Section 1

Females

Currently producing
[Titles] [Health]

Umbra

L-Wynd’s Chasing Totality

Umbra is from the June 2024 Willa × Riptide litter (eclipse-themed names); younger half-sister to Ailani and Shaka through her dam Willa.

Sire × Dam
GCHB DC BISS BIF Dugualla’s Moon Moves The Tide SC DCAT (Riptide) × GCH Nevaeh L-Wynd’s Blowing in the Wynd (Willa)
DOB
June 8, 2024
Color & coat
Red and white, smooth
COI
3.85%
Health
[Health testing summary]
CH SC OFA

Ailani

L-Wynd’s All For Ohana, CH SC

Ailani is a Champion and Senior Courser from the May 2022 Willa × Rocky “Hawaii” litter; littermate to Shaka.

Sire × Dam
US CH CA CH Gryphons Arivaderci Roma SC (Rocky) × GCH Nevaeh L-Wynd’s Blowing in the Wynd (Willa)
DOB
May 20, 2022
Color & coat
Red, wire
COI
4.90%
Health
OFA Thyroid Normal
GCH CH SC OFA

Shaka

GCH CH L-Wynd’s Spirit Of Aloha SC

Shaka is a Grand Champion and Senior Courser from the May 2022 Willa × Rocky “Hawaii” litter; littermate to Ailani.

Sire × Dam
US CH CA CH Gryphons Arivaderci Roma SC (Rocky) × GCH Nevaeh L-Wynd’s Blowing in the Wynd (Willa)
DOB
May 20, 2022
Color & coat
Red and white, wire
COI
4.90%
Health
OFA Thyroid Normal
Newest in the program [Health]

Thorn

DC DavaL-Wynd’s Painting The Roses Red SC

Thorn is a Dual Champion and Senior Courser from the September 2019 Poppet × Skipjack “Wonderland” litter; co-bred with Heidi Clevenstine. Major wins include Best In Futurity and UKC Best In Show.

Sire × Dam
DC Redfaire’s Peanut Butter And Jellyfish SC (Skipjack) × US CH DavaL-Wynd Poppin’ My Gum (Poppet)
DOB
September 5, 2019
Color & coat
White and red, wire
COI
9.36%
Breeders
Lindsay Thorne & Heidi Clevenstine
Health
[Health testing summary]
Section 2

Studs

Standing & preserved

Standing

Live stud dogs currently available to approved bitches.

GCHB CH Standing

Misha

GCHB CH L-Wynd’s Dances On Air

Misha is from the July 2021 Willa × Church “Art In Motion” litter. Major wins include Owner Handled Best of Breed at AKC National Championship, Owner Handled Hound Group 1, and Owner Handled Best In Show. Half-brother to Ailani, Shaka, and Umbra through dam Willa.

Sire × Dam
GCHB US CH Heron And Hound Notanuff Hellsbells N Dam’ation (Church) × GCH Nevaeh L-Wynd’s Blowing in the Wynd (Willa)
DOB
July 9, 2021
Color & coat
Red and white, wire
COI
2.56%
Breeders
Lindsay Thorne & Mari Anne Phillips (Lindsay’s mother)
Health
[Health testing summary]
Stud inquiries
Contact us

On Ice

Past stud dogs whose lines remain available to the breeding community through preserved frozen semen.

US CH · CA GR CH On ice

Bender

US CH, CA GR CH L-Wynd’s Intoxicating Talent SC

Bender spent the bulk of his life in Canada with co-owner Jean-Christophe Boulinguez, where he earned his Canadian Grand Championship alongside his American Championship and AKC Senior Courser title. He passed in July 2024 at the age of 13. His line remains available to the breeding community through preserved frozen semen. Bender was a littermate to Flutter (US GR CH L-Wynd’s Talented Madame Flutterbye SC) and Talent (US CH L-Wynd’s Talent Compels A Soul) — three of the seven puppies from the 2011 “Talent” litter.

