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JEAN & ALLAN FAIRLIE

With a background in Bloodhounds, Allan and Ch Tasairgid Deep Secret JW. Her second, by
I bought our first Weimaraner from Patsy and Ch Ragstone Ryuhlan, produced Ch Tasairgid
Stephen Hollings in 1978. Gunalt Winter Will Talked About. Her third, and last, by Colsidex
o’ the Wisp was the first Gunalt Weimaraner Yankee at Gamepoint, produced Tasairgid
ever to be shown and we were hooked on this Prime Candidate 1 CC 2RCC & BIS WCGB
special breed. Thus, was born the Tasairgid Champ Show and Tasairgid Grade A-Plus who
affix. Pronounced ‘Tasherikit’, it is a corruption in turn produced Sh Ch Tasairgid Ultra Easy.
of the Gaelic for Grey Ghost, the Weimaraner’s
nickname. Having visited the USA, Am Ch Nani’s Whistle
in the Wind at Tasairgid BROM, came to stay
in Scotland. Whistle was such a gentle, kind
bitch with a tail that never stopped wagging.

Whistle was quickly followed by Am Ch Nani’s
Class Clown at Tasairgid

Next came Sh Ch Bredebeck Ilka JW (Emma)
the first Show Champion bitch in Scotland. She
won a triple Junior Warrant, 9 CCs, 13 Res.
CCs, Best of Breed Crufts 1984, WCGB Brood
Bitch 1986, the first Sh Ch bitch in Scotland.
Emma and I tramped the moors with a local
shooting syndicate. Her instinct was natural.
It had to be as I knew virtually nothing. Emma
was fit, I wasn’t, but there is such a rush of pride
just watching this beautiful dog performing the Lightly used at stud, he was mated to Sh Ch
work she was bred for - a true Hunt, Point and Gunalt Tea Party and they produced Sh Ch
Retrieve Weimaraner with the beauty for the Gunalt Subject and Sh Ch Gunalt First Class.
showring.
His semen then went to the Bromhund breeders
Next came the babies. Emma’s first litter, by in Australia where a whole litter of Champions
Aylmarch Aldous of Tasairgid, produced Sh was produced.

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