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My name is Pat Philllips and I am located in South Wales, UK., within easy travelling distance of Cardiff. Throughout my life I have been involved with animals, my main interest having been horses, dogs and agricultural shows. At the age of 10 my dream of owning a dog came true ... in the form of Lassie, an adorable smallish Border Collie who lived to the age of 14. My next dog was a Labrador, Sheba, who would have eaten herself inside out given half a chance ... another beautifully natured girl. Both were pets as I wasn't into dog showing. Horses were my main hobby at that time. The interest is still there but as a spectator these days.
In 1975, owing to family committments, I started to graduate more towards dogs ... Border Terriers. My first litter produced a lovely male, Mountain Man. He gained 4 Res CC's and won Limit Dog at Crufts ...as well as countless other awards. At the end of 1984 I bought a little Pomeranian girl-pup to keep as a pet only. Her name was Misty and she was born on 4th November 1984. She was delightful.
Misty, my first Pom (1984)
A few months after purchasing Misty, a second pet Pom, Becky, joined the family. Becky was one of the noisiest Poms on the planet. She lived until she was 12 years old. Apart from breaking a front leg when she was about 4 years old, she was always very fit and active until a few days before she died.
Becky was a very deep orange ...almost copper colour ... quite pretty with a true foxy expression, and 100% sound on the move throughout her life. I purchased my first show Pom, Veltud's Gossip-Column, in 1996, and now 11.5 years down the line, I am gravitating slightly towards the type of Pom which I first had 22 years ago (especially where females are concerned). Becky aged so well and fits my interpretation of the standard in many ways. She was attractive, within the desired weight limit , not exaggerated in any way, and nicely balanced overall. Furthermore, she was intelligent, lively, and an ideal family pet as well as being pleasing to look at from a Pom point of view.
Since purchasing my first Veltuds, Midawn, and Moonrae show Poms, I have been able to work towards producing some of my very nice current championship show prize-winning youngsters (Summer, Skye, Fly and Tadpole) . The use of Brian Hopkins's Bryandee Toastmaster, and the addition of Auberge Magie Noire Playalong (purchased from Tony and Brenda Fleetwood) has had a strong influence on my youngest generation. Toastmaster's son, Playalong Mister Bond is the father of my lovely female, Firefly. Magie Noire is the mother of Playalong Pirate , the father of my latest Cruft's qualifying youngsters, Summer and Tadpole. However, the original mating between Puck and Wizabella (daughter of Trenarwyn Ebony Master) laid the foundations for all my future black breeding, and to a large extend, Puck is behind lots of my oranges/orange sables also. He is still very fit and active and being shown successfully in Veteran Classes at 10 years old.
Celeste, mother of Summer and Skye, is similar in type and colour to Becky but more compact in shape and slightly more attractive in head with neater ears. Microscopic ears don't appeal to me and are not specified in the standard.
PLAYALONG CELESTE
Glenvalley Guy Fawkes Playalong, my Irish import, is also a profusely coated rich orange with super movement (click here for Guy's Page). Guy's brother, Rocky (owned by Vycki Brock, Scotland) is also a deep orange. All three have black in their pedigrees, which tends to enrich pigmentation and add that extra zest to the coat colour.
GLENVALLEY GUY FAWKES PLAYALONG
Bred by Ann Kingston (Ireland)
My orange girls, Cascade, Celeste and Summer (August 2007)
Dymonddogs Cascade was purchased from from Mr. & Mrs. J. Nickisson. She is an absolute joy and similar in type to the girls which have been my best whelpers and mothers. Again, she is a deep clear orange, very sound , black pigmentation even to her foot-pads and nails, and her breeding ties in with my other Poms without being too close. I like my females to be towards the top of the standard as regards size, as whelping and rearing a litter can make heavy demands on a mother and she needs to be able to physically cope with those demands without losing condition. Something I try my best to avoid, is breeding for the exaggeration of any points/features which are likely to affect the physical well-being of my Poms and future generations. I also believe that breeding from females within the 5 to 6lb range helps reduce the risk of Caesarian sections, but there is obviously no guarantee against whelping difficulties whatever the size of the mother-to-be.
DYMONDOGS CASCADE PLAYALONG
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