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and so nurturing for new people in the Frank Sabella gave Pooh Bear a 5 Ch. Winsong’s Alpha Breeza, our first
breed. We formed a lifelong bond with point major at one of her first shows, home bred champion, co-owned with
these precious people, showing several and went back to California telling Joel Georgia Brantley.
of their dogs to a championship and Marston about the little blue bitch he Good hips were a problem in
formed our basic breeding program found in Colorado. Joel offered us a so many lines in those days so we
on their years of experience. We breeding with Mr. Chow, a dog in his were very careful about x-rays and
purchased Poo Bear, a little Blue girl, kennel he thought would add size. breeding. The parent club was
with the promise that we would show Joel and Cliff both were mentors who establishing their OFA records with
her to a championship. We were not encouraged us to always be aware of Addie Tout, so it made good sense
sure what we were getting into, but balance with length of leg and nice to breed very cautiously within lines
with guidance from Mary Alice, The arch of neck in our dogs. Pooh Bear we knew. Porgie was only used in
Brantley’s, and The Mitchell’s, we were never produced puppies however. our kennel and with one outside line,
on the way to on yet another journey. We continued reading everything Moonbear Chows, which produced
We ended up establishing our we could find on The Chow, correct CH Winsong’s Serenade O’Moonbear
breeding program on dogs from the conformation, breeding with the #1 Chow Bitch in CCCI Stats
Ken Chi line, which was built on Hall pedigrees, blood lines, and problems 1990. We have kept to that ideal and
Allen’s T’sang PO Kennels. Hall and to correct problems within the breed. consequently have produced a good
Virgil were best friends and as Virgil We found some people who would percentage of Excellent and good
was guided by Hall, we were in turn talk with us when we went to our hip evaluations in our Winsong line.
guided by Virgil and all his experience first two Nationals, like Joel, Cliff, and We feel strongly about breeding for
with pedigrees and line breeding. Dr. JoAnne O’Brien, but being new nice head pieces, but away from the
We purchased and finished the kids on the block, it took a while to possibility of doubling up on entropion
first male puppy outside the Ken Chi be taken seriously. We did travel a lot or breathing problems. We have
Line, CH Sam Des Pure pleasure Bear however, and made breeder friends in researched pedigrees carefully to avoid
“Sunny” down from the 3-C’s ,and England who took the time to share bad bites, poor pigment, and poor ear
Five Ash lines, to his championship their knowledge. We attended Dog sets which can show up every so often.
and used him to produce some of our shows in the South of England and We always worked to produce square,
early dogs as well as Porgie, Ken Chi Wales. We learned a great deal from short backed dogs with a short, close
Midnight Marcher. Our Sunny was a some of those breed people about the coupled loin. It is our opinion that it is
very square nice moving, very athletic English blood lines we had admired better to error on the side of caution.
dog with a sweet temperament, and read about in our research. I have done research, attended
qualities he passed on to his get. We However, we did not do our first many seminars, and worked with
learned so much from the support breeding until we bought the kennel CSU in Fort Collins on health related
of these people as we dog showed property. We named our litters studies in an effort to learn about
together. Fay Mitchell taught me alphabetically following a musical what we were trying to accomplish.
to groom. We made friends with theme, like Porgie and Bess. Porgie, Although I am not producing litters at
Exhibitors in other breeds who were Ken Chi Midnight Marcher produced this point of the journey, I still attend
supportive. We had fun! Win or lose, several champions for us. Bess, Ken seminars offered at UC Davis, and
dog shows are still a sport we enjoy Chi Midnight Sonata, had one litter share information with CCCI. You
being a part of. out of which we kept a black male, never stop learning!!

BIS BISS CH Tango In Dreamland CH Winsong’s Trumpet Man CH Nawshi’s Vice Count at Winsong
(#1 Chow Bitch 2 Years in succession)