About Us

My name is Ronalie, and my husband Andrew and I live on a secluded 50-acre property 3 hours north of Brisbane in the sunny state of Queensland, Australia, where we breed Australian Stock Horses and Hungarian Vizsla dogs – both the smooth and the wirehaired breeds.

I obtained my first Hungarian Vizsla, Maggie, going on twelve years ago and she remains happy and healthy and is definitely “top dog”, keeping the youngsters in check. We have two other “smooth” Vizslas, Ella and Amber and our three “Wires”, Koko, Lily and Miska.

Our dogs live in the home with us and have the free run of about 3 acres of fenced home paddock. They enjoy our daily runs and swims in our two dams and love our regular visits to Rainbow Beach for swimming in the surf and running on the sand. They are very much part and parcel of our family, as we know Vizslas like to be, even though it is sometimes difficult to find a spare seat!

We remain devoted to the Hungarian Vizsla, with their wonderful traits and fantastic and lovable natures, and we hope to have a very exciting litter with our wonderful “smooth” Amber in the near future. I think the reknownd Marion Coffman, author of “the Versatile Vizsla,”whose wonderful excerpt found on my front page says all that is to be said about this wonderful canine companion.

I have always been interested in the Wirehaired Vizslas, and when I found that the breed had been recognised in this country and was to be introduced into the show ring in January 2007, I immediately set about looking for an import.  At this stage there was only one male in Australia, Silvanus Lord Nelson, owned by Faye Harris of “Hanafor” fame in Tasmania.  Faye is a judge and a breeder of repute and is know throughout the dog world.  It was due to her untiring work that the “Wires” were recognised in Australia. It is very important to understand that the Vizsla and the Wirehaired Vizsla are totally separate breeds and cannot be interbred. Although the two breeds share many characteristics in both looks and hunting abilities they also remain different in their personalities. The Vizsla longs for attention and is always ready for the next game, where we find that the “wires” are a little more laid back and take life in their stride.

After the recognition of the Hungarian Wirehaired Vizsla by the Australian National Kennel Club our quest was to find who we felt was the best breeder in the world, and this lead us to Hungary - the country of origin of the breed. Our aim was to bring in dogs that were balanced in both hunting ability as well as winners in the show ring. We should never forget that the breed is that of hunter/pointer/retriever and therefore calm nerves combined with great conformation, appearance and temperament are essential. These characteristics I found in the Zoldmali Kennel in Budapest.

Zsofia Miczek, pictured with her wonderful girl “Alma”, is the founder and owner of the Zöldmáli Wirehaired Vizsla Kennel in Hungary, running the most successful, dual and multi-champion wirehaired Vizslas in the country. Her dogs have been some of most successful all-round Wirehaired Vizslas in work of the past 7 years. Zsofia’s “Wires” can now be found in many countries around the world.

At the 2007 Euro Dog Show, Zöldmáli Iram, a son of Alma, won the Junior European Winner, Best of Breed and Best of Group title: the biggest title a Wirehaired Vizsla has ever reached on a Eurodog show. This year Zoldmali Ludas, another Alma son and also a litter brother of our Lily, won Junior World Winner and Best of Breed at the 2008 Dog Show in Stokholm. We are truly proud that these are the lines we have chosen to bring to Australia as our foundation stock.
We now have three Zoldmali dogs in our “stable”; Koko, Lily and Miska have already gained their Australian Champions titles. As this breed is extremely rare in this country, we have attempted to keep our bloodlines as diverse as possible. Later this year we will be importing another bitch in whelp, with different bloodlines, and expect to have the first pups on the ground before the end of 2008. This will again increase the gene pool in Australia. You will find more information on Viki and her expected litter on this site.

Our purpose with the Wirehaired Vizslas is to help establish the breed here and in New Zealand, where the breed has just been recognised, and where good hunting dogs are in demand. We hope to ensure that the breed is expanded by using exceptional and different bloodlines in order to produce happy, healthy dogs. Good health and an excellent temperament are of foremost importance to us in our breeding programme. We propose to set standards of excellence that will ensure the breed is enhanced, and that our Hungarian Wirehaired Vizslas are sought after in and out of Australia.

Ronalie Frew