About us

Most people who own a Basset Hound will have a special story relating to how they became captivated by this lovely breed, we at Kamlea are no different...
	Kevin and I are now retired and live at the base of the Mt. Dandenong Ranges with our dogs and two cats.
Life is very busy as we show most weekends, our daughter Georgia now has her own home in East St. Kilda and she helps me at shows occasionally and when I travel to Interstate Shows. Kevin has just finished serving a term as President of the Basset Hound Club of Victoria, now I have taken on the position and we are both Life Members.
	Twenty years ago we purchased a Basset Hound for our daughter to show, we called him Shambles. Unfortunately my husband had never owned a dog before and was besotted with Shambles, no-one else could get a cuddle or play with him. Shambles got his title quickly and became Aust. Ch. Barkhill Ima Shambles. We then purchased a bitch for our daughter, this was Gossip, and she too gained her title quickly to become Aust. Ch. Hushanda Xclusive Too. This started us on our love affair with Bassets.
Our Kennel name is made up of Kevin's initials KAM and Georgia's second name Lea. About a year later Roy Beal arrived at a Show with a lovely red and white dog, it was love at first sight, this one was mine, I called him Arthur, he was soon to become Aust. Ch. Basjambe Xmas Knight. Now we all had one each. When Gossip was five years old we bred her and she produced our beautiful Aust. Ch. Kamlea Charlie. This what started out as a hobby eventually was to take over our lives.

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