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annual Top Stud Dog awards. Our boy won top
stud dog five years running, from 2015 to 2019,
twice winning the terrier group and in 2019
winning the group and Top Stud Dog all breeds.
This was a fantastic achievement for a dog from
a numerically small breed with limited number
of CC’s on offer annually. His offspring have
made up the Talanors Team in the breeders
Competition over the last few years and have
earned Talanors to be Top Breeders in 2011 and
2018.

Travis is also the sire of a few dogs abroad,
A Talanors’ Girl who is a Swedish champion
and another girl and a boy who are German litter producing a show champion. We strive to
Champions. The little Jewel, Metric in Canada produce Manchester Terriers of top quality, good
is a Canadian and USA Champion, does agility health and good temperament. We have been
tracking, tricks and was recently inducted to the members of the assured breeder’s scheme
American Hall of Fame. since 2008 and hold all the accolades. We
have made the effort of travelling to France and
Gill judges most terriers at open show level and Germany to use appropriate stud dogs who
awarded her first Challenge certificates in 2007 can bring us quality and add new blood from
at the BMTC show. Clive initially didn’t judge Scandinavia and France to the small gene pool
terriers but decided to make the leap and he we have in Manchester Terriers, to lower the
awarded his first challenge certificates in 2019. inbreeding coefficient.

We love our dogs, they are first and foremost We are both current members of the Manchester
our much loved pets. We have been lucky Terrier Association Committee and wish this new
they are quite outgoing and love showing. club all the best wishes for the future.
Well, all except one lady but Toffee is now 9
years old, she had two litters of puppies, each

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