Hellfire Kennels

07/15/2025

Hellfire Springers: Puppies and Upcoming Breeding Plans

Update 7/15/2025: I've opened up reservations for the Gem X Pod litter. Gem goes a long time between heat cycles and we expect har back in between August - Octoberish. I know the timing sucks, but if I skip it, we will be into fall 2026 before we get another chance. These will be the very last of the Pod kids. Gem is a Toby X Zozzy daughter. She is a handful, high drive and wicked smart. Field and performance homes only.

Gem had 9 puppies in May 2024. The puppies were placed in hunting, agility, field performance homes, and two landed SAR/conservation detection (bats!) jobs.

All of our breeding dogs are fully health tested (joints, eyes, hearts, DNA) and our results are in the OFA database. In 2025, we added the new CDPA/CDDY (IVDD -Intervertebral Disc Disease) variant testing, and so far all of our dogs are normal/non-carriers. Six generations of Hellfires, over 25 years, have been fully health screened.

Serious inquiries are welcome. We use a puppy application.

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The Gem/Pod 2024 puppies

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06/25/2025

Hellfire Sussex Spaniels: NEW GRAND CHAMPION

"Gait: The round, deep and wide chest of the Sussex Spaniel coupled with its short legs and long
body produce a rolling gait. While its movement is deliberate, the Sussex Spaniel is in no sense
clumsy. Gait is powerful and true with perfect coordination between the front and hind legs. The
front legs do not paddle, wave, or overlap. The head is held low when gaiting. The breed should
be shown on a loose lead so that its natural gait is evident." AKC Sussex Spaniel Breed Standard

Baby Olive is now a Grand Champion! At 2.5 years old, she is maturing beautifully. I can't wait to see what she looks like next year, with more coat. The girl has a gorgeous front and can move.

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06/18/2025

Hellfire Performance Springers: NEW FIELD CHAMPION

Another Hellfire bred by Field Champion! Seussy is one of the FC AFC Narvins Sully of Ivanhoe x Am/Can FTW Hellfires Fling in Decatur SH "Cate" puppies. (Pod's litter sister)

Jim wanted everyone to know Seussy is a true AMATEUR Field Champion - trained and handled entirely by him. No pro-botizing. And she has also won two gunners awards. Brother Poncho is also an OPEN Field Trial winner.

Note: We have countless Master Hunters (over 30!) and other venue titles that go at the end of a dog's name, but this brings me to 14 prefix title champions. Hellfire Springers can do it all. We just need an Obedience OTCH and Tracking CT for total AKC event venue versatility domination. (lol!)

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Seussy is out FC AFC Sully X Am/Can FTW Cate SH

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04/27/2025

Home Sweet Home

I get asked all the time about our "facility". As a tiny, HOBBY breeder that only has 1-2 litters a year, I don't have a facility, I have a private residence just like you. I am not open to the public for tours or visits, the very idea is absurd!

We have 360 acres with plenty of room for dogs to run, explore and hunt...and they do! We are fortunate to have a climate controlled indoor kennel of 8 runs. We do not keep intact male springers on the property. Our dogs are not prisoners and the springers are kenneled only at night, when we are having horrible weather (muddy floors - OY!) and during heat cycles. The Sussex are full-time house dogs. Our property is gated with several security cameras strategically placed to keep track of spaniel shenanigans. There are two, one acre puppy and dog yards, and a 40 acre fenced "yard" for the house dogs.

When we have puppies, they are live streamed 24/7 until they leave, or destroy the camera. (Usually around the same time - lol!) Here are some pictures of Hellfire doggy life here:

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Just a few springer swingers

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A Hellfire Springer Puppy

Chateau Hellfire

We have 360 acres of rolling hills and forests to run and play on

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Our puppies are whelped in the house, on proper bedding...no shavings, paper or straw

We have 8 sparkly clean, heated/cooled indoor runs

My grooming room is used a LOT.

The puppy yard is in two parts - this is the one acre "big yard".

This is the "little yard" - the puppies have access to it at night and learn to use the doggy door around 5 weeks old. The lavender gate opens to the big puppy yard.

