This was a very angry stag. Teca and I were had seen a number of younger stags on this trip. At about 5:00pm we watched a spiker come out on the other side of the valley. It was then followed by this big bodied stag which chased it back into the native bush. I let out a roar which got the stags attention. It was about 600meters away (range finder). He came out the bush, charged down the mountain and back into the native bush. I heard him enter the river but it all went quite. It all happened very quickly and I did not have much time to get myself into to position where I had good visibility all around me. I had my back to thick manuka. The stag did not come out on a clearing about 50 meters where I expected him too. Now he was stalking me but where was he?. Teca spun around and pointed in behind me. I had not heard him, he was only about 15 meters before I could identify my target and I shot. He rolled past me back down hill to the edge of the native where Teca find him. This is only one of many exciting adventures we have enjoyed.

They were placed 4th in a recent Jumpers C event and recently achieved a first placing in Jumpers C against 29 other competitors. Go Kato and Sue!!

Roy – D.O.B 23/8/1997

Passed away suddenly. He was affectionately known as big gentle Roy and was an icon in the district. Robin Greg and family – we know he will be greatly missed.

Boss – D.O.B 23/8/2001

The much loved and special Vizsla to the Parish Family. Helen I can still see the tears of joy on your face as you picked him up at 10 weeks of age. He went too soon after a short battle with cancer but you gave him a wonderful life.

Jade – D.O.B 28/12/1998

Debrecan Vizsla’s have rarely had to re-home their dogs but Jade was one of the few – She went to the amazing Burke family. Jade was such a joy to them, their family and their pets.

We were saddened to hear that late last year the Johnstone’s lost their beloved Ruby who went everywhere with them. D.O.B. 28/12/1998

Debrecan Vizsla’s held a Christmas and belated birthday party for all its Vizslas in Christchurch. What a fun two hours 15 Vizslas had. Four puppies from the last litter celebrated being 6 months old and showed off their amazing personalities. Jemima was the Christmas star characterised by a tinsel collar – she showed off her tracking prowess, Zena demonstrated her obedience ability by winning the puppy stay competition, Frankie and Albert were the life of the party and friends with all. Ruby’s family came (from Ashburton) but she had a small ‘bug” so could not make it.

Ralph won the adult stay competition and Lenci found the most venison treats in the hide and seek competition. Hunter was in the christmas spirt and wore the reindeer antlers for ages. It was so good to see Cheska, Cooper, Cousteau, Saffron, Luka, Hunter, Poppy and Bodhi. We made Albi a honorary Vizsla.

Eating food was difficult, Jude L made wonderful lemon muffins but all the Vizslas wanted their share!

No doubt this will be an annual event

Here are a photo of Albert. He knows how to sit, stay and come and has been on the lead. Just had a microchip on Thursday and weighs 11.6 kg.

Ruby aka Sophie is eating like a horse and growing like a mushroom.

Ruby has two “puppy speeds” full throttle or asleep but is showing glimpses of the lovely dog she will become. And doesn’t she look gorgeous in her new purple collar !?

Cooper a.k.a. Will is pretty good with toilet training as long as we catch him ha ha. I am a little worried about his feeding as he’s not that interested in those eukanuba biscuits, we give them to him everyday as well as mince, he just picks at the biscuits. He loves to sleep in front of the fire and is sitting there now chewing his bone. I took him to school today and the kids loved him.

We went to puppy class last week for the first time. She was a star! Biscuit a.k.a. Marina did the best at sitting, waiting and recall. She is really getting the hang of training and is only a few tries away from down and shaking hands reliably too! Since getting some expert advice as a family we have been getting more strategic and consistant at responding/not responding to silly behaviour and this is getting really good results. She has also started to get the hang of toilet training – no accidents inside today so far!

We are really enjoying her and she is pretty fond of us as well.

We received this wonderful photo of Frankie a.k.a. Kate (she’s the small one on the right) with big sister Tyla. She is full of drive energy and enthusiasm and as you can see is learning from Tyla.

We have received such wonderful stories from the new puppy owners that we thought we would post them along with pictures. The first one is from Jem a.k.a. Victoria.

We thought you might like to see a few new pics of Jem! She’s growing ridiculously fast, I swear sometimes I can see her legs lengthening by the hour…. these pictures are of Jem playing in our lounge, she loves her fluffy blanket. The rope toy in the picture is her absolute favourite to carry around the house (although her giant stuffed duck toy is pretty popular too), she always looks so proud of herself! Jem is fitting into the household very well, and is already sleeping soundly through the night. We were pleased to have the snow earlier this week, Simon and I didn’t have to go to work on Monday, or Tuesday morning, so there was plenty of extra playtime for Jem.