Kavacanne German Pointers

APPLE,MORGAN and TURTLE have all now been heart tested and hipscored. Score are 4/4, 5/5 and 3/4 respectively.

28th February 2010 BILL went to his 2nd show at Rockland County Kennel Club in Suffern, New York. He won the 6-9 months puppy dog class and Reserve Winners. Unfortunately he came up against a young dog that won has won 2 out of the 3 large specialty shows recently from very large entries. The judge was very complementary about him

14th February 2010 What a Great Valentines Day for team Kavacanne today. GALE went Best in Show at The German Shorthaired Pointer Association Open Show in Rothwell. Judged by Elaine Grewcock she won Open Bitch and then Top Honours. MORGAN and APPLE did not let the side down as they both won their respective Junior Classes. Handled by Adam and James, a lovely result.

6th February 2010 Just returned from a fabulous few days in Eindhoven where APPLE won Junior Bitch and Bitch CAC. This gives her a Dutch Junior Champion Title (NJK)She has 5 points towards a full Dutch title now (only 4 are needed but one of these has to be won at least 27 month old. Our lovely APPLE is still a baby at 15 months. At a later date she will only need to win a RCAC. MORGAN won the Reserve Dog CAC and a second point towards his NJK having only been to 2 Dutch shows to APPLEs 3. XANTO won BOB.Both breeds judged by Mrs H Ahrens. Adam took MORGAN and APPLE in the Brace class, coming 3rd place under Mrs S Vretenicic

1st February 2010 Exciting news from the USA. BILL(Isara Kurzhaar Vespa) Son of Pudding went to his first show at Saratoga New York Kennel Club held in Queensbury, New York.. He won Winners dog, beating several more mature males to take his first point towards a US Title.

25th January 2010 At Manchester Champ Show MORGAN won Junior Dog under Breed Specialist Fiona Thurm (Bryburn). He also won the Young Kennel Club Stakes. TURTLE won Junior Bitch and APPLE was Reserve.

10th January 2010 At the First Champ Show of the year (Boston) MORGAN won Junior Dog and his 4th RCC under Breed Specialist Roger Mann. He also won the Junior Stakes under Editha Newton. Our little VIMTO took 4th place in minor Puppy Bitch from 8. She was a little apprehensive but we are very happy with her first big day out. TURTLE was 2nd in Junior Bitch and also 2nd in the YKC Stakes under Mrs C Chapman.

20th December 2009

Last show of the Year and APPLE gained her final point for her Junior Warrant and lifetime Crufts qualification. Judged by Sarah Morris at Oakengates CS. She won the Post Graduate class.

12th December 2009 The last Champ Show of 2009 and what a lovely way to finish. MORGAN won Junior Dog and the RCC. The last results from 2009 now confirm that he is this years Top Winning GSP Puppy. TURTLE won Junior Bitch, APPLE was VHC and not to be outdone by by the Shorthairs XANTO won the RCC(his 2nd) in Wires. All judged by Breed Specialist Di Arrowsmith. This has been a fantastic year for us at Kavacanne and we thank all those Judges who have thought so highly of our dogs.

1st December 2009 Just returned from an amazing weekend at the All Winners Show in Amsterdam which is the biggest Dutch Show with over 5,000 entries. Our 'Dark Horse' 13 month old APPLE won the Junior Bitch class from a very strong entry and then went on to win Best Bitch, Best of Breed and the CAC, not being old enough to win the CACIB. She now only needs one point to become a Dutch Champion but has to be 27 months old to do so. She needs just one point to gain the title of Junior Champion. Also she can now add the awards Junior Winner 09 and Winner 09 to her name. HOWEVER she was not content to settle for just BOB but following in GALES footsteps from 2008, went into the main ring with all the BOB winners from Group 7

and took runner up (Group 2) This was a phenomenal achievement for one so young competing against such mature and top winning dogs. We were so proud that she was not at all phased by the experience of exhibiting under spotlights and extremely loud music and the 'razzamattazz' that accompanies the judging at this show. Our other stars too did us proud with MORGAN winning a strong Junior Dog class and taking the Reserve Dog CAC also gaining his Junior Winner 09 title. GALE won the Champion Class and XANTO won Open and was awarded the Reserve Dog CAC. Breed judge was Ricky Loch-Romans.

15th November A great weekend for Kavacanne. At Gundog Breeds of Scotland MORGAN won Junior Dog under Breed Specialist Jane Eyeington(Meadowdale) and Post Graduate Dog under Breed and Gundog Specialist Carole Coode(Warringah)from an entry of 26. APPLE won Novice Bitch and was 2nd in Junior Bitch also judged by Jane, leaving now just one more point to win for her Junior Warrant.

The following day TURTLE (Handled by Sarah below)went to Cheltenham Open Show ad won Best of Breed under Megan Hayes. Meanwhile at Newark GALE won Best of Breed and APPLE won Junior under Dawn Elrington .

25th October. What another wonderful day for us at Kavacanne. TURTLE won the Bitch Challenge Certificate at the tender age of 1 year and 5 days. Expertly handled by Adam, she first won Junior Bitch judged by Breed Specialist Julie Squires and then took top honours. MORGAN continued his winning streak by taking 1st place in his first Junior class. GALE was 3rd in a strong Open Bitch class and XANTO also won his Limit class judged by Breed Specialist Robert Geary. This really has been an amazing run of excellent results for our lovely much loved trio. We are very proud of their achievements

18th October.What a fantastic day for our lovely dogs. MORGAN wins BEST IN SHOW and BEST PUPPY IN SHOW at the German Shorthaired Pointer Association Show. Judged by Breed Specialist Sue Pitman. Morgan won Puppy Dog, and Best Dog before competing against the bitch for Best in Show. This is his last puppy class as he is now almost 12 months. Not to be outdone, APPLE won Puppy Bitch and Novice Bitch and was Reserve Best Puppy Bitch. GALE was 2nd in a strong Open class and declared Reserve Best Bitch. It was a lovely show, the sun was shining and the results were totally unexpected.

