Hello everybody,

I was having a flick throu all the previous posts and i decided i
better introduce myself properly!

My name is Rachael and currently i am a fourth year vet student at
Massey University in Palmerston North in New Zealand. I was a
particulary lucky individual who was born into a weimaraner family, so
as soon as i arrived home from the hospital i was greated by my older
brother "bayldone dominic" a SH wei. Dommy was sumwhat of a community
icon as he was a resterant dog - greating all the visiters as they
arrived for lunch! My family was lucky enough to have him for 16years!

The next dog we got i was allowed to choose (with the criteria from my
mum of 'big with short hair') and whilst i looked at other dog breeds
carefully i came back to the weim as i couldn't possibly see how a dog
could be more perfect than dommy! So little misty - possibly the
naughtest SH to grace the earth was chosen! ... i think it's possibly
because she's smarter than most people i know! :P

When i left home for uni - Misty of course came with me and soon we
started agility and doing more dog related activities. A family friend
of mine took me to a weim GSP match day where i saw my first LH puppy.
She was the most divine thing i had ever seen and i instantly wanted
to take her home! This started my quest to find out about getting a
LH!! I contacted all the breeders up north and visited shows in hope
of finding out who was breeding the LH's - but i was told by alot of
breeders that "it's impossible to get a LH - the only pups avalible
are in australia! Just get a SH!!" I knew there was LH's in NZ...
after all i had seen one! So i decided to contact the south island
clubs and breeders to see if anyone knew where the LH's were
commingfrom! I tracked down a breeder (who had two LHC's) and put my
name down for a little girl LH *fingers crossed* and waited.

....6months later i got a phone call from some people wanting to
re-home their female LH 10month old pup. I had my heart set on a puppy
but i decided to go look as she was only a hour and a half away from
me!! Well i turned up and met the most beautifully tempered dog ever.
Ayela was not only stunning but seemed easy to work when i spent time
in the yard with her. aparently her owners had hoped to be doing well
in the show ring with her - but that just doesn't happen here unless
you have a weim judge. What a mistake they made!! Their loss has been
my gain as now i have a stunning wee lady who has not only gained her
show Ch title (at the last two speality shows the judges have
individually spoken to me about the quality of my dog which is pretty
neat!!) But Ayes has also proved herself to be a great wee worker in
all other fields i have entered her in! :)

Ayela and I compete in agility (Ayela placed at her first show ever),
obedience (she was the top obedience weimaraner in new zealand last
year) and we have just started working trials this year (so far we
have only been to one trial where she was the top qualifing dog
beating all those noisey black and white dogs and shepards which was
pretty cool!!). Ayela is 2years old right now and she is such an
honest wee worker due to her strong desire to please!! She is a joy to
work and thrives on clicker training!!

I am still rather stoaked to find a LH discussion group. I was excited
to see twiggy's mum is on the group and see all the Lh pictures!! I
will try and put sum pictures up of Ayela as soon as i find the
time.Sorry this is such a long post... i am rather a chatter!! Whoops!
Nice to meet you all.

Cheers

Rachael Misty and Ayela