The Sunnynook Tradition, Through the Generations
Joe & Sheila Schmutz, R.R. 2 Site 202 Box 123, Saskatoon, SK Canada S7K 3J5
This webpage was last updated on January 27, 2025 by Sheila Schmutz
An occasional information bulletin for Sunnynook dog owners
The ancestry chart shown above, depicts the 3 lines of LMs at Sunnynook Kennel, beginning with our two original imports from Germany and their first litter in 1977. The mating lines and offspring lines are in orange. Those orange lines connect all the way down to our L2 litter born January 12, 2025.
On the left is a section with blue lines. This group begins with Snowy Oaks Egret who was conceived in Germany but born in the US. We mated her to a German import, owned by others, and had a litter from them in 1994, the J Litter. This line continued through to Sunnynook's Gannet, who still lives at Sunnynook. Gannet has not yet had a litter but her brother, Sunnynook's Gustav lives in Idaho and has sired two of litters at Eagle Rock Kennel.
Finally there is a small section with green lines at the bottom left. We imported Krokus von Kleinenkneten who still lives at Sunnynook and Aiko von Sundorph who lives with friends in Saskatoon. They had a litter together in 2022, the J2 litter. We imported Asio von der Fienen Biye in 2024 and if all goes well, he and Sunnynook's Joli will have a litter in 2026.
Fifty LMs have lived at Sunnynook for a period of their life, beyond puppyhood. A few are mentioned below.
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Asio von der Fienen Biye was born on January 29, 2024 in Sendenhorst, Germany. He travelled with us to live at Sunnynook at the end of May, 2024. He's pointing a pigeon planted in the horseradish in the photo. He passed HAE on September 8, 2024 with 70 points, all 10s (Very Good). |
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Sunnynook's Joli was born June 2, 2022. Her dam is Krokus von Kleinenkneten (see below) and sire is Aiko von Sundorph. Both of her parents are German imports. She ran and passed HAE in September 2023, and AHAE in September 2024. |
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Sunnynook's Heron was born on December 30, 2019. Her parents are Krokus von Kleinenkneten and Sunnynook's Cue. She's holding a chukar in the photo. She passed HAE in September 12, 2020 (Very Good). She ran AHAE three times, passing in Sep 2023. She is the dam of the Sunnynook K2 litter, born 30 January 2024. |
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Sunnynook's Gannet was born Feb 9, 2018. Her dam is Sunnynook's Bobwhite (see below) and sire is Sunnynook's Cue. She received 57 points (Good) in the VHDF-Canada HAE test in September 2018, 163 points (Very Good) in AHAE in September 2019, and 210 points (Very Good) in PE in 2020. The photo at the right was taken by Patricia Oderkirk during the water portion of her HAE test. |
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Krokus von Kleinenkneten was whelped in Germany on 21 February 2017. She came to live at Sunnynook in April 21, 2017. She received a Very Good with 65 points in the VHDF-Canada HAE in Fall 2017 and 132 points (Good) in AHAE in September 2018. She is the dam of the Sunnynook H2, I2, and J2 litters. |
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Sunnynook's Zenaida "Zeni" was whelped on February 28, 2013 to Sunnynook's Veery and SaskElkana's Bones. She passed the VHDF HAE test with 68 points (Very Good), the AHAE test (159 points - Very Good) and she earned 186 points in the PE test (Very Good) . She gave birth to the Sunnynook D2 litter in March 2015, the E2 litter in January 2016, and the F2 litter in July 2017. |
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Sunnynook's Bobwhite "Bobbi" was whelped on August 6, 2014 to Sunnynook's Ulna and Till von St. Vit "Remy". She passed the VHDF HAE test with 64 points (Very Good) and the AHAE test (154 points - Very Good). She ran the PE test in fall 2017 and achieved 185 points - Very Good. She was the dam of the Sunnynook G2 litter, with Sunnynook's Cue as the sire, February 9, 2018. She died on September 18, 2024. |
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Otus vom Ahler Esch was whelped on March 16, 2012 in Germany. He passed the VHDF HAE test with 67 points (Very Good) and the AHAE test (150 points - Good) . He sired the Sunnynook F2 litter in July 2017. He also sired the Muddy Waters D litter in 2015. He died on April 27, 2023. |