17th October .TURTLE had a successful day at S.W Gundog Club Open Show. Under Bill Kempson she won Junior and Best Puppy in Breed. She was then shortlisted for BPIS judged by Tony Jury.

14th October. In glorious sunshine at Malvern Showground it was another fabulous day for team Kavacanne. Star of the Day was MORGAN winning Puppy Dog, BPIB and shortlisted for BPIS. Judged by Penny Williams and Frank Kane respectively. This makes Morgan the Current Top GSP Puppy for 2009. Also under Penny Williams GALE won the Reserve Bitch CC (her 3rd one). TURTLE was 2nd and APPLE was 3rd in the Puppy Bitch Class.

10th October. Excellent results for MORGAN, APPLE, TURTLE and XANTO at SWKA Champ show. Judged by Doreen Smillie, Breed Specialist, MORGAN won Puppy Dog and his 5th Best Puppy in Breed making him the Top Male pup so far this year. APPLE was 2nd in Junior and TURTLE was 2nd in Puppy class and WON the YKC Stakes under Patsy Hollings thus qualifying her for the finals at Crufts 2009. This is our 4th dog to qualify (only have 3 handlers....) XANTO was Reserve Best of Sex under Eileen Hughes and 2nd in the RBOB STakes under Sue Garner.

3rd October. Driffield Champ Show. Another successful day with APPLE winning Puppy Bitch and MORGAN 2nd in Puppy Dog. GALE was 3rd in Open Bitch. Judged by Denise Gatliffe. The following day Apple and Gale went to Northern HPR club. Apple was 4th in Puppy and Gale won Open Bitch and then went onto take Reserve Best in Show.

28th September Another amazing weekend both here in the UK and in Europe. At Belfast Adam travelled with MORGAN who won Puppy Dog, Best Puppy in Breed, Reserve Challenge Certificate and was placed PUPPY GROUP 2. Judged by Chris Atkinson and Stephanie Hedgepath. Meanwhile sister APPLE and GALE were with XANTO at Maastricht Champ Show in Holland. Gale won the Champion Class and CACIB plus Best of Breed, Apple won Junior and the Dutch CAC. Gale was also shortlisted in the Group. Xanto also won his 2nd CAC and CACIB, also Best of Breed. It was Apples first trip overseas and she was an absolute star, we were so proud of them all. The weather was superb so all in all an unforgettable weekend.

20th September MORGAN WINS PUPPY GROUP 4 AT DARLINGTON. What another fantastic result for team Kavacanne. MORGAN won Puppy dog under Mick Howes and then went onto win BEST PUPPY IN BREED. His fantastic run continued when he then went on to compete against all the other Top winning pups from the show and was awarded PUPPY GROUP 4 under Geoff Corish.

APPLE was placed 3rd in Puppy Bitch and XANTO 2nd in Limit dog Judged by Jock Mackay. XANTO also qualified for the YKC Gundog Stakes Finals.

11th September. MORGAN wins Puppy Dog at Richmond under Jacqui Ward. APPLE was 2nd and TURTLE 3rd in Puppy Bitch.

XANTO was 2nd in Limit dog under Val Grant.

6th September 2009 APPLE won Puppy Bitch and then Best Puppy Bitch under Sandra Christian. TURTLE was 2nd in the same class. In Puppy dog MORGAN was Reserve. GALE was placed 3rd in Open Bitch.

30th August 2009. At SKC, APPLE won Puppy Bitch and MORGAN was 2nd in Puppy Dog. GALE was 3rd in a very strong Open Bitch class. All judged by Patsy Hollings. XANTO was 2nd in Limit dog and also 2nd in YKC Stakes.

27th August 2009 At Monmouth Open Show TURTLE not only won Best Puppy but also BEST OF BREED at just 10 months old. judged by Mrs P Harris.

23rd August 2009 WOW! What a day to remember at Welsh Kennel Club. It was the most magical day for us at Kavacanne. Not only did GALE win Open Bitch, the Bitch Challenge Certificate (Her 5th CC) & Best Of Breed under Gundog specialist Sharon Pinkerton but XANTO also won Limit Dog, the Dog Challenge Certificate (His 2nd, if he wins a 3rd he will become a Show Champion) and Best Of Breed. Gale was also shortlisted in the Gundog Group. Not to be outshone by the others, APPLE won Puppy Bitch & subsequently Best Puppy Bitch, TURTLE was 2nd to Apple and then went onto win Novice. MORGAN won the YKC Stakes for the 3rd time in 4 shows and was also placed 2nd in Puppy Dog. We had a truly fantastic day and thanks to all our friends, family and fellow exhibitors for their support and encouragement. A day to truly remember

16th August 2009 At Ashbourne MORGAN won 2points for his JW by winning 2 classes, he also won the Puppy Group under specialist Lyn Hunter. The following day he was BPIB at Alfreton and won his last JW point. So CONGRATULATIONS MORGAN now to be known as Kavacanne Toff at the Top. JW.

8th August 2009 MORGAN wins Puppy Dog and YKC Stakes at Bournemouth. Breed judge was Ros Kennedy. GALE is VHC in a large Open Bitch class.

4th August 2009. At Paignton Champ Show, APPLE and MORGAN were placed 3rd in their respective puppy classes. XANTO won Limit dog and was 4th in the YKC Stakes.

1ST August 2009 MORGAN wins Best Puppy Dog at National Gundog under Barbara Stamp. He also wins the YKC Gundog Stakes , judged by Fiona Coward-Scholes and qualifies for the Crufts 2010 finals. He also came 2nd in a large Puppy Stakes class. GALE is placed 2nd in Open bitch. TURTLE is 2nd in a large Puppy Bitch Class. XANTO is 2nd in Limit under Eileen Gates

25th July 2009 We are delighted to announce that GALE returns to the Champ Show circuit after a short break and wins her 4th Challenge Certificate under Breed Specialist Stevie Allerton.

