Hellfires Hidden Treasure MH "Stash"

12/06/2023
Always get a laugh when I hear people say I am not doing springers anymore. NOT TRUE. It is true they have been waiting patiently in the background whilst I play with the brown dawgs, but they will always be my #1 breed. Always. ❤
 
Meet "Stash" Hellfires Hidden Treasure MH - (2020 Pod x Joules breeding) scored an Open 4th with first time springer owner Kathy Farrill at the NW Field Trials in Oregon over the weekend. What a great picture with two most excellent spaniel judges Bob Child and Paul McGagh
 
 
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Hellfires Hidden Treasure MH
 

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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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09/28/2021

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. 

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A car full of perfect Sussex retinas
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Six generations of normal eyes!

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08/26/2021

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.

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What else can we get into?

 

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08/22/2021

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.

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I'm Gem!

 

 

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