Saracen Irish Water Spaniels
Saracen Irish Water Spaniels: OFA, thyroid, CERF/eyes,
VWD
Bob Deihl and Susan Sarracino-Deihl, N84 W19194 Menomonee Ave,
Menomonee Falls WI 53051 Phone: 262-255-3639
Rogue - Ch MiJo's Irish Rogue, CDX, JH, WC
MY FIRST IWS
My first IWS was Shiel (Ch Oisin's
Shiel, CD, WC) who I originally purchased to hunt, to run in field
trials and to work in obedience. He was one of three IWS run in
licensed field trials in the '70's; he is also the first IWS on
the WC list (given by the Irish Water Spaniel Club of America)
who was also a breed Ch and had an obedience degree. (He was the
4th IWS to be awarded a WC.) As for field titles, that is all
he earned since the IWSCA started granting the WCX after Shiel
had died and the AKC started the hunting tests much after he had
passed on. Shiel was a wonderful dog to hunt over; he did very
well in the trials considering that he was not started on training
until he was 18 months old. Above all, what made him very special
was that his great desire to please me made up for my totally
novice training and handling.
Mac - Ch Saracen Braveheart, CD, JH, WC
THE START OF SARACEN IWS
From Shiel through two of his daughters,
we started our breeding program. The first litter I bred was whelped
in Dec. 1983. From that litter came Katie - Ch Saracen Irish Caper
CD, JH, WC. Katie was a phenomenal natural upland dog and retriever.
Before she was 1 year old she had had 60 pheasants shot over her.
My husband hunted her exclusively in the farms around the town
where he lived in north central IL. Katie had one litter. From
that litter came our 'old guy' Rogue - Ch MiJo's Irish Rogue CDX,
JH, WC - who is now 14 and retired.
Mac - see entering the water during training
Other litters that we have had have
come through a second Shiel daughter, Princess - Ch Saracen Diamond
in the Rough CD, WC. For her first litter we bred her to an Irish
import Ch Yeates of Lisnabrogue CD MH TD WCX, the first IWS to
attain the MH title. Yeates came from Eddie Lennon in Ireland.
Eddie had bred IWS since the 60's expressly for field work. Yeates's
father Cruiscin - Irish Field Trial Ch Cruiscin of Lisnabrogue
- became the first of our breed to become an Irish Field Trial
Ch in many, many years. Yeates' brother - FT Ch Slipper of Lisnabrogue
- also became a FT Ch. From this litter of Princess to Yeates
we got Hawkeye - Ch Saracen Hawkeye UD, JH, Keegan - Ch McGougan's
M. Keegan O'Saracen, CD, JH -, a third litter brother who was
run in field tests in the South and took 1sts in the puppy stake
and derby stake (he was hit and killed by a car at age 20 mos.),
Jiggs who went to a game warden in SD and hunted each season there,
Sprite (hunted in ND) and Angie (who we hunted). It was through
both Hawkeye and Angie that we continued this line. Princess had
two more litters. The second was a singleton girl who was hunted
in NM. The third time we bred Princess to Ch Whistlestop's Irish
Dynasty CDX. All 8 pups from that litter had tremendous natural
field ability. We kept a boy - Talo - Ch Saracen Blackwater Bog
UD, JH. Of Talo's littermates, two brothers were hunted extensively
(MN and WA) while two sisters are both hunted extensively and
have field titles - Saracen Macha Dash Freebird Can WC and Saracen
September Foxfire JH in OH. Briar (OH) was run regularly in field
events run at the local club; for many years she took second place
in the fall events and in the year's standings, but in the fall
of 1996 placed first in both. That fall was a very special time
for Briar's owner and the owners of Briar's niece because Briar
took first place and Bayley took second place. Lastly, we still
have one girl from that litter - Anda. She was returned to us
at 8 1/2 years of age because her owners could not take care of
her. She was first hunted the following fall at age 9. What a
natural hunter she turned out to be!! She was a tireless, savvy,
single-minded upland hunter. She is now retired at 14.5 years
of age, but we had many memorable times with her. From Princess's
last litter, we were able to carry this line only through one
dog - Talo. All of these guys are gone now, but their memory lives
on and, more importantly, their field desire, natural sweetness
and loving personalities live on in their progeny.
