When
I was a little girl, my family got an English Springer
Spaniel.
She was called "Emmie" and she was almost my own
dog.
I did training classes with her and I competed in obedience
as
soon as I had the age and I showed her at shows. She died only
two
years old, but she helped me to find a hobby that now is a
part
of my life.
After
her, we had several Springers and I thought that that was
"my"
breed until I went to work at a kennel after school where they
bred
bearded collies and briards. That was when I found it! My breed
wasn't
springers, it was briards!!!
One
day when I was working in the kennel, the owner came up to me
and
asked me if I wanted a briard male. He was two years old and
the
people who had him was divorcing so they couldn't keep him.
IF
I WANTED!!! So "James" came in to my life.
He
had some problems that wasn't so nice all of the time, but I loved
him
and we did some obedience and shows together.
When
I left the kennel, I knew that I wanted to work with dogs in some
way
so I went away for some months to learn how to groom dogs.
That's
15 years ago now and I have been grooming ever since.
I
don't know why, but I usually take dogs home with me when I have
been
away. From the kennel it was James and from the grooming
education
it was "Trollet", a wonderful, black American Cocker
Spaniel.
Noone had time for her and I fell totally so I took her home.
She
was 5 months then and she was 12,5 y.o. when she died.
The
most lovely dog you can imagine. Friendly, outgoing, kind and
allways
hungry!
For
several years I had two briards. It was "Dulle" and "Louis".
One
fawn and one black. Dulle was my favourite to work with and he
became
an obedience champion. He was allways willing to work and
to
please. He had some fun at competitions, so it took some time
before
he had that champion title. But how I loved that dog! You can
read
more about him doing obedience in his own obedience guide
(coming
in English soon).
With
Louis I also did obedience, up to elite class, but he never
became
a champion. He got ill and died far too young.
Both
the boys did very well in the show rings as well and got many,
many
CC's and Best Of Breed.
Today,
me and my husband, are working together with dogs. We have
training
classes for dog owners and my grooming thing is also a
part
of our buissness. We are both instructors and have had
trainig
classes for many years.
Today,
we have four dogs in the family: Benke's dogs "Grabben"
and
"Rasmus". A malinois and a German shepherd.
My
dogs are called "Svante" and "Primus" and they are Ceskyterriers.
I
realized when I was pregnant with my third daughter that I didn't
have
the time or the strength to have another briard so I got a Cesky.
Svante
and I have been to shows (yes, he is a champion) and we
also
do obedience and we have done fine. Svante has his own page,
where
you can read more about him (coming in English soon).
Primus
is a cesky puppy born in March 2001, so I don't really know
what
it will become of him, but he looks very nice and he is fun to
work
with, so we will see.....
If
you want to know more about him, look at his page!
And
you can also learn more about ceskys by reading the standard
and
look at some pictures.
More
about me and dogs is to read at the list with one
hundred facts.
You
are also welcome to look here, at the page about the dogs
that
aren't around anymore...... I want to remember
them..... |
