I thought the list might like to know that it is twenty five years ago today that my
first litter of Cavaliers were born.
The litter were sired by Can. Ch. Napoleon of Sidewater whose sire was Eng. Ch.
Rosemullion of Ottermouth if my memory serves me correctly and their dam was Can. Ch.
Bellstone Felicity who was of all Maxholt breeding.The puppies were all tri-colours
and landed me in at the deep end so to speak as I learned from the very beginning how
difficult it is to breed a good tri.
We had not long been transfered to Canada from the UK and my Cavaliers were a
wonderful way to meet new friends, some of which we still have today despite moving
from Ottawa to the other side of the country here in Victoria.
In Ottawa in those days a specialty would have been unheard of, even members of the
Ottawa K.C. barely knew what a Cavalier looked like. In the early days it was as if
Cavaliers were a rare breed and in a lot of ways they were. I can vividly remember
being asked to go to the end of the line when competing for the group (after winning
the breed as the only entry) and when after the judging I asked the judge why he
didn't like my Cavalier he said he thought she was the worst English Toy he had seen
in a long time. He was American and had never, ever seen a Cavalier.I was advised by
'the powers that be' not to complain and the very next day the wife of the first judge
gave my new English import a group third. Evidently both had read the breed standard
overnight as of course Cavaliers were not recognised by the AKC at that time.
It has been said that to remain mentally active as you age crosswords etc are a good
way to go. My preferred method is to continue breeding Cavaliers and to study
pedigrrees and imagine BIS wins, So far it has worked for me ( at least I hope it has
).
I'm looking forward to the next twenty five years and hope that I can be intrumental
still in bringing love and companionship into others lives when they purchase a puppy
and learn how wonderful Cavaliers are.
Angela Thomas
Charlemere Cavaliers
Victoria BC
Canada
http://mypage.direct.ca/h/hathomas/charlemere.html
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