Mac
PURPOSE IN BREEDING IWS FOR THE FIELD
With each breeding we strive to intensify
and preserve the working ability of the dogs. Yes, some of the
dogs are 'pretty dogs', but in addition they must be excellent
workers and have something to offer the breed in terms of their
working ability. Dogs that we have bred have routinely done very
well in the field and obedience.
Mac entering water at a JH
OVERALL BREEDING OBJECTIVES
Coupled to our objectives in breeding
to preserve the working ability of the IWS is our aim to produce
a true "all around" IWS - an IWS that is a loving family
companion, sweet natured, has natural hunting instincts with a
desire to please, natural biddability and working ability, one
that can also excel in breed, obedience, field and other performance
events. We personally like to obtain breed Ch's on our IWS and
love to do obedience and tracking with them. To all of the above
purposes are goals are to produce healthy Irishers that satisfy
the breed standard - ones that are "smart, upstanding, strongly
built ..... combining great intelligence ... and rugged endurance
with a bold, dashing eagerness of temperament." [quoted from
the AKC Official Standard for the Irish Water Spaniel]
Accomplishments of IWS that we have
bred are listed below. For some of our litters we have bred to
our own boys, for some we have judiciously chosen males that had
the attributes that we are seeking to complement the girl. We
have obtained only one girl from another breeder to breed to our
boys - Easy - Whistlestop Saracen N by NW, JH. Easy's father was
Open All Age qualified. Easy's brother whom we co-owned - Whistlestop's
Saracen's Highlander, MH - was the second MH in the breed and
is Amateur All Age qualified.
Cass - Saracen Cassidy - after a successful hunt in
WY
ACCOMPLISHMENTS/GOINGS ON OF SARACEN IWS
IWSCA AKC All-Around IWS
(Versatile IWS award given by the IWSCA; dog must be a Ch CD JH)
(As of 6/1/02, 53 IWS have earned this award; we bred 9; I co-owned
a 10th dog on the list)
Ch Saracen Irish Caper, CD, JH, WC
Ch Saracen Hawkeye, UD, JH
Ch McGougan's M. Keegan O'Saracen, CD, JH
Ch MiJo's Irish Rogue, CDX, JH, WC
Ch Saracen Blackwater Bog, UD, JH
Ch Saracen's Stand and Deliver, CD, JH, WC
Ch Saracen Diamonds Are Forever CD, JH, TDX
Ch Saracen's One Speed Only CDX, JH, TD
Ch Saracen Braveheart CD, JH, WC [1 leg on CDX]
Ch Saracen Resolute CD, JH [qualified 9/02]
Ch Saracen's Thief of Hearts CD, JH [qualified 12/02]
Ch Risible Morgan O'Saracen CD, JH, TD [co-owned]
Ones currently working on the All-Around
IWS title:
Ch Saracen Desert Rose CD, 2 legs on JH
Saracen Miss Goody Two Shoes CD, JH [pointed]
Three girls:
L: Briar - Saracen September Foxfire, JH
Middle: Cagney - Saracen Blackwater Diamond
R: Bayley - Saracen Bayley's Irish Dream, WC
Katie - Ch Saracen Irish Caper, CD, JH, WC
Accomplishments by Litter
1) Ch Yeates of Lisnabrogue CD TD MH
WCX x Ch Saracen Diamond in the
Rough, CD, WC [Princess]
Ch Saracen Hawkeye UD, JH, CGC - #2 in obedience 1994
Ch McGougan's M. Keegan O'Saracen CD, JH
2) Ch Whistlestop's Irish Dynasty,
CDX x Ch Saracen Diamond in the Rough, CD, WC (Princess)
Talo - Ch Saracen Blackwater Bog, UD, JH
DWA for CD; qualified for Gaines Regional 1994, 1995
(nationally ranked in 1995 & 1996)
Briar (OH) - Saracen September Foxfire, JH
Scarlet - Saracen Macha Dash Freebird, Can WC
Anda - Saracen Andy
All 4 dogs were super hunters.
