About us


My name is Timea Szőke and I was born and raised in Hungary.
When I was a child, I kept nagging my parents for a puppy (as most kids
do I guess) but they kept saying no. Then, one day my dad brought
home a puppy. It was a German jagd terrier. He spent only two years at us
as this breed was not really meant to be kept in a flat. So sadly, Rexi was given
away. When I got older I was in love with dalmatians and afghan hounds
but then I saw and English setter and that was it. I knew this breed was for me.
I was 14 when I bought my first English setter puppy - without my parents
knowing about it - I only told them when it was time to go and pick her up.
It was Bozótjáró Cintia 'Jassy'. We took part in some dog shows but she
was not really a show type of dog. She was two when I got
Spotted-Sphinx Arusha 'Sherry', she was a slightly more successful show dog
as Jassy but not a champion. Each had a litter under my old kennel
name 'Spotted Beauty' but I became a teenager, started my studies in
higher education and later moved to the United States so my breeding
ambitions were taken over with more important things in my life.
But I always had an English. When Sherry died, I bought a male,
Number One of Slow Fox 'Blaze' along with a pedigree tervueren, Flash.

Blaze became a national champion, Flash was just a hobby dog but soon
I realized that herding dogs are not for me. When Blaze was two,
I imported a female from the well-known UK kennel,
she was Bournehouse Dream Time 'Heaven'.
She was a great dog but had fertility problems and only had a litter of 3
from which I kept Hailey. She tragically died at the age of 1.5
and I was so heartbroken that I decided to stop breeding them. She was
my big hope which just vanished into thin air with her death.

I wanted another breed so I started to search for a suitable breed
Somehow, the color was given after English setters and
I just wanted something unique and rare. Not so much later, I found
out about the Braque d'Auvergne breed. At the same time I was fascinated
by the Braque de l'Ariége too but had no luck finding any available
puppies. I bought my first Braque d'Auvergne female, Jacqueline
from the Czech Republic in 2007 and two years later a male from France, Beau. Jacqueline was not really a great gundog but Beau made up
for everything she did not have, he was a machine and a legend.
I started training him and this is how we ended up
in the hunting world with him. They had their first litter in 2009
and my breeding began. I started importing dogs from France,
we went to dog shows and we started taking part in hunts.

This is when all began. Now, I have pups in 25 countries,
have been Top Braque d'Auvergne breeder for 8 consecutive years in the UK,
also winning Top Stud, Top Puppy, Top Brood and Top Dog there
several times as well as producing some great international and
national champions, European- and World Winners or some brilliant
hunters or couch potatoes throughout the years.

However, in 2015 I started to miss English setters around me but I
opted for another type, the Italian working type as I have always loved
the way they pointed and worked on the field.
That year Boni arrived from Serbia and a year later Magic from France.
Their first litter arrived in 2017 and in 2020 I was fortunate enough to
get a pup from the legendary Mr Libero Zagni from Italy.
It is interesting that when I wanted to get a pup from him, he simply
did not find me eligible to give me a pup so a year later when
he contacted me offering me a pup, I was not really into getting a
new import but I just could not say no. He was Artú del Zagnis.
Both Artú and Magic did really well at international and national
Field Trial competitions, both have international working certificates
and have some really nice and successful progeny. The Best Dog title went to
Khyannes Omega 'Cody', a setter from my kennel (Magic's grandson) at a
falconry event in Toscana in 2024, when he was only 11 months old.



In 2020, a man from Germany contacted me, he owned a working setter
male from me, Rocky and a UK show type female, Polly. Polly was
1.5 years old at that time. He had some personal problems and could
not keep the dogs so - according to my selling contract - he brought
Rocky back to me. When asking him what his plans are with Polly,
he just shrugged his shoulders. So Polly stayed too.
Rocky had a litter in the kennel, then he was placed in a dream home
neutered, luckily, his litter brother's owners adopted him.
I did all the health tests for Polly, all came out clear but
I did have doubts knowing how problematic it is to breed the UK show type
as I have been there, done that. I was expecting to have a small litter
from her but she surprised me with 9 pups. Polly, as a brood bitch,
really lived up to my expectations so I decided to give another
shot to the breeding of this type too.
It was really hard to find a UK show type male that can naturally mate so
I bought AJ from Poland and I was lucky as he mates naturally just like
my other males. In his first and so far only litter, he produced 11
healthy pups. Right now, I have 5 UK show type setters that attend
dog shows and they have been quite successful so far. As far as
they do not have fertility problems in the future, I will breed them.

In 2022, I accidentally came across a Braque de l'Ariége litter in France
and I contacted the breeder but to be honest, the French are not
too communicative people towards foreigners and my French is really
poor but Marie was really nice and I could have my first pick male, Thor.
At the same time, there was another litter in France - not too closely related
to Thor - so I reserved a "petit" female, Taboo. I was a bit scared
as I had had a pair of Braque du Bourbonnais before and their
character along with their hyperactive personalities, as well as
their not too stable nervous system was not something I was looking for,
I was happy when I saw they are just like my Braques d'Auvergne.

Both Thor and Taboo are World Winners and European Winners
now (and only 3 years old) and are active hunters. In 2023, I had an
opportunity to buy an adult female, Oca to enrich my gene pool.
Oca gave me a lovely litter from which I kept a female, Arielle
(on the right) who is now Junior World- and European Winner
and also passed her first hunting exam at 8 months with maximum scores.
Last year I imported a male, Uno (on the left) from France who
also went Junior European Winner in Celje EDS and had completed his first
hunting season brilliantly, working like the adult dogs.



With Braques de l'Ariége it is challenging to find new bloodline
as their genepool is very limited. They almost became extinct after WW II
and the French Kennel Club is currently taking huge steps not to let this
happen again. They are looking for other breeds to put into the breed to
enrich the genepool.

We are members of the RABA (French Braque d'Auvergne Club), the French
Braque de l'Ariége Club, the Austrian Österreichischer Setter Club and
the MPSK (Hungarian Pointer and Setter Club).

Our breeds / breeding pairs have been tested for all diseases that
the breed can be tested for.

Our dogs do not live in kennels, they have free access to their 2000m2
fenced garden. They live in their own house with aircondition and our
pups are raised in our kindergarten. All our breeding dogs gets neutered
at 8 years of age the latest so that they could live with us
as pensioners in the house in peace.
We NEVER EVER give away our old dogs, it would go against my principles.
While they were young they gave us their everything,
now it is time for us to give something back and that is usually
some peace and quiet.

Our aim is to breed healthy pups that fit the breed standard, have a stable
nervous system and great hunting instincts who can make their
owners' life happy in the upcoming 14-15 years.