MORGAN also had another good day being placed 2nd in Puppy Dog. Not to be outdone, TURTLE also took 2nd place in a large Puppy Bitch class.

19th July 2009 APPLE continues her wining streak by winning Best Puppy in Breed under Breed Specialist Fred Whitworth and then winning her second Gundog Group in 2 days at Evesham Show. Group judge was Gordon Talbot.

18th July 2009 APPLE wins BEST PUPPY IN SHOW at Newport . She won Junior GSP, Best Puppy in Breed judged by Jackie Howatson. Then she won Gundog Puppy Group under Gareth Lawler and finally Best Puppy in Show judged by Daniel Roberts. A fabulous day for Kavacanne.

11th July 2009. FANTASTIC NEWS from East of England Champ Show. MORGAN won Minor Puppy, Puppy and Best Puppy in Breed and then took the Reserve Challenge Certificate at only 8 and a half months old. Judged by Breed Specialist Gordon Haran

XANTO won Limit dog and Reserve Best Dog judged by Kathy Gorman. he was also 2nd in the YKC Gundog Stakes.

2nd July 2009.

Fantastic day at Sunny Windsor Champ Show with MORGAN winning Minor Puppy, Puppy, Novice and Best Puppy in Breed. TURTLE won Minor Puppy Bitch and 2nd was her sister APPLE. All judged by Gundog Specialist Frank Kane. XANTO came 2nd in Limit Dog under Breed Specialist Mike Blay

27th June 2009 MORGAN continues his winning streak at Blackpool winning Puppy Dog under G. Burgoin. XANTO is 2nd in Limit under Sue Harris

18th June 2009. What a super day for Team Kavacanne. MORGAN won Puppy Dog and Best Puppy Dog. TURTLE won Puppy Bitch and beat Morgan for Best Puppy in Breed. APPLE was VHC In Puppy Bitch. All judged by Breed Specialist Mary Small. Turtle then went through to the Gundog Puppy group and made the second shortlist to the final 6 places. handled by Adam. Adam also won the Puppy Stakes for the 2nd time in recent weeks with Morgan. XANTO also had another good result winning Limit dog, judged by Breed specialist Clare Shaw. So nice to see the 3 siblings all doing so well.

14th June 2009 A fantastic day for team Kavacanne at the German Shorthaired Pointer Club Breed Championship Show. APPLE won Minor Puppy Bitch and Novice Bitch. She then went on to win RESERVE BEST PUPPY IN SHOW. MORGAN had a great day too winning Minor Puppy Dog. All judged by Top Gundog Specialist Meriel Hathaway. GALE and GABY also proudly exhibited in the Parade of Champions , Gale being the youngest Champion there.

5th June 2009 MORGAN wins Minor Puppy Dog and APPLE reserve at Southern Counties Champ Show. Judged by Breed Specialist Maureen Court. XANTO wins Limit dog under Gundog Specialist Chris Atkinson.

30th May 2009 TURTLE did well at Taunton and District Canine Association held at the Royal Bath and West Show in Shepton Mallet Somerset. She won Graduate and then BPIB and also was placed Puppy Group 4 Judged by Sue Adams in the breed and Rosemary Kemp from Australia for the Group.
24th May 2009 What an amazing day in the glorious sunshine at Bath Champ Show. our beautiful XANTO won Limit Dog under Breed Specialist Peter Lomasney and then went on to win the Dog Challenge Certificate

MORGAN won Minor Puppy dog under breed specialist Des Hodgkinson and then went onto win the Minor Puppy Dog Stakes under Robin Newhouse. Still on a winning streak he then beat the Puppy Dog Winner and now will return to Bath on 25th May to compete against the winning puppies from the other groups.

TURTLE took second place in Minor Puppy Bitch and now qualifies for Crufts 2010 and APPLE was placed Reserve in the same class.

8th May 2009 MORGAN Minor Puppy dog at Birmingham National under Breed Specialist Sue Harris(Barleyarch). He was also declared Best Puppy Dog. APPLE was placed 3rd in a large Minor Puppy Bitch class and also VHC in the YKC Stakes. She is now qualified for Crufts 2010 along with Morgan.

26th April 2009 MORGAN wins Minor Puppy dog at his first show under breed specialist Ruby Field at WELKS. Although Apple and Turtle were not placed in a huge Minor Puppy Bitch class they showed their socks off and formed part of the KAVACANNE winning Breeder Team

Apple, Morgan and Turtle age 5 months

16th April 2009 News from Liz Vesey who owns Kemily Solar Superman at Frandeground. He is a Grandson of Bailey and Dime from Kavacanne Sir Mordred. We are thrilled to hear that he won his first Spring Pointing Test at the Korthaals Griffon Test, judged by Keith Scattergood and Penny Simpson

3rd April 2009 GABY has now been awarded the newly created title of International Show Champion by the FCI.

A lovely day today with good results in all our classes. XANTO followed on from his success in Holland and won Post Graduate Dog under Patsy Hollings. His Father XANTO III VD Lonsbirke also won his class coming over from Holland to take first place in Special Working Dog. XANTO was also placed VHC in the YKC Gundog Stakes Finals, also judged by Patsy Hollings.

GALE was placed Reserve in Open Dog under Breed Specialist Val Grant and 3rd in the Gundog Stakes Final .

As if that was not enough excitement XANTO won CAC, CACIB and Best of Breed. He then went onto WIN Group 7. As Adam was handling Gale, Xanto was expertly handled by our good friend from Holland Leon Verheugt- Meijer who owns Xantos father.