5 week old puppies: Sire: Ch Saracen's One Speed Only,
CDX, JH, TD, WC
Dam: Ch Saracen Desert Rose, CD
3) Ch Deart's Owen L & M x Saracen
Angeline
Penny - Ch Saracen Penny of Clear Creek, CD, CGC
Duncan - Ch O'Neill's Duncan Disorderly
4) Ch Saracen Hawkeye, UD, JH (Hawkeye)
x Ch Saracen Irish Caper, CD, JH, WC (Katie):
Rogue - Ch MiJo's Irish Rogue CDX JH WC
Multi group placer, BoB Westminster Kennel Club 1997
JAM 1996 IWSCA National Specialty
Quik UD
(DWA for CD, CDX with 4-1sts, 2-2nds, 1-4th, nationally
ranked in obedience in 1992)
Cass and Mullie both hunted extensively
5) Ch Courtney's O'Thor, CD, TDX, JH,
WCX x Ch Saracen Penny of Clear Creek, CD, CGC
Scoter - Ch Saracen's Stand and Deliver, CD, JH, WC
(nationally ranked in obedience in 1997)
Caeleigh - Ch Saracen Caeleigh O'Glennis, CD (nationally ranked
in obedience in 1993)
Colleen - CD, JH, SR - Saracen Diamond Colleen
(NAHRA - qualified to run in the NAHRA southeast invitational),
trained for SH
Rusty - hunted extensively by his owners in KS
Molly, Rosie and Kelly all hunted alot by their owners in MT,
WY & IA
6) Ch Saracen Hawkeye, UD, JH x Ch
Saracen Penny of Clear Creek, CD
Briar - Ch Saracen Diamonds Are Forever, CD, JH, TDX
Ri - Saracen Sweetwater Orion - hunted extensively by his owners
in WY
Bridget - Saracen Bridget of Spring - loving family companion
Katie - retrieving in the IL river
7) Ch MiJo's Irish Rogue, CDX, JH,
WC x Ch Saracen's Stand and Deliver CD,
JH, WC
Curly - Saracen Permanent Wave UD NA
DWA winner, High in Trial winner, nationally ranked in obedience
8) Ch Saracen Blackwater Bog UD, JH
x Ch Saracen Diamonds Are Forever
CD, JH, TDX
Bogs - Saracen Tule Bog, CD, SH, IR
Bramble - Saracen MacBramble O'Briar, CD, JH
Spike - Ch Saracen's One Speed Only, CDX, JH, TD, WC
(earned TD at 8 mos, DWA for CD)
Bayley - Saracen's Bayley's Irish Dream WC
Cagney - Saracen Blackwater Diamond
Spike - NE, hunted
Kelly - MI, hunted
7) Ch MiJo's Irish Rogue CDX JH WC
x Whistlestop's Saracen N by NW, JH
Mac - Ch Saracen Braveheart, CD, JH, WC (CD in 1st three trials)
Katie - Saracen Rogue's Caper, CD, JH, NA, NAJ, IR
Rosie - Ch Saracen Desert Rose CD, 2 legs on JH
Annebelle - Ch Saracen Annebelle Lee, CD
Brook - Ch Saracen's Thief of Hearts, CD, JH
Rascal - Ch Saracen Resolute, CD, JH
Kelly - Saracen Miss Goody Two Shoes, CD, JH, WC
Katie
8) Ch Saracen's One Speed Only, CDX,
JH, TD, WC x Ch Saracen Desert Rose,
CD
Eamon - Saracen Eminently Eamon. NL. O: Arjen Mets, the Netherlands
Eamon has done extremely well in field work. A few are:
Spaniel Field Test, Marchprime, France (all spaniel breeds
Except the English Cocker Spaniel)
Nov. 1 - C.Q.N. (Certificate Qualite Naturelle)
Nov. 2 - 4th, Very Good rating
Irish Water Spaniel Field Test, Marchprime, France
Nov. 3 - First place - Excellent rating
SIWSC cold game test, Great Britain
July 21, 2002 - 4th place, Special Beginners
July 15, 2001 - 1st place, 12 - 18 mon class
July 15, 2001 - 2nd place, Special Beginners
Youth Spaniel Field Trial, Holland
Jan. 4, 2002 - Honorable Mention
(all breeds of spaniels entered)
Possum - Saracen's Stylish Irish Possum, WC
Briar - Saracen September Foxfire, JH
Co-Bred Litters
1) Ch O'Neill's Duncan Disorderly x Hampshire's Maggie May
Bravo - Saracen's Bold to the Bone, CDX, JH, WCX, U-CDX, CGC
Bravo was #1 IWS in obedience in 2001
IWSCA Outstanding dams (produced 3
or more breed Ch's)
Ch Saracen Diamond in the Rough, CD, WC
Ch Saracen Penny of Clear Creek, CD, CGC
Whistlestop Saracen N by NW, JH
IWSCA Outstanding sires (producers
of 5 or more Ch's)
Ch MiJo's Irish Rogue, CDX, JH, WC
Scoter - Ch Saracen's Stand and Deliver, CD, JH, WC
- getting ready to flush a chukkar
HEALTH MATTERS
Health checks for IWS include: OFA
number, CERF check, normal thyroid, normal von Willebrand factor,
no allergies, no seizures.
