[oes ali]

guess i'd better tell you all about my kids.

I presently have 4 Old English Sheepdogs and 1 cat. I have been breeding and showing them for 20 years now.......... EEKKSS!

First and foremost they are my 'kids'. THEN they are my showdogs!

I have Duncan, Int./Mex./Latin Am./Am. Champion Gwynedd's Dunk 'n Disorderly, C.G.C. This is my heart boy! He was my first homebred Champion. I've taken him to Westminster twice, and to Switzerland for the Euro OES show, and to Mexico City twice..... He is now 10.5 years old. I brought his mom over from the U.K. and she lived to be 12....

next comes Delilah... Int./Mex./Latin Am/ Canadian/ Am. Champion To-Jo's Funtastic For Ewe. This girl has been a dream girl. She and I have been to Westminster twice, Mexico City, and to England to CRUFTS dog show. I am the only american to take a dog to the UK to show and then bring her home not selling her there! And the last to do this as now undocked dogs are not allowed to show in UK. I am hoping to breed her and Duncan this summer. This has been my dream breeding and one i bought her for. 2 years ago i had to fullfil my contract with her breeder and that has left me with:

Calypso........ GWYNEDD'S I B'LIZE IN EWE ... sheis quite the little imp. LOVES to be outside........ will start her show career this year. Unfortunately with my breeder and not me as i cannot run around the ring at this point. She is a cuddle bunny wnting to curl up next to you for huggs. She loves to rearrange my glass paperweights around the house so i have to keep a exercise pen up to keep her out of the living room..... otherwise you will hear clink clink clink! And hear me cringe!

and then there is .......................

Checker's... Canadian Ch. GWYNEDD EWE GOTTA B'LIZE IN SOMETHING
OMG this boy is GORGEOUS and the best dog i have ever bred! (shhhh don't tell Duncan). I sent him to my friend in Canada and he finished quite quickly. At present he only needs 1 more "major" to finish his American Ch. and he will go to my breeder to do that for me now. He is one of the most beautiful boys i've seen and we are looking to 'special' him here in the USA and hopefully you will be seeing him on Westminster next year as well as Eukanuba! (we are looking for backers if anyone is rich and wants to hel?! lol)
He is a kid in a furry suit. He counter surf's horribly and i cannot keep anything on my counters. He stole a loaf of bread off and when i caught him he dropped it and turned around and sat on it as if to say "WHAT loaf of bred mom? Don't have one!". He has decided he can be on the furniture (i've nver allowed any on my furniture) and there is no getting around it with him. He is close to 90 lbs at 18 months! This boy has such a funny personality..... he wants to sit next to you with his head on you, or go to the other end of the sectional on the chaise and arranges all of the pillows for his head!

and then there is my cuddle bunny kitty Peepers. She stays right by me and when my husband comes home from working gets in between us. he goes to move her and she gets highly upset! When i leave to go ot shows or somewhere, it is HER i have to hire a pet sitter for not the dogs! She doesn't like her mum being gone and gets upset and ill.

My husband is Norm. He is a DOD Contractor. He is now in South Korea, but was in Iraq for the past 5 years. He is a Warehouse manager and there just are no jobs in Colorado at this point that will pay anything. I would give anything to have him home......but I'm used to this as he was a Marine when i married him and knew what i was getting into when I married him.

We live in Northern Colorado. Just to the east of the foothills but not quite on the plains. Big agricultural area.........We both love to dive (i will only dive in clear warm waters like Carribean!) mostly around Belize/Cozumel. I hope to go to Hawaii to dive eventually. After my Kyphoplasty i was diving in Belize 2 weeks later.....

My first back injury was 5 years ago when the winds blew my van off of the road...... no damage to the car but as i had my seatbelt on, i compression fractured L3/4 in my back. I have done great until the last year and now i am in very much pain.

Okay i've written enough of a book but you should know me now.