JOKERSTAR

Here she is in the ring - placed 3rd. We had a great day as she went on to place 1st in her later class, qualifying her for the follwing year. It is amazing - almost everyone you meet throughout the year is at Crufts but it is the one show where you don't get 5 minutes to chat!!

This is a picture of all of our girls in the woods. From left to right, Paige, Sam and Phoebe.
They love to go down in the woods and splash around in the local pond. Although Paige doesn't like to get too wet!

This was taken when Bubba was a little pup - He had only been here a couple of weeks. It's great when they all get along so well.

I know everyone who owns rotties has plenty of these types of pics. It is their absolute favourite place to be!! All piled up together, you think "they can't be comfy" but, they choose to sleep like this!!

We live in a village just outside of Watford. We have plenty of woods and fields around us which the dogs love to explore. There is always something to sniff!!

We previously owned a blue merle border collie called Joker (and he was hard work)!! He was a typical collie, always on the go.

We got our first rottweiler in 2000.
Sultan, she loved her days out and was a very dominant girl. We learnt more about rottweilers from her than from any of our others. It was a steep learning curve and we learnt that discipline is key and you must show to yourself to be the pack leader now matter how old they get.

Sultan developed some behavioural problems at around 3 years old. We thought we had got through the teenage years!! We put the work in with the help of a wonderful trainer and everything came up roses.

We started taking her along to companion shows - firstly for the socialisation and as her behaviour improved, for the sheer enjoyment. This is where we met people who actually attended "proper" shows. This is where the want to "show" started. We then purchased our first "show" dog. Phoebe and from there our family grew to the size it is now!!

Phoebe started her showing career in 2005 and got placed regularly. She has qualified for Crufts every year and gained her Stud Book number in 2007.

Paige started showing at the beginning of 2006 and has qualified for Cufts every year so far as well. we are going to move her up to Limit in 2008 as Phoebe will be having some time off.

Bubba had his first show in Dec 07 at the L.K.A. and qualified for Crufts 2008. We are looking into registering him as a Pets As Therapy dog - he has to be over 9 months - so anytime now!!