Hellfire English Springer and Sussex Spaniels

Sussex Spaniel Puppies - 2021

Our 2021 plans: We had a litter at the end of January and have a puppy available! Both parents are CH/GCH. This is a repeat breeding. Not sure which puppy is available, yet, might be a boy or girl - I will know when the other people decide. We release our pet puppies between 10-12 weeks old. Serious inquiries only, please.

NOTE: We only place our puppies in furever pet and companion event homes - NO show homes.

No matter what breeder you go with, make sure the parents are eyes, heart, PDP1 DNA and hearing health screened. Normal joint grades are icing on the cake in this breed, the truth is more fail than pass. Parent results should be listed in the OFA public database. Every generation needs to be tested!  Sussex are riddled with health and temperament issues, don't let anyone tell you otherwise. This breed is tricky, heartbreaking, and can throw you some real curve balls. It needs to be carefully bred by knowledgeable breeders who understand genetics and know their pedigrees well. 

 

 

Montana Spaniel Heaven...

...is in my own backyard

Sussex Spaniel Spa-Palooza - Fall Edition

SUSSEX GROOMING: Lots of people ask me how often I groom my Sussex, and I am not going to lie - it's a LOT! A fully coated Sussex requires constant maintenance.  My fully coated Pekingese is less work.  The good news is that it can take years for that coat to grow out, so enjoy the youngsters while you can. If I had to put a guesstimate on it, I'd say it takes about 2-2.5 hours per adult dog to bathe, brush and blow out a Sussex coat.  The feather hair is very fine and will tangle and knot if left to it's own devices.  It needs to be combed out quite often. My 8 month old  puppy took about 90 minutes to bathe, blow out, brush and Dremel nails this last time. Oh, and we do NOT use snoods...ever.

I brush weekly, sometimes several times a week. I bathe every 3 weeks, sometimes weekly depending on how much rain we get and how dirty they get. Sussex are low to the ground and seem to bring everything outside, inside - so I would classify this breed as medium to high on the grooming scale. 

Baby Smoosh - Hellfires There and Back

GeeG - CH Hellfires Serendipity is Marvelous

Marv- MBISS GCHB Hellfires Mizz Marvel

Frank - GCH Three D First and Foremost

Baby Knox - Hellfires Cusp of Aries

 

Hellfire Sussex Spaniels - KNOX

Baby Knox is really growing up nicely! I love how these photos show off the golden shimmers in his coat, which is a real thing in this breed. Knox is out of GCHB Sundowners Repeat Fire RAE CD RATO TKA CGC "Maverick" X CH Hellfires Marvelous Serendipity "Gwynnie"  We are breeding Gwynnie's litter sister GG this summer.

Knox at a year old - 2019 male out of Maverick X Gwynnie

Knox - Hellfires Cusp of Aries

 

Hellfire Sussex Spaniel Puppies - 2020

The Fwinkles (Frank x Twinky) arrived on National Chocolate Fondue Day, so we happily embraced this as our litter theme! (These puppies are spoken for.)

If you haven't read our Sussex Spaniel Info Page > you can find it HERE https://mthellfire.com/sussex-spaniel-info  

Our parents are fully health screened with eye, joint, heart, hearing and PDP DNA testing, but so are our puppies  - we do CAER eye exams, 2 puppy  heart exams and BAER hearing testing- via specialists. No matter what breeder you decide to work with, demand that all of these tests are done. 

It's true that pet puppies don't have to be 100% perfect to be great family companions, but it's nice to know your breeder actually cares enough about the breed to do these tests and is honest enough to disclose the results. 

PS: We do not export outside of the US!!! 

GCH Three D First and Foremost X CH Hellfires Twinkle of Faith

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

 

 

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. 

Hellfire Sussex Spaniels - New Champion

We are happy to announce that Gwynnie finished her championship from the Bred By Exhibitor Class at the Pacific Northwest Sussex Spaniel Club Specialty in September. She became my 10th Hellfire bred Champion since 2015! Gwynnie is a lovely 2017 GCH Frank x GCHB Marv daughter. 

AKC PupPals Sussex Spaniel

We are happy to say that Maverick has been accepted to participate in the AKC PupPals program! PupPals provides children who are struggling with an illness, the illness/death of a loved one (human or pet), who are missing a deployed parent, or who are otherwise struggling through a difficult time.

With his charm and need to be the center of attention, Maverick was born to be a therapy dog. I expect that 2020 will be a busy year for him!

GCHB Sundowners Repeat Fire RAE CD CGC RATO TKA

The Sussex Spaniel Puppies Have Arrived!

GCHB Maverick and Gwynnie (needs 3 singles to finish her CH) had five gorgeous puppies on March 20th, the vernal equinox...so, we've given them the Rites of Spring litter theme. The puppies look great - strong, fat, perfect mommy and no complications. Gwynnie is a perfect mommy.

We care about soundness and the health of the breed. Our breeding parents are health screened prior to being bred. Our puppies are HEART, EARS and EYES checked by specialists prior to being placed. We use the Puppy Culture enrichment and development program to raise them.

(All spoken for.)

2 weeks old 4/3/2019

One week old

Happy Birthday!