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EDALENE
In 2001 our Lakeland Terrier Cross and Papillon secretary. We concluded that this was the breed
were both ageing and we felt the time was right we were looking for – small, lively, intelligent,
to consider bringing some younger dogs into the and with lots of character and personality. A
family. But what to get? We knew we wanted big dog packed into a small body. Our next
something small, something with a smooth coat step was to actually meet some ETTs so when
and something with a terrier personality. Apart we heard that a breeder had a litter of pups we
from that we started with a fairly blank page and decided we had to go and see them.
open minds. An ETT was not the first thing that
sprang to mind - in fact we knew nothing about When we finally met a litter of pups bred by
the breed and at that point had never actually Michelle Wilde (Shanedale) it was love at first
seen one! So we used the Kennel Club’s online sight. We were hooked, booked our pup, and
“Find a Breed System “ to help identify some within a few weeks Archie (Shanedale Front
possibilities and narrow down the choice. The Page News For Edalene) joined our family.
final question “would you be interested in a He was an immediate hit with the other dogs
vulnerable native breed? One tick later and our but as they were both quite a bit older we knew
adventure with the ETTs began. we needed to find some new activities to keep
him busy. We had never been to an obedience
We followed the advice. We researched the class before but it seemed the ideal outlet for
breed further. We spoke at length to the club Archie to socialise with other dogs his own age
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