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Graeme & Lisa Dixon





           Lasagesse ETT’s is a small forward-thinking         of the French words La Sagesse and loosely
           kennel, dedicated to the English Toy Terrier,       translates as a place of knowledge and learning.
           based in the North East of England. We first        This seemed very apt given our desire to better
           discovered this wonderful breed in 2012 whilst      understand and learn about this fantastic breed.
           researching the K.C. website for a suitable         We established our kennel with the main aims
           family pet. Follow up visits to several dog shows   of building awareness of this wonderful but
           reinforced our desire to own one (if you can        vulnerable breed and secondly to develop a
           really own an ETT). Soon after we agreed to         breeding plan that would consistently produce
           offer a forever home to a retired stud dog named    happy, healthy dogs that conform closely to our
           Desmond, from there our journey began.              breed standard and that are very much fit for
                                                               purpose.  Our vision was and still is, to blend the
           In 2015 we registered the Lasagesse kennel          very best bloodlines from around the world to
           name (pronounced Lassa Jess). It is a derivative    build a Lasagesse line to achieve this aim.


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