Hess Farms Vizslas

04/19/2026

Blue wins the Gary Jagoda derby at Thayer. What a great week for this young dog

Congratulations to our placing dogs for the 2026 Gary Jagoda Derby!

WINNER 🏆
Blue
Owned and Handled by Justin Hess

1st Runner Up
Covey
Owned by Paul Tiszabecs
Handled by Matt Rogers

2nd Runner Up
Tulsa
Owned and Handled bt Todd Meyer

A big thank you to our judges Matt Hauptman and Mike Vicari. We appreciate you!

Thank you as well to our sponsors Purina and Garmin.

American Field
United Kennel Club

04/17/2026

We are beyond excited about this win and look forward to all Blue has yet to accomplish in the future! Thank you, again, to Mike and Andrea Northwood with Northwood Vizslas for an opportunity with our Blue Puppy!
NV Hess Farms Blue is proudly fueled by Purina ProPlan and tracked by Garmin.

Congratulations to the placing dogs for the Midwest Vizsla Futurity! What a great group of talent and excitement for the future!

1st
NV Hess Farms Blue
Bred by Mike Northwood
NV Jasper x Rockwoods Home Grown
Owners and Handler Justin Hess

2nd
CK Guys Daisy
Bred by Ron Chenoweth
CK Touchdown Guy x CK Kentucky Rose
Owner Ron Chenoweth
Handler Ken chenoweth

3rd
Tiszabecs Easy Breezy
Bred by Paul Tiszabecs
Tiszabecs Walk The Line x Tiszabecs Win One For The Gipper
Owner Paul Tiszabecs
Handler Matt Rodgers

4th
Quellys Boone
Bred by Mike Northwood
NV Jasper x Rockwoods Home Grown
Owner Bart Hicklin
Handler Triple J

Thank you to our sponsors Garmin and Purina!

Thank you to our judges Matt Hauptman and Jeff Wallace. We appreciate you!

American Field
United Kennel Club

11/10/2025

Home from a whirlwind string of trials.

Rudi ended the fall season with a Runner Up Champion at the Iowa Longshot Regional Championship in Columbia.

This marks the end of an amazing season for Justin and the boys. Time to do a little hunting.

10/29/2025

What an amazing week for Justin and the boys. Pyro wins the Amateur with Rudi in second.

Big thanks to our expert scout Matt Wheaton.

Sponsor Garmin and Purina Pro Plan

Judges Mark Johnson and Kirk Loftin

The National Quail Championships wrapped up today in Cutler, IL and we are pleased to announce the placements for the National Amateur Quail Championship:

🏆 Winner: Hess Farms Pyromaniac
Handler and Owner: Justin Hess
Scout: Matt Wheaton

🥈Runner Up: CK Rudi Toot Toot,
Handler: Justin Hess
Owned by Justin Hess and Todd Peterson Scout: Matt Wheaton

Thank you again to our judges Mark Johnson and Kirk Loftin. We appreciate your time in watching a great showing of Vizslas over the past few days!

We also thank our sponsors Purina and Garmin for their support of the NVA and the sport of field trialing.

10/28/2025

Rudi, co-owned with Todd Peterson, brought home the NVA National Quail Championship! His winning streak continues — we’re absolutely thrilled.

Congratulations to the Tuttles with Wyatt.

Big thanks to judges Mark Johnson and Kirk Loftin .

Rudi is powered by Purina Pro Plan and tracked by Garmin .

We have placements!!

National Open Quail Championship

🏆 Winner: CK Rudi Toot Toot "Rudi",
Handled by Justin Hess
Scouted by Todd Meyer
Owned by Justin Hess and Todd Peterson

⭐️ Runner Up: CK Gingers Cowboy Wyatt "Wyatt"
Handled by Vincent Tuttle
Scouted by Tonya Tuttle
Owned by Vincent and Tonya Tuttle

BIG congratulations to all!!

Thank you to our judges Mark Johnson and Kirk Loftin, as well as our sponsors Purina and Garmin.

We will share a photo once the rain lets up and we can take one.

10/15/2025

Proud of our young dog NV Hess Farms Blue for his runner up in the Sharptail Derby.

Please give a round of applause for our 2025 Sharptail Open Derby Classic placements!!

Winner - Shiloh's Standing Timber, Handled by Robert Tomczak, Scouted by Ryan Martin and Owned by Brian Dean Fell

2nd Place - NV Hess Farms Blue, Handled by Justin Hess, Scouted by Mike Northwood and Owned by Justin Hess

3rd Place - Dante's Inferno, Handled by Robert Tomczak, Scouted by Ryan Martin and Owned by Mark Mackey

We sincerely thank our judges Carey and Mary Sue for their time in watching this great group of dogs!

Thank you to our sponsors Purina and Garmin for their continued support of our trials. We appreciate you!

10/14/2025

Excited to announce that Rudi won the NVA Sharptail. Rudi is proudly co-owned with Todd Peterson.

Rudi finished the hour with 2 nice finds.

The Sharptail is the only vizsla trial held on wild birds. The Namekagon Barrens are a very challenging set of grounds. Briar won this trial in 2020 so this championship holds a special place in our hearts.

Congratulations to Rob and Ryan with Roscoe along with the Jordans and Patrick with Baker

Also big thanks to Mike Northwood for the expert scouting job

BIG congratulations to our placements for the 2025 Sharptail Open Shooting Dog Classic!

Winner - Ck Rudi Toot Toot, Handled by Justin Hess, Scouted by Mike Northwood and Owned by Justin Hess and Todd Peterson

2nd Place - Shiloh's Roscoe, Handled by Robert Tomczak, Scouted and Owned by Ryan Martin

3rd Place - Alpine's Baker's Seven, Handled by Patrick Clark, Scouted by Mike Northwood and Owned by Brian & Courtney Jordan

Thank you so much to our judges Carey McMillan and Mary Sue Schalk for your time and attention in watching all the dogs run in this unique environment!

Thank you as well to our sponsors Purina and Garmin. We appreciate all of your support.

04/20/2025

NV Hess Farms Blue secured Runner Up at the Gary Jagoda Derby in Thayer. We are extremely proud of this 10-month-old dog and incredibly grateful to Northwood Vizslas for the opportunity to work with Blue. His litter mate, Trouble, took first place while Todd Meyer's Tulsa secured third. Congratulations to all!

Thanks to Judges Jack Alexander and Mike Kindler

Big thanks to Purina Pro Plan and Garmin

03/31/2025

A great weekend for the Hess Farms dogs at Vizsla Club of Illinois trial.

NV Hess Farms Blue
1st Open Derby
1st Open Puppy

Thanks to Northwood Vizslas for giving us an opportunity with this amazing puppy, he's just 10 months old.

CK Rudi Toot Toot
1st Open Limited

Rudi is co owned with Todd Peterson

Hess Farms Pyromaniac
2nd Amateur Gun Dog Ret

This was Pyro's first retrieval stake we have ever entered and have only shot wild birds for him.

10/29/2024

We are proud to announce CK Rudi Toot Toot took Runner up at the NVA National Quail Amateur Championship. Rudi is co-owned with Todd Peterson. At just 3 years old we are excited about his future.

Congratulations to Jarrett and Allison Bells win with Bolt. Bolt is proudly sired by our Briar dog

Big thank you to Todd Meyer 🦍 for the excellent scout job.

Thanks to judges Dave Capstick and Kirk Loftin

Thanks to sponsors Purina Pro Plan and Garmin