HOW DID IT ALL BEGIN?
A love affair of animals that just grew and grew. !
I (Rachel) have always loved animals, and my earliest memory is in fact of a ginger cat, and a cross breed dog we owned in the family.  
My late father is probably to blame for indulging me in having animals, but he made me look after them on my own from a young age.  I can remember being about 6 and gathering eggs from the hutch.  I had to feed the chickens on my own daily.  We had a cat which I was told to look after.  His view was being responsible for animals teaches children to be responsible.
 I had a pony around 8 years of age and I needed help with this pony. But when I went to my next horse aged 11, I was told if you want this horse you are going to look after it. I spent every morning and evening out on my horse. It was my world.
I started working aged 16, I didnt go on to college, and I went to work for my father.  I saved all my wages and brought a dog. My very first dog I owned by myself.  It was a Cavalier King Charles spaniel. 
The first real time I noticed Darryl was he pulled up beside me on my horse one day down the road and we had a chat. 

At the age of 19 I got married to darryl and we decided on a big dog.  I remember seeing this grey dog down the road that would run out and bark at me on my horse.  I had made a note of the dogs name.  From that moment started a different kind of relationship with a dog. I announced to the family I was going to breed from this dog I had brought. I remember my father saying you won't sell one, who would want this kind of dog.  At the time Weimaraners were £450 for a puppy and I sold mine for £200 each and I even gave one for free to a lady that wanted two.  They went really quickly and Im not surprised as I was selling pedigree dogs at such a low price. It didn't cover the breeding costs, but I was happy as I had achieved something different.   I decided after I sold them that I missed the puppies so much, I went out and brought one in.  I think also the fact that I couldnt continue having children due to health issues that it made me want to breed puppies.  I had a lot of knowledge in breeding animals already as having chickens, cows, sheep, ducks etc I already knew what I was doing. But I wanted to show a dog, and I couldnt find anywhere to help teach me.  It took until the year 2000 where I bred and kept two sisters and we showed them a couple of times.  We found a ring craft and the rest is history, our journey into showing dogs had started.  23 years later we are still showing dogs.!

Over the years I had more Weimaraners, and then suddenly my health took a sudden turn, and I was finding showing a real struggle.  I could not work out what was going wrong, but I under went lots of health tests.  I decided that I wanted a smaller breed of dog, and we tried first of all with a spaniel. Which ended in disaster as my Weimaraners did not gel with the spaniel so I gave this to my mother in law who just lost her dog.  I wondered if Id find a dog that would go well with a Weimaraner, and suddenly I saw a friend with a Weimaraner and a Hungarian Vizsla. LOVE at first sight! Ginger was a beautiful girl and I knew this was the breed for us. 
I was then diagnosed with an under active thyroid, fibromyalgia.  I decided not to keep any more Weimaraner puppies, and we developed our Vizsla bloodline.  I found I could run these as they do not take such a big stride, also much lighter in frame for me to handle.  It was a perfect match. I loved their temperaments, and how loving they are. They also got on well with the Weimaraers. 
Our last litter of Weimaraners was 8 years ago and we sold one girl to Melissa Suett who developed her bloodline from this girl.  She excelled in the show ring and she became a champion in many European countries.  This was new to me, showing in Europe!  But it peeked my interest.   I eventually asked if she would take one of my Vizsla with her, and she said yes.  We then owned our first International champion.  I also made up my first UK show champion.  The planning, scheming and interest in showing we still have today and we love going to shows. It is a hobby as no-one gets money from winning anything.  You pay to enter, and don't even get a rosette in champ show. You have to purchase them. So its a very expensive hobby.  But you promote your breeding stock, and you are bettering the breed by being selective and choosing from the best of the best all the time. Buying from show homes means you are getting great family pets with the best construction.  Great construction means better health. 
Darryl decided he would like a Bracco Italiano and I call them his dogs still but of course I love them, look after them.  But he was told he must show them because they are big heavy dogs.  On odd occasions I will take one in the ring, but I cant cope with the size of them.  They are gentle dogs so they are great around me and don't knock me. In fact they are sensible dogs, content dogs. 
That is a quick introduction to how we came about owning dogs, and the future is still to be written. 

Here are a list of dogs below that have achieved something.  We are proud of them all. 

​Shelseivad Gingers Gift to Silvestre - Stud book number
Silvestre Ruby Slippers - Stud book number.
Roughshoot Exhibitionist at Silvestre - Stud book number & 1RCC
SH.CH.Bitcon Skymaster with Silvestre SH.CM - Stud book number 3 CC and 5RCC. 1 CAC, 1 CACIB, 2 Best Veterans Belgium.
Silvestre Shake Yr Booty - Stud book number
Silvestre Oh Behave for Shelseivad- Stud book number 1RCC, 2 Best Veterans.
INT.CH. Karaszy’s Falco Peregrinus at Silvestre - Stud book number 1CC & BOB & INT.CH. Several RCAC, RCACIB, CACIB, CAC.
INT.CH.BEL.CH. Silvestre Ace - Stud book number
Silvestre Captain Morgan among Campione - Stud book number and 1 RCC. Castrated and retired.
Silvestre Blazing Saddles - Stud book number 1 CC and 5 R.C
​Silvestre Whoo Hoo - Stud book number 2021. 
​Silvestre Fortune N'Glory - Stud book number 2022
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FRENCH BULLDOG
Silvestre Orlando's Magic - Stud book number and 1 CC and 1 RCC. Scent dog

CC & RCC & CAC & CACIB & JW winners
Show Champion Bitcon Skymaster with Silvestre ShCm 3 CC’s & 5 RCC. 1 CACIB,1RCACIB, 1 CAC, 1RCAC, 2 Best Veterans
INT.CH. Karaszy’s Falco Peregrinnus At Silvestre 6 CACIB, CAC’s, RCAC’s, RCACIBS
INT.CH. BEL.CH. Silvestre Ace, 4 CAC’s Belgium, 1 CAC France, 3 CACIB Belgium, 1 CACIB France, RCAC and RCACIB.
Silvestre Orlando’s Magic 1RCC, 1CC
Silvestre Oh Behave At Shelseivad 2RCC, 2BEST VETERANS IN SHOW
Silvestre Captain Morgan Among Campione 1 RCC
Silvestre Blazing Saddles, 5 RCC. 1 CC
CZECH.CH. Silvestre Romulus CAC’s Germany, CACIB’s Germany, 4 CAC CZECH, 4CACIB.
LUX.CH. BEL.CH.Silvestre Last Tango With Silberliss JW,  CAC’s France, Belgium, Luxembourg,Holland.
SWISS. SH.CH. & BEL.CH. Silvestre Fortune N'Glory 10 CAC Belgium, 3 CACIB BEL, 2 RCACIB BEL, 2 CAC HOLLAND, 1 CACIB HOLLAND, 3 CAC Switzerland. 


STUD DOG OFFSPRING TITLES

Wallaroo All that Jazz 2 CC and 7 RCC
Wallaroo Hawk Eye 1 RCC
INT.CH & BEL.CH.Carnlochan Morning Star
Carnlochan Jack Frost 2 CAC Belgium, 1 RCACIB.
RUSSIAN.CH. Karaszy’s Golden

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