We were over the moon but this presented a huge problem in that our return ferry was booked for Sunday afternoon and Adam needed to return to work. I therefore had to drive him to the Hook of Holland and send him home as a foot passenger. His Father then drove from Telford to meet him at Harwich. This then left myself and Leon to make a second 5 hour round trip on Sunday for Best in Show. Xanto was expertly shown in the BIS ring and was placed 8th. He was by far the youngest dog and a comment came from the BIS judge to say if it was another year on he may have took BIS as he only lacked maturity. It was fabulous. We came away with 150 euros, 5 trophies, a medal, 2 bags of dog food ,a beautiful basked of pot plants and several rosettes.

The down side was that I had to drive from Holland to Calais as the ferry from Hook of Holland had already left.I left at 9pm and finally arrived at Telford at 7am next morning. Shattered but it was certainly worth it.

Comments from Xanto's judges to his handler Leon

' Gordon Williams.You can show this dog under me anytime when you bring him to England ( at that time not knowing that Xanto is English)

Mr R McCoy.Although he is only a youngster, he did very well in the group, and he has a very sound movement.

In the ring of honour he showed why I made him best of group 7 and did me credit with his performance. I would like to see more of him in the future.

Luis Pinto Texeira: (the judge for best in show) : still a youngster but with great future. A real son of his father. He has a marvellous coat and lovely character. In a year he would have had a chance to win the show, but now he was not matured enough against some of the other dogs. '

Have just received some very sad news. Fio Roberts (Isara Kurzhaar) passed away last night after a short illness. She was the mentor to my son Adam and we are eternally grateful for the wealth of knowledge that she passed onto us and the wonderful dogs we have because of her.
She was a dear dear friend whose friendship I will always treasure.A wonderful lady with a wicked sense of humour who I shall miss her beyond words.The GSP world will be a poorer place without her.
God Bless you Fio. You will live on through the breeding lines you have left behind

17th January 2009 GALE wins YKC Gundog Stakes under Liz Stannard from an entry of 22.This qualifies her for the finals at Crufts 2010!

30th November 2008 GALE wins Group 7 at the All Winners Show in Amsterdam! (left) She not only won the CAC, CACIB and Best of Breed under Dhr Wellens, but went onto to win a very strong and large Group 7 under the well respected judge Dhr W F Arxhoek. There are over 5,000 entries at this prestigious show so it was a tremendous achievement for her and she was the most successful exhibit from the uk. She can now add Winner 08 to her awards. It was a high profile experience with spotlights, music and excitement. gale came home with the beautiful rosette banner sported by Heather on the picture. A crystal trophy, plus trophy in photo. Also a medal, photo, red rose and the paper awards. A fantastic experience and again Gale has made us very proud. She has 4 points now which is enough for a Netherlands Champ Title but one of these needs to be won after the age of 27 months . Hopefully next year she will achieve this.

XANTO too did well winning his class and being graded excellent he was awarded the RCACIB under English All Rounder Andrew Brace,

8th October 2008 GALE wins YKC Stakes at Gundog Breeds association of Scotland under Colin Woodward. She is now just 2 years old and what an amazing 2 years it has been. We are so proud of our pretty girl.

25th October 2008 GALE wins her second Reserve Bitch CC under Breed Specialist Pat Ideson

15th October 2008 GALE wins the Reserve Bitch CC under Moray Armstrong. Moray had previously given her Best Puppy when he last judged at Belfast in 2007

20th September 2008 GALE wins her 3rd CC and BOB at Driffield under Frank Whyte from an entry of 92 dogs. What an amazing result. This means she is awarded the title of Show Champion and is now Sh Ch Kavacanne Gift of the Gab JW. Thanks to all who have thought so highly of our homebred girl.

Dutch Ch Isara Kurzhaar Chatline of Kavacanne.JW ShCM (GABY) is in whelp to Sh Ch Bryburn the Toff. (Shown below)TOFF has been hip scored 2/3. Pups will be due around 20th October. This is an exciting litter from Top Winning Parents. Show enquiries particularly welcome but good homes are main criteria. This is a similar mating to Gaby and Dyson which produced last years Top GSP Puppy. Kavacanne Gift of the Gab who is the UKs latest GSP Show Champion. Please contact us for further information

14th September 2008 GALE wins Limit Bitch from a class of 14 under Hilda Parkinson. She then went on to win the Bitch Challenge Certificate and Best of Breed from an overall entry of 112. A fabulous result. This means GALE need just one more CC to become a UK Show Champion. XANTO wins Junior Dog under Irene Glen

2nd September 2008 Just returned from a fabulous weekend in Rotterdam where GALE was declared Best of Breed under a renowned Dutch Judge. Beating strong opposition both from the UK and Europe , including champions, she won her 2nd CAC and CACIB. Then Best of Breed and finally an amazing Group 6 placing accompanied by a lovely trophy and some Dog food. XANTO also did extremely well in a strong Junior Class. He was placed second and graded excellent despite being by far, the least mature of the dogs in his class

22nd August 2008. XANTO wins the Gundog Stakes at SKC under Mr Sparrow and also wins Post Graduate under Breed Specialist Sharon Pinkerton.

17th August 2008 GALE continues her winning streak and wins Limit again at Welsh Kennel Club under Breed Specialist Barbara Hargreaves from an entry of 9. XANTO is Second in Junior Dog under Val Foss being beaten only by Bareve Bhangazi who actually gained his Sh Champion title at the same show.

11th August GALE wins Limit Bitch under Breed Specialist Keith Groom at Bournemouth Champ Show from 11 entries

3rd August 2008 At National Gundog Championship Show. GALE won a very strong Limit class of 14 entries under Breed Specialist Jenny Jennings. XANTO was again 2nd in Junior dog to Bareve Bhangazi who went onto win the CC and BOB. Judged by Pat Dempster.

