I was glad the breeder I bought mine from insisted I do the hunt tests. It seems the consistently high end performance for drahthaars has been developed by the strict breed requirements. Those are typically measured and tracked through hunt tests. So even though I have no intention of using my male for a stud dog, it still helps the breeders and thus the breed to participate in those tests.
Mine had a very successful fall hunting last year and started it at 10 months of age and finished at 1 year 2 months. I have very high expectations with him this fall. I think a lot of that had to do with the teamwork we developed while going through force fetch and HZP training. YMMV of course.
