Our Dogs

Benachitti Reeva Rose At Kavacanne (Left). Now12 years old RIVA was our first experience of the GSP. Originally bought as a pet and companion we decided through our son Adam's enthusiasm to  enter the world of show dogs. Although getting consistent places at Open shows Riva was never truly happy in the limelight and prefers to spend her time lounging around at home or chasing around in the Shropshire countryside.

BAILEY aka Dorntanza Lord Bailybarre At Kavacanne JW (left). He was our first experience of a male GSP. He was bred by Barbara and Trevor Rigby who were so supportive in the early days. Solid liver, he was quite a contrast to our girls. He is now 10 years old. Bailey won his Junior Warrant at just 11 months old and soon gained his stud book number with a Reserve CC. With Hannah and Dime in partnership, Adam took on Baileys training.. He achieved his Good Citizen Gold Award at YKC Camp and in 2001 won the YKC Gundog Stakes Final at Crufts so reaching the final 7 and showing himself off in the Main Ring. Bailey has consistently won at Champ shows and Open shows. He has travelled to Courtrai in Belgium for showing and handling and was graded 'Excellent' in his breed class. He has now retired from the show ring  and is a loving and wonderful boy.

As Adams success grew and a friendship was forged with Fio  Roberts and the famous Isara Kurzhaar kennel so came ( Dutch Champion Isara Kurzhaar Chatline of Kavacanne.JW.) GABY. Now 7 years old she has been our most successful dog so far. She consistently wins at Championship and Open Shows and rarely does not get placed. Gaby has her stud book number and a one Reserve CC. She has been shown in  Ireland winning Green Stars and a 2 CACIBs. She travelled to Courtrai in 2004 winning the Reserve bitch CACIB and CAC. In 2003 she was the Top Gundog Puppy in the Vetzyme Pick of the Litter Competition.   Gaby is a regular member of the winning Isara Kurzhaar Breeder Stakes team who have qualified for the Finals at Crufts every year since it began making her television debut in 2004.  She has been awarded her Show Certificate of Merit from the Kennel Club. Gaby  qualified for the YKC Gundog Stakes Finals at Crufts for 5 consecutive years At the end of 2005 Gaby used her Pet Passport once more and travelled to Belgium and Holland for  the Euro Dog and All Winners Shows where she won the CAC and CACIB at both shows and best of Breed in Amsterdam.. She competed at Rotterdam 2007 where she gained the title of Dutch Champion and was placed runner up in Group 7. She also won yet another CAC and CACIB at the All Winners Show 2007.  From her 1st litter in November 2006 she has produced the Top winning GSP puppy, Show Champion Kavacanne Gift of the Gab.JW who you can find details of on this page and also in October 2008 our newest family member APPLE and MORGAN who lives with Adam.. Gaby is now a veteran and enjoying her retirement. Following her 7 CACIB wins Gaby now has the title of International Show Champion (CIE)

She has been hip scored 5/7. She is also heart tested and eye tested.

Our own homebred Kavacanne Nimue (right) POPPY is now 7 years old. She is certainly larger than life!!! Although rather exuberant at times she is a loveable character  and most biddable dog.  She is the daughter of Bailey and Dime. At her first ever show she won Best Puppy in Show, so qualifying for Crufts 2002. where she came 2nd to the BPIB .She passed her Good Citizen Bronze Award soon after and has gone from strength to strength.  At Crufts 2004 she won the Good Citizen Class and 3rd in Post Graduate from an entry of 23 dogs. Following this success she took a break for maternal  duties and produced 5 stunning  puppies from Isara Kurzhaar Exaliber JW ShCm in August 2004.  NIKE, a beautiful liver/white puppy has gone to live with Pascale Van De Wee at the highly successful Vomadelsberg kennel in Belgium where she will begin her show career  at Antwerp in March.  Poppy is a stunning young lady and all who meet her are impressed with her temperament and character.  She is a joy to watch as she chases her 'Boomer ball' (An indestructible ball which is too big to pick up, much to Pops frustration.) Poppy's only downside is her obsession to steal food 24/7 but despite this she is adored by all of us. Pops has continued her success at Crufts from 2004 winning the Good Citizen Bitch class for the 4th time in 4 years and qualifying her for Crufts 2009.Poppy has been hip scored 3/5 and is heart and eye tested.