28th July 2008 At Leeds Champ Show, XANTO was 2nd in Junior Dog and described in a most complemetary way by Breed Specialist Judge, Pam Blay. ' A head to die for with those kind yet watchful eyes.When he drops into himself (matures) he will be a force to be reckoned with as he has the correct 10 to 9 proportions which is ideal for the breed'. XANTO also came 2nd in the YKC Stakes which will qualify him for the Gundog Stakes Final at Crufts 2009. GALE was 2nd in a large Limit class judged by Eileen Hughes

13th July 2008 At The German Wirehaired Pointer Club Championship Show, at the tender age of 15 months our lovely boy XANTO won the Reserve Dog CC and Best Junior in Show. Judge was Ruth Martin (Sunhouse)

23rd June 2008 At 15.00 today we lost our Beloved Dime today after a short illness. She was our GSP of a Lifetime and we are all Heartbroken. God Bless Dime.Run Free

27th June 2008. A good day at Windsor Champ Show. GALE was 2nd from 13 in Limit bitch. Expertly handled by Sharon Pinkerton as Heather was committed in another ring. Judged by Carol Coode.XANTO was also 2nd from 6 in a strong Junior Class, judged by Doreen Smillie and beaten by the Bareve Kennel.

15th June 2008. Making their Dutch debuts....GALE wins Best Bitch in Holland at the Hulten Show. She was graded excellent and won the top awards of CACIB and CAC. Judged by Mw R Reyniers. XANTO is also graded excellent and wins the Reserve CAC.

9th June 2008. XANTO wins Junior at Three Counties Champ Show under Breed Specialist Barbara Stamp. GALE is placed reserve in Limit Bitch under Breed Specialist Gillian Roden

31st May2008 GALE wins the Yearling Class under Breed Specialist Alan Small. XANTO is 3rd in Junior, the strongest GWP class of the day under John Thirlwell.

24th May 2008 At Bath Champ Show XANTO is 2nd in a very strong Junior class of 6, judged by Des Hodgkinson and only beaten by the Bareve kennel. GALE is in her first Limit class now due to her previous qualifications and has a highly creditable reserve place from a class of 15 under Jack Mackay.

16th May 2008 XANTO is placed 1st in Junior Dog at SKC under Mrs L Townsend. GALE is placed 2nd in Yearling bitch, both handled by Adam.

9th May 2008 GALE wins YKC Stakes at Birmingham National and qualifies for the Gundog Stakes Finals at Crufts 2009. Judged by All rounder Liz Stannard from an entry of 23. A brilliant win. Handled on this occasion by Heather. XANTO was placed 2nd in a very strong Junior class under Hilda Parkinson and this qualifies him for Crufts 2009. Also handled by Heather.

7th March 2008 CRUFTS What an amazing day!! GALE won first in Junior bitch. POPPY won first in the Good Citizen Bitch Class . This makes it 4 wins out of 4 at Crufts for Pops. Judged by Ruby Field. Both were handled by Adam. Then PUDDING won the YKC Gundog Stakes Final under Steve Hall, handled by Hannah. Pudding now goes through to the YKC Final just before Best in Show on Sunday 9th March. This is the young persons equivalent of Best in Show. This is the 2nd time Pud has won this award. In the GWP Puppy Class, XANTO was awarded VHC. He was an absolute star on his bench all day and had his photograph taken by many admirers during the course of the day. We had a fabulous time!!!!

6th March 2008 CRUFTS PUDDING and GABY were shown in the Breeders Stakes Final for the ISARA team. With Sue Adams and Jack, plus Mike Scanlon and Gus they were declared overall winners under Ron James. Sporting fabulous blue silk waistcoats , a well deserved win for Fios team. Champagne all round and a press interview!!

22nd December 2007 We are proud to announce that GALE is now this years Top German Shorthaired Puppy for 2007 as confirmed in 'Our Dogs'. A brilliant year for our homebred sweetheart (also known as Chicken) She was always a bit special as when she was born she had a severe nose bleed and was not breathing. She was quickly given mouth to mouth and has not stayed still since. She is always wanted to 'kiss' back so perhaps this is her earliest memory. Adored by all of us, and handled so well by Adam, Hannah and Heather.

26th October 2007 What an amazing day at Midland Counties. GALE, handled by Adam 'showed her socks off' and won Puppy Bitch from a Class of 11 and then went onto challenge for the Challenge Certificate. She was declared Best Bitch by Judge Larry Wilkes and thus gained her first CC. (A dog needs to win 3 CCs to become a Show Champion) She was also was awarded Best Puppy in Breed and is currently Top GSP Puppy for the Year with 2 shows to go. At the same show XANTO was placed 3rd in Puppy Dog and has now qualified for Crufts 2008.

20th October 2007 GALE achieved her Junior Warrant today at Birmingham Gundog and Terrier. She was BPIB under Mr S Taylor and then Gundog Puppy Group 2 under Keith Groom. Her JW gives her a Stud Book Number and qualifies her for Crufts for life. She will now be KAVACANNE GIFT OF THE GAB JW

13th October GALE wins Reserve Best Puppy in Show at Walsall Canine Society Centenary Show. She was Best Puppy in Breed under Breed Specialist Fiona Thurm. She then won the Puppy Group under Edith Newton and then RBPIS under Gundog Specialist Gordon Williams.

8th October 2007 At Issjel Show in Zwolle, GABY won her final point for her Dutch Championship so is now DUTCH CHAMPION ISARA KURZHAAR CHATLINE OF KAVACANNE. JW. ShCM. She not only won BOB but also was placed 2nd in Group 7, the largest group of the show. Judged by Mr Mensink and Mr Rutten, this was a fabulous and well deserved result for Gaby, handled by ADAM

29th September 2007 At Belfast Championship Show GALE is Best Puppy in Breed under Gundog Specialist Moray Armstrong. Her 5th such award and 11th Champ Show win.

