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1989: Gidget, Bosun, Chippy and the two Shorthairs

 

 

Dizzyki Kennels

 

In 1983 we moved to South Australia after many years travelling around the world and decided that we should fulfil a promise that we had made to ourselves when we were away, that was to have a dog of our own.

Our first dog was a “German Shorthaired Pointer Labrador cross” (Long before designer dogs were even thought of) named Dizzy after Benjamin Disraeli and Helens brothers dog “Ben” (She competed at obedience trials under the name of Disraeli Mrs. Benjamin) and she came from Kangaroo Island in South Australia (In a cardboard box on the co-pilots seat of the local airplane).

We then decided to get a second dog. That same year, at the Adelaide Royal Show, we were captivated by the Curly Coated Retriever and not knowing much about pure bred dogs we were not able to find a breeder, we hadn’t thought to ask at the show. Time went by and we decided to find another dog anyway and keep looking for a Curly.

As often when a decision has been made events seem to take control of themselves and we found ourselves driving to the Barossa Valley one Saturday to see a six month old GSP (Sherepoint Michelle). Yes we took her home that night and she just happened to have been entered into the Adelaide Royal Show that year (1984) and her breeders (Ross and Jean Bryant, Sherepoint Kennels) asked if we would allow them to show her. Helen was all for it and who was I to pour cold water on something that after all was not going to change our lives. My comments whilst driving home were along the lines of “Be careful, we don’t want to get involved with people who breed dogs”. Not one of my better moments.

Helen commenced her showing career at the Royal (1984) and we recently passed the 20 year mark, owning and breeding Gundogs.

We were now in a position to find our Curly.

1986 saw us take delivery of Bosun (Blazeaway Black Rob) a Curly Coated Retriever male from Blazeaway Kennels in Victoria.

We were well established in the world of pure bred dogs by now. Campaigning our GSP in the show ring and competing in obedience with both dogs as well as trying to make some headway at retrieving trials.

We continued these pursuits with Bosun and the girls and of course the time came when we knew that we were going to need more room when we realised that we had four dogs (yes another had come to stay for a while. Gidget; Blazeaway Wodabe, we had her for six months from when she was six months old until she was just over a year old and campaigned her to her title) and we only lived in a house with a very small back yard so we moved to Cockatoo Valley (Barossa) in  March 1988. (Where has 20 years gone?)

Gidget came back to stay in 1989 when she was trained for retrieving and did not disgrace herself in retrieving trials, winning a beginners stake and that same year won Best of Breed at the Adelaide Royal Show.

It was time to have a curly bitch of our own and of course she had to be good enough to breed with.

Chippy (Blazeaway Sooty Stilt) came along in mid 1988 and she joined the others in our competitive pursuits.

We have to have a Kennel Prefix before we can breed?!

So we start thinking of one because, yes, we are planning our first litter.

We settled on Dizzyki as Dizzy came from Kangaroo Island “KI” as the locals call it. It seemed strange to some people at the time but 20 years on we think it has found acceptance.

Chippy gave us our first litter in 1990 and we have since then followed a breeding plan that has made Dizzyki an established Curly Coated Retriever breeding kennel.

Since we started our breeding programme we have produced 40 show champions which include 2 American Champions and 3 obedience titles.

We have had 32 litters to date with many puppies going to shooting/ working homes.

In June 2007 we imported a dog from the USA (Softmaple); a 1 year old liver dog called Mowgli  (Softmaple BackCast Traveler); to date he has sired 3 litters and we are now waiting to see how they turn out. 1 dog (Morris, Dizzyki MG Didgeridoo) is going to the USA and another has gone to New Zealand to be shown (Walker, Dizzyki MS Ganymede). We are very pleased with what we see so far. (Mowgli's puppy page)

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