People owned by loving Vizslas

Ditto from England taking in a nose full of dandelion running through a field. Love this shot.

Some people love these dogs even more than Joanie and I love them.

Here are pictures of just a few and some of the ways they show that love of the breed on the road.

My friend Ken honored me with a few nice words on his new blog.

Now it is my turn.

He has just started blogging.

He is a much better writer than I am.

Check out his quality start.

I'd suggest that anyone who loves Vizslas or field trialing follow his blog for great insights.

http://www.willowyndranch.blogspot.com/

Briones Road Trailhead

Northern California at it's best!

Out of Martinez, California, find Briones Road on a map, if you take the drive along the 1.4-mile narrow mountain road, you'll come to the Briones Road Trailhead. Good parking, a bathroom, and a drinking fountain for you and the dogs

Here we started out on our Saturday morning walk. Weather clear. Temperature was about 70, and a light breeze was coming out of the west.

This was an 80-smile-per-hour walk .

Wild flowers were in full bloom, and the air was fresh and clear.

The dogs love to take a dip in these little ponds.


Hundreds of birds live in these open spaces. The dogs were in heaven.

The pictures are taken over about a 90-minute walk.

Bailey is ranked number 24 in the US

The new numbers are in on the national ranking for Vizsla Derby/Puppies and Bailey is ranked number 24 in the nation.

Bailey's main competition over the last year, here in the California, have been two females and one male Vizsla.

Pearl is ranked #2 in the nation. Hank is ranked #14 and his other sister Scarlet is #18 in all the US.

I am very pleased at how Bailey has held his own against these and other great dogs here on the West Coast.

Now we start the long process of turning Bailey into a top notch gun dog.


This will take hundreds, if not thousands of hours of training. Cool!

Health and owning Vizslas

Had my semi-annual physical exam yesterday afternoon.

The doctor said,; "Rod, everything is perfect according to the tests. You're a picture of health."

I can owe part of this improvement in my health to two things.

Chloe and Bailey.

I am getting ready to take our Thursday evening walk with some fellow Vizsla owners on Buckeye Ranch Trail. This will be about a 90 minute walk along a creek and some hills.


The dogs get me out EVERY night after work. We walk, bike ride or field trial train for a minimum of an hour. Many times it is two hours and sometimes more.


I used to smoke. One morning a couple years ago, when Chloe was just a pup, I was walking her. Being that it was late autumn I was all bundled up against the cold and puffing on a smoke.


Across the street along came this athletic looking woman who was running in shorts and a tank top with her dog at her side.


I looked at myself all bundled up and smoking walking this 4 month old pup and then looked back across the street at the athletic girl and her athletic dog.


I quit that day. I couldn't see myself owning and caring for an athletic dog and not live up to that standard.



Thank you Chloe and Bailey for getting me back in the physical condition I enjoy being in. The dogs need me to be in this physical condition.


So if you don't get out every day with your Vizsla(s) for at least an hour, then you need to ask yourself , "What is stopping me?"



I know there are a hundred reasons.

Just start doing it and everything will work out.



It's like going to the gym, but for me, a 100 times more satifsying.

A Vizsla makes a great personal trainer.


Happy trails and trials.