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Life with
My Dogs
by Katie Dixon
My name is Katie Dixon, I live with my husband be happy
Matt, my two children Florence aged 5 and with our size
Willow aged 7 months and I also live with my garden and
two fur children, our ETT’s Monty and Freddie. fit around
We live in Wiltshire near Bath. From a young our lifestyle.
age I was always surrounded by dogs. My We also had
Auntie bred and showed Dalmatians which got Florence to
me into showing and I loved it. I have competed consider as
at Open and Championship show level even she was 3 at
having some big wins in breed and YKC the time. We
handling. My favourite memory was winning first went through
in the junior handling at Windsor Champ show. I a list of
was also ‘junior handler of the year’ twice at my factors and I
local training club. This led me to opportunities suggested an English Toy Terrier. We went to a
of people trusting me to show their dogs which I local open show so Matt and Florence could see
found a huge honour. I always enjoyed showing what they were like and we spoke to a couple
smaller breeds and said one day when I have a of breeders there who were really helpful but
home of my own and time, I’ll have a ‘toy’ breed didn’t have litters due at the time. We were then
of some sort. I then took a 10 year break from put in touch with the lovely Jan Fiers (Lokeren).
showing where I did various things like train Jan has been incredibly supportive and helpful,
to become a hairstylist, get married and have we know Monty is as lovely as he is because
children. he came from a loving home. Matt and I drove
Which leads from Wiltshire to Derby to get Monty – he was
me on to worth the long drive. Monty has taught us so
how I got my much about the breed, he’s very clever and
wonderful picks things up quite quickly. We did The Kennel
English Toy Club’s Good Citizen Dog Scheme, where he
Terriers. completed his Puppy Foundation. Florence
absolutely adores him and the bond that they
Matt and I share is amazing. Florence is our chatty, lively,
both really bubbly little star – she cannot wait to start junior
wanted a handling and I can’t wait for her to join the YKC
dog; we and becoming more involved in my dog showing
knew that passions, where I’m sure she will succeed.
we’d need Unfortunately, because of when we got Monty,
a breed we’ve only been able to do two shows with him
that would so far due to lockdowns.
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