Hogan developed in to a promising young puppy and won quite a few open canine and breed shows. The problem was that he just kept growing – but what a male! I always remember Jack Oliver having a soft spot for Hogan and we agreed that if we could downsize him by 2" he would have been hard to beat. He eventually signed up and gained one of the top positions in the RAF, guarding the NATO Headquarters in Brussels

Kelnik Malachi
Lido v Hambachtal x Delmonic Hella of kelnik
Best Puppy In show at
Midland Counties GSD Assoc 1984
 

Kelnik Becky Ch Iwo v Seyenvenn x Delmonic Hella of Kelnik I trained and handled my own dogs from the start. I handled Anika through her career (except for a few classes here and there) until after she became a Champion, then I am afraid nerves got the better of me as the pressure grew,

Kelnik Braigo Ch Iwo v Seyenvenn x Delmonic Hella of Kelnik   so Neil Dodds kindly became her charge taking her on to many more CC's I was by this point successfully handling many other exhibitors’ dogs also, not, I might add, with the emotional nerves I did with my own!

The most successful year the Kelnik Kennels had was 1986. Several of the dogs owned by both others and myself did well. The crowning glory was with Champion Kelnik Anika who went on to gain 11 C.C’s and 4 res. C.C’s.. The G.S.D. League Championship Show and Crufts being among the most memorable, not only because they are prestigious shows but also because of the great support we had from our friends and other exhibitors. Also the fact that the competition was extremely high both numerically and in quality.

Anika went on to take the award for the Top Winning GSD in the UK for that year. We lost Anika eventually at the age of 12 years. I would have loved to have brought her back as a veteran; she retained her youthfulness up until the last year of her life. The problem was that she had had an accident damaging some of the muscle near her front shoulder and this slightly showed in her once effortless, far reaching gait. Her son Kelnik Fergus also went on and became a champion.

Kelnik Gina

Gundo v d Mordschau x Delmonic Hella of Kelnik

My first judging appointment was in 1985 and I have judged at several Breed shows and some canine shows since. I fulfilled the Kennel Clubs requirement to judge at championship show level by 1990 and was entered accordingly on the Kennel Clubs records. Just around this time though, heavy work commitments prevented me from attending any shows. A four/five year break from breeding/showing followed. Since my return to the 'sport' in 1998 I have successfully completed the Breed Councils Championship Show Judges exam and subsequently completed my first Championship Show 'at the GSD Club of Kent in May of this year. I feel that having taken a break I have now come back with a broader, fresher view. My kennels are carefully becoming re-established and I have been enjoying the company/training/showing of that special dog Irish Champion Quarryvale Nero since October 1999

Irish Champion Quarryvale Nero & Kemdeb Athena

UPDATE

Here we are now already in 2005. Over the last six years I have continued to build on on the quality of my Kennels.

My fabulous Blerio Rumours of Kelnik (whom sadly I lost in 2004) provided me with my outstanding Kelnik ‘L’ litter to the Sieger Ursus von Batu’s famous son Ghandi von Arlett, Ghandi subsequently went on to gain the VA7 and the VA4 titles in Germany. Out of this litter 6 were X-rayed and scored with the BVA/KC system with the highest score being a total of 9. To date, I do not know of any other Kennel who have had so many dogs scored from one litter, let alone have such good results. If you take a look at the "L" Litter page you will see the quality children and now grandchildren from these two

 

I travelled to Germany to purchase my next acquisition. This being the very good quality female from the renowned von Oasis Kennels ‘Emmy von Oasis’


‘Emmy’ is the half sister through her mother to the VA bitch Shalome von Oasis and is by the excellent producer Wallace aus Agrigento, she will be mated later this year

Bill Owen of the Blerio Kennels and myself have this year purchased our next German Import ‘Ricko von Lennepertal’ who is by the well known male VA Ando v Altenberger out of a very good producing Haus Babilon female. This dog has been brought to enhance our breeding programme and puppies by this male will be around soon. Go to the males page page for pedigree details.



In the near future we will be looking at extending our breeding pool with some more quality new blood. As I am more interested in the breeding side these days, there will be pick of litters available to discerning people, from the litters I breed.


My active role in the GSD World has somewhat increased over the last few years. I was recently elected by the GSD Breed Council to be the first female Breed Surveyor in the UK. Along with these duties, Championship show judging appointments and other commitments such as my duties as Breed Secretary of the Midland Counties GSD Association (organising Championship and Open shows), election on to the GSD League of Great Britain Council (where I now have the role of Editor of their bi-annual magazine), I have been elected to the position of Event Manager for the historic first British Sieger Show. I also write on a part time basis for the GSD column of the National Dog Paper ‘Our Dogs’.


 

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