Our girl Red is out of Ariel and Rigby from Crimson Sky
Kennels in Illinois.
Her sire "Rigby" sports the following
titles:
AKCField Champion
Amateur Field Champion
National Vizsla Association (NVA)
Midwest Vizsla
Shooting Dog Champion
Midwest Vizsla Futurity 2nd Runner up
Of her dam “Ariel” Crimson Sky says: "Ariel is a very sweet
and kind Vizsla. Around the house she is very laid back and easy going. Ariel
loves lounging with "her people" on the couch or bed, and also enjoys
her own independence. Out in the field she hunts hard with great drive and
style. She is the full sister to Ruger out of a repeat breeding of Madison to
Raany.
Ariel earned many Puppy and Derby Field Trial placements and
earned her Junior Hunter JH title easily. Ariel runs big in the field and will
hold a bird forever. She is a broke gun dog with a strong retrieving instinct.
Ariel as most of our females spend more time hunting and less time field
trialing. Ariel is one of my main hunting dogs and rarely misses a trip to hunt
pheasants in Iowa or South Dakota."
We were adamant
about finding the Right dog (after living with a bad fit for a decade). We wanted a good bird dog, but we also wanted
a good companion. My husband flew out to
Illinois to personally meet Red’s sire and dam and even went out hunting
(pheasants) with them and owner Mark Spurgeon to see how they worked in the
field. He came home with 8-week old Red
(perhaps not the most original name – I picked it – but I wanted a single
syllable that was easy to call out in the field). You can read more about Crimson Sky Vizslas
at their website http://www.crimsonskyvizslas.com.
Red embodies all the qualities of her mother Ariel, a hard-hunting dog who is laid back and easy going around the house. She was a breeze to train and is a joy to hunt over.
When it came time to breed Red (we wanted to pick a time
when we thought we’d have some time to be home to socialize a new pup) we first
called Mark Spurgeon to discuss stud dogs that would be right for her. Since we live in the west (currently in
southeast Idaho where Roger is in graduate school) we thought we might
need to have frozen semen shipped from somewhere and do artificial
insemination. Mark however knew of a
breeder near Salt Lake City, Utah who has a stud dog he thought would be a good
match for Red. This is the breeder we
used and with the closer proximity (approx. 3 hour drive) we were able to take
Red to the stud and leave her there for breeding. Josh McPherson owns McPherson’s Hillbilly
Kennels http://mcphersonbirddogs.com/stud_dogs.html and the stud we used
(Deacon) is a Field Champion with a sweet personality and a powerful compact
build that at age 9 still quivers like a tight spring ready to explode into all
day action.
Josh’s webpage has this to say about Deacon:
FC HILLBILLIE'S SHILOH HOLY MAN (DEACON)
2x NVA National Quail runner up Champion
1st runner up – NVA Western Vizsla Classic
2nd runner up - NVA National All-Age Classic
Deacon is one of the most powerful dogs in the breed. He
produces big running, hard hunting dogs with tons of style. His puppies exhibit
exceptional natural point and superior athleticism. Deacon has a lot of
personality and he passes his playfulness on to his puppies. Deacon is OFA
excellent and has a permanent QOL and DNA on file.
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