Sire × Dam
BIF, US CH, CA CH, IntCH Ahram’s Weapon Of Choice SC × US GR CH L-Wynds Mother Of Rivers SC (Amazon)
DOB — Passed
March 14, 2011 — July 1, 2024 (age 13)
Color & coat
Red and white, wire
COI
7.45%
Breeders
Lindsay Thorne & Mari Anne Phillips
Co-owner
Jean-Christophe Boulinguez (Canada)
Stud inquiries
Contact us — frozen semen available to approved breedings
BIF GCH DC On ice

Breaker

BIF GCH DC L-Wynd’s I Won’t Back Down SC

From Lwynd’s third litter (Lwynd × Dart “Back to the Future,” May 2012), Breaker became one of the most decorated dogs in program history — Dual Champion, Grand Champion, Best in Futurity winner, and Senior Courser. His sister Nevaeh would go on to produce Willa, making Breaker the great-uncle of the current generation. He sired one carefully-chosen offspring with Flutter in 2015 before he was lost to leptospirosis. His line remains available through preserved frozen semen.

Sire × Dam
Dart × Lwynd (the “Back to the Future” May 2012 litter)
DOB — Passed
May 2012 — [Year passed; cause: leptospirosis]
Color & coat
[Pending]
Breeder
Lindsay Thorne
Stud inquiries
Contact us — frozen semen available to approved breedings
Section 3

Retired & Companions

Earned their rest
Retired

Argyle

US CH Flywire DavaL-Wynd Argyle Armada

bred by Michele Fitzgerald at Flywire, Argyle has a unique L-Wynd heritage: his sire DavaL-Wynd Bubblegum Cigar was from Lindsay’s 2015 Juicy × Deuce litter. So while Argyle was born at Flywire, he carries the same maternal lineage as Thorn (Poppet — another Juicy × Deuce daughter is Thorn’s dam).

Sire × Dam
US CH DavaL-Wynd Bubblegum Cigar × Alfheim’s Take My Breath Away At Flywire RATI
DOB
May 27, 2019
Color & coat
Red and white, wire
COI
5.16%
Breeder
Michele Fitzgerald (Flywire)
Career highlights
AKC Champion; sire of one litter (4 puppies, 2022)
Section 4 — a new branch

Chihuahuas

The newest chapter

After more than two decades of preservation breeding in Ibizan Hounds, the L-Wynd vision has extended into a second breed. Kiwi is the first — a young chihuahua of remarkable promise, brought into our family to carry the same standard of careful, considered breeding into chihuahuas.

Chihuahua Born January 5, 2025

Kiwi

Rejoyce She’s Magically Delicious

A young chihuahua already turning heads in the show ring with six major Reserve wins to date. Kiwi is co-owned by four generations of the L-Wynd family and her breeder, Joyce of Rejoyce Chihuahuas. Read more about Kiwi →

Sire × Dam
[Pending]
Breeder
Joyce (Rejoyce Chihuahuas)
Co-owners
Lindsay Thorne, Mari Anne Phillips, Sloan Thorne, Joyce
Show record
6 major Reserve wins; actively being campaigned
Out making us proud

Notable Produce

Dogs we’ve bred, living elsewhere

A breeding program is judged by the dogs it produces, not just the dogs at home. These hounds carry the L-Wynd and DavaL-Wynd lines into other homes, other rings, and other countries.

UK CH JW United Kingdom

Kyren

UK CH L-Wynd’s Where The Shadow Ends JW

Umbra’s full littermate brother (Willa × Riptide, June 2024 “Eclipse” litter), now living and showing in the UK with Amanda Carter. At LKA 2024, at just 6 months old, Kyren won the Dog CC, Best Opposite Sex, and Best Puppy in Breed — becoming the youngest dog ever to be awarded a Challenge Certificate in the United Kingdom. He went on to repeat the Dog CC, BOS, and BPIB at Crufts 2025 at 9 months old, the first dog Lindsay had ever bred to compete at the world’s largest dog show. He was named Joint Top Puppy Ibizan Hound in the UK 2024. In his first four months in the ring he accumulated 8 Best of Breed, 9 Best Puppy in Breed, Hound Group 1, and multiple Hound Puppy Group placements. A judge wrote that he is “one of the best I have had the privilege to judge.”

