Our love of German Shorthaired Pointers began in 1986, when I bought a puppy while my husband was away on business.  Fortunately, as soon as he saw the beautiful pup, who we called "Juno", he fell in love with her and the breed, just as I had done.  Juno was just a pet, and even though, now that I've seen some very fine GSP's, I know that she was not the best example of the breed we loved her anyway, for her beautiful, kind and loving nature.

In 1998, I was introduced to Anne Raymond, a breeder of GSP's, who agreed to give me a bitch to get me started with showing and breeding. The bitch's name is Caddie (Valache Cadbriella - she's a lovely dark chocolate colour), and she has produced, in four litters, 34 pups.  She also fostered a litter of 7 German Shepherds, when their dam bloated immediately after delivering the litter.  After all that hard work, Caddie is now retired and is a treasured pet, and the boss of the canine household.   I showed 3 different GSP's over several years, but was not very successful, due partly to the quality of the opposition, and partly to my inexperience.  

It was with the thought of creating a dynasty of GSP's that I registered the kennel prefix "Lamarque", which is the name of a beautiful creamy white rose.  However, as luck would have it . . .

Midway through 2004, I bumped into a lady at my local vet's office - she was there getting a litter of pups vaccinated, I was there donating more money to my vet's new car.  I thought her pups were gorgeous, and asked her what they were and where she got them.  They were Italian Greyhounds, and she got them from Chris and Dave Scott of Tunamara Kennels, just as I would go on to do.  She gave me Chris's phone number and email address, I got in touch, and the rest, as they say, is history ! !

My first two Tunamara dogs, Tully (Aust Ch Tunamara Juliette) and Aston (Aust Ch Tunamara Aston Martin) gave me the success in the showring that I was never able to achieve with my GSP's.  I'm putting that down to a combination of very high quality dogs and me having finally learnt some handling skills ! !  I have shown one of Chris's dogs, Piccino Fino to his title, and since then have titled a bitch of my own breeding, Ch Lamarque Flightofancy.

And to think I used to say I didn't like little dogs . . . . . .

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