skills as if he were hunting pheasants. If you cannot take your Munster somewhere to run and hunt off-lead for at least 20 minutes, 4 days per week (approximately every other day), this is not the breed for you. Ninety percent (90%) of behavioral problems we see are completely resolved or helped tremendously by giving the dog more off-lead, hunting-type exercise.

MALE OR FEMALE?
We charge the same price for either sex, as they are equally good hunters and family companions. By Standard, there is just 2cm difference in height between males and females, so they are about the same size. However, males generally have an overall bigger build and usually weigh about 5 lbs more than females of the same height. It is absolutely untrue that females are better hunters, are easier to train, or are better with children. Actually, Munster males tend to do better with young children and are often easier to train than are females. Males are generally easy-going, openly affectionate, patient, wanting-to-please, sensitive and loyal. Since they are a little bigger than females, they tend to handle a youngster's rough housing in stride and are more capable of retrieving large waterfowl. Therefore, if you have young children or are going to use your Munster to retrieve waterfowl, we recommend you select a male puppy. Munster males have a temperament similar to GSP, Labrador and Golden Retriever females. Female Munsters are also very affectionate, cooperative, calm, and love people of all ages, but they may be more difficult to train. Females also tend to attach the most to one member of the family.

CHOOSING YOUR PUPPY
No matter how much we'd like there to be some scientific method of choosing the best puppy from a litter, there really isn't one. What constitutes the "best" puppy is extremely subjective and what becomes of a puppy is very much in the hands of its owner. So long as you are buying a properly socialized, healthy and well-structured puppy from a sound breeding by a reputable breeder, you will have the raw material for a great hunter and family companion. Our job as the breeder is to provide you with this raw material. Your job is to nurture, expose, socialize and train your puppy to be the best dog he/she can be.

HUNT TESTING YOUR PUPPY
We encourage you to prepare your puppy to take the NAVHDA Natural Ability Test or VHDF Hunting Aptitude Evaluation, even if you do not plan to breed him/her. These tests are designed to evaluate the success of a breeding and to provide information for making future breeding decisions. It is an important evaluation of a dog's natural hunting ability, especially if taken before twelve months of age. Most importantly, preparing for the Test helps develop a puppy into a good hunting companion. Puppies who are well-prepared to take these tests/evaluations are generally capable of doing a good job hunting for their owners during the following hunting season.

NAMING YOUR PUPPY
Your puppy's Registered Name will begin with the litter letter (for example, Brush Dale's Amazing Grace for an "AAA" Litter puppy, or Brush Dale's Beginners Luck for a "BBB" Litter puppy). We will be providing your puppy with her Registered Name when we register the litter following the sale of all puppies. Your puppy's Call Name can be anything you desire. The Call Name is what you call your puppy, what you use on vet records, etc. Usually, the Registered Name and Call Name have nothing in common. When choosing a Call Name for your puppy, think of names with one or two syllables beginning with a hard consonant that are easy to yell and don't sound too much like any command you will be using. For instance, if you use "Here" as your recall command, you would not want to call your puppy, "Hero."