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Growing up I always
had lots of dogs and cats as pets, but in
1969 on my arrival in Australia to have
my second child I purchased my first
Pembroke Welsh Corgi, as a substitute for
a gorgeous ginger cat which I had to
leave behind....
The Corgi's name was Charles (what else
for a Welsh Prince!) and I
though I might have fun showing him,
which I did with some success, and this
began my association with Corgis. I added
a little sable bitch a year later and so
it went on - we showed, we won, we
lost...we had fun.....
And I decided a Corgi Kennel was not
complete without a Cardigan Corgi or two
or six, and I branched out into Cardigans
as well as Pembrokes.... Again, we showed
with success, and we lost with grace, and
we had fun....
I also have had a love affair with Curly
Coated Retreivers for a considerable time
with three of them trying to rule the
household....and also my dearest Giant
Schnauzer, Freya, whom I lost in March
2001... Thoughts of her will always bring
tears to my eyes
BUT....during the later years, I had
"smaller" in mind and wondered
about going into something a little less
in size and remembered when I was a child
I had an orange "Big Pom" as
they were then called...(see photo
below)
(The
above is an Australian photo,
by Tasma studio, Newtown,
NSW - circa 1920) |
and when I did a
scout around I discovered the Big Poms
were actually the German Spitz. I found
Ann Walters was selling out of the breed
so I acquired AUST CH
SHELBRAE RHYTHM AND BLUES
("Possum") and then AUST CH
ELHAMRA EBONY LACE.
Both these girls led me deeper into the
German Spitz.
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