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Following a move to North Wales we then watching the German Pinscher classes and their
included a Jack Russell and a Dobermann Club show and talking to the various members
bitch into our family and this started me down there. Several months later whilst looking at
the road of breeding dogs. A few years later the GP breed notes in Our Dogs I noted the
following my second marriage I bought a Boxer writer apologised for the shortage of notes due
bitch puppy from a friend who had mated two to being “kept busy as bitch was scanned for 7
of her bitches a week apart so was spoilt as pups but had produced 11.” I promptly emailed
had 18 puppies to choose from! Judy came into and asked if by any chance there might be one
our lives and was the foundation bitch for the that was not spoken for as yet. A wonderful
kennel in due course. I went back to the people reply came back to say YES. The trouble was
who had the sire of Judy to ask their advice as I lived in North Wales and the breeder lived in
to best dog to use and this was my introduction Cornwall, and I was very busy running the Bed
to Susancar. Keith Jump, Sandra and Suzanne & Breakfast business, so I contacted a very
have become good friends and mentors over the good friend from the Boxer people, Yolanda
years and I am very grateful to them for all their Tonkin, who I knew lived in Cornwall and told
help and advice, and also the introduction to her the problem. What a very small world we
the world of dog showing. After Judy’s first litter live in – it turned out that she and Karen lived
by Hugh Bett it was decided that we needed to less than 10 minutes away and knew each other
have a registered affix for any future puppies well. My first German Pinscher was bought
so we chose to apply for TWRCYMRU which is unseen by me apart from the photographs
Welsh for “Tower Wales” – we lived in a beautiful taken by Yolanda and Kian. Several weeks later
Grade 1 listed house called Tower that is in I collected my new pup at a Boxer club show
North Wales. This was accepted by the Kennel which Yolanda had come up to from Cornwall.
Club and so all future puppies I have bred now Brintala Valentino had arrived into my life and
have this affix. I became an Assured Breeder for another great friendship was forged with his
several years and then let this drop following my breeder, Karen Wakefield.
husband’s death as I could not envisage being
able to whelp and properly cope on my own with Rhuari (Gaelic for Red King) or Rhu has been
any future litters. With the help of Sandra and everything that I could have wished for. Loving,
Suzanne handling Harris and Tweed the kennel so sweet natured, testing at times, biddable
enjoyed considerable success in the show ring, when it suits him, the list goes on. I am totally
and with their own success with Alf Abbett and sold on the breed. We have had a wonderful
Shaw Bett who they bought from Judy’s first time together and many, many successes
litter (last litter before the docking ban), I can in the UK, Ireland and Europe. Karen has
claim to have bred 3 Boxers with Stud Book introduced me to showing at two World Shows
Numbers. and a European, and also her great friends
from Finland, Sweden and the Netherlands.
Fast forward to January 2015 and the Champ Just over two year ago the subject was raised
Show at Manchester. I was sitting watching the about looking for a bitch puppy to join me and
Boxers being judged and asked Frank Kane, again with Karen’s advice and contacts I bought
who I was sitting beside, what breed he would a little girl from Auli Haapianinen-Liikanen in
recommend because of my advancing years Finland. Dogiwogin Prinsessa Katja arrived
and inability to run fast enough to show them in May along with her half brother Rhyker and
to their best advantage – preferably Working I picked her up at Midlands Show from Karen.
Group so could keep contact with all my Boxer Katja settled in very well and Rhu was delighted
friends, not quite so full on as Boxers and easy obviously – I think he was finding the Boxers
coat. Straight away he said “German Pinscher were a little heavy when it came to play fighting!
– lovely dog. Cannot understand why more
people do not have them. And so my research Katja, like Rhu was everything I was hoping for
began into the breed and the more I read and and I am very grateful to Auli for letting her come
saw the more I agreed with his suggestion. This to the UK. I hope that she is pleased at how well
was confirmed after visiting NWPWales and her little girl has done in the showring as, like
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