Gus

JX’s Atticus Augustus (Gus)

UPT Prize III, UT Prize II

OFA WG-2055E42-VPI

1/20/2010 - 11/1/2024

Gus has received the NAVHDA (North American Versatile Hunting Dog Association) UPT Prize III and the NAVHDA UT Prize II. 

The OFA (Orthopedic Foundation for Animals) rates hips in this order starting from the lowest: Severe, Moderate, Mild, Borderline, Fair, Good and Excellent.  Gus received the rare Excellent rating on his hips.

To say Gus is an intense upland hunter who also loves water work would be an enormous understatement.  Simply put, Gus is the most focused hunting dog I’ve ever seen.  We believe Gus is the epitome of what Eduard Karel Korthals was seeking to accomplish when he set out to develop his Griffons.  He is a warm, loving, gentle dog at home and about, but place him in the field or duck blind and he becomes a focused hunting machine that will go over, through, or under whatever it takes to point, or retrieve a bird. 

Gus will work close in, or far out, whatever you want him to do.  He will run all day long and then get up the following morning and to do it again, no problem.  But we all know where Gus got his hunting desire and drive; he is the son of CH VC Griffe D’Automne Mr. Brown (Jacque).  Jacque received NAVHDA’s Natural Ability Prize II, UPT Prize I, UT Prize I and the rare NAVDHA Versatile Champion.  He is also an AKC Bench Champion.  Gus’ mother received NAVHDA’s NA Prize III, his Grandmother NAVHDA’s NA Prize II, his Grandfather NAVHDA’s NA Prize I and UT Prize I, his Great Grandfather NAVHDA’s NA Prize I perfect 112 and UT Prize III… the list goes on and on…

My friend and hunting partner for over thirty years Bruce Collett owns Gus.  Bruce has also run dogs in NSTRA (National Shoot to Retrieve Association) and NAVHDA (North American Versatile Hunting Dog Association) events.  It was after I had the pleasure of hunting with Bruce and Gus that I decided to get a WPG.  Bruce and I have been blessed over the years by having some outstanding hunting dogs.  Our last set of dogs, Shiloh (Brittany) and Bado (English Pointer) were both once in a lifetime dogs.  It’s hard to replace a truly gifted hunting dog and Bruce and I had come to the conclusion that we’d most likely never again have such incredible dogs, but the Lord blessed us with Gus and Cota and I assure you they are gifted.  (We must have done something right in our childhood.)