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A Journey into Art
A Journe y int o Ar t

As I type this my Weimaraner Macey is glued enjoyed taking him to obedience training which
to my side. She is 9 year old daughter of Sh soon led to weekly ringcraft classes.
Ch Ansona Gamekeeper at Aarranz x Sh Ch
Ranaran Firebird. My pride and joy, best friend, I first met Lynne Danneau shortly after Blue
dog shaped side kick. Macey won’t be my last came back. We drove down to Cornwall where
Weimaraner but she wears shoes that can’t be I ran triangles and ups and downs on the road
filled. outside her house with famous Mouse. She
was the first person to put time to me and
My grandparents got their first Weimaraner taught me so much about show handling and
in 1984; so when I was born in ’91 they Weimaraners. There is a lot of people lucky
were a piece of furniture in our family. They enough to own his offspring who would agree
had 3 consecutively before their first litter in that there was something so special about that
2003. They visited Paignton championship dog.
show where they laid eyes on ‘Mouse’ Sh
Ch Risinglark Hyperion, owned by Lynne
Danneau, and chose him as the stud dog they
would use. I remember seeing the puppies
being born. I spent evenings after school in the
whelping box and they’d fill my weekends. I was
so heartbroken that they were all sold and off to
their new homes at 8 weeks old.

I was around 13 when one of the dogs from
this litter came back due to a broken marriage
- Plymleigh Viscount Russell - pet named
‘Blue’. He was in the most awful condition. We
invested so much time bringing him back to full
health and inevitably grew very attached. We

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