After the loss of Hannah's Toy Poodle, Sweetie, thanks to Fio Roberts along came Isara Kurzhaar Floosie aka PUDDING. We thank Fio for this rather unusual name! (apparently she was given Bread and Butter Pudding as a pup which she found most enjoyable) Pudding is a most stunning liver and white bitch with a solid liver saddle. She is shown by Hannah and is now 6 years old. Pudding and Hannah have enjoyed much success both in the breed and Junior Handling. She gained her stud book number at Belfast in 2004.  Like Gaby, Pudding has been  a valuable member of the Isara Kurzhaar Breeder Stakes team and will be competing at Crufts 2005. Pudding was qualified for the YKC Gundog Stakes Final where she won First place, this being the equivalent to winning the Group at Crufts for YKC members. again handled by Hannah. She is a very sweet girl who despite her size insists on sitting on a lap while watching television. Pudding has a hip score of 3/5 and is heart and eye tested.  She is pictured left with Wirehaired Puppy Meg, sister to our GWP, Shim. She was again shown by Hannah in the YKC Stakes Gundog Finals at Crufts 2006 and qualified for the Crufts Finals 2008 where she was OVERALL WINNER.

SHIM, Kavacanne Star Shimmer (right) is the daughter of our very own Star. She is now 6 years old and also a devoted companion to Heather. They have produced a highly successful winning team both in the breed and Junior Handling.  In 2004 Shim  won a Reserve CC and also was the Top Gundog in the Vetzyme Pick of the Litter Competition and 3rd overall. She has won many first places at Championship and Open Shows and was handled in the YKC  Gundog Stake Finals at Crufts 2005 as well  as in her breed class. She  also partnered  Heather in the Crufts Handling Finals where they were awarded a highly creditable 3rd place. At Paignton in July 2005, Shim won her second RCC under  Brenda Banbury. Shim is an amazing character and possesses many  of her mothers traits. She particularly likes stalking pigeons in our large garden and has on occasion actually managed to catch them. When not tearing around the great outdoors, Shim likes nothing better than to curl up  on Heathers bed!! At the end of 2005 Shim  made use of her Pet Passport and travelled with Heather to the Euro Dog Show in Belgium and the All Winners Show in Amsterdam, winning the CAC and CACIB at both shows. At Crufts 2006 she was placed 2nd in her breed class and 3rd in the YKC Gundog Stakes Finals.  She has also qualified for the 3rd year in succession for the Gundog Stakes Finals at Crufts 2007.   Shim has a hip score of 5/5 and has been heart and eye tested. In  2007 she produced a stunning litter which gave us our special boy, Xanto.

                      GALE AND GABY (MOTHER AND DAUGHTER) handled by Adam

GALE (above) SHOW CHAMPION Kavacanne Gift of the Gab JW. Which is exactly what she is.... a gift. Daughter of Gaby and Dyson (Sh Ch Pitwit Spring into Action.) She is the most pretty GSP you could hope for with a disposition second to none. She has won over the rest of the Kavacanne gang and is admired by all who meet her. Biddable and sweet natured, she made her show debut at Birmingham National Champ Show in May when she was exactly 6 months and qualified for Crufts 2008 at her first attempt. At Bath Champ Show in June she was declared to be BEST PUPPY IN BREED. A very promising start to her career. Since then she has gone on to win 6 Best Puppy in Breeds at Champ Shows, Junior Warrant AND Bitch CC at Midland Counties. She was TOP GSP PUPPY 2007 in the UK, an incredible12 months of Puppyhood for our beautiful baby. Gale has a lifetime Crufts qualification. She has been heart tested and hip scored 4/5. In 2008 she has already qualified for the YKC Gundog Stakes Finals at Crufts 2009.In September 2008 in 6 short days she won her 2nd CC and Best of Breed at Darlington Champ Show, followed by her 3rd at Driffield, now giving her the title of Show Champion. In December 08 she won Group 7 at the All Winners Show and also Group 3 at Groningen in March 2009 giving her the title of Netherlands Champion too. She was placed 3rd in the Gundog Stakes finals at Crufts 09 and has already qualified for the Crufts 2010 finals. In Feb 2010 she won Best in Show at the GSPA Open Show.

XANTO (left) Kavacanne Xanto is the son of Shim and International Champion Xanto III V D Lonsbirke and has excellent bloodlines. He was born on 2nd April 2007 . He is already a real character and makes his presence felt in our busy household.He is a fantastic dog with a lovely disposition. He has multiple wins to date and at the GWP Champ Show 2008 he won the RCC (res Best Dog) and now has a Lifetime Crufts qualification. He  also qualified for the YKC Gundog Stakes Finals at Crufts 2009 where he was placed 5th. At Groningen in March 2009 he won Group 7 and then went onto be placed 8th BIS. What a fantastic achievement and not yet 2 years old.

