Ndolge
Kennels (pronounced Indulge) was established in 1985 and is
owned by Tracey
Lane and Jay
Sharpe. Tracey was born in a family that
had showed and bred dogs for many
years. So it was inevitable
that the
showing/breeding bug was passed on. Tracey�s family began breeding
Labradors and Curly Coated
Retrievers in the early 70�s and added English
Springer Spaniels in
1975. These breedings were
under the �Gecane�
prefix which now is home to Australia�s Top
Winning Staffordshire Bull
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During
Tracey�s childhood years she spent
her time practicing and
competing in Junior Handlers Competitions. All those years of advice from
her parents and other influential
handlers at the time paid off with her
brother Scott and Tracey becoming a
team to be reckoned with. Between
those two, they were very successful in handling competitions in both
Queensland and New South Wales. One
of Tracey�s finest memories was
wining the Sydney Royal Top Junior
Handler in 1981 under two of
Australia�s top handlers � Mr Guy
Spagnolo (Driftway Labradors) and Mrs
Norma Hamilton (Quailmoor Irish
Setters). Scott also won his
age group at
this competition. Junior
Handlers is something that Tracey have always
been interested in and is
now qualified to judge Junior Handlers. Recent
Judging commitments include the South Australian PAL Final
in 2000 and
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Tracey�s
first show dog was a Dalmatian Bitch named
�Tigammona
Black Spirit� -
Brooke.
Tracey partnered Brooke to many top wins during her puppy months.
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The
foundation bitch at Ndolge was a Dalmatian named �Australian
Champion Charpen Avril Charm�
- �Ellie-May�. �Ellie-May�
produced two litters for Ndolge with top winning progeny in Australia and
New Zealand. Ellie-May
produced �Aust Ch
Ndolge Royal Destiny�
- �Whitney� for Ricochez Kennels who was a multi Best in Group winner
and top producer herself. �Whitney�
is the mother of �SBIS/MBIS
Aust Ch Ricochez Willow�
who is one of Queensland�s top winning Dalmatians at this time. |
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After the
passing of �Ellie-May� Tracey decided to return to the Gundog group
and purchased an
English Springer Spaniel.
Aust
Ch Oakspur Xtra Special
- �Kirra� was born in 1990 and was out of
Aust
Ch Cleavehill Morning Post (Imp UK). An energetic Black and white puppy
entered my busy teenage world. Kirra was successful in the show ring being
one of only two
black and white springers being shown at the time (the other
being her
best mate �Flashe�) but her most success came as a mother. Kirra had
two litters but the second was the most successful
producing One Grand
Champion and Two Champions. |
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�Aust Ch
Equity Master Plan�
� �Fletcher� came to live at Ndolge in 1993 and
was very successful
in show ring and as a stud dog. Fletcher
won Puppy in
Show at the ESSAQ Inaugural Show and Best of Breed at the
1997 Brisbane
Royal Show as well as many other Royal Reserve Challenges
and Specialty
Class in Shows along the way. Fletcher is now retired from the show ring
and resides with
Tracey�s parents at Ricochez Kennels. |
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From
�Kirra� mated to �Fletcher� came �MBIS
Grand
Champion Ndolge Bite the Bullet�
who was a black and
white dog with an abundance of personality.
Brady was a
Best in Show winner by the time he was 11 months old.
Brady was the first Black and White Grand Champion in
Australia.
Being a multi Best in Show winner Brady is now
semi-retired from
the show ring. He will be
making
appearances at shows in the future in the Veteran class.
Also from this litter was Aust
Ch Ndolge Almost a Saint
who
is also a multi Best in Group winner and is owned by Lee
and Steve
Duke. |
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In 1998 we
were lucky to have the opportunity to purchase a liver and white puppy
from one of New Zealand�s Top Kennels �Espaneire�. Off the plane arrived �
Aust
Ch Espaneire Out of the Box (Imp NZ)
� �Keellee�. Keellee�s
sire is
NZ Ch Bowswood
Brown Brogue (Imp UK). Keellee is a
grandfather/granddaughter
mating and had top
English lines on both sides. Keellee has had a successful
showing career from the
beginning having won 7 Baby Puppy in Groups from 9
outings. Keellee has continued that success during her show
career. Although
sparingly
shown lately Keellee will having her next litter in mid April 2004. |
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In the
year 2000 we decided to mate Keellee to top winning All Breeds and
Specialty winner
Grand
Ch Alhambra Oliver Reed. Keellee produced 6 bitches and 1 dog.
We kept a dog and a bitch being
Aust
Ch Ndolge Collectors Item �
�Spencer� and Aust
Ch Ndolge Ounce Obounce
� �Pippa�.
Both these
youngsters have proved themselves time and time again in the showring both
being Best in Group Winners
and multi class in show winners. It was great to partner these youngsters to contest Best of Breed
at the 2002 Brisbane
Royal under Mr Carlos Saevich (UK). Spencer going on to win Best of Breed and Runner up in Group. Spencer and
Pippa also won Reserve Challenge Dog, Runner Up Best of
Breed and Challenge Bitch at the 2003 Brisbane Royal.
Not to be outdone Spencer won Best of Breed at 2003 Sydney Royal
Show under renowned Breed Specialist Mrs
Annika Ulliviet- Moe. He went further to make the final cut (10 Gundogs) for the Group.
We look forward to a to continued success in the future from these
youngsters.
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Not
only did we keep Spencer and Pippa but also a young innocent black and
white
puppy arrived from Fairsky Kennels being Fairsky
Murder onthMoor �
�Flynn�.
Flynn is sired
by Brady and is out of Fairsky Anne of Cleves who spent most of 2000
living at Ndolge. Flynn is a
Specialty Best in Show winner, multi runner up in group
winner and class
in show winner. Flynn now
lives the life of Riley with my friends
Chris and family on the Gold
Coast. |
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In 2003 we
added a new breed to Ndolge being Labradors.
�Cambewarra
Paperbark� Bred by
Anna Spanswick certainly came to take over at Ndolge. An abundance of energy our new puppy has embarked on a
successful
Baby campaign. Handled by
both Jay and Tracey she is a multiple
Baby in Group winner under
International and Australian judges. |
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Ndolge aims to
breed Springers and Labradors that are correct ENGLISH
type, temperament and are sound.
We are a very successful kennel based on top English lines. We only breed litters when we wish to keep a puppy ourselves. We have planned a very special Springer litter for early 2004 and we look
forward to campaigning these babies.
As well as our
Springers and Labrador, Tracey and Jay currently handle top winning
Staffordshire Bull Terriers,
Gordon Setters and Dalmatians for our family.
I hope you enjoy surfing through the NDOLGE site and don�t forget to
check out our families� sites that can be found at http://www.geocities.com/ricochezkennels
and http://home.ozwebip.com.au/gecane/index.html
If you require more information please
do not hesitate to contact either
Jay or Tracey at [email protected]
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