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UPCOMING LITTERS

The Process

We generally have two litters a year. They are first announced directly to our waiting list (primarily in the order of joining) via email. Later, they are announced to the public via our social media accounts @seaviewsportingdogs. If you are interested, please join the waiting list by filling out the questionnaire found on this site.

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We start taking deposits for each litter after announcement. In most cases, the litter is fully committed 6-12 months before it is born. The best place to see up-to-date photos of all the dogs is via our social media accounts.

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Winter 2024 Litter 

 

(litter is fully committed)

 

Riri des Grandes Origines  x  Tessa de la Coipeane

 

Sire: Riri des Grande Origines

In 2023, Riri was awarded the Trophee Griffon Korthals Europe, which is given annually to the griffon who won the most points in European field trials outside of France.

 

At only four years of age, Riri competed in 36 field trials across France, Italy and Slovakia, earning his Championship title in all three countries, including the following:

  • Championship of the Field (Italy)

  • Championship of the Field (Slovakia)

  • International Championship of the Field & Trialer (France)

  • BREP (deep water retrieving title in France)

 

He has been equally successful in Conformation, competing in 25 bench shows across France, Italy and Monaco and winning Best of Breed (CACS/CACIB) 11 times and 2nd Place (RCAC/RCACIB) 3 times, earning the following titles.

  • Champion of France (ChFCS)

  • Champion of International Beauty (ChIB)

  • Champion of Beauty in Monaco (ChMC)

 

As he earned these Conformation titles, this spring he went Best of Breed at the Championnat De France, the most important bench show in France, and at the Societe Canine De Monaco’s International Dog Show, another very highly respected European bench show.

 

His dam, Griffonne des Grandes Origines, was equally successful, earning her Cotation 6 (highest possible Achievement Rating) before she passed in 2022. His sire, Meteor Des Harmas Jade, was the #1 winning field trial griffon in France in 2020. And in a very rare occurrence, three of Riri’s littermates have also earned their dual field and conformation Championships and are Cotation 4.

 

Dam: Tessa de la Coipeane

Tessa was imported as a puppy specifically for her bloodlines, which offer the most successful, direct lineage back to Hudson des Rives de L’Aure, the all-time winningest griffon, that I am aware. Importantly, this connection is made thru Hudson’s most important daughter, Romignone de Cornilly, who won the 2004 Prix Dutilleux, which is the Korthals of the Year award in France. Tessa’s father, Lucas de la Coipeane, won the 2021 French National Elevage and the breed at the 2022 World Dog Show; her grandfather, Eole de Cornilly, and great-grandfather, Vlad des Coteaux de Bidos, the 2008 Prix Dutilleux winner. All of whom were field trial and conformation champions in multiple countries. And all of whom competed and won the highest honors from the French Korthals club during their respective lives.

 

Tessa passed her TAN (test of Natural Ability) last spring. She was hunted often on wild chukar this winter. And now she is in training for her NAVHDA UT test in Fall 2025. She is on the small end of the conformation standard, but she is a complete spitfire.

 

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Spring 2025 Litter

 

Otop Des Cartouches Dorees  x  Thena Des Grandes Origines

 

Sire: Otop des Cartouches Dorees

In 2022 and 2023, Otop was the #1 winning griffon in French field trials, which is the first time since 1976 a dog has won back-to-back years. In 2023, he won the prestigious Prix Dutilleux, which is the French Korthals of the Year award, and the Urban Fabre trophy, which is given to the top dog on wild game during the spring field trials. Winning two of the most prestigious trophies in the same year is a tremendous accomplishment! Along the way, he became a Champion des fields d'automne, a Champion des fields de printemps, Champion de France de Conformité au standard, and a Champion des expositions nationales.

 

Interestingly, his sire line also goes back to Romignone de Cornilly and Hudson des Rives de L’Aure, albeit via a slightly different path than my female Tessa de la Coipeane. I plan to write a very in-depth post about these pedigree differences, but for now just know that his sire, Ilion du Ruisseau de Rossignol and grandsire Bambo de Cornilly, who is Romignone’s son, are all-time great field trailers.

 

Dam: Thena des Grandes Origines

Thena is the most promising field trial dog we own. She shares similar bloodlines with Riri in that her grandmother is Griffonne des Grandes Origines, Riri’s mother. 71% of her three generation ancestors are Cotation 6. This means 100% of them are dual field and conformation champions, and 10 out of 14 have multiple puppies that are dual field and conformation champions. This is unmatched, and it took her breeders, Bernard and Henriette Faussurier, decades of breeding, training, and campaigning to accomplish. I am very grateful for all their hard work.

 

In her first field trial this February, at 15 months of age she was awarded a special HQN prize for “high natural abilities”. She is a big running, hard charging, athletic and beautiful gal.

 

She passed her TAN (test of Natural Ability) last June. Her conformation was rated “Excellent” by the Korthals Griffon United States club, and she is in the middle of the height range of the written standard. She will be almost 3 years old when we breed her next spring. Until then, she will be competing in field trials and hunting the chukar hills.

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