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really enjoyed the Schnauzers because I felt that when he passed away we talked about getting a
it wasn’t just the dog being judged, like when breed together that I could show but would also
showing the Beagles, but these also had to be be a family pet. The Miniature Schnauzers were
well presented. That meant I could show off my sadly no longer part of my life for various reasons
grooming skills, albeit raw, but I was up for the and although I was having great success in the
challenge this is what I wanted to do. I wanted ring with the Beagles, I still didn’t have my/our
to have the best dog and the best presented breed. We talked about many breeds and finally
dog and that is when I got the showing bug. I agreed on the Australian Shepherd as they were
would study pictures of the Schnauzers in the becoming very popular in the UK and I was taken
US and I would copy the trimming, that’s how by how smart a looking dog they were with their
I taught myself. After Archie, I started to show unique colours and no tails. Back then we were
the Beagles more and my first top winner and great friends with Angie and Neil Allen of the
my first Crufts BOB was Ch Dialynne Ophelia. Allmark fame. They had a dog puppy they had
She was a super bitch and produced Dialynne kept back and said he was ours if we wanted
many more Champions of which I showed. I did him his name was Ch Allmark Ozzy Osbourne at
have another Miniature Schnauzer who an AKC Dialynne aka Elmo. He was a great introduction
and International Champion CH USA CH INT CH to the breed winning 10CC’s and was Top Aussie
Hideki Who’s that Guy at Risepark aka Buster in 2010. He also won a RBIS at Boston General
who was born in 2000. He was my first group Championship Show. It wasn’t long before we
winning dog and went on to win Top Utility in got another. In 2007 we took Elmo’s half-sister,
2002. He was co-owned with Peter and Barry Ch Allmark Cookie Monster at Dialynne who also
and later went to the US to be campaigned. won a group but she hated the show ring, so after
she won her 3rd CC she went on to her maternal
Things were really happening for me and I was duties. I handled a couple of dogs in-between
finally about to embark on my ‘big’ adventure. but my next big winner, the dog that took me on
Barry had arranged for me to stay with a friend of my first overseas adventure and many more was
his in the USA, Kurt Garmaker of the Repetition the dog that broke my heart, Ch DUTCH CH BIS
Fame. Here I was going to learn so much more MBISS Hearthside Man of Mystery at Dialynne
about grooming and handling the Schanuzers JW. The one and only Austin.
but it all changed as I met my now husband, Lee,
and we fell in love so I never went. Can you tell to our readers more about daily
care of your show Aussies? How often do you
So Beagles, Schnauzers … and how did you fell groom them?
in love with Aussies? I often get asked what I feed my dogs and how
Moving forward some years, how did the Aussie do I keep them fit? Sorry I don’t have any secret
become the next love of my life? Lee had a regimes or any magic potions. I admire those that
Rhodesian Ridgeback when we first met and take their dogs to hydro pools and have regular
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