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the sedgehurst
clumber kennels
The Sedgehurst kennels
in recent years has concentrated on breeding a clumber for today's shooting
owner. Its priorities of working ability, health, and temperament have borne
fruit in several generations of handsome, strong and purposeful clumbers. These
dogs full of life sound with consistently low hip scores, trainable and likeable.
These dogs have been bred from well proven stock, lean and active, but well
muscled, happy to do a full days work, jump in and out of a 4wd vehicle. Raised
and trained on an area rich in game, they are equally successful in rough shooting,
picking up, driven sport or working competitions. Sedgehurst Clumbers include
Sedgehust Tormentum (Wooster) with 15 field trials to his name, and Sedgehurst
Hawkridge (Rufus) with 18 field trials to his name including a 3rd in an AV
novice spaniel trial, running against 16 Springer's & 1 cocker, so that was
a good day for Rufus. Also Sedgehurst Tempest (Titus) with 4 field trial awards
to his name in his short career so far.
We are now five generations down the line from our original breeding parents,
breeding fit working dogs. Getting consistently low hip scores from our breeding.
Our dogs are all placed in working homes either rough shooting, driven shooting,
or for competition. We like to keep in contact with all our new owners, and
get to hear the progress of our breeding over the years. There are now a lot
of good Sedgehurst Clumbers in the field and doing very well in Minority breed
Field trials with many awards between them.
Dogs at Stud and puppies occasionally available. Dogs taken in for training,
shooting days can be arranged with accommodation
www.leyscottages.co.uk
for more details contact John or Debbie Zurick Tel: 01643 831427 or email:
zurick@foxtwitchen.fsnet.co.uk
Additions
Field trial winner Scherzando Hamish has sired three of our litters of pups
at the age of 10. Young Withy & Titus are example of them, now four years of
age Sadly Hamish has died recently at the age of 12 nearly 13, will be missed
a really good shooting dog & companion We have recently bought into our kennels
Inga who was bred in England out of Ammil and sired by Melker a Swedish dog
and we have Otto from Sweden who is out of our English dog
Foxy & a Swedish bitch Betty. So new and exciting ways for the future.
Newhill Nightingale Venaticus (Floss) are foundation bitch for our Sedgehurst
line.
• Hip score: total of 15 (7/8)
• Good clear eyes
• Good working ability, keen retriever, strong hunter.
• White & Orange
• Good shape, lean, well muscled with a waist, still very healthy at 15
years of age.
• Temperament superb, but can be stubborn in her nature!
• Floss has laid the foundations of a healthy working line of Clumbers.
Then to find the right sire for her, Scherzando Chieftain (Tank) Hip score total
28, little higher than I would of preferred, but remembering the average was
42 at that time. But he had so many other fine qualities, his temperament was gentle, willing
to please, good fine healthy active dog, with a lighter frame, but strong handsome
head. White & orange, with an excellent working record in the field, with even
a Field trial award to his name. His father also had a 00 hip score, which is
coming through, with consistently low hips scores within our litters.
Debbie has written an article for the Gundog Club website -
read the article here.
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