Hellfire English Springer and Sussex Spaniels

Field Bred English Springer Spaniel Puppies

Life threw us a curve ball and our next openings for Field Springer puppies will be this summer. Prospective parents have outstanding pedigrees, level headed temperaments, siblings in field trial, hard core hunting, agility, obedience homes and have leggy, athletic body type. Both are black and white and fully OFA joint/eye/DNA/heart health screened.  There will be limited availability - contact us for more information and to begin our puppy family screening process.

Note: We do not place springer puppies in Canada. 

Ravin - a 2019 puppy now training in Search and Rescue

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. 

 

 

 

Hellfire Kennels - Health screening is important to us!

In addition to being an AKC Breeder of Merit for our Sussex and Springers, which is based on many years of accomplishment and many champions and titled dogs produced over the years, we have also been give a rare EXCELLENT rating by GoodDog for both our beloved breeds for our excellent health screening practices. For over twenty years Hellfire dogs have been fully health screened and results have always been sent to the OFA public database. 

Happy New Year!

Zephyr had a beautiful litter of field bred English Springer Spaniels born on New Year's Day (all spoken for), what a lovely way to start out the year!

 

 

 

 

New Website

It has been a painful journey through time as I revisit pedigrees and pictures of so many dogs, now long gone, but after 20 years with the same web server and host, it was time to enter the 21st century with a brand new look! I especially appreciate the mobile device capability.

I am still using the hellfiregundogs.com domain, but it will soon be forwarded to the new one >> MTHELLFIRE.COM.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trifecta Surprise!

Maverick, Marv  GG and I took a road trip to the Pacific Northwest Sussex Spaniel Club regional specialty in September, and hit the jackpot when Marv went Best in Show (BISS) for both specialties, and Best of Breed for the supported entry! But wait, there is more! Maverick went Best of Opposite Sex (BOSS) to his daughter, and Marv's daughter won all three majors, and Best of Winners (BOW). As a breeder/owner/handler all I can say is, what a day to remember! 

GG is the second of the GCH Frank X GCHB Marv puppies to become a champion, Dee Duffy's Skye finished first with 3 large majors in VA. Sister Gwynnie is almost there, with just 3 points to go. Super proud of my Marvy girls.

From l to right - Best of Winners GG, Best Opposite Sex Maverick, and Best in Show Marv

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MBISS MBOSS GCHB Hellfires Mizz Marvel

Our newest champion! CH Hellfires Serendipity is Marvelous "GG"

 

 

The 2017 Hellfire Kennel Synopsis

It was an okay year for the Hellfire pack.

Our Sussex Spaniel Synopsis:  Three new Breeder/Owner Champions, one Bred by Exhibitor Medallion, a Grand Champion GCH, a Bronze GCHB, three Barn Hunt Instinct Q's, a Trick Dog Advanced title, and two Top Five boys. 

For the Springers: Three of our puppies had field trial and puppy trial wins, one new Field Champion, 4 or 5 earned new Hunt Test titles and another 4 had success in various AKC companion events like agility, obedience, rally and tracking.  Oh, and one of our Search and Rescue Springers in Oregon (an Ice X Haley daughter) found an 88 year old woman lost in the forest. 

Next year we are sitting out of the show ring (except for Bill, the pekingese) and have a long list of fun events to prepare for!

Frank got mail and finished 2017 as a Top 5 Sussex

Mav finished the year as the #2 Breed male

Zephyr and Speck

Some new Zephyr and Speck  pictures! 

We will probably be rebreeding Zephyr to Blanco again, We will also be breeding Storm, if and when she decides to come into heat again. 

A CH/GCH Sussex litter is planned for Spring.

OFA Certified Good Hips/Elbows/Eyes

 

Zephyr is out of FC Macks X Singer

OFA Certified Good Hips/Elbows/Eyes

Speck is out of FC AFC Mickey MH X Storm

The TnT Puppies!

The long awaited Tina X Toby kids were born (via frozen semen breeding) on March 27th. Five boys, 2 girls. Huge puppies! She fooled us into thinking she was having ten, but really it was 7 whoppers. Beautiful puppies, very excited to see them come along.

Tina X Toby babies have arrived!

2 girls (both w/l), 5 boys (2b/w, 3w/l)

 

Hellfire Gundogs - February Update

Due March 25

Things are looking good after the Tina X Toby breeding and we should have puppies toward the end of March! I am most likely going to breed Storm to Toby via TCI as well, maybe over summer...she is notorious for tossing me heat cycle curve balls. I do have a few puppy reservations available. 

The 2016 Sussex girls Twinky and Margery are looking good! If they both hold their bites through six months old, I may keep them both, if not I may sell one over summer. Regardless, both are definitely show quality. Happy, happy! We may try for a fall litter, if not then I will have two nice bitches (both with good bites) to breed in 2018. We are really hoping to place a few in working or performance homes!

The list of work projects on my house, both inside and outside, is super long this year so dog events are taking a backseat until summer or later.  I have everything from agility and hunt tests, to barn hunt, obedience and conformation to somehow squeeze in. It's one of those kinds of years. We are definitely getting a slow start, but will get out there eventually.