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Ch & Ir Ch Phidgity Pitch Challenge Certificates. Our third ETT was Ch &
Black JW ShCM Ir Ch Witchstone Black Diamond at Phidgity
who arrived with us in 2008, a year before Chloe
was born. The youngest of our ETTs is Ir Ch
Phidgity Phantasy Lover, out of Chloe in 2013.
In Ireland the shows are organised under the
auspices of the FCI. As a result, the ETTs are
classified in the Terrier Group rather than the
Toy Group as they are in the UK and used to be
in Ireland. Orla, Ch Ir Ch Witchstone Black
Diamond at Phidgity, won the Terrier Group at
Clonmel against a total of 33 terrier breeds. This
was, we believe, the first and only occasion that
Carrie and I first became interested in English
an ETT has won a Group in Ireland under FCI
Toy Terriers in the early 2000s. We were not,
rules.
at that stage, in a position to take on a puppy
as we were deeply involved in breeding and 1 2
showing our Dalmatians, but wanted to learn
about the breed and joined the ETT Club. Our
first English Toy was Dulcie, who grew up to
become Ir Ch Witchstone Love In A Mist
Over Phidgity. She was later augmented by
Witchstone Cover Story who gave us our first
litter in 2009; this included Chloe, Ch & Ir Ch
Phidgity Phirst Edition, who won nine KC
3 4
1 - Ir Ch Witchstone Love In A Mist Over Phidgity
4 - Ch & Ir Ch Phidgity Phirst Edition
3 - Witchstone Cover Story of Phidgity
4 - Ch & Ir Ch Witchstone Black Diamond at
Phidgity
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