My Introduction to Old English: 1976 to 1993

I first started in Old English in 1976 when my son bought home this bedraggled, shaggy lady with a rope tied around her neck. We washed her, cut out all the knots, fed her as she was so skinny and then took her to our local vets where we vaccinated & wormed her. Through our vet we located the owner. This young Old English was so sweet and humble that we had no option but to name her LADY, for that is what she was. I finally persuaded the original owners to let my family keep her and through them I found Lady's breeder and so my life became involved in this lovely breed.
Lady achieved her Australian Title in a little over 12 months, she was 4 years old then, Along the way Lady achieved many Group Awards.

Realising that one is never enough, I bought a lovely bitch from Queensland out of Prospectblue Tom Jones (Imp UK) whom we called KATIE. KATIE also did a lot of winning including RUNNER UP TO BEST IN SHOW. Unfortunately her show career was cut short as she contracted Pyometra and had to be de-sexed.

My husband thought it was about time to look at introducing a male to our family and so he bought me my darling BEAR and what a man he was. BEAR was a very gentle boy and he too attained his Australian Title very quickly with many Class in Group and Class in SHOW Awards. But as fate would have it, this too, came to an end. BEAR was a small dog, very sound with lovely dark eyes but alas to small for the show ring.

It was then that I decided to change my lines and I bought what was to be my foundation bitch for the Old English bred at TUVALU over the past 17 years. GEMMA, Australian Champion Oeshin Setthe Trend. I then bought in a male, BARTY, Australian Champion Woolchip Glenfiddock who was a half brother to GEMMA. From this combination of half-brother & half-sister the TUVALU lines began.

	Aust CH Linanda Blue Jade "Lady" (3/5/1974 - 3/9/1982) Bred by Rita Ward Our first Champion.
	Aust CH Etruria Annabel "Katie" (2/8/1979 -20/7/1990) Bred by Erica Horn A Best in Group Winner.
	Aust CH Hollobobs Pooh Bear "Bear" (11/10/1982 - 17/11/1995) Bred by Sue Marsh Our first male Champion.