Hellfire Kennels

Montana Life

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Senior Living

When you are 74 years old in dog years, you can have whatever you want!

(FC AFC CFC Toby MH X Maia MH) - Mia is my very last Maia daughter.  I take her picture every year, just hoping to get  one more summer. Every day is a gift with our Senior Dogs.

Hellfires Back in Black "Mia"

OFA Health Tested Dogs

I hauled Sussex and springers up to the Helena dog shows last weekend to have our eyes CAER screened. Montana does not have a veterinary eye specialist and field bred springers in particular are riddled with various genetic eye conditions and retinal dysplasias. When Dr Roberts from Colorado stopped coming to Montana a few years ago, he pretty much left us high and dry, with no replacement. I am very thankful that Dr Breaux, from Boise agreed to step up and will be coming back next year! 

I am thrilled to report that Baby Gem (FC AFC CFC Toby X Zozzy) and Smudge (Pod X Joules 2020) became my SIXTH GENERATION to pass with normal eyes...and 20 years of OFA normals through the same line of bitches. Proud breeder moment. 

Four Generations of my Sussex have been eye (and BAER hearing) screened with normal results. 

A car full of perfect Sussex retinas

Six generations of normal eyes!

Summer Puppies

It is so nice to finally put puppies in our puppy yard this year! I usually don't like summer litters, because of the heat issues, but my baby Tobsters have been so much fun, and they will get to go swimming in the real pond soon. It's a good thing the lavender gate opens up into a one acre play area, because these kids can already RUN. If you have had a Toby puppy in the past, you know what I mean. 

Thankful for the magic of science that brought my special boy back to life after all these years he has been gone, and gave me another wonderful baby from him.

What else can we get into?

 

Hellfire Puppies - Our Newest Addition!

Please welcome Hellfires Precious Gem, callname "Gem". My special little keeper from our FC AFC CFC Toby MH RE VCD1 OAP OJP WDX X Zozzy (FC AFC Blanco X Zephyr) frozen semen litter. She's a fearless Amazon!

We will be using the frozen Toby semen again in either fall 2022 or spring 2023 (not 100% sure yet). Toby kids can be very high drive so we only place them in homes where the dogs will be trained and have a job to do.

I'm Gem!

 

 

Special Arrivals

Our special arrivals entered the world right after the 4th. Please welcome FC AFC CFC Toby MH RAE VCD1 (CD TD NAP NJP) WDX OAP OJP X Zozzy (Zephyr X FC AFC Blanco) frozen semen puppies! (All are spoken for)

Toby is an ESSFTA Versatile Springer and proven producer of outstanding offspring. We will be using our frozen semen again in late 2022 or 2023 with a lovely black and white Joules daughter. We are very proud that SIX GENERATIONS of our dogs have OFA health testing. 

Hi baby Tobsters!

Hellfire Nosework Dogs

Not everything the Hellfire springers do is bird hunting related! We have placed many puppies in professional Medical Detection, Search and Rescue (trailing, human remains), AKC Scentwork, Nosework, and tracking working venues. Barn Hunt is another fun hide and seek game where rats are humanely placed in plastic tubes and hidden in a straw bale course - the field springers rock at it!

Field Springers are epic CANINE ATHLETES. Without genetic health screening, breeding five generations of dogs with sound joints/heart/DNA and eyes  would be impossible. Dream, below, out of FC AFC Blanco X Zephyr, is also OFA CHIC certified

"Dream" Hellfire's Heartbreaker CAA DCAT SWA SCE RATS CZ8B DS CGC TKI ORT NW3-Elite NW3-C NW3-E NW3-I NW3-V L2C L1E L3I L1V - 

Riddle and Ravin are both working SAR dogs in Oregon (and do AKC agility!)

 

Hellfire Springer Spaniels | Hellfire Gun Dogs | Hellfire Kennels

Hellfire Kennels has been an ESSFTA member since 1998 - the year I made my first Master Hunter with a lovely black and white girl named Annie (never bred).  Since then we have been very active in the performance sports, have owner/handler competed to the highest levels in all of them.  In addition to our hunting companion and active lifestyle pet homes. we have bred over 10 Field Champions and Field Trial Winners, over 30 Master Hunters, and placed puppies in dozens of agility, obedience, rally, barn hunt, nosework and search and rescue venues. We have over 20 years of OFA results and ALL of our breeding dogs are fully health screened. 

AKC Obedience and Multi-Title Awards

AKC Master Hunters

One of our FC AFC Narvins Sully of Ivanho  X FTW Hellfires Fling in Decatur "Cate" (FC AFC MH Mickey X Mia) puppies  slipped under my brag radar! He is being run by pro trainer/handler Ralph Botti and has earned an OPEN WIN and other placements, now on course to put us over 10 bred by field champions. PONCHO is owned by Jim Klix and is a littermate of my dog Pod. 

Baby Poncho

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.