Hellfire English Springer and Sussex Spaniels

2020 National High Point Field Trial Puppy

Goes to this fella, Bucky, out of  FC AFC Paragons Cairnbrae Fionon Bhan "Blanco" X Hellfires Prevailing Wind "Zephyr".

This is Hellfire's THIRD National High Point Puppy. 

 

Montana Spaniel Heaven...

...is in my own backyard

Sussex Spaniel Spa-Palooza - Fall Edition

SUSSEX GROOMING: Lots of people ask me how often I groom my Sussex, and I am not going to lie - it's a LOT! A fully coated Sussex requires constant maintenance.  My fully coated Pekingese is less work.  The good news is that it can take years for that coat to grow out, so enjoy the youngsters while you can. If I had to put a guesstimate on it, I'd say it takes about 2-2.5 hours per adult dog to bathe, brush and blow out a Sussex coat.  The feather hair is very fine and will tangle and knot if left to it's own devices.  It needs to be combed out quite often. My 8 month old  puppy took about 90 minutes to bathe, blow out, brush and Dremel nails this last time. Oh, and we do NOT use snoods...ever.

I brush weekly, sometimes several times a week. I bathe every 3 weeks, sometimes weekly depending on how much rain we get and how dirty they get. Sussex are low to the ground and seem to bring everything outside, inside - so I would classify this breed as medium to high on the grooming scale. 

Baby Smoosh - Hellfires There and Back

GeeG - CH Hellfires Serendipity is Marvelous

Marv- MBISS GCHB Hellfires Mizz Marvel

Frank - GCH Three D First and Foremost

Baby Knox - Hellfires Cusp of Aries

 

Our New Addition

We are happy to introduce our newest field springer addition, Jack Rackem! He is out of FC AFC Warreners Sora Rail of Craney Hill X Drake Hill Anna SH, a working gun dog with trial placements. Of course he is entirely the wrong color, but he is an awesome little puppy with a solid pedigree of hard core hunting dogs and Master Hunters. I am looking forward to starting him!

Anna SH

FC AFC Dibbs

For the Future - the beat goes on

The beautiful Zozzy, has passed her eye, heart, hip OFA certifications and can be officially added to our breeding roster.

This is a tall, leggy, powerful bitch with a lovely level headed temperament, like both her parents. She is so quiet and low key I  barely even know she is in the house. She is also a litter sister to Mhari Peschel's boy Bucky, who just earned his first trial placement at age 2 and finished his puppy career with 55 (or more?) points without even trying that hard.  Zozz is from our 2018 breeding with FC AFC Blanco X Zephyr

Zozzy - a Blanco X Zephyr daughter

Hellfire Sussex Spaniels - KNOX

Baby Knox is really growing up nicely! I love how these photos show off the golden shimmers in his coat, which is a real thing in this breed. Knox is out of GCHB Sundowners Repeat Fire RAE CD RATO TKA CGC "Maverick" X CH Hellfires Marvelous Serendipity "Gwynnie"  We are breeding Gwynnie's litter sister GG this summer.

Knox at a year old - 2019 male out of Maverick X Gwynnie

Knox - Hellfires Cusp of Aries

 

Farewell Puppy Culture

I will be parting ways with Puppy Culture and no longer supporting a marketing program that is promoting the breeding of mixed breed mutts. It's nice to have an age/development workbook syllabus to follow, but the truth is that I've been doing almost all of this stuff, including "Super Puppy" ENS (Early Neurological Stimulation), long before it was called "Puppy Culture".

I was on a large breeder group for PC breeders and it is truly shocking how many of them are intentionally breeding doodles and other mixes...most of which are being sold for more than a rare breed puppy. Today somebody posted a "purposely bred" Golden Retriever/Cavalier mutt mix litter! Two wrongs don't make a right, even if it's been PC'd. Even worse, people are showing up on this list to find and buy them - GAH!

Purebred dogs, and the people who breed them, are dwindling away into the netherworld, enough of the mixed breed dog stuff! It's not purebred dogs filling shelters, folks...it's mixed breed mutts. Just. Stop. It.

 

 

 

Hellfire Sussex Spaniel Puppies - 2020

The Fwinkles (Frank x Twinky) arrived on National Chocolate Fondue Day, so we happily embraced this as our litter theme! (These puppies are spoken for.)

If you haven't read our Sussex Spaniel Info Page > you can find it HERE https://mthellfire.com/sussex-spaniel-info  

Our parents are fully health screened with eye, joint, heart, hearing and PDP DNA testing, but so are our puppies  - we do CAER eye exams, 2 puppy  heart exams and BAER hearing testing- via specialists. No matter what breeder you decide to work with, demand that all of these tests are done. 

It's true that pet puppies don't have to be 100% perfect to be great family companions, but it's nice to know your breeder actually cares enough about the breed to do these tests and is honest enough to disclose the results. 

PS: We do not export outside of the US!!! 

GCH Three D First and Foremost X CH Hellfires Twinkle of Faith

Hellfire Sussex Spaniel Puppies!

We are so excited to announce that this gorgeous guy is going to be a dad again! Frank has been bred to the lovely Twinky - CH Hellfires Twinkle of Faith, and we are expecting puppies in February! Both Twinky and Frank are health tested and have normal hearts, eyes, DNA and BAER hearing. 

Frank had a litter in 2017 with Marv - BISS GCHB Hellfires Mizz Marvel that produced seven show puppies. Twinky is a very pretty, younger sister. Crossing our fingers for some beauties!  

GCH Three D First and Foremost

 

 

Have a great year, Buckaroo!

Bucky, one of our 2018 FC AFC Blanco X Zephyr kids owned by Mhari and Gary Peschel, trained by Lynn Miller. They just brought him out last fall, looking forward to seeing what this talented guy will do this year.

Puppies from this breeding are competing in just about everything from Field Trials to Barn Hunt, and one is working in Search and Rescue...true versatility, just the way we like it.