In May2009 Xanto won the Dog Challenge Certificate at Bath Championship Show, a marvellous result for our lovely boy. At Welsh Kennel in August 2009 he won his 2nd CC and Best of Breed. Xanto has also qualified for the YKC Gundog Stakes Finals at Crufts 2010. He won Best of Breed at Eindhoven in february 2010 and was very much admired by a  well known english Gundog Specialist

Xanto has been tested clear for Von Willebrands. and is hipscored 2/3. He is a proven stud dog available  to approved bitches

APPLE  was born in October 2008 from Gaby and Show Champion Bryburn the Toff. She is a lovely outgoing girl who will make her show debut in Spring 2009, alongside her siblings Morgan  and Turtle who belongs to Heather and Sarah Morris Apple has already qualified for Crufts 2010 .At the GSP Club Champ show 2009 she won Reserve Best Puppy in Show. She has gone from strength to strength and needs one point for he Junior Warrant. In Maastricht she won her first CAC in Holland and topped that by winning Best of Breed, CAC and Group 2 at the biggest Dutch Show with over 5000 entries. She now has the title JW 09. Apple has also qualified for the YKC Gundog Stakes Finals at Crufts 2010. She won the CAC at Eindhoven and now has her Dutch Junior Champion Title (NJK).

She has been heart tested and hip score 4/4

MORGAN  owned and loved by Adam Rose and James Gaffney. Morgan has got off to a flying start in his show career winning 4 classes out of 4 in Minor Puppy and qualifying for Crufts 2010 at his very first show.He won Best Puppy Dog at Birmingham under breed specialist Sue Harris. At Bath in May 2009 Morgan won the overall Puppy Stakes . He has won his Junior Warrant and 4 Reserve Ccs to date and was  y top GSP Puppy for 2009.  At the All Winners in Amsterdam 09 he won the RCAC and has now the title JW 09. He has also qualified for the YKC Gundog Stakes Finals at Crufts 2010; In Feb 2010 he won the RCAC at Eindhoven.

He has been heart tested and hip Scored  5/5

TURTLE  is co owned by Heather and Sarah Morris with whom she lives. She is a real livewire and is already keeping her GWP housemates in check. She too has got off to a promising start and was placed second at Bath in Minor Puppy Bitch thus qualifying her for Crufts 2010 along with her siblings. She won the Bitch CC at Midland Counties in October 2009 at just 12 months.

She has been heart tested and hip scored 3/4

BANG (left) aka Kavacanne Lynx , is now 4 years old. He is a solid liver Wire from Star and the handsome Harry (Tynsil an American Tail). Bang  is co-owned by Heather and the Cochrane family who he lives with but visits us for holidays. As a puppy he has  won several BPIB at Open Show level.  Bang has been involved with Gundog Training with Nicky Hamlin and has shown much promise, having proved himself on shoots with all aspects of HPR.  He is a striking young man and has a super disposition, highly biddable and much loved by all. Bang too was at Crufts in the Gamekeeper classes along with Nicky's GSPs representing the Grimsthorpe Shoot and handled in the Best Young Handlers class, again  by Heather.  Bang  qualified at Birmingham National for Crufts 2006 and was placed 2nd in his breed class. He also took part in Working Competition with a highly creditable 2nd place at The GSP Club Puppy Retrieving test, losing out on first place by just one point. More recently he won Novice in the GWP Breed class at Gundog of Wales under Fio Roberts, and also at Ladies Kennel Association Bang winning Post Graduate dog under judge Larry Wilkes.  He has passed his Good Citizen Bronze certificate and gained his Silver with his new and enthusiastic co owner Chelsey. In December 2006 he won the Reserve Challenge Certificate at LKA and this now gives him a Stud Book number and lifetime qualification for Crufts.

VIMTO  (Isara Kurzhaar Viveca) is the latest member of our family. She is rather special as her name suggests , 'Full of Life'. She was the only girl from a much planned Artificial Insemination litter, her father being the Late Show Champion Isara Kurzhaar Bootlegger and her Mum is Isara Kurzhaar Floosie (Pudding). This litter was bred by myself and Kathryn Rittscher who is the daughter of Fio Roberts. We hope the progeny from this litter will continue to represent the Isara name  for future generations.  Her brother Yanto  is with Viv Burke(Alcazar)who we also hope to see in the show ring. and her other brother 'Bill' is now for New York with Kathryn in her Isara household.