Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year

12/18/2022

I tried to get the springer youngsters to sit still  while wearing reindeer hats for the new Christmas Card, but this ended up as the 2022 winner. 

Have a great holiday season. (Photo credit: © 2022 A Monaghan All Rights Reserved)

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Baby Olive rings in the New Year

 

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12/02/2022

Hellfire Springers - 2022

Did you know that I have bred 14 FIELD TRIAL WINNERS?  I too was surprised it was that many!  From hiking buddy and family pet to world class gundog, I take great pride knowing my babies can do it all.  Breeder proud. 🥰
 
The Hellfires Sussex had a great year, but it was the Hellfire Springers who really rocked it! Agility, Scentwork, Hunt Tests continue to dominate the 2022 AKC events. If I missed somebody, huge apologies, send me a message to jog my memory! Versatile, talented, smart, sound in body and mind = Hellfire's primary directive.
 
Congratulations to all!
 
Hellfires Dynamis MH - Field Trial Open WIN
Mettalik Mtn Caballero Cloaked in Black "Poncho" - Field Trial WIN + Placements
Mettalik Mtn Take Me Down Little Seussy "Seussy"- Field Trial WIN + Placements
Hellfires Hidden Treasure SH "Stash"
Hellfire's Heartbreaker CAA DCAT SWE SCNE SIM RATS CZ8B DS CGC TKI "Dream"
MACH Grimms Hellfire Hexenbiest BN RA TD MXS MJB OF T2B CAA BCAT TKN "Riddle"
Hellfires Searching A Ravine OA AXJ CGC TKN "Ravin"
Hellfire's Time Bomb RN MX MXB MXJ MJB MXF HDM CGC TKA "Ska"
Hellfire Pump You Up DCAT "Arnie"
Hellfires Ruse Of Victory SWN "Ruse"
Hellfire Can Fly BN RI NA NAJ NF "Chip"
 
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Hellfire Performance Springers

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08/13/2022

Fly High Mia!

I said the final farewell to my beloved Mia on August 10th. It was a surreal experience as her Smudgie great granddaughters were being born via c-section in the adjacent operating room. I hugged her as she closed her eyes, while hearing the newborns push out their first wails. I felt horribly numb and ambivalent as they handed me the box of babies...but, life goes on. My entire second generation of outstanding Hellfire bitches are now gone. 

Mia was the last daughter from my foundation bitch Maia, Abitt of Hellfire MH. Her sire was  Toby, FC AFC CFC Abitts Highlander Lord MH RE VCD1 OAP OAJ.  She was 14.  Her daughter  Cate, American/Canadian FTW Hellfire's Fling in Decatur SH was her magnum opus.

I already miss her so much. 

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Hellfires Back in Black "Mia"

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02/03/2022

2023 Puppies

Working Springers : 

Upcoming 2023 breedings:  

We had a huge Zozzy X Pod litter on January 21st - and have a male and a female available. This is a fantastic repeat breeding from 2022. Really outstanding, beautiful puppies for gun dog homes and active lifestyle pets. Seriously great feedback from 2022 owners! This is the only springer litter this year.

Contact me (link above) for details and possible availability. I use a puppy application process to select puppy homes. No shipping is available. 

Sussex Spaniels:

Who knows? Check back at the end of February for possible news. We do not take puppy inquiries until we see puppies on the ground. ** We are only working with pet/companion homes - no show homes! **

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Zozzy/Pod Active Lifestyle Puppy 2022
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Zozzy/Pod Hunting Puppy 2022

Note: We do not place our  Springer or Sussex puppies in any of the southern states east of NM, or with other breeders. Our Puppy 411 Page is required reading before contacting us for info. Our puppies are raised in the house, not a kennel. Our litters are livestreamed 24/7 from birth until they leave. Hellfire is an experienced and accomplished AKC Breeder of Merit, Trupanion and Good Dog breeder with 20 years of OFA health results in the public database. 

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01/04/2022

Home Sweet Home

I get asked all the time about our "facility".  As a tiny, HOBBY breeder that only has 2-3 litters a year, I don't have a facility, I have a private residence just like you... and I am not open to the public for tours. 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.

Oh, and Yellowstone National Park is about 90 minutes away. A fun factoid: Yellowstone the TV show is filmed in Ravalli County, in western Montana...pretty far away from the real Yellowstone. I don't watch the show but I hear it's great and I sure get lots of questions about it!

Here are some pictures of Hellfire doggy life here: 

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Chateau Hellfire
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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

 

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We have 8 sparkly clean, heated/cooled indoor runs
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My grooming room is used a LOT.
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The puppy yard is in two parts - this is the one acre "big yard".
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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.
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Staying cool in the summer with pools in all the yards

 

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View from the kennel door - with gravel airing yard and one acre play yard
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Born to run...and they do
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Our little puppy yard - the puppies sleep in the HOUSE
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Browns in our field

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12/30/2021

Hellfire Puppies in Sweaters!

Sometimes it gets cold and puppies need sweaters.

 

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12/26/2021

Puppy Enrichment Matters

Even before Puppy Culture became cool, we did a lot of fun stuff in the ball pit.  Hellfire Springer and Sussex Spaniel puppies do a LOT of physical, mental enrichment activities to stimulate brain development, problem solving, natural hunting and exploration instincts. 

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12/24/2021

Puzzle time!

Hellfire puppies do a LOT of puzzles!

We use the Puppy Culture Workbook as the standard for age appropriate puppy enrichment and socialization. Getting those brains and super sniffers working early is an important part of our puppy rearing program. 

Note: Our puppies are raised in the house, not a kennel. Our litters are livestreamed 24/7 from birth until they leave.

 

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12/14/2021

Hellfire Search and Rescue Dogs

The devastation left behind from the deadly tornadoes that ripped through five states a few days ago, made me think about of all the Hellfire Search and Rescue (SAR) dogs out there. Whether it's finding survivors or bringing closure to a family, you are necessary and appreciated. I would love to see a national dog hero day, because that's what you are! Love my SAR peeps.
 
Hellfire has puppies working on SAR Teams in WA, OR, CA, NV, VA, MT. 
 
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One of our Pod/Joules Super Sniffers
 
 
 
Search and Rescue K9 teams helicopter training
We love our SAR teams!

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10/15/2021

Montana Life

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I can help you with that!

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10/01/2021

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.

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Hellfires Back in Black "Mia"

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