Afterhours Kennel's References



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If you have an Afterhours GWP, please send your reference to Christi Chism

Afterhours Amazing Grace JH "Gracie"
Grace is a wonderful all around wirehair. She is a joy to show with a verylow maintenance, correct coat that requires minimal grooming, loves field work and easily completed her junior hunter as a puppy and is the perfect pet loving nothing more than to hang out on the couch or play endlessly with the girls and a tennis ball. I think this last thing is what has made her such a wonderful member of our family.
Temple Watson--RI


Afterhours Cast A Spell "Thorny"
Christie and her family at Afterhours Kennels are absolutely "tops" when it comes to selecting a caring and responsible breeder. We had the good fortune to find these wonderful people and a wonderful dog, too. We love our GWP (a real ball of energy) and have found in our travels around the East Coast, that everyone in the GWP world knows Christie and her family and has nothing but praise for their line of dogs. Just look at their website for their line of champions. Naturally we think ours is the best in the world!
David and Nancy Evans--MD


Afterhours Bewitched Gal "Britta"
We purchased our first wirehair a little over a year ago. Britta has turned out to be everything we expected and them some. She is good in the house and field. She has terrific hunting ability, is a pleasure to take out and she enjoys it as much as we do. Britta's wire coat makes a bath so easy too. Our many thanks go to Christi and the Whitmores for the much needed advice and help that they gave us novices. They have a great breeding program and it shows in their dogs. Britta is not only quick to learn but eager as well and does everything with enjoyment while wagging her little stub tail ! By far, she is the smartest dog we have ever owned, her favorite activity is to 'go grousing' - she knows that phrase well.
Ken, Jane & Alex Countrymen--PA


Afterhours Dusty "Dusty"
We drove to your folks and picked him up last May and he is just a year old this week. His personality is the best attribute. Everyone that knows him adores him. We bought him as a companion mainly since we had had a wire before. She had been primarily a hunting dog that wormed her way into our hearts. Since she had gotten too old to hunt, my husband hadn't really done much field work for some time. He was determined that if we bought a dog that had been bred to hunt, it would be unfair not to. We've took him out about 10 times this season and he absolutely is a natural. He loves it of course. I usually don't shoot but go along to video or take pictures. We took a lot of quail over his points and never once lost a downed bird in heavy cover. If they are there, he finds them. We didn't do a great deal of training this year, and haven't really needed to since he is so willing to please and responds so well. His instincts and nose are all you could ask for. We will work on the fine points of quartering and "here" and "whoa" this summer and expect him to be pretty impressive by next fall. He is a real joy to watch work. He retrieves reasonably well, and we will polish that this summer as well. When he's not hunting, we take him for long runs in a Conservation area close to us that is really handy. We love him to death of course and so do my daughters. I've seen a lot more of my oldest since we've had him. She came with me to Ohio to get him and she regularly comes out to the house "to see her puppy".
Pamela J Dennewitz--IN


Afterhours Alex "Alex"
For 8 months old Alex did very well for the first time in the field on birds and under shot. I've had minimum time to work with her at home, but what I did show her worked well. Alex is wonderful around the house, she is very intelligent and learns very quickly. Thanks again for producing such a wonderful family member for us.
James Lufchini--PA


Afterhours Axel "Axel"
I bought a puppy from afterhour kennels in the fall of 1997. I just began to surf the net, and I was pleased to find your site. I have to send you a photo of Axel. He looks just like his father. He might be a little taller. I hunt him all the season. I have had the opportunity to hunt with many dogs and he is by far the best!! He is a pointing machine. We live on a large farm in Ct. and I have native quail and we stock many pheasants. On the first four saturdays of the hunting season my friends and I shot (on state land) 21 pheasants. All on staunch and enthusiastic points. Everybody who hunts with us tell me that I should enter hunting trials. He is also best friends with my old yellow lab.
George Burnside--CT