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Resources
The WHV Club of America is the official AKC Parent Club of the Wirehaired Vizsla. On this site you can find information and history about the breed, membership information, and other great info!
https://wvca.club/
Zoldmali Kennel is the world's #1 dual purpose kennel for Wirehaired Vizslas. Zsofia Miczek has been training and breeding WHV for over 17 years. Her accomplishments and dogs are just astonding. Her knowledge and the way she understands not just her dogs, but all those around her is uncanny. She is truly and amazing person to know and learn from about this breed!
This is a database of smooth and wirehaired vizsla heritage and pedigrees. The database can help breeders keep wireharied vizsla lines stay healthy by following responsible breeding.
http://www.vizsladatabase.com/
The Canine Chronicle is a website and a publication that has information about the showing (conformation show) world. You can find statistics here of the top rated dogs in the country (including wirehaired vizslas). There are also articles about showing, breeding, and other dog info.
The AKC is a site with wonderful resources on it. You can find information about many breeds including the WHV. Below is a link to the AKC site and to the AKC WHV specific page. Also see below the standards document put out by the AKC on the WHV.
The NAVHDA is a site about the organization and how you can join and find your local chapter. You can find information the NAVHDA hunting tests and goals of NAVHDA. Below is a link to the NAVHDA site.
Current News
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more updates coming soon (05/2022)
Fall 2021
2021
Grooming Galore |
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Rezi and Quinn came for grooming. Rezi did great for 3 hours of grooming for the day but needs even more! Some before and after shots with all the hair we had taken out so far.
Quinn is in the middle of being groomed in these pictures.
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Aug
2021
Vistors in Aug and Showing |
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Copper came for a stay and his sister, Zuri, enjoyed having her sibiling around! Ernie and Odessa went out to show with our handler Stephanie for a couple weeks. They had some good wins!
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2021
Visting Hungary |
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Eric and I had a great trip to visit Zsofi, Laci, and Maugli in Budapest, Hungary. We spent the week at Zoldmali Kennels having amazing walks and swims with the pack. We also went on a wild bike ride (according to Zsofi an easy 30km ride)...faulty bike, random downpouring thunderstorm ended in delicious street food and an hilarious (and wet) train ride back after only about 22km. Zsofi and Laci also showed us some of their favorite (and most beautiful) place in Hungary, this was an adventurous and most memorable of trips! |
june
2021
building pheasant enclosures |
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We had friends and family help us build our first pheasant enclosures. We put 2 side-by-side so each can hold about 375 pheasant. It was hot work. We had an amazing night with 12 friends and family that came to help hang the netting on top. We made brats and had beers but got it up. That was some hard work! |
May
2021
Several Dog Shows |
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We attended several dog shows, MN, WI, and IL. Including the Wirehaired Vizsla Club of America's support show in Bloomington, IL. We had some good days there. Odessa won several majors, with one point shy of her championship. Ernie and Zuri also took several wins. It was a great show with many WHV! |
end of april
2021
Start of a game farm |
We are blessed to be able to purchase 100 acres of old gravel pit to start a game farm. It has been in scrub grass the last 15 years and is only 2 miles from our home. We are so excited to start this new adventure! We planted out some birds to get a feel of the ground.
