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Aliases: 'chel My main interest in the breed, and as a breeder, is Dual quality dogs. I assume that every Vizsla I sell is foremost a pet, because mine are. My goal is to have and breed dogs that are capable of competing in both show and field events, as well as many of the companion events that are out there, if that is what the owner wants to do with their puppy. As an adult, I had the pleasure of gaining interest in the breed with my mother's DC AFC Maximum Strider SH and her phenomenal little field dog, FC AFC Strider's TNG (Gennie), who was Nationally ranked from the time she was 6 months old until her retirement from competition. Right now, Gennie is #1 couch dog. It is my belief that a pedigree needs to show balance, and that it is the breeder's responsibility to ensure that the Vizsla breed does not spilt into distinctive "field" and "show" lines, and suffer the same fate of Irish Setters, English Pointers, and Labrador Retrievers. I also have a very strong opinion that the same qualities that make a good hunting dog are the same that make a good companion...trainability, intelligence, health, and temperament play equally along side the desire and appearance of the dog. It doesn't matter how pretty a dog is or how good it can find birds, if it lacks the intelligence and temperament to make it a dog you can live with, it is NOT a good companion. When my mother was diagnosed with terminal cancer in 2004, I moved back home to care for her dogs. So I am carrying our her breeding plans with her dogs while carrying out my own vision and breeding goals at the same time. Hopefully I will be blessed with a dog of my own breeding that has the kind of success my mother had with both Max and Gennie. Briggs and Maggie have had great success in the field to date, and I have been successful with Cass in the show ring with the very limited shows we attend a year. We relocated to the Fairchild, WI area (near Eau Claire) in mid-2006. You can see photos of the place in "My Place" While our place seems like it is a perpetual disaster with all of the projects going on, we plan to have all of the jobs completed one way or another in about 10 years. I keep my fingers crossed! While I still hold my Cosmetology license, after 8 years of running a successful beauty shop, I decided to switch gears and work outdoors. I then became an underground utility locator for a National company (I am not allowed to mention in print since I am not employed with them any more)...you know, Digger's Hotline, One Call, or Miss Dig? I was the one who would come paint your yard red, orange, yellow and blue. I did that for another 9 years, and was the #1 revenue producer for 6 of my 9 years with the corporation. I then got tired of having to be able to be reached by pager or phone 24/7/365 and up and left that job to pursue lots of little jobs that allow me to have free time to spend with the dogs. Other things I do under the Mira Enterprises umbrella to scratch out a living besides Mira Vizslas:
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