I've always had a dog growing up, but 12 years ago my life changed after I had my first Cavalier. Of course in that same year I had to have another one and the shows began. Years later at a show in Niagara Falls, I met Charlene. She was competing against me in Open Bitches and I only needed a single point to finish my bitch. Well - the judge was a well known crooked old man who loved buxom women and so Charlene hired a very well endowed blonde professional handler to show her bitch. The judge smiled at her all the way around the ring. Needless to say I was FURIOUS that someone had beaten me by playing better politics than I did! he-he A few years later we were married and soon after I moved away from being partners at Rattlebridge to join my Cavaliers and my newlywed wife's to continue her "Woftam" breeding program.
Char's old boy died last year 3 months shy of 17 and it was really through his last year that we decided we wanted to change the focus of our breeding program and focus first on health, second on temperament, third on soundness and lastly on winning ribbons. Of course we believe in the famous tripod analogy of successful breeding where one must balance health, soundness, and temperament. I've been through it all with showing week in and week out, being what some called a professional breeder/owner/handler and playing the politics that are involved with the big ranked dogs. I've bred, owned, and/or co-owned nearly 50 Championship titles on Cavaliers in the past, have had many group placements and got an all breed BIS on a Cavalier as a breeder/owner/handler. But I have to say that the past two years have been the best years I've ever had in dogs. Just loving them, having them as my pets first, and showing when we want to and can travel have been so rewarding. I love the dogs we've bred and the ones we've had the fortune of obtaining from Sheila Smith (Salador) and Annette Jones (Timsar), and of course the light of my life (my wife already knows!) - my Charlie bitch from Elaine & Alan Shail. Currently I am on the Board of Directors of the ACKCSC and serve as the Newsletter Editor. Charlene also enjoys showing on occasion at the CKCSC/USA shows. Sorry, but our web pages are many years old and in serious need of updating, so I won't refer you to them but I will let you know when we re-do them. Lamont & Charlene Yoder Woftam Cavaliers Sunbury, Ohio ========================================================= "Magic Commands": to stop receiving mail for awhile, click here and send the email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20NOMAIL to start it up gain click here: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20MAIL E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] for assistance. Search the Archives... http://apple.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ckcs-l.html All e-mail sent through CKCS-L is Copyright 2002 by its original author.
