Hi Rachael
welcome to the group. Lovely to hear all about you and ayela. I remember seeing
my first longhair in nz at a show back in late 70s when I was a kid. Dont
suppose you know where that one came from?
Like you I loved them straight away (although my dad reckoned they looked like a
cross between a weim and a golden retriever - but seeing as those were the two
breeds we owned no wonder I wanted one!!!). We now have two longhairs and
hopefully some more on the way. I also have a shorthair from new zealand kennels
who is hopefully a carrier and is the father of these pups!
anyway welcome again. I was reading about your success on euro weims.
cheers ingrid


On Monday, June 18, 2007 at 10:34:23 PM,
Weimaraner_Longhaired@... wrote:

> 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
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