As my family comes from the Netherlands I decided to relate my chosen Prefix to my families homeland. Herstellener means to Recover or Retrieve.
Herstellener Kennels was first registered in Sydney
New South Wales, in 1983.
This was with my German Shorthaired Pointer foundation bitch Zahleins Odessy 'Zara'. From Zara's 3rd litter born in Adelaide, South Australia, to
Aust Ch Birdrise Zigs Image she produced
CH HERSTELLENER COCO.
Coco's impact on the breed here in Australia is not because of the large number of Champions but what his progeny has won & produced.
There are 6 CACIB's awarded in Australia to Shorthairs. All have been Coco son's & daughters. Coco's daughter
GRD CH HEIDERST CHANTILLY LACE
was the first shorthair to win Best In Group at a Melbourne Royal. Later Coco's son
CH HEIDERST HOW ABOUT THAT
won not only Best In Group but went on to win Runner /Up in Show with an entry of 6,500 dogs.
Another Coco son
CH HEIDERST ALL THAT STYLE
won Best In Show at the first
GERMAN SHORTHAIRED POINTER NATIONAL
held in Australia.
COCO passed away in May 1998 but is in most of the pedigrees that are still being exhibited by Heiderst throughout Australia and also overseas therefore he may be gone but not forgotten.
We were lucky enough to have owned a son from Coco's last litter, Heiderst Choclat Soldier "Milo"who unfortunatly after a short illness had to be euthanised.
After loosing Milo mum couldn't help but feel lost, so, after a long hard think she decided to concentrate more on our Weimaraner & Golden Retrievers.
Maybe one day we will get another GSP but for now we are happy to sit back & watch.
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IN 1999 I became the proud owner of our first Weimaraner, Aceweis Witches Hex "HEX" She has certainly made her presence felt in the ring being awarded Multi Classes in Group In Show.
She soon became
AUST CH ACEWEIS WITCHES HEX
Brianna nagged me to let her have her own Weimaraner so we purchased
AUST CH GREYDOVE NICE N EASY
she was owned by me but Ash was exclusively handled by Brianna.
Ash unfortunately died as
the result of a boarding kennel not caring for her properly & not getting her to the vet. Brianna & I were devastated by this loss. She was a fantastic ambassador to the breed but most importantly she will be very much missed by Brianna. Brianna has written a little something in the In Memory page on this site.
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Brianna wanted a long coated breed so she finally got her way in 2004 and we added a
Golden Retriever to our family in May 2004.
GOLDTREVE WILD N WILFUL
'Will' is very outgoing and fits in really well with us.Will is a Multi BIS, BISS Multi R/Up IS,BIG, R/UpIG, Class In Group & In Show winner gaining his Championship title at just 14 months of age.
He was the most consistent winning Golden Retriever in the NT for 2005, being the Top Gundog (DOLPS) for 2006, 2007, 2008 & now is not only the top gnndog but the
TOP SHOWDOG in the NT (Dogzonline Pointscore)
& was awarded
Top Show Dog for the Palmerston Gundog Club,
Show Dog Handlers Club and
Top Gundog Darwin Ladies Kennel Club & after winning 11 BIS this year (14 in total)
will win these awards again for 2008.
WIL IS NOW A GRAND CH (as of the 2nd Aug 2008)
He has been eye tested clear & his hip score is 2+3 (5) Elbows 0:0.
Brianna & I are very thankful to Beryl & Fred Hession for this superb young gentleman.
During 2006 we added a new addition to Herstellener
CH SANTAMARIA DENIM N LACE.
'Grace' was successfully shown to her Aust Ch Title by myself & Brianna. She has done very well with Multi Classes In Groups & In Shows. Also winning R/Up In Group under well known Breed Specialist Mrs Beryl Hession & also under an International Judge Ms F Browning-Cristina (South Africa).
