Ladyhawke

This is Zak aged 15 months. Zak is from the Winterwell Kennel and was bred by Lesley Trow. He is an absolute delight to live with. Zak had a really successful year in the ring in 2005, gaining his junior warrant at 16 months and being consistently placed in the top 3 in both Puppy and Junior classes at Championship Shows.

Zak had an excellent show season in 2006, he was Best in Show at The Yorkshire Gundog Club Open Show under Mrs S Pounds-Longhurst, many thanks to Val Mann for awarding him Best in Breed.

12 June 2006 Zak wins *Reserve Dog CC* at the GSP Club Championship Show on 11 June 2006. Many thanks to judge Di Arrowsmith.

July 2006 Zak Reserve Best in Show at Dukeries Gundog Club Open Show under Christine Ogilvie
Many thanks to Jane Eyeington for awarding him Best in Breed.

Zak was also consistently placed in the top 3 places in Yearling and Postgraduate classes at Championship Shows.

October 2007 Zak wins his second **Reserve CC** at Gundog Society of Wales Championship Show. Many thanks to Judge Jacqui Ward.

Dallas has a wonderful personality. She clearly thinks she is special and hence at home she is known as 'Princess'. Dallas wasn't shown until she was 17 months but qualified for Crufts in her first show season and has improved on her 2004 show performance in 2005 taking 1st in Postgraduate Bitch at the German Shorthaired Pointer Club Championship Show under Ian Grant as well as gaining 2nd and 3rd placings at other Championship shows during the year.

This is Holly, as you can see from this photo, she does not consider herself to be of the canine species!! She has a wonderful character and although she has not been trained for working she displays the natural ability bred into GSPs and enjoys pointing and flushing pheasant when we are out in the fields

Brooke and Kobi are the latest additons to our kennel. They are litter brother and sister sired by Winterwell Benjamin Bunny at Ladyhawke [Zak] out of Sireva Burn at Ladyhawke [Dallas], pictured here at 5 months they will be making their show debut in July 2008.

We are a small kennel situated just outside the village of Whitley in North Yorkshire.

Our home is called Wood View and as the name suggests the area surrounding our house is peppered with fields and woodland. Our Affix is taken from one of these, Ladyhawke Wood.

We have owned a variety of dogs since our childhood but have shared our lives with Hunt Point and Retrieve breeds for the last 16 years; our first experience of HPRs was when we acquired our first Weimaraner in 1991, shortly followed by another in 1992. Sadly we lost our Weimaraner bitch suddenly at the end of 2001.

We had admired and researched the German Shorthaired Pointer breed for many years, and in early 2002 we bought our first GSP, Gleadsbury Rising Star over Ladyhawke [Holly] and we can honestly say our lives have never been the same since!!

Our GSPs are first and foremost well loved members of our family, showing them is a hobby and success in the show ring is a bonus.