Pedigree is packed full of national field champions, and both parents are black and white, have great legs, high drive and are super athletes. Speck is fully OFA health screened and has normal hips/eyes/dna and heart. We would expect mostly black and white puppies with a little rogue liver/white. Puppies are $1300 and leave at 9-10 weeks old, around the end of October. Email us for a puppy application.
We were unable to get this handsome fella (Zephyr x Bodhi) out of Montana, after numerous attempts...and he is ready to go now. The eye contact in this litter is amazing, and this puppy would make a wonderful obedience dog or any sport that requires an all in, team player. He walked on leash through the airport parking lot, and busy, noisy terminal like a champ. Born on New Year's Day. Puppy Cultured, socialized, crate trained, vetted, sound, great temperament and gorgeous! $1300
We can ship to some locations, but not to any in the far east or south. We can use Alaska Air for everything west. Delta no longer allows connections for pet cargo, only one destination flights, and we can only fly to SLC and MSP now. Sadly, the new shipping regulations have made things complicated for those of us who don't live near major airports offering single destination options.
Zephyr had a beautiful litter of field bred English Springer Spaniels born on New Year's Day (all spoken for). Storm has a litter due mid March. There are a couple puppy reservations available. These are final litters for both girls.
That's all we have planned for springers this year unless I can get Speck bred to the frozen Toby semen in Denver...maybe this fall.
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.
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.
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!
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.
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.
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.