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Sophie and Toby came to fame with an article in the Dogs Today magazine where Sophie won Best Golden Oldie, but we lost her three months before the article was published. Sadly both Airedales have now passed on and, being irreplaceable, we decided to go for a totally new breed. Following a visit to the Discover Dogs stands at Crufts, 2001,we finally settled on Giant Schnauzers, which we now own, or rather they own us! http://www.the-kennel-club.org.uk/index.asp?newpage=discoverdogsshapeimage_3_link_0
Two years ago after much discussion and debate, we decided the time was right to branch into a smaller breed with our retirement years in mind, not that we are that old!. Rog has always wanted to breed dogs and as luck would have it we got in touch with some long time friends Cheryl and Dave who own the renowned home of Tibetan Terriers - Khados Kennels.http://www.khados.co.uk/shapeimage_6_link_0
Sue also attends regular breed seminars on grooming as she is a firm believer that you can always learn more, and does not believe in resting on her laurels. She also loves gardening, but with 3 giants a lovely garden is just a dream as those of you with dogs will appreciate!! In November 2003, Sue attended and passed a Micro-chipping course to qualifying her to chip dogs, cats rabbits and of all things ferrets. She has experienced the loss of one of her Airedales-Toby who ran off from Roger when walking on one of the most awful rainy days back in the World Cup of 1990...we will never forget it. It was only by luck that as he was walking home to tell me the worst news ever that he had lost one of the dogs that a motorist stopped and said 'Do you know anybody who has lost one of those, pointing to Sophie, Micro chipping was not common then, but as we picked Toby up from Ray Dedicott's at Hollytrees Sanctuary at Wythall where she had rescued Toby too, I will never under estimate the value of having your dog chipped. Sue has also successfully completed a 2 day foundation course at the home of Jan Fennel in canine communication.http://www.hotfroguk.co.uk/Companies/Ray-Dedicoats-Hollytrees-Animal-Rescue-Trustshapeimage_10_link_0

Missing the presence of a male Giant in the house, 2009 saw us visit Germany twice and the Hella - Hof Kennels where Rog had ample