9th September 2007 We are so proud to announce that HEATHER has won the Richmond Gundog JHA Semi Finals (12 to 16)for the 2nd year in succession. This was the largest class of the day with an entry of 42 Juniors. The judge was Frank Whyte(Kazval) a highly reputable and well known Champ Show Judge. Heather will now go forward to the prestigious Pedigree Mastertfoods Finals in January 2008 to compete for the Junior Handler of the Year, the winner of which will represent Great Britain at Crufts.

GALE also had a good day coming 2nd in the Proplan Pup of the Year Stakes from a class of 40 under Doug Kitchener. She was 3rd in GSP Puppy Bitch under Gundog Judge Pasty Hollings. SHIM too had a good day being placed 3rd in a very strong open class under All round judge, Brenda Banbury

2nd September 2007 Yet another BEST PUPPY IN BREED for GALE at City of Birmingham Championship Show. Winning Puppy bitch under Gundog Specialist Sharon Pinkerton. She then went on to be shortlisted in the Puppy Group under All round Specialist Ron James. This is Gales 10th Champ show 1st place. We also had news that Gales brother SHILOH was entered in a fun dog show in Gloucester having never been shown before and won Best Puppy in Show.

29th August 2007. Success in Holland! GABY wins the CAC and CACIB at Rotterdam Championship Show. She Also won Best of Breed. Pudding won the RCAC and RCACIB. HEATHER handled Gaby and also XANTO III V D LONSBIRKE who also went onto win BOB. Xanto II is the father of our own GWP Puppy Xanto. To complete a hat trick Heather then went onto win the Junior Handling competition from over 20 entries, handling Xanto. This is the 2nd year in succession that Heather has won.

HANNAH also had a good day handling Pudding and also made up a Dutch Champion with Gwenn Lotte v.d. Tuindershof winning her last points to gain her Title for her owner Jan van Djik

19th August 2007 GALE wins her 9th Championship Show class and BEST PUPPY IN BREED under all round Judge Hilda Parkinson at Welsh Kennel Championship Show. This is now her 3rd BPIB

5th August 2007 GALE wins Minor Puppy Bitch, Puppy Bitch and Best Bitch Puppy in Breed at national Gundog Association Championship Show. The judge was Stevie Allerton who is a Breed Specialist. This is Gales 8th Champ Show win and she is not yet 9 months old. She now has 26 points for her Junior Warrant.(Only 25 are needed but 3 must come from an Open Show so she needs one more point to win the Warrant.) A great start for our Beautiful Baby.

22nd July 2007 GALE continues her winning streak by winning Puppy bitch from 9 entries at Leeds Championship Show. Judged by Martin Yorke she was also awarded BEST PUPPY IN BREED.

15th July 2007 A brilliant result for GALE at Evesham Open Show where she won not only Best Puppy in Breed but also Best of Breed from an entry of 30 GSPs, including Gaby (Move over Mum!) Judged by Rachel Herbert, she then went on to win Puppy Group 4 under Breed Specialist Doreen Smillie

13th July 2007 GALE continues her successful run by winning Minor Puppy Bitch at Paignton under Breed Specialist Gordon Haran

8th July 2007 BANG wins Post Graduate dog at the German Wirehaired Pointer Champ Show, judged by Moray Armstrong. SHIM wins Limit Bitch at the same show.

7th July 2007 GABY wins YKC Gundog Stakes at SWKA and qualifies for the Gundog Stakes Finals at Crufts 2008. Judged by Graham Hill in a class of 22. GALE is placed 2nd in Minor puppy at the same show under Mrs C Mackay.

24th June 2007 GALE wins Minor Puppy Bitch at Blackpool Champ Show under Mr Chris Atkinson. This is her 5th Champ Show win. She was also placed 2nd in the older puppy class and reserve in the YKC Stakes under Simon Parsons

3rd June 2007 GALE wins Pro Plan Puppy Bitch Stakes at Southern Counties under American Judge, Ron Menaker. This was from am entry of 77. Handled by Hannah

25th May 2007 At Bath Championship Show GALE wins Minor Puppy Bitch, Minor Puppy AND Novice Bitch. She was also awarded Best Puppy in Breed under all round Judge Zena Thorne -Andrews.

19th May 2007 GALE wins Minor Puppy Bitch at Scottish Kennel Championship Show under Breed Specialist Roger Mann

13th May 2007 At Birmingham National Champ Show GALE qualifies for Crufts 2008 at her very first show. Under breed specialist Ben Thurm she was placed 2nd in Minor puppy and 3rd from 14 in the more mature puppy class. At the same show PUDDING qualified for the Gundog Stakes Finals at Crufts 2008 by winning the YKC Stakes under International judge, Carlo Molinari from Portugal. HEATHER won the YKC Handling class age 17 to 24 with GALE. Gale was a last minute substitute and despite her young age did not let Heather down. A super day despite the horrendous weather.

21st April 2007 NIKE wins the CAC at Goes Show in Holland. This is her final point and now wins her the title of DUTCH CHAMPION. NIKE is the daughter of our beautiful POPPY who won her class at Crufts this year. She is owned by the very well know Belgium Breeder Pascale Van de Wee from the Vom Adelsberg Kennel.

2nd April 2007 SHIM and XANTO have produced 6 handsome boys and 3 beautiful girls. Mum and babies are doing well.

ABBIE has passed her Good Citizen Puppy Foundation course. She is now 6 months old. She is owned, loved and trained by Lauren and Russ Howard in Lancashire

POPPY takes 1st prize at Crufts in the Good Citizen Class. This is 3 times out of 4 that she has won this class. On the 4th occasion she was absent with maternal duties. She was seen by a top International Judge from Hungary who was extremely impressed by her good looks and movement . POPS has brains as well as beauty...... HEATHER took 3rd place in a large Senior Handling Class.