April 10th -11th
2021
AKC Field Trial |
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Megan, Delceg, and Ernie tried an AKC field trail. This typically involves riding horses. We didn't have a horse and were going to walk the trial. There were so many wonderful people from the Central Wisconsin Vizsla Club and loaned us a horse to observe others participating in the trial. This is a totally different type hunting that involves your dog running 300 or more yards ahead to treelines or patches of trees. The judges definitely don't want to see the field quartering we typically use in bird hunting. We are on horse back so we can cover 300 yards fairly easy. Delceg went first and had a beautiful honor. Unfortunately, he was disqualified when the first dogs handler rode up quickly on a horse behind Delceg and spooked him into moving. It was still fun to run. Ernie ran the next day and did his whole run. He didn't score as the pointer he ran against got to all the birds first, but Ernie had some natural honors. I also handled him from horseback. He was at first confused, but quickly adjusted. It was a fun experience to learn but probably not the type of hunting we would do. |
April 1st - 4th
2021
Big Dog Show |
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Megan was brave and went to the Fond du Lac dog show with 5 dogs. Eric was brave and stayed home with 9 puppies and Tessa. It was a great week with one of our dogs winning the breed each day. Quill and Ernie won several times. Odessa got a major as did Ernie. There was a huge and awesome dog park we went to each day for some good walking and some obedience training. It was a great show for us! |
Feb
2021
Kolibri & Jackson's Litter |
| Kolibri had a successful natural whelping of 9 puppies. It was a rambunctious, happy litter and Kolibri did a great job. Her first time out for a walk about 2 weeks after whelping she was incredibly excited. As soon as she got to the edge of the yard and realized we were walking into the field, she ran back to her pups. She wasn't as ready as she thought to leave them for more than 10 minutes. |
Nov
2020
hunting this fall |
| This fall, with hunting test still hard to get a spot in in our area, we have done quite a bit of training and guided hunts. We have enjoyed the time out hunting with the dogs. |
Aug
2020
First Dog show in months! |
| We ventured out to our first dog show in so many months! We rented an RV with 5 dogs and our 14 month old! It was crazy but fun! Delceg, Kolibri, Quill, and Odessa had triumphs through the weekend. The biggest excitement was Ernie winning his first Major in his first Show. It was very exciting and we are happy to continue having our relationship with Ernie and his owners, Sarah and Brett! |
Summer
2020
Pandemic continued... |
| Continuing to stay-at-home isn't such a huge change for us as we live in the country and have ample space to enjoy the outdoors. |
Spring
2020
Pandemic... |
| As we stayed-at-home this spring we enjoyed starting and training Ernie for his new family. We also "baby-proofed" him :P (Ernie is only 8 months in the picture with our baby exploring him!). We enjoyed some spring hunting as all our spring hunt tests were all cancelled. |
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FEB 2020
pheasants forever fest |
| Kolibri, Delceg, and Megan attend the 2020 Pheasants Forever Fest in Minneapolis as the Wirehaired Vizsla Breed Representative. We met many wonderful people and enjoyed the welcome from Pheasant Forever Members! |
Jan - Feb
2020
puppies! |
| We had 2 litters about 6 weeks apart. The first from Odessa and the second from Quill. Each had a healthy litter of 9 pups. It was a very busy and exciting from mid January to April when all the pups went home. |
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Jan 2020
hungarian trip |
| Eric flew to Hungary to pick up our Quill. While he was there, he had the opportunity to do some hunts with Zsofi and Laci. Quill attended as well. Eric had a great time visiting, hunting, and learning new training techniques. The picture below is Quill honoring points on a hunt in Hungary. |
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Dec 2019
Dog Exchange |
| As Zsofi heads home from training she is leaving Odessa and is taking Quill. Quill is heading to Hungary to be bred. (Hopefully) she goes into heat soon. There are fantastic hunting studs at Zoldmali Kennels. Odessa will be welcomed into our homes and hearts with open arms. |
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Dec 2019
Quick winter training |
| Zsofi from Zoldmali Kennels was here for a quick visit, which included a quick training. We had some puppies and more experienced dogs get some work in the field with birds. It was nice in December to be able to get some field training! We were darn cold, but it was worth it! One of the participants (who missed out on the last training) said he doesn't remember what he was doing during our last training but he is kicking himself for not coming - it would have saved him 8 months of frustration! |
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Oct 2019
puppies heading home |
| It is always bittersweet to see puppies go to their forever homes! We've grown attached and are sad to see them go, but are so excited to see how happy their new families are to get their puppy! The happiness and love everyone brings makes it so much easier for the puppies to go on their new adventures. We send the puppies home with a little goody bag and some towels and toys that smell like their litter. |
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Oct 2019
Hunt testing the pups |
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We ran the pups through wing and brush tests. Then we introduced quail to see how they reacted. With Koli and Delceg as their parents, it was no surprise that the pups showed such interest in the wings and bird!! |
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Sept 2019
New puppy litter! |
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Kolibri and Delceg had a litter of puppies! 5 girls and 4 boys all born healthy. Koli had an emergency c-section which saved her and 2 of her puppies lives! Our vet did an amazing and caring job. Everyone is healthy and happy! |
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Aug 2019
NAVHDA Testing |
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Quinn went to do her NAVHDA testing, handled by her owner and did amazing! She received a NA Prize 1 full score!
