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but eventually we connected with the Kovars, Dr. Milan were another dog show family for a while. We could
and Helen of upstate NY (is there a back story here?) frequently find her in a crate at a show or playing with
and then we got our first show dog in 1982. We’d met the other littles who were part of the RMCCC. From
them at our first CCCI National in North Grafton, MA early on it was fun for her until she became a serious
- Boston burbs, earlier that year. dancer and so no Junior Handler at Pendleton, but
In learning about the breed, we concluded that even she won almost every time she showed and she would
though we loved Shiho so very much, he was not a frequently weigh in on the pick of the litter. She has a
show dog. Oh, and now the back story; my Dad drove great eye for a dog and for the majority of our litters,
to the Kovar’s in Johnstown NY and picked up the pup Kendall was our socialization program. She would
who became CH Helena’s Hokaido and dropped him hang out in the whelping box and carry the puppies
off at Dave’s parents’ house because they were coming around the house, dress them up in Cabbage Patch
out for a visit and brought him with. ‘Kai’, as he would Kids’ clothes. We had to get her a Teddy Ruxpin Bear
be called, flew for only $25.00 as excess baggage and so she could always have a puppy to tell her stories.
came to Colorado. He got along well with all of the
chows at our house and Dave built our first ‘kennel’ in Q. Which people, past or present, have been most
the corner of our yard. Then we had 4 chows and that influential in shaping your vision for breeding?
was enough to groom and take care of but no breeding We are asked to highlight some of the breeders who
pair there. We conversed and negotiated with Gail were influential in shaping our vision for breeding.
Forsythe, of Edmonton ALB Canada and we got our There is not a particular order to this list which
foundation bitch, ‘Happy’ or CH Lionheart Discovery. includes: JoAnne O’Brien, Judy Tarpley-Madaris,
The breeding of Happy x Kai produced our first litter Cliff Shryock, Jeff and Susie Sedillos, Minnie and
and CH Pendleton King Arthur, Pendleton Lady Paul Odenkirchen, Bob and Love Banghart, Cherrie
Guinevere, Pendleton Sir Lancelot and CH Pendleton Harper, Luis and Angela Arenas-Lopez, Roy and Judy
Morgana. We kept brother and sister ‘Arthur’ we’ve Bailey and Zola Coogan, Lonnie and Regina Burr
decided that he was our most memorable, inspirational and Jill Stillwell. This doesn’t exclude all the support
and intelligent chow of all. and information we have had over many years from
We’ve always considered our involvement in the our local chow family like Lucille and Harry Gibney
Purebred Dog Community an enhancement to the and Steve and Milli Sudduth. Breeding can be a very
quality of our lives. By meeting interesting people consultative process and we may over think it but
and having a nonsectarian, unpolitical, interest in sometimes we put together a litter that looks as exciting
common we found our ‘thing’ that became a lifestyle. on paper as they turn out to be and admittedly we have
We attended seminars, read and reread the Book of no control over the outcome, just faith in the craft.
the Chow Chow (1st Edition) by Sam Draper & Joan
Brearley, watched VHS tapes of Nationals filmed Q. In five words, describe your ideal Chow Chow
by Alex Cartabio of Domino Chows and had long Here’s an attempt to compile the 5 word description of
conversations with folks about pedigrees and what
we liked and what we found not to like and so on. our Ideal ChowChow. Striking
Our daughter Kendall showed dogs with us and we Silhouette -Cobby- Balanced
- Movement . That’s difficult
without making a sentence.
Arthur in the kennel CH Pendleton’s Red Lion Taipan Q. What is your kennel
name, and how did you
come up with it?
It’s a little easier to give
insight to our kennel name.
In the early days we had
our chow’s hair spun for a
club project and I used it to
macramé, it was textured
very unique wool. My
passion for fashion design
led me to appreciate the
fabrics and woolens of the