GWP pups are expected from SHIM and XANTO around April 3rd. XANTO is a multi titled German dog from the Dutch kennel of Leon and Cornelie Verheugt-Maijer. Xanto is a stunning GWP with a superb temperament. He can be seen on the website www.duitsestaandedraadhaar.com.

Following hotly on her sisters footsteps Heather was placed a highly creditable 2nd place in the Pedigree Masterfood Junior Handling Finals. Handling Show Champion Bareve Bombali with kind permission from Sharon Pinkerton, Heather and Marnie excelled themselves and considering the tough opposition did extremely well. We are very proud.

BANG wins the Reserve Challenge Certificate at LKA under Barbara Stamp. This will give him his stud book number and qualify him for Crufts for life.

NIKE wins the CAC and Reserve CACIB at the Amsterdam All Winners Show. The CAC is worth 2 points at this show. Nike now has 3 CACs and needs only one more to become a Dutch Champion.

NIKE (Kavacanne Olympic Dream) who is from Poppy and Dill has won the CACIB,CAC and Best of Breed at the Bleiswijk show in the Netherlands. Judged by Miss Puumalo from Finland. Nike lives with the Van De Wee Family in Belgium.

We are delighted to announce that GABY (Isara Kurzhaar Chatline of Kavacanne JW ShCM) and DYSON (Sh CH Pitwit Spring Into Action) have produced 4 handsome boys and 3 beautiful girls. Dyson is a stunning liver & white dog, who again has a superb temperament. He needs no introduction to those of you who show. He is a ‘Show Champion’, winning his 20th CC only recently. Owned and bred by Sue Pitman who runs GSP Rescue, He has won many Gundog group awards and is also a steady working dog. You would never guess he was a veteran!!! We hope to see at least one pup from this litter make their show debut in 2007.Mum and Babies are doing well. All puppies from Gaby are now sold.

Pups are expected from GABY early November. She has been mated to Show Champion Pitwit Spring into Action.

SHIM wins YKC Gundog Stakes at Gundog Society of Wales under Moray Armstrong

PUDDING has given birth to 6 girls and 5 boys. We have 1 bitch puppy remaining. Enquiries welcome. She is liver/white, very prettily marked. She is docked, dew clawed and KC registered. She will come with 6 weeks insurance, 1st vaccination, veterinary check and a puppy pack. We also offer lifetime breeder support. Raised in the home and well socialised. She will be ready for her new home in early November.

HEATHER has today bravely completed her Bungee jump for GWPC and Rescue raising over £500 in sponsorship. She has also raised £360 with the organisation of her Fun Dog Show. She has had a brilliant week which has seen her win the Junior Handling 12 to 16 class (Gundogs) at Richmond Champ Show from a class of 41. She now goes forward to the prestigious Pedigree Masterfood Finals in January 2007.She has also been accepted as a Police Cadet....what a week!!!! Well done Heather.

PUDDING was scanned today and we are delighted to say that she has had her pregnancy confirmed. Pups should be due around the 19th September. Enquiries welcome

Good day at Leeds Champ Show with HEATHER winning both the Junior Handling and the YKC Handling under 2 separate judges. SHIM came 2nd in Limit Bitch and Floosie 3rd in Junior Bitch. PUDDING was Reserve in the YKC Stakes and GABY placed VHC

FLOOSIE wins Junior Bitch from a class of 8 under Breed Specialist Jenny Burgon.

SHIM wins Limit bitch under Breed Specialist Pam Blay. Heather also won the Junior Handling Class under Ron Carter, on this occasion handling Sh Ch Bareve Bronte for Rudishaw owned by GWPC Secretary Claire Shaw.

POPPY qualifies for Crufts 2007. She was placed 2nd from a class of 18 under all rounder judge Frank Kane at South Wales Kennel Championship Show. At the same show HEATHER wins a large Junior Handling Class under Mr W Browne-Cole. SHIM is placed 2nd in Open Bitch under Keith Groom and BANG is placed 2nd in Post Graduate dog. All in all a good day!

SHIM wins Limit Bitch under judge Di Arrowsmith. Her sister BRIAR, handled on this occasion by Hannah won the Post Graduate class and qualifies for Crufts 2007. For a hat trick of successes BANG came 2nd in Post Graduate dog and also qualifies for Crufts 2007.

In Heathers absence today (due to GSCE's), Hannah did a great job with the 3 'Wiry Ones'

SHIM, handled as always by Heather has qualified for the YKC Gundog Stakes Finals at Crufts 2007. This is her 3rd year in succession. She won under Nev Newton at Bath Championship Show. At the same show she won the Limit Bitch class under Jock Mackay.

HEATHER wins the Young Kennel Club Handling at Birmingham National. Judged by Ron James, Heather was placed first from an entry of 21 and now goes through to the YKC Handling Final at Crufts 2007.

MARNEY son of Pudding and Punch has passed the Kennel Club Good Citizen Silver award and is now working towards the Gold. At the age of just 11 months.

SHIM wins Limit and Best Bitch at The German Wirehaired Pointer Club Show. Judge was Mrs. L. Townsend

FLOOSIE has qualified for Crufts 2007 at her first Breed Championship Show. She was judged by Breed Specialist Mike Ryan who placed her second from an entry of 11 puppy bitches.

CRUFTS NEWS. In the International handling finals HANNAH was shortlisted to the final 8 handlers.

SHIM was placed 2nd in Limit bitch and 3rd in the YKC Gundog Stakes Finals with GABY behind her in 4th place. BANG was placed 2nd in the Good Citizen dog class.