Another big win: Five Wirehaired Vizsla's received a UT Prize 1 this summer! I'm so excited these dogs and owners will represent the breed at the Invitational in Summer 2020!!! |
Aug
2019
Hunting Training |
| We are getting ready for NAVHDA tests and staying up to date on the training. Koli, Delceg, and Quinn worked hard and showed us they like to work! |
June-Aug
2019
Extra dog for the summer |
| We boarded Quinn (Pivot Mischief) one of Quill and Delceg's puppy over the summer! |
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June 2019
Expansion of our Family |
| Eric and I welcomed our daughter, Artessa Hesler Wallendal, May 09, 2019! She is a joyful addition to our family. Our dogs are thrilled to have her. Quill was quite protective when we first brought her home and it took her several days before letting the other dogs near her! |
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March 2019
Manitowac dog show |
| Now that the snow is melting, we went to our first conformation show of the season! Kolibri won best of opposite for the breed the three days we were there! Thank you Stephanie Hentschel for handling her! Quill won best of winners and Delceg was showed well but didn't win. You can tell that he hates showing but he looks magnificent in the hunting field! |
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Jan 2019
Big announcement |
| The dogs helped us announcement an important and exciting addition to the family!!! |
Winter
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Enjoying winter |
| We enjoyed the winter with our dogs! Hiking and Cross Country Skiing....the Wisconsin Winter was brutal this year. |
Aug 16 - oct 16
| 2018 |
Our first litter |
| It was a wild and wonderful ride having our first litter! We were in the midst of produce and pumpkin harvest for the farm and juggled our puppies and farm pretty well. Our pups made it to the most wonderful homes! We are so happy that our puppies all got lucky to get amazing puppy parents! |
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| May 2018 |
Zoldmali Family Day and Hunting Training |
| The Farm and House were over run with Wirehaired Vizslas - it was amazing. Zsofi Mizcek and Extreme came to lead the hunting training, all the way from Hungary! It was hot and buggy, but we all had a wonderful time. Thank you to everyone for the memorable hunting training. |
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| February 2018 |
Our Trip to Hungary |
| We had a fantastic trip to Hungary. The food is incredible, the sights beautiful, and the baths relaxing. The best part was visiting Zoldmali Kennels and bringing home our two new additions to the family! See our pictures below. Thank you to Zsofi and Lazi - We had an amazing time and learned so much. Truly a trip of a lifetime! |
Eric and Megan in Central Market in Budapest
Out hunting training with Zsofi and Delceg
Our new pups! (and Quill).
Left: Delceg Middle: Kolibri Right: Quill
Eric, Megan, Lazi and Zsofi. We had a fantastic time!
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Quill is a WESTMINSTER Winning dog! |
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Brittany showed Quill today and they did great! Quill showed like a champ! Quill was awarded with Best of Opposite!
Eric and I are thrilled and so proud our "farm" dog has done so well. |
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Westminster! |
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| Eric, Quill, and I are headed out to Westminster! Eric heroically drove us through the Chicago snow storm. Quill is finding a way to sleep on Eric, even when he is driving...pretty adorable! |
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AKC National Championships Royal Canin DOG SHOW |
| Quill competed in Orlando at the Royal Canin Dog Show and took BOB on the first Day against a competitive field of Wirehaired Vizslas! Great Job Quill and Brittany! |
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November |
Philadelphia National Dog Show |
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Quill competed at the Philadelphia National Dog Show and made sporting group that will be aired on Thanksgiving Day on NBC after the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade!! |
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TRAck and Kill |
| Gambit had a very complicated but successful track and kill. The rabbit played dead when he finally found it then gave a good quick chase which Gambit successfully ended. After such a complicated track, it was very good for Gambit's confidence to have found the rabbit! |
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Taking Quill out to PA for the bloomsburg PA Show |
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| Quill is headed out to PA for the Bloomburg Show, then to NC for the Wilmington Show, then back to PA for the Oaks show Nov. 18th -19th. We'll miss her while she's gone! I won't miss getting my leg room back. The picture on the right is waking up with her hogging all the leg room so she can look out the window. |
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Out for a farm Walk |
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| Gambit, Quill, & Megan were out for a farm walk. She found something interesting and holding a point. |
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Quill's preferred napping spot |
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| Quill like (like most WH Vizslas) LOVE to nap on people. She will hunt for a napping spot and will beg to climb up into your lap. She's a good snuggle bug. |
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Marquette Kennel Club Show |
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| This was a great weekend for Quill and Brittany Greendeer. Brittany handled Quill and they came away with 3 group placements this weekend! Quill won a Group 4, Group 3 and a Group 2 (see her photos in the gallery and to the right is her group 2 win photo). |
