The Vizsla Puppies are now 5 weeks old !

Life is never boring at Nearlyheaven, the puppies are now over five weeks old and growing rapidly.

They are constantly hungry and their poor mother is driven to distraction by their constant demands for milk.
"Meg" has done a great job of rearing these eleven puppies, she is an excellent mother and she happily allows visitors to meet her babies and to pick them up etc.

Since the puppies were three weeks old they have been having supplementary food, at first it was weetabix and milk and now they are on to cooked minced meat and chicken with pasta. I spend more money in the supermarket for the puppies than I do on our food!

Now that the weather has improved they go outside in their playpen, where they spend the day,playing, eating and sleeping.

We have nine puppies reserved with only two males seeking new homes.

The puppies will be ready to leave their mother on the 9th June and will go to homes all over France mostly with English families.

Meg having a welcome treat!

The Hungarian Vizsla Puppies Have Arrived ( All 13 of them)

  Well the long awaited event has finally arrived "Meg" (Bicton Bear it All ) went into unexpected early labour on Tuesday night.

She did not give us any warning, and in fact she was lying on her bed with all the other Vizsla's when the first one appeared.

This first puppy, a boy, came backwards it was not too difficult to ease him out.

                                                    

                                                      We moved "Meg" into her bed in the kitchen and she continued her endeavours, and easily produced several more puppies. Then we waited nearly two hours for the next one to arrive, the reason for this long delay was that this puppy was stillborn.(In many years of breeding this is the first still born puppy that I have ever seen) 

After this, the puppies came quite quickly and naturally, sadly, we had another long wait until another still born arrived.

Lucia and I sustained ourselves with endless cups of coffee, we had a struggle to keep the puppies warm, so when Meg was busy producing babies we were drying them for her, she could not complete the drying before another one popped out.

Well, after a long and worrying night finally at 6am the last puppy arrived .Our courageous lady had produced thirteen puppies, the eleven that survived were 5 girls and 6 boys, no wonder they came early, she could not contain that many any longer.

As each puppy arrived, we recorded the time that it was born and its weight, unbelievably they were all of normal size and a good weight, most of them weighed nearly 400 grams which is heavier than her previous litter of puppies!

All the babies are thriving and gaining weight rapidly, we offered them supplementary milk, but they did not seem to want it at present. She is a wonderful mum, she looks very well, she is content, and she is very proud of her offspring.                                                  

                      

Now it is time to mention the humans in this saga, Lucia has not been to bed for two nights, she helped me with the births, then last night she sat beside their bed maintaining a vigil to make sure that they were all drinking properly. She has refused to go to bed during the daytime, as I write this she is mowing the lawns!

I can admit that I am totally exhausted even though I did manage to sleep last night, it must be something to do with my age!

Hungargunn Bear it'n Mind wins Crufts Show!

Hungargunn Bear it'n Mind wins Crufts Show!
This Vizsla has become a legend in his own lifetime , breaking records throughout his career.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hungargunn_Bear_It'n_Mind
Many of you already know that he is the father of our bitch "Bicton Bear It All.( "Meg").

It was over two years ago that I spoke to Gay Gottlieb the doyen of Vizsla breeding, and asked her advice as to the future wife for my dog "Visions of Success" ("Leko").Gay told me that she had had some puppies sired by "Yogi" and they were the best puppies she had ever seen.

I contacted his owner and after a bit of wrangling he agreed to allow me to purchase a bitch of 6 months old, she was the pick of the litter which he had intended to keep for himself.

I  decided aslo to send my bitch "Whispered Promises" to him and she duly went to the stud in Carlisle, however she failed to come into season and eventually returned home to France.Subsequently she was mated to the top dog of France  "Tonga du Clos de la Baudeliere and produced eight puppies.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          "Meg" has been a joy to own, she has a special personality and some curious traits, she stand up on her hind legs to look out of the window and reminds us of a Meercat.She also stretches her legs out behind when lying down .

I have only shown her 3 times and she has won every time.


Last year she and "Leko" produced 10 beautiful puppies which were outstanding, this year she is a lady in waiting her litter is due around the 16th April.





"Visions of Success"

The story of the Vizsla's at Nearly Heaven .

I have been breeding gundogs for over thirty years,I fell in love with the Hunter Pointer Retreiver dogs when I was in my twenties.

I was lucky to have a famous gundog breeder and judge living not too far from me.I went to ask her advice and to see if she may have a puppy for sale.The breed of dog that I was interested in was the German Short Haired pointer.

