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Min Pins
Min Pins
Kayleigh Reddington
Dog showing has been a major part of the family
for 3 generations. It started out as a hobby for
my Nana, Christine Mcfarlane (MANSU) then
my Mum continued to show with her own affix
(GEMKAYPE). They have shown a wide range
of toy dogs for over 40 years.
My first show I attended was at the tender age
of 3 weeks old which was North East Toy Dog
which is still now one my favourites.
My first dog to show was my mother’s Yorkshire
terrier I was eager to learn and was lucky to
handle a whole range of toy breeds in junior
handling through my extended dog show family.
It was when I was around 13 I decided the
Miniature Pinscher was the breed for me, I was
sold by the fact a min pin was a wash and go
breed that was honest and what you see is what
you get unlike the heavily coated breeds I was
used to with the extensive grooming that I was
not fond of..
I then asked some friends where I could find a
min pin of good quality so I could then start my
own kennel. I knew I wanted a black and tan
bitch as the reds did not appeal to me. Helen
and Colin Gullon (BARNFALL) who have been
a foundation in the dog show family helped me
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and introduced me to Carol Iveson (CARIVE)
and I began my wait for a show quality brood
bitch.
4 years later Carol informed me that a litter of
5 was born and that it could be of interest for
what I wanted and along came Ruby. She was
shown locally at championship and open shows
and did her fair share of winning, however, her
litter sister Inka was the star of the litter who
became a CH for her owner Victoria Chapman
(VICKSTOCK). During my time showing Ruby
I met a dog named Wilson. Wilson is owned
by another friend of the family Julie Harrison
(TRENSON). Wilson is the reason I fell in love
with a red min pin. He was different shade
of red from what I had seen before, so much
darker and richer and there was something
about his character that I admired. The irony of
the situation was that I had waited so long for
the perfect black and tan bitch to only to fall in
love with a red dog at the ringside. I thoroughly
enjoyed watching Wilson’s show career from
the ring side, cheering as he won his 11 CC’s
and most importantly BOB Crufts 2017. All this
cheering was much to Julie’s embarrassment
but she eventually learned to love my cheering..
(I think).
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