Staying cool in the summer with pools in all the yards

View from the kennel door - with gravel airing yard and one acre play yard

Born to run...and they do

Our little puppy yard - the puppies sleep in the HOUSE

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Browns in our field

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02/27/2025

Hellfire Springers: New Agility Champion

We have a new agility champion! Congratulations to PACH Hellfires Searching A Ravine OA AXJ MXP4 MXPB MJP5 MJPS PAX XFP T2BP CGC TKN. - owned/handled by Linda Coffel

Ravin is also an accomplished Search and Rescue dog out of Joules X Pod

Another Joules X Pod kid

Ravin - new Agility PACH!

Posted at 03:27 PM in AKC Agility, AKC Breeder of Merit English Springer Spaniels, English Springer Spaniel Breeder, English Springer Spaniel Puppies, English Springer Spaniels, Field-bred English Springer Spaniel Puppies, Hellfire Springers, Scentwork, Search and Rescue Dogs, Springer Puppies, Working English Springer Spaniel | Permalink

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12/29/2024

Hellfire Springers: New RALLY-OBEDIENCE CHAMPION

Chip is from the 2021 Joules/Pod litter. Hellfires first Rally-Obedience Champion. The requirements for a RACH are grueling: (sounds like “ROCK”) requires the team to earn 20 triple qualifying scores; qualifying in the Advanced B, Excellent B and Master classes at the same trial, at 20 separate events, plus earn 300 RACH points from the Excellent B and Master classes.

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RACH Hellfire Can Fly CDX BN GN RM4 RAE2 AX MXJ MXF

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12/25/2024

Hellfire Springers: 2025 Agility National Championship

Congratulations to the THREE Hellfire's who made the qualifying list for the 2025 National Agility Championship in March, being aired on ESPN. I'll post the exact times when we get closer to the event. Bonus note: Ravin and Riddle are also Search and Rescue Dogs!

Hellfires Searching A Ravine OA AXJ MXP4 MXPB MJP5 MJPS PAX XFP T2BP CGC TKN "Ravin"

MACH PACH Grimms Hellfire Hexenbiest BN RA TD MXS MJB MXP4 MXPB PADP MJP5 MJPS PAX OF T2B CAA BCAT TKN "Riddle"

MACH Hellfire's Time Bomb RN MXS MJS PJD MFB T2B2 DCAT DE DM HDM CGC TKA "Ska"

Ravin

Ska

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Riddle

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09/30/2024

Hellfire Sussex Spaniels: Smooshed it!

Such a pretty, typey girl!

Thank you judge Stewart Dankner for finding my little brown girl who can MOVE!

GCH CH Hellfires There and Back "Smoosh"

Breeder/Owner/Handled Photo by @claudiapetphotography

Smoosh=MBISS GCHB Marv X GCH Frank

Group 4, her first time in Sporting Group!

Posted at 10:15 PM in AKC Breeder of Merit Sussex Spaniels, AKC Dog Shows, Breeder Brags, Breeder-Owner-Handler, Hellfire Sussex Spaniels, Montana Sussex Spaniels, Smoosh, Sussex Spaniel, Sussex Spaniel Breeders, Sussex Spaniel Puppies, Sussex Spaniels, Sussex Spaniels in Montana | Permalink

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09/16/2024

Sussex Spaniel Art Prints

ALL SOLD! British artist, Jo Van Kampen has sent me a few gorgeous prints of the oil painting she has done of my special boys! They are $100, including shipping. They are more gorgeous in real life than in photos. She is doing another one of my girls Faith and Marv in 2025. I believe they are 12 x 16 in size, numbered, signed by the artist. Only 20 high quality, giclee prints were made. No more will ever be made.

Maverick and Frank - oil on canvas

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08/10/2024

Hellfire Springers : MHIT Hellfires Coldplay SH RAE VER UD NA NAJ WDX

Iceman was out of my FC AFC CFC Fast Tracks Accelerator MH NA NAJ CD "Ace" X Alott of Hellfire JH "Zeeza" litter

Zeeza was out of CNFC Rolling Oaks Sumday Bud X Abitt of Hellfire MH.

He was an amazing dog and I miss him every day. He was the best dog. I wish I had started him in obedience earlier as he would not doubt have finished his OTCH.