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About
Us
It all started back in 1988 or 89. Our neighbours had bought a new puppy, who kept sneaking under our side fence when they went to work. It was the cutest ball of fluff you ever have seen. So this little fellow would spend his days hanging out with my mum, his afternoons playing with us kids, and then go and spend the evenings with his real owners! Needless to say we fell in love!  So we
found out the name of
the breeders, and went searching for our own lil' ball. We
were
led to the home of Ray & Marilyn Parker, who had been in the
breed
for over 20 years. All their puppies were sold, so we put our names
down on their waiting list. And wait we did. I
guess about
12 months went by and still no lil girl puppies became available, so
we were offered a young adult dog to learn with. So Tom came
home. Some time between now and the next chapter, we were
talked
into showing......
I took
Tom to obedience
classes, and learnt all about how to groom a Keeshond. When
our
foundation bitch was born in early 1992, Tom was a part of our family,
and so he stayed. Lucy came home around April 1992.
We
started showing when she was 4 months old. Lucy was our first
Champion, and Tom became our first Class in Show winner (oh I will
never forget that day...but thats another story for another time!).
 1994
was the year our first litter was born. My heart dog Belle
came from this litter. She became a Best in Show winner, a
Grand
Champion, but better still she was my best friend. She was
stolen
from me at just 6 years of age by a sneaky, insidious
illness.
She will NEVER be forgotten, and I still miss her to this
day. Ok so what
about those other hairy
things huh?
 We'd been showing for a while, and in the breed behind us were Lhasa Apsos. They seemed to win a lot, but that was not the attraction. In fact it was not until a new Import hit the rings that we decided we really liked this breed. His name was Manny, and he was a real dude of a dog! It was decided that we would have one of his sons. And so 2 years later Andre came home.  I
met my husband Michael in 1999
(although he reckons it was 2000!) and we have pretty much been
together ever since. We have a son together -
Toby -
who came the day after a dog show in July 2005. We got married in 2015. I got Michael
his
very own dog in 2004 - an American Staffordshire
Terrier. Bart was a dog unlike any other, but he has his own
page
and you can read more there! We have since had a
few other Amstaffs come to live with us, you will
find
details on the Amstaff
page.In 2017 we celebrate 25 years in the world of show dogs, and what a wonderful 25 years it has been! |