HANNAH wins the highly prestigious Pedigree Masterfood Junior Handling Stakes at the NEC. Having competed with hundreds of semi finalists at Richmond in September, Hannah then proved herself to be one of the countries top young handlers by beating the other 13 finalists under Champ show judge Liz Dunhill. She will now represent the United Kingdom at Crufts in March against over 30 other top handlers from around the world. On this occasion Hannah was unable to handle her usual dogs and won the Final with 'Tango' (Irish Champion Otherton Mirage), this being the first time she had ever taken the dog into a ring. At Crufts Hannah has chosen to handle a GSP but will not find out until the morning of the show who her dog will be. This is to ensure fairness for the youngsters travelling from abroad who are unable to handle their own dogs.

GABY and PUDDING form part of the winning Isara team at Manchester Champ Show.. The Isara Breeders stakes team win overall at the show under Ron James. This now qualifies the team for the 5th successive year for the prestigious Breeder Stakes Finals in the Main Ring at Crufts in 2007.Handled as always by Adam and Hannah. Heather was handling Gus (Isara Kurzhaar Invader at Padhesion. Sue Adams and Graham Cruz made up the team handling Jack and Scrumpy. (Isara Kurzhaar Innkeeper at Katelands and Isara Kurzhaar Applewine of Thorjon)

We are pleased to announce that POPPY has given birth to 7 beautiful babies. She has 4 boys and 3 girls. All are liver and white. Mum and babies are doing well. Due to last minute cancellation we have a beautiful liver and white boy available to suitable home.

SHIM and GABY both competed at the All Winners Show in Amsterdam winning CACs and CACIBs. This is Shims 2nd and Gabys fourth although at the All Winners Show the win is worth double. Gaby also went onto win Best of Breed. Both dogs received superb critiques and were graded excellent.

POPPY has been scanned for 7/8 pups. This is only an estimate but we are pleased to confirm her pregnancy.

SHIM and GABY were both competing at the Eurodog Show in Kortrijk, Belgium. Handled by Heather and Adam they won the bitch CACIB and CACs in their breed.

POPPY has been mated to Show Champion Isara Kurzhaar Exaliber (subject to KC confirmation) who gained his title on 28th October. He is the 34th Champion bred by the Isara kennel.

ROONEY (KARIBAEN STRYKER) wins the Dog Challenger Certificate and Best of Breed at Midland Counties under Mr R. Hernanadez. Handled and bred by Hannah this is his first CC at just 17 months.

GABY wins YKC Stakes at Gundog Society of Wales under John Thirlwell. She will now join Pudding and Shim in the YKC Gundog Stakes Finals at Crufts in 2006. Handled by Adam. BANG wins Novice Dog under Fio Roberts giving CCs in the breed for the first time at Gundog Society of Wales, handled by Heather.

SHIM continues to do well and wins Post Graduate Bitch at Darlington. After her win at SKC she has qualified out of Post Graduate and will be moved up into limit.

HANNAH wins the Junior Handling Semi Final Working Class with Rottweiler Lewis at Loseley Park. Hannah now goes through to the prestigious Pedigree Masterfood Finals in January 2006. The winner of this competition will represent the UK in the International Handling Finals at Crufts in March.

HEATHER wins the 12 to 16 Junior Handling under Andrew Guillick, and in second place was HANNAH. Heather also wins Best of Breed with 'FIDDICH' (Lanspar Varazslatos at Oakberrow) a Hungarian Wirehaired Viszla owned by Bill Toase and wins through to the Gundog Group at Birmingham where both showed wonderfully. This was the second time at the show where Heather was in the group having also handled Sheba (Almarda Wise Girl) for Margaret Davies on Hound Day.

SHIM continues her winning streak by winning Post Graduate Bitch at Scottish Kennel Club under Chris Atkinson...also winning the YKC Gundog Stakes under Liz Stannard and so qualifying for the finals at Crufts 2006

GABY and PUDDING form part of the winning Isara team at Welsh Kennel. The Isara Breeders stakes team win overall at the show under Jeff Horswell who gave Pudding her YKC win at Crufts earlier this year. This now qualifies the team for the 3rd successive year for the prestigious Breeder Stakes Finals in the Main Ring at Crufts in 2006.

HEATHER wins the YKC Handling at East of England. This time Heather chose to handle Bart (Isara Kurzhaar Ybother at Nuash) who belongs to Nicky Hamlin. First place qualifies Heather for the YKC Handling Finals at Crufts 2006

SHIM wins the Reserve CC at Paignton Championship Show. Handled as always by Heather and judged by Brenda Banbury. This is her second RCC.

PUDDING has given birth to 10 beautiful Liver and White puppies, 6 boys and 4 girls. The father is Show Champion Isara Kurzhaar Bootlegger. (Punch). Enquiries for this litter are welcome.

HANNAH wins YKC Working Stakes at Bath. This time Hannah was handling Lewis the Rottweiler she co-owns with Dave Hodgson. This qualifies them for the YKC Working Stakes Finals at Crufts in 2005. This is the 2nd dog Hannah has qualified now, the other being Pudding. The Stakes finals are fortunately held on different days.

HANNAH wins YKC Handling at Birmingham National and qualifies for the finals at Crufts 2006. This time Hannah was handling GABY in the absence of Adam who was stewarding the Main ring at the show.

STAR our beloved Wire has been taken from us suddenly at 5 years old. Needless to say we are devastated. She was that 'dog in a lifetime'. We all miss her desperately, especially Heather who was her soul mate. God Bless you Star till we see you again at Rainbow Bridge.

PUDDING wins YKC Gundog Stakes Final at Crufts 2005. This is the equivalent of the YKC Members Best in Show. Pudding won the Gundog Group, handled by Hannah and judged by Jeff Horswell.

HANNAH wins YKC Handling at Crufts 2005. Hannah continued her success the following day with winning the YKC Working Handling Final age 12 to 16. This time Hannah was handling Rottweiler Amber. the judge for this competition was Nicola Erwin.

GABY gains Show Certificate of Merit. An award to acknowledge her many successes at Open Show Level.

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