                 

Upon meeting Louise Petrie Hay at her famous Waidman kennels she advised me that she did not have any litters expected but to come and see her dogs.
I was enchanted with these beautiful noble dogs and wanted to learn as much about them and their history as I could.
Mrs. Petrie Hay became my mentor for many years, She advised me which strain of pedigree was the best, and when I wanted to breed from my bitch "Anna" I used the Waidman stud dogs.
Louise kept two puppies from my litters and they went on to be excellent gun dogs,winning many prizes in the show ring and field trials.

Sadly "Anna" died at the age of twelve years and I could not bring myself to replace her, it was time for a change of breed.

Many years after our initial meeting, I had seen my first Vizsla at the Waidman kennels and I was bowled over by this beautiful breed.So now I once again arrived to find out about the Hungarian Vizsla dogs.
I was pointed in the direction of George and Barbara Shepherd who had brought her bitch from America and had mated her to a top British sire.my new puppy was called Bargeo's Chilli Pepper" .

I fell in love with her immediately, she was so loyal and very intelligent, I was surprised at how quickly she learned new things, she became my shadow for four wonderful years, until sadly here in France,she stepped on an Aspic Viper (of Cleopatra fame) and despite the best veterinary care, she died at the age of four and a half.
Thankfully, prior to my emigration to France, Louise had arranged "Chilli's" mating with Gay Gottlieb's handsome "Russettmantle Fisher",this mating was a last minute affair, performed the week before I left for France.
I arrived at my new home at the end of October 2002 with one pregnant bitch. She produced ten puppies on New Years Day 2003.

Two of Chilli's offspring "Visions of Success" and "Whispered Promises" became the foundation stock of my Nearlyheaven kennel.
more about that in a later post.

Hungarian Vizsla Puppies for Sale 2010.

We usually try to have one litter of puppies per year,in the spring time, as this is such a nice time for the


puppies to play ouside prior to going to their new homes.
The puppies mainly reside all over France ,however several now live in Spain and we continue to receive reports of how well they are doing.
The future homes of all our puppies are most important to us, Vizsla dogs need a lot of exercise and a garden in which to play.
We offer the option of returning your puppy here if you wish to go on holiday .
  
This year 2010 we  again mated Visions of Success (Leko) to Bicton Bear it All (Meg) hopefully we shall have a litter of puppies born in late April, the puppies will be ready to leave their mother eight weeks later.
Meg has an illustrious father Hungargunn Bear it in Mind, he has had huge success in his home country of Australia,now after being imported to the UK he has won everything in front of him constantly breaking records for the breed.He was Best of Breed at Crufts last year and was in the final line up.Further information about his success story can be found through Google.
Meg and Leko   

The price of a puppy  is 800 euros this includes their Kennel Club registration,Microchip and their first injections.
Owing to the new rules regarding the docking of tails the puppies tails will be undocked.
The mothers microchip number is: 981000000912302
The family are extremely intelligent, loving and easy to train they are wonderful with babies and children however they are house dogs and do not thrive in an outside kennel environment.
They are bred to work as Hunter, Pointer, Retrievers, for the show ring or as superb family companions/pets
The photograph below is one of last years litter Edward Bear of Nearlyheaven at five months old.




Why not come and visit our Vizsla family to see the parents and to learn more about this wonderful breed.

If you wish to reserve a puppy or want further details:

email:   info@nearlyheaven.com
Phone: 0033 555481750
Mobile: 0033 689713603

Hungarian Vizsla litter due end of April !

It does not seem very long since Meg (Bicton Bear it All) and Leko (Visions of Success) had their first litter of ten puppies, however it was eleven months ago and it is now  time to start again.

Meg and Leko have successfully mated and the puppies should be born towards the end of April  they will be ready to leave their mother eight weeks after birth.

We have five puppies reserved already, in fact some prospective owners have been waiting for a considerable time for this litter to be conceived.

Many of you saw Meg's illustrious father in the final ring at Crufts in 2009 in fact he is the most successful Vizsla in Britain after conquering all comers in his native Australia.

I have been delighted to meet many of our previous puppies who regularly call into see me or spend a short holiday while their owners go back to Britain.

Thank you all for the photographs and updates they are most appreciated.

Well Behaved Dogs are Welcome

Well behaved dogs are welcome at Nearlyheaven please contact either Sue or Lucia for details..