Drift x Clover, Spring 2026

Eight pups born March 6, five males and three females, four liver roan like Drift and four liver and white ticked or patched like Clover. All eight went home on or near May 1 to hunting homes in South Dakota, North Dakota, Minnesota, Nebraska and Wyoming. The litter was linebred 3-3 on Rye, my first shorthair. Drift is clear for cone degeneration, so Clover's single copy cannot produce an affected pup. These pups will be seven months old for the pheasant opener. Reports so far: all eight are pointing, six are retrieving to hand, and two swam before they were twelve weeks old. Five are entered in Natural Ability tests next spring.