Vizsla Pup

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Thought I would start a follow up thread to the one I started in off topics last summer that documented my personal adventure with a fantastic Vizsla pup that I got from my breeder last summer. Sadly she died of unexpected renal failure the day after Christmas, she was not quite 5 months old. Nonetheless Ella was an exceptional hunter and managed to point her fist grouse at 3 months. She had a heck of a personality and left a huge indelible mark on our family's lives despite the short time with us.

Moving on but not forgetting Ella, I just got an email from out breeder that a new litter of V pups is on the ground. Both stud and dam are have earned high scoring field testing, not quite the champion pedigree of Ella but at this point I would be happy with just a healthy little monster. I am just beginning to wrap my head around with all the training we have to do over again. It will be fun I keep telling myself :) If all goes as planned we should be getting Ella 2.0( the kids jokingly picked that one) late June. Here is the litter of 5 boys and 4 girls.
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Good on yeah!
I always find it hard to describe a Vizsla personality to others. You really have to have one to fully understand it.
(The work/Training never really stops with them. Mainly cause they never stop :) )
 
Curious if your breeder health tested parents before breeding? I had looked high and low to find a breeder that actually did proper testing (genetic, x-rays of joints forget the society name now). Had to import from USA, but he's healthy.
 
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Curious if your breeder health tested parents before breeding? I had looked high and low to find a breeder that actually did proper testing (genetic, x-rays of joints forget the society name now). Had to import from USA, but he's healthy.
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No need to import from the US for just about any breed. Check NAVHDA site for breeders in Canada.
 
bsand said:
Curious if your breeder health tested parents before breeding? I had looked high and low to find a breeder that actually did proper testing (genetic, x-rays of joints forget the society name now). Had to import from USA, but he's healthy.
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The breeder is a NAVHDA member. For all intensive purposes seems very dedicated to the breed, field testing and probably has been for over 40 years. They do the usual health testing/clearances, xrays. I don't think genetic testing in general is all that common here in Canada as most of the appropriate labs are in the US. I could be wrong. Most of V breeders in Canada seem to be in Ontario/Quebec and its a relatively small group of folks. There seems to be some cross pedigree from select US breeders. I don't think there is anything too wrong with Canadian breeders. I looked at some of the US breeders, but honestly many seemed like higher volume productions and I had to question how good that was over lower volume operations in Canada. Anyways the breeder is going to live up to their health guarantee, so here is hoping for better luck on round two.
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Shot of both parents with the litter
 
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There are a fair number of excellent Vizsla breeders in Ontario. My wife is very active in the Vizsla community. We have two. Enjoy your "velcro dog"! Heres some of our two. Our boy is a fantastic bird dog

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This was the litter over a week ago, seem to be fattening up nicely :) Only 3 more weeks and we will have our new girl, everyone is starting to get excited.

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the longer the puppy is with mom, the more she she can teach him, the better adjusted the puppy will be.
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I absolutely agree but this is also tempered by that narrow yet critical window of approximately 12 weeks where it needs to be socialized and exposed to as many new things as possible to avoid future phobias. She will be nearly 9 weeks by the time we pick her up and the baby training starts before day one. The breeder usually starts outside potty training by the time we get the pup. With Ella she was adjusted to her new crate and reliably peeing/pooping outside within a week and we went through a laundry list of fun tasks and new experiences such visiting the farm animals, children's day care, personal care home, elevators, escalators, some quad rides, lots and lots of car rides, supervised on the leash walks in the bush, first gun shots before she was 3 months old. This was all low pressure fun stuff for the pup but it sure pays dividends later on. Nothing better than avoiding the experience of a 50-60 pound adult dog having a major panic attack over getting in the car. We will also have her set up for her first puppy classes(which are more like organized socialization sessions) at local Humane society by the fall. That was a great experience with Ella.
 
Here is the new pup, Emma. She is 9 weeks old . We went on a 4800 km return road trip to pick her up from the breeder on the weekend. It was fun, hung out in Chicago and Niagra for a spell. She managed the return trip really well. We are at our farm at the moment and she appears to be a really bright spark, really happy with her. I think she likes us too :)


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Loves riding the quad, and we are ok with gun shots
 
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Beautiful pup, congrats! It is such an incredible journey with these little monsters (went through it with a weim from 8 weeks). All the best and enjoy!!
 
Good luck with a beautiful pup. Met a guy running his Visela pup (6months) on our trip. Talk about run, she ran off on him while we BS'd about dogs. He went to his car and honked the the horn and back she came at about 100mph. A beauty to watch.
 
Nice looking dog congrats!

I love Vizlas. heck look at my CGN name. Mine was a great Hunter, friend and companion. Had her for a few months short of 16 years.

Wishing you all the best Adventures and journeys!
 
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