Her hip score is 5+7 (12) elbows 0:0
Grace was mated to Wil & they produced 8 lovely little golden angels, unfortunately we kept the wrong puppies with the lovely home that we got for our other little cherubs and now getting photos of them as they are growing up with many of them looking FANTASTIC.....(LOL)
We sold one of our girls as a pet from our first litter to Julie Blight and she has turned out to be a show dog her name is Lacey (HERSTELLENER FIRE N ICE)
"LACEY", lives of course with Julie & Grace is now desexed & lives there too.
Although Lacey has only just starting her show career she has alrady picked up a few Challenges.
With a new & great association with Rose Easton of Montego Kennels we have currently have 3 Montego Goldens here.
"BELLA" (CH MONTEGO VANILLA ICE)
came to us to be shown & after being here for just a few weeks went out & took out 2 X Best In Groups & then went on to win a Best In Show.
She is was in whelp to Wil & She has now gone back to her family in Sydney. Thank you Cheryl & Fam for letting us have the lovely Bella here. We miss her terribly.We now have another 2 Golden Girls from Rose is MONTEGO RAHNI OLE OLE
"RAHNI" is a very outgoing little girl with heaps of get up & go. Lovely flowing movement & plenty of bone. Her attitude we think makes her a GREAT little show dog, & "STAR"(MONTEGO KIWI STARLIGHT) [IID] Rahni is now almost to her title and when she next comes into season she will be mated to our younster Logan. Star has just been mated to Wil (our Grand Boy)
Our 4th Montego is "LOGAN" (MONTEGO LAW N ORDER). He is only 10 months & already has impressed us no end as he is currently TOP RISING STAR (NT) for 2010 (*DOLPS) & has already gained over the 100 points for his Aust Ch Title having won a BIG (Group 1) at the age of 9 1/2 Months of age.. He is a real little show pony &really struts his stuff. We are looking forward to watching him and time will tell if he is as good as we think :-)))))) *DogzOnline Point Score
We are very grateful To Rose for honouring us with these great dogs & we hope to continuing our friendship & association for a long time to come.
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Keep an eye on the front page for news of our Import that we hope will arrive Late 2010 & enter the Show Ring here in early 2011
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In2006 Brianna & I offered to lease & Show an Amstaff from a good friend of ours, Yvonne Mitchell, however after Yvonne's long battle with cancer she passed away in late Dec 2006. She had decided that she would still like us to have the little bitch Angel here in Darwin & left her to us in her will. So late in Jan 07 Angel arrived in Darwin..
STAFFACE STARZ N STRIPES
She gained her title easlily and will be back in the show ring in 2011
"Angel" will continue to be handled by Brianna. She ia currently Adelaide & we have HOTPAWS THE WIZARD (Wiz) who is only a few points off of his Aust Championship Title. He was bred by our good friend Dion Humbler.
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We now have (May 2008) become the proud owners of a dear little
Cavalier King Charles Spaniel.
His name is (CH MELLOWAY WHATA CRACKER) 'Daniel'.
He is a real character & he well & truly a little show pony. He never stops wagging his tail & he is as bold as brass....This we feel that he will be a great little showman.........
After only 15 shows he has well over 100 points, winning 2 BIG & 3 X PIS. He is quite a littleshow off and continues to have wonderful results. he is very funny as I am sure that he thinks he is a Golden Retriever.........
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In April 2010 we were lucky enough to have been sent a GSP.....She is absolutely goeous & we love having a GSP again after a long time away from the breed.
Her name is'ALICE'
HEIDERST ALICE IN WONDERLAND.
She has only been to a few shows but is well over 1/2 her way to her Aust Championship titl already winning a BIG (Group 1) and several Class In Group & Classes In Show.. As she is part of Heiderst's Kennels Breeding Programme, she will go back & forth to them for litters & will come back to be shown here.
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This site is dedicated to our
Golden Retriever's, Cav & Amstaff
& In Memory of our GSPs
& Weimaraners.
