🤞 for Aytee "S" litter

Karat has certainly kept us waiting and after 7 blood tests finally on day 21 our brilliant vet Kirsten Wylie of K9HQ completed her surgical AI. Thankyou Kirsten to you and your teams amazing skills, its down to Karat now. Our thanks also too DogsNZ who generously granted a dispensation once we arrived in NZ for beautiful Karat to have a litter. Our excitement is shared by Lisa Cornell in the USA who owned the talented sire Sherman, Sarah Asher who originally imported his semen to NZ and of course to our prospective owners who have been patiently waiting for this news. YAY! we cant wait for some Aytee puppies to arrive.

Sire - ‘Sherman’ Ch Edelmarke Second coming JH ROM

Dam - ‘Karat’. Ch Aytee Katerina FTW

A Grand Tour

Otago

What a great week away in Otago with competitors at Pointer and Setter Trials and although Mavis came into season early on 🙄 (who’d have bitches) it was not before she showed what she is capable of and as I am now the proud guardian of a loft full of pigeons, we can put more work into getting tidy around the traps.

Huge thankyou’s to my local Canterbury Gundog Club for all their support and to the organisers and judges of the various Clubs for putting on such great competitions and congratulations to all the winners. Good luck also, to everyone competing in Castle Hill, Canterbury this weekend, before we all head home.

Variety the Spice of Life

This week Mavis received her NZ CH certificate. Entering shows had been to regain her confidence after last Octobers long emigration journey and kennelling experience - she has definately recovered! The working side is interesting in NZ as it is a requirement for running in Pointer and Setter Trials, to hunt, point and be steady to flush on pigeon traps, so after field training regularly alongside the showing, we have entered for some trials next month. I can only thank everyone who is being so incredibly generous with their time, facilities, training advice and helping Mavis and I to get kitted out with everything from remote traps, pigeon lofts, cold game, pens and even the birds themselves! It’s early days and a busy time, how lucky we are ….🐾🐾 finally here is a clip of her doing a favourite job 😁

Aytee NZ "S" Litter planned

An exciting litter is planned for April/May 2025 in South Island New Zealand (Canterbury) from our lovely bitch UKCh Aytee Katerina (Karat) and American sire Ch Edelmarke Second Coming, JH ROM.(Sherman)

Both parents are health tested and proven hunting dogs from lines of winning Field Triallers in the UK and Master Hunters in the USA and both are also show champions.

Pups should have fabulous temperaments for training as bird dogs as well as being kind family dogs with children. This litter will be AI.

Projected pedigree of intended litter

If you would like to know more please email or ring luciehustler@me.com +64 (0)21 277 9008.

“Phenominal hunter with classy, intense points that are steady to the wing, honours and retrieves from land and water naturally. Wonderful temperament, gets along with all dogs, males included and he is a super goof-ball with a great sense of humour. Super sweet and loves to show. He has tremendous reach and drive, a very clean down and back and has the elegance and effortless movement our standard calls for. We feel truly honoured to share our lives with Sherman”.

Recently arrived from the UK “Karat” is a superb specimen, winner of show and trials and already a producer of top class puppies. This will be her only litter in New Zealand.

Aytee’s New Champion

With the Field Trial season for HPR’s still a few weeks away here in New Zealand we have been travelling beautiful South Island enjoying the summer show circuit and promising bird dog Mavis😏 has discovered that she likes showing off in the ring😄 Subject to Dogz NZ KC confirmation, after 8 cc’s and 2 BOB we are proud to introduce NZ Champion Aytee Quintessa. Meeting so many lovely dogs and handlers has been a perfect start to our new life and thankyou to all the judges and competitors for making it so enjoyable.

Christmas Greetings from Aytee

Johnny and I send love and best wishes to all of our four legged and two legged friends around the world for a Happy and Peaceful Christmas and a Successful and Healthy New Year. We will always miss everyone and everything in the UK but already feel very happy and settled. I wish everyone good luck for the last month of UK trialling, our season starts when the UK finishes! … YAY!

Our great sport

A thoroughly enjoyable NZ Trial this weekend, run by my local Canterbury Gundog Club was their last one of a busy season and brilliantly run on a cracking ground. There was no hunting element in this retriever test, but awesome retrieves from the Open class dogs (photo) were inspiring to watch and Mavis’s maiden run in Novice, (on a smaller hill 😉) was promising after such a long break. Training on steep terrain on cold game will be a must and we are finding amazing variation in hunt training opportunities on wild game, it wont be easy but is a wonderful challenge.

As always, massive thanks to the hosts and organisers, congratulations to all winners and it is great to find that wherever we go in the world there are people who love working their dogs and are generous, welcoming and kind - the quickest way to feel at home ❤️🐾🐕

CGDC Open Retriever Land Test Two marked retrieves (right high and in gully) & blind (left high)

Mavis, confused by the steep ground and unexpected cold game learnt well and by the time we got to the water she understood the question 😊

Hunt training on one of the many dried river beds, pointing pheasant, quail and hare

Superb result for Aytee sired GSP "Harris""

GSP Islasbraw Ash “Harris” with handler Darryl Elliot, were runner up in the 2 Day UK KC HPR Championship today. 29 dogs competed across the 2 days held in expansive farmland on the Faccombe Estate, Hampshire in southern England. Harris, sired by FtCh Aytee JumboJet from Islasbraw (winner of the Championship 2018/2019) is a lovely dog and consistently brilliant and won the Geoffrey Sterne Trophy for the highest place GSP of the day. Congratulations to Darryl and Harris for also winning the Guns Award, a great achievement ! We also congratulate all winners and the overall winner, Derek O’Connor with his GWP who takes the 2024 Trophy for 1st Place home to Ireland .

Good luck from the Mai-mai

With the UK KC HPR Championship 2024 kicking off tomorrow we would like to wish everyone involved a marvellous two days and to all competitors have a great championship!

Withe the UK KC HPR Championship 2024 kicking off on 18th November we would like to send luck and best wishes to all competitors.

Aytee finally arrive NZ

After a 2500k drive earlier this week, plus a couple of ferries, the Aytee gang are finally installed at their new home today. Massive thanks to https://www.pethavenquarantine.co.nz and Alan and his team at Auckland, for their fabulous care over the last 10 days - they are totally happy, healthy and relaxed. After countless checks and tests along the way, all the vets have commended them for their kind and even temperaments and quiet calmness , I am so proud of them all :) with so many new experiences, such a journey is a real test for any animal.

The kids had bought us a new GSP so the place wasn’t empty for a few days, introductions are going to be interesting 😉