Posts tagged ‘Hungarian Wirehaired Vizsla’
Alfi’s first birthday.
The past year has flown by, and our Belatarr Amalfi and her siblings are all celebrating their first birthday and moving into adulthood.
Alfi has grown into a beautiful girl and is maturing into all that we had hoped she would be. A real firecracker with a big personality, she adores absolutely everyone, both human and canine, and is, without question, the most outgoing and playful HWV we’ve ever had. Like her mother, Aja, before her, she is also quite the athlete, flying, zooming, (digging!) and swimming around the valley here each day. In the occasional moments of downtime, she is also hugely affectionate, loving her cuddles, in typical HWV fashion:
We were delighted to receive some photos of her sisters, Mango and Wilma, celebrating their first birthday too:
Summer Show Results Roundup.
When we last updated, Show Champion Belatarr Kodiak had just collected his 14th Challenge Certificate. As it turns out, he was just getting warmed up, and the subsequent round of Championship shows have seen him collect another 5 CC’s in 5 months. This brings him to the current, and frankly, extraordinary total of 19 – already the fourth highest in breed history, and he’s still only 3 years old!!
His recent CC wins and judges were as follows:
26th April – WELKS – Shaun Layton
9th May – The National Championship – Ashley Reid (Australia)
21st June – Blackpool Championship – Keeley Newman-Jones
6th July – Boston Championship – Blake Crocker
3rd August – National Gundog Championship – Jean Byrne
Kodi also won Best Dog at the HWVGCB Open Show on 6th July under judge Alice Turnbull and even picked up Reserve (along with £10 prize money) in the Champion Stakes at National Gundog.
“A well-built, proportionate dog with excellent bone and substance. Attractive masculine head, eye colour matching his russet harsh jacket with a good undercoat. Well muscled shoulders and correct straight front, well developed in chest and firm level topline. He has moderate rear angulation strong loin and correct tailset. One of the best movers today with a steady ground covering gait and powerful rear driving action. Shows great teamwork with his handler and was a deserving CC winner and my BOB. Well done.”
Jean Byrne – National Gundog Championship
Meanwhile, his uncle, Luka, Belatarr Jupiter, has also had a good season, including taking another Reserve CC at the Boston Championship and Best Veteran in Breed at the Paignton Championship, under judge Jill Peak. Luka also picked up a lovely Best Veteran in Show under Alice Turnbull at the HWVCGB Open.
As always, huge congratulations go to David & Jenny for their continued tremendous success and for making us so proud with their Belatarr show boys!
Kodi – HWVA Best in Show.
A super day for Sh Ch Belatarr Kodiak at this year’s Hungarian Wirehaired Vizlsa Association Open show, winning Best Dog and then going Best in Show under judge Deborah Hamlyn.
“This masculine chap has an outline that screams HWV! He has correct head proportions with his kind inquisitive eye and nose pigment complimenting his coat colour. He has brows, beard and facial furninshings giving an almost square appearance to a nice big nose. Strong muscular neck and pleasing forechest that drops nicely to hand. Good depth of chest to just below close fitting elbows. He is ribbed well back, short coupled with level top line to well developed thighs. He has a moderate sweep of stifle with strong hocks over tight feet. Powered with ease around the ring. BD, BIS “
Deborah Hamlyn
Kodi is joint Top Dog of 2024!
The final Championship show of the year marked an incredible end to an extraordinary year for Jenny, David and Show Champion Belatarr Kodiak.
At today’s LKA Championship Gundog specialist judge Colin Woodward awarded Kodi his 9th CC of the year, his 12th in total.
“DCC. classic head with lovely proportions, good eye shape and colour giving a lovely expression, strong muscular neck of good length, shoulders well laid back, deep brisket & elbows close to body, well off for bone standing on nicely arched tight feet, clean in outline showing firm topline and gentle slope to croup, well made rear angulation, hocks well let down, lovely harsh wire coat, moved soundly and true with good drive keeping his shape at all times.”
Colin Woodward
In so doing Kodi collected 1 extra point in what has, all year long, been a nail-biting back-and-forth competition for the honour of being awarded Top Show Dog of 2024. That 1 point pulled Kodi to the top of the leaderboard for the year – truly a one-in-a-lifetime accomplishment and the pinnacle of achievement for any show dog.
Still only 2 years old, and undoubtedly with many more exciting wins in his future, Kodi has been a dream come true for me as a breeder. We are incredibly grateful for all of the hard work that Jenny & David have put in throughout the year and are immensely proud of their journey of success with young Kodi.
Introducing Belatarr Amalfi.
Selecting which of our wonderful recent litter would be staying with us was the most difficult decision since our very first litter, but we finally made the decision and are thrilled to announce the arrival into our little pack of Belatarr Amalfi, Alfi for short. (Alfi being an Old English girls name meaning ‘Elf’ or ‘Magical Council’, which seemed appropriate too!)
Puppies at 8 weeks.
With the first puppies ready to start their exciting new lives in their new homes, this is the final week for all 6 to be together.
Now registered and microchipped, we can (re)introduce our Italian litter, with their assigned Kennel Club names:
Puppies at 7 weeks old.
The gang have been venturing into new territories this week as well as hanging out with / sleeping on top of mum and their (very attentive) big sister, too.
Belatarr San Remo (Mr Black) 2.
Puppies at 6 weeks old.
The weather has continued to be a frustration, either rainy or chilly. The growing pups are increasingly keen to explore and learn more about the world, but they have had to be patient—not easy when you’re only six weeks old.
Finally, though, the rain stopped and the sun came out this afternoon, and everybody was able to enjoy a full afternoon of romping and exploration outdoors:
and this week’s headshots, taken indoors before the weather cleared-up:
Puppies at 4 weeks old.
It’s been a huge week for the pups, as all their senses (and all of their limbs) come fully online, and the world suddenly becomes a huge playground.
Their nails have been cut and filed for a second time, teeth are now beginning to erupt and, when they are awake, the pups will be chewing, romping or chasing, often all at the same time.
The pups have also now moved into their extended indoor run (attached to their whelping box and bed, from which they are busting out, above) and, when weather permits, will also be able to use their outdoor run (tomorrow, for the first time, hopefully!)
With big physical changes underway, too, we have done a double set of headshots for the gang this week:
Puppies at 3 weeks old.
Big changes for the gang over the last week as they start to look more like puppies and less like little wrinkled guinea pigs. Their eyes are fully open now, but they still have quite limited and very blurry visibility so are only just beginning to explore their world and its boundaries and possibilities – mainly chewing one another ears and toes and trying to figure out if Mum has come back to feed them.
Their legs are also beginning to get stronger and they are fully in what we like to call their “wobbly spider” phase, meaning that they take 3 or 4 steps and then fall over or sometimes do full body-rolls!
Little bursts of activity are still very short, though, and, at this age, 90% of their time is spent asleep – digesting and growing.
Belatarr Hungarian Wirehaired Vizsla. 