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| We are a small home based "kennel" ( with that said loosely and with a big smile, as our dogs are primarily house dogs/pets, brought up with our family and not kennelled remotely ever ) . We are based in North London (UK). It is pronounced Spini-ons . The LL's are Silent as in Papillon ( Papi-on ). The name was chosen after playing about with the names of my two favourite breeds ( Papillons and Italian Spinioni). I have had Papillons for 35 years, ( and Italian Spinoni for 9, though I don't have any Spins at present since loosing my favourite boy ). My life has always included dogs, my earliest memories are of a Black and White Pap resting by my cot. I have been handling / showing more seriously for the last 14 or so years all thanks to my original mentor, who unbeknown to me, pushed me quietly in the right direction. <G> Though I can't do as much dog wise as I use to, due to my health and how its status changes day to day, I am proud to say that through my love of dogs and the foundation dogs I had, I became a temperament tester for PAT dogs which leads to others getting enjoyment from dogs too. Its a wonderful organisation who I have been involved in for years, though sadly not as much now due to other constraints but hopefully that will change once my children get older and time eases. One of my favourite pass times, in between crashing out and exhibiting, is Judging and I have now completed the tests and time scale to be able to move onto the A2 list. I am proud to say that Over the years I have had the chance to Handle, Judge and show some of whom I consider the Soundest dogs in the country and been eternally grateful to have had the chances to learn from some very special people. Thanks go to my Friends Rosemary and David for their trust in allowing me some super dogs to build a strong foundation with and My dear friend Gwen Swann who I sadly miss and will never forget for her imput and insite into Papillons. Also my good friends who help me get to shows when I can't manage it alone. There are too many others (both in and out of Paps) to mention but you know who you are and I am humbled and grateful for your words of Wisdom, honest opinions and support over the years. Due to many things, including Severe Raynauds, Ehlers Danlos (type 3 - formerly EDS 111) / HMS , leaving me with CWPS and ME, ( Click here to read some info about the conditions) and not least the birth of my 3 kids Born Jan 01 ( Jamie- Leeanne ), Dec 01( Daniel ) and October 03 ( Samuel ) I do not breed or show as much as I would like to( breeding takes a lot of time, energy and thought, hence I will only do so with the right dogs and at the right time for me and them and if I feel I have the back up if needed ) but will happily love and bring in to campaign any dog that is of Sound enough/deserving quality. I only keep a handful of dogs at any one time so I can give each one the attention they deserve and enjoy them easily. That said I have very high standards and only keep/show/breed quality dogs worthy of their titles. Each dog who is bred or living here is health tested to make sure it passes our high standards and while one can't always say for sure that one wont get problems of some sort at some point, we are happy that we do our best to keep and breed only the highest quality dogs who are worthy and most importantly healthy and sound in body and mind. Even at 13.5 years, our old boy has tested clear for Patella yet again, as have our current youngsters which we are very proud of to say the least. All this combined with my competitive streak has meant we have reached the top levels through honesty, sheer hard work and quality rather than quantity or any other means. We will never lower standards and are happy that we are known for this! Our Papillons are occasionally at public stud , depending on availabilty etc.... to selected health tested and approved bitches to help improve or compliment lines for those who share our values and goals. Of all of my time Showing I look back and think that 2004 was the most AMAZING year, full of dreams come true! The most memorable of the wins were Winning the BCC/BOS at Crufts with my Home bred Ch. Spinillons A Touch of Hope.(RIP) Following on from that making up 3 Ch.'s in 3 months (Made even more special as Hope and Heather were not only Home bred but more amazingly, hand reared and initially not expected to live but for the help of a special lady called Heather Riddley ). Hope then went on to win Best Bitch and BIS at the Papillon Club of Ireland Ch. Show, with her Father Zebedee, winning Best Dog and Reserve best in Show ( gaining his title at the same time ). The icing on the cake being Hope winning BOB at the Irish Toy Dog Show on the same day. We Finished the year off with pride, especially being such a small Kennel who rarely breeds/keeps many dogs, by winning Top Breeder, Top Stud, Top Brood and Joint Top bitches. Since then we have won consistantly with a range of dogs, even Zebedee aged 9 is still able to hold his own compared to many youngesters. 07 was a difficult year for me health wise but we still managed to win Top Papillon Puppy with Spinillons Isadora JW, Picked up a few BIS, RBPIS, CC's and JW. 08 has been a cracking year with Saffy Winning her title at 16m, along with her JW, SH CM, 2 BOS in shows and a RBIS. She has been our Youngester Ch. so far, winning her first CC a day out of Puppy, beating her mom who won her first at 13m. Zeb won 3 BVIS and our Boy Bozza has been winning abroad and even picked up a RBIS at the Hulten international Show in the Netherlands. We look forward to campaigning him in 09 and seeing what the future holds for us. We start 2009 with Bozza, Dutch, German VDH and international Ch Powdermill Sweet Touch Spinillons SHCM winning RBIS in Germany and now back on UK soil and back on the show circuit who is recently won his 3rd BIS, We also have Spinillons Isadora JW, who will be shown lightly till she matures. ( She finished 08 lightly shown with 2 Limit bitch wins at Scottish club shows, A RCC ( To Saffy) and BB and BOS at the Papillon butterly dog club show. ) We Hope also to bring Saffire out at selected shows too when energy allows <G>. We also Welcome our latest Powdermill additions to Spinillons. Thank you Ruth and Ann, that we hope they will thrive and have already done us proud winning well in such a short time. If you have managed to read all of the above well done lol We wish you all a happy, healthy and successful 09 |
ABOUT US
| Ch. & Ir Ch. Ibstock Bright Spark For Spinillons SH CM |
Ch. Spinillons A Touch Of Hope
| Ch. Spinillons Touch Of Heather |
| Goldfly Shining Star At Spinillons RIP 08 |
Ch. Ibstock Tululah For Spinillons
The Beginning !!!