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Q. What is your kennel name,
and how did you come up with
it?
My-Sam’s: Frank knew that my
family called me Sam or Sammy so
he played around with letters until
he came up with it)
It is a name we are proud of in the
dog world.
Q. What has been your Amer/Can/Ch.My-Sam’s Irish Knight “Dugan” at the 1996 national sp. winning an
biggest highlight? The biggest award of merit from noted judge Mr. Joel Marston
disappointment?
first BIS !!. My BOS with Celine, CH.My-Sam’s Irish Knight. We
We were breeders first & wanted Ch.My-Sam’s Power of Love at The also believed that a male of beauty,
to create a line that would be National in 1999 was thrilling. We health & substance who could
recognized for a life time as a My- have 70+ home bred champions, throw those attributes was most
Sam’s look. So for me showing 11 ROM, 4 Best of Sweeps at the important in any breeding program.
in the bred-by class said ‘we are National & other assorted National (2) Breeding our Sebastian to our
proud of what we have’ & we did Specialty wins. very well made smooth girl (out
not do much specialing. We were of Zola’s smooth). We just waited
also delighted when our dogs were NOTE: As of the writing of this too long for the right time, another
shown by others. Sharing our dogs we were just honored with “Life time lesson well learned.
(as Zola did with us) out of the USA membership” of our parent club, CCCI.
was important, too. BIS Ch.My- !!!!! Q. Looking back at where you’ve
Sam’s Emerald Knight (Duffy) & been, if you were starting out
Ch. My-Sam’s The Irish Rover, While we really don’t have any big again today, is there anything
(Clancy) went to Brazil. There disappointments there are always you would do differently?
they had a great life & boosted things we would do differently if
Fernanda Morais’s kennel with their starting over & knowing what we do Hard question- would I know
reproductive skills & quality. Next now. what I know now ??? yes, I am sure
went Ch.My-Sam’s Satin Boots, red but what our vision of our ideal
smooth. All 3 dogs still show their Q. Is there a breeding that you chowchow is has not changed.
mark in her continued breeding all wish you would have done and
these years later. why? Q. Do you think using frozen
semen from dogs that have died
Maybe not a high light but Frank Yes, for me two. We had a bitch is a positive or negative thing in
was twice a Board Member, he was that we wanted to breed to frozen purebred dogs?
the AKC delegate & for many years Loverboy, we were so lucky to have
compiled the ROM’s for ChowLife. known him but his ownership was I think the use of frozen semen
in question so it never came to be. can be a tremendously positive
Westminster wins of Bob & Line breeding is what we believe in breeding tool. Many of the former
Trump as BOB with me & Ruffles or you will never know what you great dogs were line bred & from
(Trump’s half sister) as BOS & will get. The proof of that to us is that you could predict what traits
Westminster win of me & Dini what we see in Jen Stroop’s dogs. & characteristics they would throw.
(Ch. My-Sam’s Irish Miss) as BOB. The young male she has out now is
We will always remember Trump’s the image of his great uncle, Dugan.