Scoter - flushing the chukkar
OUR DOGS AND HUNTING
All of our dogs are our personal house
dogs, companions and hunting dogs. We primarily hunt upland game
because that is what I like to do. The guys display good noses,
biddability, marking and retrieving ability. They are diligent
hard workers. Once they have the experience hunting pheasants,
rarely does the pheasant elude them.
coter - show pose
CONFORMATION
As for conformation, when we have gone
to the specialties, we have done well, though due to our commitment
to field work we have not attended many specialty shows. A few
memorable wins include:
1979 - Ch Oisin's Shiel, CD, WC - BoB Olympic Kennel Club, backup
show to
1979 IWSCA National Specialty
1987 - Ch Saracen Hawkeye, UD, JH -
WD from BBE class, IWSCA Supported
entry in SC.
1992 - Ch Saracen's Stand and Deliver,
CD, JH, WC - WB from the BBE class
(defeating 25 bitches to finish her Ch) IWSCA specialty weekend
1996 - Ch MiJo's Irish Rogue, CDX,
JH, WC - JAM IWSCA National Specialty
1996 - Ch MiJo's Irish Rogue, CDX,
JH, WC - BoB and Gr 4, IWSCA Specialty
weekend
1997 - Ch MiJo's Irish Rogue, CDX,
JH, WC - Westminster Kennel Club
Lastly re conformation, because our
emphasis has been on excellent working dogs, we have specialed
only one dog - Ch MiJo's Irish Rogue. He was a multi-group placer
in addition to his wins listed above. His show record has made
him special, but his love of hunting, retrieving and just plain
working has endeared him to us. He was the total dog. He is retired
at 14 now. Unfortunately he just doesn't think that he is 14!!
Rogue - ch MiJo's Irish Rogue, CDX, JH, WC - show
pose, Best of Breed at Westminster Kennel Club 1997
FUTURE LITTERS
We are currently planning on having
a litter this spring/summer. We will be breeding one of our girls
to an outside male who we feel has the attributes that we want
to see in an IWS. Inquiries are welcome. We expect these puppies
to carry on the tradition of their forbearers.
PUPPIES
We currently do not have a litter. We
are planning on a litter in early 2006. Tenative breeding:
Sire: Ch Saracen's One Speed Only CDX JH TD WC
OFA excellent
Dam: Am/Can Ch Mainevent's Beauieau Ice
OFA Good
Spike is a son of Ch Saracen Blackwater Bog UD JH and Ch Saracen
Diamonds Are Forever CD JH TDX and a grandson of Ch Saracen
Hawkeye UD JH and Ch Saracen Penny of Clear Creek CD CGC.
Blue is a granddaughter of Ch O'Neill's Duncan Disorderly [littermate
to Ch S. Penny of Clear Creek] and a great granddaughter of Ch
Saracen Blackwater Bog UD JH.
This litter will be a line bred litter on some of our best working
producing IWS. And similar to the litter last year will
go back to my foundation bitch, Ch Saracen Diamond in the Rough
CD WC, my original male Ch Oisin's Shiel CD WC and Ch Yeates of
Lisnabrogue CD MH on both sides of the pedigree. We feel these
puppies will have the attributes we want to see in an IWS. Inquiries
are welcome. We expect these puppies to carry on the tradition
of their forbearers.
Bob Deihl and Susan Sarracino-Deihl, N84 W19194 Menomonee
Ave, Menomonee Falls WI 53051 Phone: 262-255-3639
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