WILLOW

Silvestre Im Not Perky - Willow

Welcome to Willow's page

Willow had 1 litter in March 2025.

Willow was born in 2022, and I knew from birth she was the one staying with me. You will see a common theme here that I call in love with a puppy. Willow oozed quality from her skin to her bones. Always had that extra special something, and was the sweetest girl. We kept her and her brother and ran them both on to see which one would turn out better for showing and then re-homed Buzz when he was a year. But the two of them together made life very easy. By 6 weeks both totally crate trained and house trained.
I guess when we have a common goal in our breeding we get dogs that share the traits we are looking for, and you will hear me say similar about all the dogs we own. But I have to say Willow was the easiest of puppies here.
Right from baby puppy stage she never got into mischief. She loves to go out and she loves to be with us. In the house she is very quiet. She has ring presence and flies around the ring. I call her my pocket rocket as she is a real show girl. She should win far more than she has done. But we have just not got her to that many shows as it's either a season, or hormone coating. Id love to achieve her stud book this year.
Willow just knows what life's about, you would think she has lived before. She has that air about her, and she is not needy. She will go off and sit in the basket and chill. She loves a cuddle, and loves being just around us, but she is not a needy dog and never pesters us. She is happy with her life and a settled kind of dog. She never demands walks, and never demands attention. She is one easy to live with dog.
Willow is the older sister to Candy, but they had different fathers. Candy and Willow get on like a house on fire, and you can find them pottering around together.
Willow has great recall and in fact you couldn't loose her if you wished. On walks in the woodlands she is never that far from me. She runs around but she always knows if you have changed direction and she is always with us.
Willow is also a good swimmer and loves going down the local ford in the summer evenings. She splashes in and around in the water.

Willow's pedigree name came from the Netflix show Wednesday. The whole litter were themed Adams family, and Wednesdays quote of "im not perky" became Willows name. It's one of my favourite pedigree names ive given the dogs. Willow was in a litter of 13! I couldn't believe her mother could have as many. In her first litter Roux had 6, and then second litter had 13! Double. But she had gone a long time between seasons and maybe thats why and she ovulated twice.
Willows pedigree combines some Australian lines we do not have in the UK with other quality bloodlines.
Willow has no white hairs on her body, and her coat colour is Russet Gold.
Willow is extremely agile and fit. She is so agile she can balance on our gate waiting to go up the field. She can jump five foot with ease but rare does. She has to be very excited to want to jump. If I leave her outside in the garden she is able to jump the gate and come back inside on her own. Youll either find her in a crate asleep or she has let her self into our lounge and asleep on the sofa. Often times she lays onto of the back of my kitchen sofa like a cat. Watching everyone come and go. She's no trouble and you do not have to worry where she is. She's super intelligent. As well as agile she has exceptional balance and can stand and walk on her back legs a few paces. This exceptional balance shows you she has a good skeleton system. She amazes me her fitness. She is also all muscle, you can feel her lean body is of exceptional quality.
Her coat as a newborn puppy was like a moles skin, I had never seen it before, so very soft, and velvet. I'll always remember feeling her and touching her. Often puppies have stripes for several days when born but hers went quickly and she just had this amazing coat texture.
I do adore her character as she has personality, as well as being velcro Vizsla, she is smart. She picked up training in an instant. She is the kind of dog which also mothers younger dogs here. They look to her for guidance.
Willows mum was called Roux, and Roux now lives with David and Sinead living the high life. We get regular updates on Roux which is lovely. Roux wanted a quieter life in the end away from the hum drum of a busy pack life and I think those quieter dogs do prefer it. It's also lovely to help couples wanting dogs that are not puppies, to fit in with their life.
We kept Django from Willows first litter. I will also keep a female from Willow but probably on her third litter. I love Willows size for a female as she is small and tidy.
Willow has been a great asset here not only to our pet home life, but also to breeding and showing.
The downside to Willow is she is a dog which loves a phantom pregnancy! Then gets a hormonal coat afterwards. Because her desire to have puppies is strong. She is a bitch that comes into milk because another bitch has puppies. This plays havoc with coat quality. I will probably Spay Willow earlier than normal just so her coat is more settled. Its pretty common in the dog world to have milk for other mothers puppies, so they can go off into the wild and hunt and the aunties looks after the puppies. She is a dog you could let foster someone else babies as she is kind and caring with puppies. She absolutely stepped up to the mark when she had her litter, it was like she was born to be a mother. It makes exceptional temperaments in puppies also when they have a good mother. Because they teach the next generation how is should be. I remember once a Bracco was about to have puppies and Willow came into milk. I was thinking of going to the vets to have milk taken away. But then I thought no, if anything was to happen to the other dog she could take on alitter easily. Dogs like this are so valuable to breeders, and sure enough she would beg to get in the whelping box with the puppies. But I did not want her to over produce milk and as the Bracco mum was fine we decided to keep her out. It's very endearing.

Photo Gallery

Show Results

2023
Windsor championship show 2023 - 1st place MPB - Crufts qualifying place.
East of England championship show 2023 - 2nd place MPB and huge thanks to Sophie Bell for handling her for us. Crufts qualifying place.
2024
Norfolk and Norwich Open show - 1st Yearling & RBOB
CRUFTS DOG SHOW 3rd place - qualified for Crufts 2025.
Boston Champ show 2nd place - qualified for Crufts 2025
Leeds champ show 5th place
Boston Champ show 5th place. Junior handling 3rd place with Meghan.

Willow's Parents

Goose. Roux

Willow's Grandparents

Logan x Ripley Reuben x Olive

Here is an extra photo of Logan right who was Willows Grandfather. We were very pleased to use him on Ripley who produced Goose. Goose lives with a good friend of mine and he is retired from breeding. But the legacy lives on through Willow.