Sire × Dam
GCHB DC BISS BIF Dugualla’s Moon Moves The Tide SC DCAT (Riptide) × GCH Nevaeh L-Wynd’s Blowing in the Wynd (Willa)
DOB
June 8, 2024
Color & coat
Red and white, smooth
COI
3.85%
Health
BAER Hearing Normal
Bred by
Lindsay Thorne (L-Wynd)
Owner
Amanda Carter, United Kingdom
In Loving Memory

Honoring the dogs who shaped us

Twenty years of breeding is twenty years of loving and losing. These hounds left their mark on the lines, on this home, and on us.

Lwynd

DC Unigus She’s Like The Wynd SC

2002–[Year passed]

The foundation. Bred by Patti Lane at Unigus and brought home by Lindsay in April 2003, Lwynd shaped every dog that followed. Across three litters between 2007 and 2012 she produced 24 puppies — among them Amazon, Juicy, Jason, Goliath, Breaker, and Nevaeh, who in turn became the parents and grandparents of every dog at L-Wynd today. She passed of old age.

Career highlights
Dual Champion, Senior Courser; dam of 24 puppies across three litters; matriarch of the entire modern program
Litters
Lwynd × Crusader (May 2007, 8 puppies including Amazon); Lwynd × Cliff (March 2009, 9 puppies including Juicy and Jason); Lwynd × Dart (May 2012, 7 puppies including Breaker and Nevaeh)

Crusader

US CH Gryphons Red Knight SC

2005–[Year passed]

Bred by Susan Fegan at the Gryphons kennel, Crusader was the sire chosen for Lwynd’s first litter — the May 2007 “Mother’s Day” breeding that produced Amazon and seven siblings, launching the next generation of L-Wynd. He sired 18 puppies across two litters in 2007.

Career highlights
AKC Champion, Senior Courser; sire of the foundational Lwynd × Crusader 2007 litter

Amazon

GCH L-Wynd’s Mother of Rivers SC

2007–2019

Daughter of Lwynd and Crusader from the May 2007 “Mother’s Day” litter and co-bred with Mari Anne Phillips, Amazon was a defining female of the early program. Her one carefully-chosen litter — the March 2011 “Talent” breeding with Remi — produced eight puppies including her daughter Flutter (Madame Flutterbye) and the internationally-titled L-Wynd’s Talent Compels A Soul. She lived 12 years.

Career highlights
AKC Grand Champion, Senior Courser; produced the “Talent” litter that carried the L-Wynd line forward into the 2010s

Breaker

BIF GCH DC L-Wynd’s I Won’t Back Down SC

2012–[Year passed]

From Lwynd’s third litter (Lwynd × Dart “Back to the Future”, May 2012), Breaker became one of the most decorated dogs in program history — a Dual Champion, Grand Champion, and Best in Futurity winner. His sister Nevaeh would go on to produce Willa, making Breaker the great-uncle of the current generation. He sired one carefully-chosen offspring with Flutter in 2015. Lost to leptospirosis.

Career highlights
Best in Futurity, Grand Champion, Dual Champion, Senior Courser

Willa

GCH Nevaeh L-Wynd’s Blowing in the Wynd

2017–2024

The heart of the modern program. Willa was the dam of three litters and 15 puppies between 2021 and her final June 2024 “Eclipse” litter — including four of the five dogs at home today (Misha, Ailani, Shaka, Umbra) and the UK Champion Kyren. She passed in September 2024, just three months after her last litter was born.

Career highlights
AKC Grand Champion; dam of 15 puppies across three litters (2021, 2022, 2024); produced GCHB CH Misha, UK CH Kyren, and the entire Willa-line that defines today’s breeding program

Flutter

GCH L-Wynd’s Talented Madame Flutterbye SC

2011–[Year passed]

Daughter of Amazon from the March 2011 Amazon × Remi “Talent” litter, and co-bred with Lindsay’s mother Mari Anne Phillips. Flutter produced one carefully-chosen litter in 2015 with Breaker, resulting in a single male puppy, L-Wynd’s Wicked Djinn.

Career highlights
AKC Grand Champion, Senior Courser; sister to internationally-titled L-Wynd’s Talent Compels A Soul