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Muddy Waters' Buteo was whelped on May 14, 2008 to Muddy Waters' Athene "Buffy" in Oregon and came here to live with his sire, Sunnynook's Macaw and the rest of the pack here. He passed the VHDF HAE test in Minnesota with 66 points (Very Good) in the summer of 2009. He passed the AHAE test (171 points - Very Good) in fall of 2009 and PE (187 points - Very Good) in September 2011. He sired the Sunnynook X, Y, D2 and E2 litters. He died on October 4, 2022. |
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Sunnynook's Ulna was whelped on Jan. 3, 2007 and died Feb. 12, 2019. Her parents were Sunnynook's Pika and Aron von Grinzing. Ulna received 65 points (Very Good) in the VHDF HAE test and 154 points (Very Good) in the VHDF AHAE test. She earned 144 points in the VHDF PE test. She has excellent hips. She had the Sunnynook X litter in 2011, the A2 litter in 2013, and the B2 litter in 2014. She died Feb 12, 2019. |
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Sunnynook's Veery was whelped on Dec. 23, 2007. Her parents were Sunnynook's Pika and Snowy Oaks Fen. Veery earned 57 points (Good) in the VHDF HAE test in September, 2008. She earned 165 points (Very Good) in the VHDF AHAE test in September, 2009 and PE (187 points - Very Good) in 2010. Veery died on August 18, 2018 due to complications from surgery for gastric torsion. |
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Sora came from a litter where she and her other 7 littermates that ran NAVHDA Natural Ability all scored over 100 points. Their dam was Grackle Ciperro and sire was Sunnynook's Macaw.
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Fauna was whelped in Germany on Feb. 4, 2007 and came to live at Sunnynook Kennel in May of 2007. She died on Feb. 7, 2017 with a liver tumour. She earned 70 points (Very Good) in the VHDF HAE test and 161 points (Very Good) in the VHDF AHAE test. She earned 182 points (Very Good) in the VHDF PE test. Her hips were rated good-excellent. Fauna was the dam of the Sunnynook Y litter in 2012 and C2 litter in 2015. |
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Pika loves to hunt and loves people.
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Pika was born at Sunnynook Kennel. Her dam was a imported from Germany as a pup. Her sire was born at Sunnynook Kennel but lived since puppyhood with Tom and Brenda Hedemann in Saskatoon.
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Grackle Ciperro, left
Sunnynook's Jackal, right
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He pointed at the slightest of scent and honours naturally. His nickname was "Doodle" and that's because he had a wonderful personality: calm, gentle, and devoted. He left behind a son, Muddy Waters' Buteo at Sunnynook Kennel, and and another eligible sire, Sunnynook's Shadow. He also left 3 daughters who had litters of their own: Sunnynook's Sora, Siskin, and Skelley.
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Sunnynook's Ibis left She was stubborn but also finished the jobs she was given.
Jupp von Anzenthal right He loved the wide open spaces of the prairies. He was imported from Germany as a pup.
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Jägermatt's Damsel left When quail used in training proved hard to find, Damsel reliably found and pointed. She was an affectionate dog who also enjoyed her time in the house. Damsel was sired by Sunnynook's Ebony and came to live at Sunnynook as a pup.
Sunnynook's Gunther right Gunther was born at Sunnynook Kennel but left as a pup and lived with his new family the Elston's in Saskatoon.
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Dogwood Hill's Centa left
Sunnynook's Ebony right He was a calm and capable all-around dog.
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Sunnynook's Crocus left She was excellent in finding birds.
Caesar vom Mennonitenhof right He had an easy-to-train temperament and was deliberate and close working in the field
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Amsel vom Siegerland left Amsel was purchased in Germany as a pup on Sheila and Joe's honeymoon. She was our first Large Munsterlander in North America. She was a very capable dog, despite her novice trainer. Joe had purchased a Large Munsterlander male pup named Asco when he was 16 but when he immigrated to Canada a few years later, Asco remained in Germany with Joe's family.
Dachs Chamavia right Dachs was purchased as a pup in Germany and brought over by our nephew Ulrich when he came to visit us as a boy. Dachs had a super nose, was stylish on point and a loyal companion
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