Dailuaine

Golden Retriever

Jersey

About six years ago I first met the breeder of Jersey, Michaela Engstler-Anderson. Literally I only wanted to get some information about the English lines she was using in her breeding scheme. Well, over the years we became real close friends. However, dog talks are still the major part of our conversations. What unifies us is we have identical visions of the breed and we search for the same things in matings.

And we are lucky that our husbands  get on together very well, too. What unifies them is their cacophony about the miserable life of dog-breeder-husbands. They can talk about that even longer than we talk about dogs.

So I got to know Jersey even before she was born. Already on the pedigree she looked very promising. And a couple of weeks old she caught my eye. And I talked Michaela on our visit and several phonecalls into a co-ownership for her. And I'm still very happy that she said o. k. and that she proposed Thomas - her husband - should be co-owner with me, because he has a hunter's licence and therefore allowed to handle her working education.

Her family name is Ganwales, her first name is Jersey. And as it is with dogs, the first name comes after the family name, so her official name is Ganwales Jersey. Our husbands are shaking their senile heads trying to follow this logical explanation, and out come choruswise their usual "Yes Dear".

O.K., back to something pleasant, to Jersey: Her pedigree looks very promising too - you can find some of good British lines in it.

Jersey blended into our pack very smoothly - it seems that Michaela's  dogs and mine are of the same kind and temperament.

In the meantime she met all requirements for the breeding permission and will - hopefully - have her first litter soon.

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