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What can I say, I’ve got the bug! We met Michelle and Patrick Dowd of Broad Run Vizslas through the relationship that Zoë had with their Zeke (full siblings from different litters). We spent a lot of time visiting with and talking to them about the things that they were doing with Zeke. At that time, we had only participated in junior level AKC Hunt Tests with Zoë. As the Dowd's began to develop an interest in the competitive sport of Field Trialing, I followed along with their second Vizsla Blaze. It was very exciting! Each week Blaze and her littermates would do some amazing stuff at the field trials, and I got to hear all about it. After a while, I wanted to also take part in those experiences with my own field dog. Lucky for me, Michelle and Patrick chose to breed Blaze in 2005.
What a wonderful experience! Michelle and I had become good friends and she invited me to also participate in the whelping process. In October of 2005, Blaze was ready to have her first babies! Michelle called and I drove up. That was a long night! Blaze and Michelle did wonderfully! I took notes and helped weigh each pup and took lots of pictures (see the photo gallery for a few)! Maybe one day one of us will post the narrative of that night. I can’t remember everything I wrote, but I seem to recall that some of it was rather funny as I was ‘punch drunk’ with tiredness - the last pup, Greta, was born after midnight!
Again, as I did with Zoë and her breeder Don, I made the drive up to see this litter of puppies very often! Finally, on December 7, 2005 we were ready to pick up our puppy! Since we had decided to go the competitive route with this puppy, we enlisted the assistance of Bob Seelye to pick which one we would be ours. My Bob had a secret favorite and so did I. In the end, neither of those two were the one that Bob Seelye recommended to us. I told my Bob that the decision was his. Since I loved each and every one of the pups after having spent every week interacting with them, any one of them would have met MY needs! My Bob chose to take Bob Seelye’s recommendation and we had our new baby girl! She was so tiny!
Tess has been competitive in field trials since six months of age. She completed her Puppy/Derby career as the #2 dog on the VCA Puppy/Derby Top Ten list! Her two littermates Greta and Boone were #1 and #3, respectively.
Tess was bred to Topper in March of 2009 and delivered a beautiful litter of 6 puppies on May 11, 2009; of which I kept her one and only son, Reece. Be sure to check the Puppies page for more info!
Tess is home now and I will be ‘learning the ropes’ for handling her in her Gun Dog Stakes later this year!
DATE
PLACEMENT
CLUB
Field Trial Results
10-06-2007
Conestoga Vizsla Club
09-29-2007
Diamond State GSP Association
09-08-2007
Miami Valley Vizsla Club
04-21-2007
Hawkeye Vizsla Club
04-07-2007
Miami Valley Vizsla Club
STAKE
2nd
Amateur Walking Derby
3rd
Open Derby
4th
Open Derby
4th
Open Derby
1st
Open Derby
02-17-2007
Tampa Bay Vizsla Club
01-20-2007
North Florida GSP Club
11-10-2006
Nutmeg GSP Club
11-03-2006
Weimaraner Club of the WDC Area
09-30-2006
Vizsla Club of Michigan
4th
Open Derby
3rd
Open Derby
4th
Open Derby
2nd
Open Derby
1st
Open Puppy
09-16-2006
Vizsla Club of Greater Cleveland
04-22-2006
Show Me Vizsla Club
4th
Open Puppy
4th
Open Puppy
Pedigree
DC AFC Riverbend Deacon's Dandy CD VC ROM
Rebel Rouser Star
Rebel Rouser Bandieto HOF
FC AFC NAFC Piper's
Sippican Gold Rush
FC AFC NFC NAFC
Sam's Star-Buck
Lady Rhapsody
DC Rebel Rouser
E T ROM HOF
CH Sippican Upwind
Gold Batea JH VC ROM
Piper's Cape Cod Clipper
DC AFC Camelot's
Capricious Caper
DC AFC Upwind
Chas'n My Jason
FC AFC Barbenpiper
Beaconhill Bess
DC Piper's Upwind
of Bunker Hill
Broad Run Blaze JH
FC AFC Futaki Gippen's Cullen
Piper's Lady Abigail
CH Valhi's Stick To
Your Guns CD VC HOF
CH Oakleaf's
Rebel Rouser Image
DC Rebel Rouser E T ROM HOF
CH Deacon's Upwind
Leap N Lizard JH
2XNFC FC AFC
Fieldway's Jack Daniels ROM
CH Sienna Gold
BB Resolution CD SH
CH Obertakt
Downeast Jacky Blue JH
CH Sippican Upwind
Gold Batea JH VC ROM
DC AFC Riverbend Deacon's Dandy CD VC ROM
CH Keystone's Upwind
Indulgence SH
DC AFC Sienna Gold
Tidal Victory SH
Obertakt Simply
Wicked JH VC
FC Rimfire's
Cool Hand Luke JH
FC Amber Victory
at Obertakt
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SR29820503
Good VZ10594G25FPI
V448945
October 12, 2005
Stephanie Estes
BROAD RUN'S BLAZN VITESSE JH
Tess' Story
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