Hellfire English Springer and Sussex Spaniels: Tracking

05/17/2021

Hellfire Nosework Dogs

Not everything the Hellfire springers do is bird hunting related! We have placed many puppies in professional Medical Detection, Search and Rescue (trailing, human remains), AKC Scentwork, Nosework, and tracking working venues. Barn Hunt is another fun hide and seek game where rats are humanely placed in plastic tubes and hidden in a straw bale course - the field springers rock at it!

Field Springers are epic CANINE ATHLETES. Without genetic health screening, breeding five generations of dogs with sound joints/heart/DNA and eyes would be impossible. Dream, below, out of FC AFC Blanco X Zephyr, is also OFA CHIC certified

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"Dream" Hellfire's Heartbreaker CAA DCAT SWA SCE RATS CZ8B DS CGC TKI ORT NW3-Elite NW3-C NW3-E NW3-I NW3-V L2C L1E L3I L1V -

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Riddle and Ravin are both working SAR dogs in Oregon (and do AKC agility!)

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05/13/2021

Hellfire Sussex Spaniels | Hellfire Kennels | AKC Breeder of Merit

We are members of the Pacific Northwest Sussex Spaniel Club and the Hellfire Sussex Spaniels compete in conformation, obedience, rally, barn hunt, hunt tests and tracking venues. Every single one of my Sussex was OWNER/HANDLED to its Championship and Grand Championship. When showing Maverick, I won 7 NOHS Owner/Handler Best is Show awards,. Additionally, I have finished three Top 5 dogs to Westminster Invitations. Thus far we have bred 11 champions, with a few more still to finish.

We only occasionally breed our fully health screened, finished champions, and although we are no longer placing our puppies in conformation/show homes, we enjoy watching our puppies succeed in a variety of other AKC competition homes and as well loved family pets. If you are researching the breed, we have a helpful information webpage just for our little brown dogs - feel free to ask questions about what it's like to live with one!

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Hellfire Springer Spaniels | Hellfire Gun Dogs | Hellfire Kennels

Hellfire Kennels has been an ESSFTA member since 1998 - the year I made my first Master Hunter with a lovely black and white girl named Annie (never bred). Since then we have been very active in the performance sports, have owner/handler competed to the highest levels in all of them. In addition to our hunting companion and active lifestyle pet homes. we have bred over 10 Field Champions and Field Trial Winners, over 30 Master Hunters, and placed puppies in dozens of agility, obedience, rally, barn hunt, nosework and search and rescue venues. We have over 20 years of OFA results and ALL of our breeding dogs are fully health screened.

AKC Obedience and Multi-Title Awards

AKC Master Hunters

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06/17/2013

10/14/2012

Back to Basics

Toby and I took the TDX tracking test in Wolf Creek today, and succumbed to the brutal 40 MPH wind. When it was all over, the score was Mother Nature 7, tracking dogs 0. No one passed. On an amusing note, we did find a piece of blue plastic that the wind had ripped off the start flag; unfortunately, it was also about 100 feet off course. Aww, well. We'll try again next year in a location not known for blowing things to bits.

Now, back to our previously scheduled program...

Bones

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06/26/2012

VST Tracking

Toby and I have started VST tracking, or variable surface urban tracking. Tracking that goes across many surfaces, in an urban setting, with no mercy as to how much foot traffic crosses our path. It's very hard, but he is learning fast! The AKC test is about 600 yards long and is aged between 3-5 hours. Only half a handful of dogs in the entire country pass it each year.

I've been awestruck by how much science goes into understanding those silly scent molecules and how they disperse and stick to things. Yesterday we tracked on asphalt against a curb which ran along a grassy island...it was really quite impressive to see him adjust for the gusts of wind and end up on the grass which was where the scent was blowing to and sticking. Two days ago I laid a track in downtown Anaconda and watched as a fleet of post office trucks repeatedly crossed it. I thought we were done for, the trail would be lost, but he carried on just fine. This is definitely a challenging activity for smart, bold dogs with a great nose and a lot of tenacity.