Our Dogs
Nixon
Nixon is the dog that started all this. From the first day he entered our
home we knew he was a very special dog. He has a great personality and
loved to retrieve and find birds. As he grew older and got his first
season of hunting behind him it was obvious that this guy could hunt. He
lives to go hunting. A natural retrieve, strong pointing instinct and the
willingness to please his master, he has been more than we ever expected.
He has the uncanny ability to find birds when other dogs can't. He is very
strong and has a strong frame to withstand the rigors of hunting all day
for many days in a row. As a hunting dog he has pretty much done it all.
No matter where we are at, when Nixon comes out of his crate he attracts
attention. He is now in his golden years and he can still put in a full
days work and needs to be called in even after an 8 hour hunt. At ten
years of age he has over 600 wild birds to his name and he is still going
strong. He hunts like he is a five year old. He is now just starting to
show his age in his eyes and is starting to get a grey chin, but we expect
several more strong seasons out of him, and if he has anything to say
about, it he will do many more. He just may be that dog of a lifetime.
Nixon's photo album
Lucy
In late 1999 we decided we wanted a female to
compliment Nixon in the field. After looking high and low for a female Vizsla out of proven hunting stock we decided to import a dog right from
Hungary. It was a gamble, but it was worth it. Rockwoods Csouarberki
Estike{Lucy} came to America in the spring of 2000. She was imported with
a sister and brother who belong to friends of ours. They flew into
Chicago's O'Hare and as we were doing the necessary paperwork we could
hear them whining and barking. They wanted to let us know they were here.
The airport personnel brought the crates out and we let them out to see our
new pups for the first time. Well as you can imagine it was love at first
sight. They were very happy and just full of ambition. We got them home
and our families embraced the dogs from the beginning and the dogs
returned the favor.
Lucy has become a very good dog and is just a charm to be around. She has
all the tools and loves to do the required work of a Versatile Hunting
Dog. At the age of seven months she was tested in the NAVHDA Natural
Ability test and she received a 91pts prize 2. She did a very nice job. We
knew she was headed for the Utility test. After several years of training
and hunting wild game she was ready for the big test. At the age of
3.8years she received her NAVHDA Prize1, 201pts. Utility score on her first
try, something very few dogs accomplish. To the best of our knowledge this
is the highest score ever achieved by a Vizsla bitch in 36 years of NAVHDA
testing. Something we are all very proud of. She has been a dream to train.
Very understanding and just absorbs the training. She loves to work. Not
only is she a true Versatile dog, she is a beautiful Versatile dog. She
has a very strong pointing instinct, almost extreme use of nose, a natural
retrieve, a natural honor/back, and a love of water. She stands at 23.5" and weighs 50 pounds. She has good bone mass and is very well
muscled, traits that are needed to do the required work of a Versatile
dog. She doesn't know what an e-collar is. Just show her what you want and
she does it. She loves to please.
She is a prime example of great breeding. We only hope she passes these
strong traits on to her offspring. So far it looks like she has.
Lucy's photo album
Some of Lucy's 04' Pups 05' Pups
Monte
Rockwoods V Montefeltro {Monte} is a male pup out
of Rockwoods Csouarberki Estike{Lucy} and Pointe Blanc`s Rusty Miracle
{Duke}. So far he has been quite a character. He went Sharptail hunting in
North Dakota at the ripe old age of 4 months and also hunted pheasants in
N.D., WI and IA. in his first hunting season. He has shown signs of
greatness and then turns around and proves that he is just a puppy, and we
are not going to take that away from him. But it looks as though he has
all the traits to become a good one. We will update this as he progresses.
Olie
Olie's photo album
Lena
Lena's photo album
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