Hellfire English Springer and Sussex Spaniels

For the Future - the beat goes on

The beautiful Zozzy, has passed her eye, heart, hip OFA certifications and can be officially added to our breeding roster.

This is a tall, leggy, powerful bitch with a lovely level headed temperament, like both her parents. She is so quiet and low key I  barely even know she is in the house. She is also a litter sister to Mhari Peschel's boy Bucky, who just earned his first trial placement at age 2 and finished his puppy career with 55 (or more?) points without even trying that hard.  Zozz is from our 2018 breeding with FC AFC Blanco X Zephyr

Zozzy - a Blanco X Zephyr daughter

Hellfire Sussex Spaniel Puppies!

We are so excited to announce that this gorgeous guy is going to be a dad again! Frank has been bred to the lovely Twinky - CH Hellfires Twinkle of Faith, and we are expecting puppies in February! Both Twinky and Frank are health tested and have normal hearts, eyes, DNA and BAER hearing. 

Frank had a litter in 2017 with Marv - BISS GCHB Hellfires Mizz Marvel that produced seven show puppies. Twinky is a very pretty, younger sister. Crossing our fingers for some beauties!  

GCH Three D First and Foremost

 

 

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. 

Versatile Springer

Still looking good at 13 years old.

It's official. FC AFC CFC MH RE VCD1 (TD CD NJP NAP) OJP OAP WDX Toby will join the ranks of the highest honored and is an ESSFTA Versatile Springer. So proud of him. I started out with this goal, but in the end it didn't mean nearly as much as the wonderful journey it took to get there. Honestly, when I submitted his application this year, I really didn't care if they approved it or not.

The Tobster is truly a special dog. His greatest strengths would be an amazing work ethic and a genuine love of learning. He never said no to any of the crazy things things I asked him to do, had amazing saint like patience as I bumbled through some of the newer training techniques and he always did it with a happy waggy tail. When he met his first full height teeter totter my plan was just to let him  walk around it and sniff it, but instead he jumped on, went directly to the end and rode it down like a pro before I could even run to the end to spot him! That's just how Toby rolls. 

Whether it was at a trial or hunting wild Montana roosters, in the field Toby was a magnificent bird finding warrior with relentless tenacity. I finished his WDX last fall, at age 12+ years old, in pounding rains during the historic (and scary!) Colorado floods... and he was unphased by it all. Truly an indomitable spirit.

PS: Toby had a stroke earlier this year, but he is still strong and doing great!

Champion of Health

Newsflash! Toby starts off 2013 by being selected as January OFA Champion of Health!

He is the first field springer to ever be selected. How exciting!

OFA Champion of Health & Frisbee Specialist