Dogs For Sale

From time to time we have full and part trained, working Springer and Cocker Spaniels for sale as well as puppies. Please check here on a regular basis. If you are interested in any of the dogs featured on this page, or would like to pre-book a pup, please phone Ian and Wendy on 0797 0669 254.

A comment from Martin Deeley, Florida.

It is often said that a good dog has a good trainer but a good trainer always has a good dog. In the case of Ian Openshaw, it is always more than one good dog. Ian has the ability to select the best, train to the highest standard and beat the best at the highest level of competition. His record of Field Trial Champions and Championship winners speaks for itself.
Ian Openshaw is not only a great breeder, handler and trainer, he is generous in many ways with help, advice and support to others. He not only has the ability to train dogs but also to select the right one for other people and show them how to train. If he can help in any way he will, but if you ask for advice and opinion expect the truth and it being given straight. Sometimes his words are not for the faint hearted or those hoping just for approval of what they have done, or the dog they own.
Over many years, I have been fortunate to train with, judge, be judged by, compete against, ghost write for, make videos with, do business and especially visit and enjoy the company of very good friends, Ian and Wendy Openshaw. Always the welcome mat is there. Ian is to the Spaniel world what Tiger Woods is to Golf. He is the man you have to beat and that is no easy job.
Ian and Wendy Openshaw have made the Rytex name synonymous with quality bred and trained English Springer Spaniels and Cockers, the record books are in the process of being rewritten through their achievements but hold on, I know there is more to come. I once asked Ian when he won his second Championship what he now wanted to achieve. His answer was that every trial was there to be won and the Championship was just another trial. Another dog and another trial is always waiting for Ian and Wendy
I am proud to call Ian and Wendy my friends, together we have experienced the most wonderful times with dogs and in doing so had so much enjoyment. I would not ask advice on spaniels from any other trainers. They are the best of the best.

Brief History

At the tender age of 15, Ian Openshaw won his first Open Qualifier with a Springer. Between them, Ian and Wendy have made up 80 Champions including eleven Labradors. To date there have been six AV Champions which include Rytex Racine, British and Irish Championship Winner. Others include Poppet of Balscotte, Kenine Tina, Rytex Rime, Whitehope Solitaire and Rytex Roel. The year he won with Rytex Roel was also the year he won the first Cocker Championship with Parkbreck Perfection . He has also won the Cocker Championship three times with Parkbreck Perfection, Chyknell Goldstar and Danderw Druid. Wendy also won the Cocker Championship with Chyknell Megan.