Issue #272

Dally Digest

August 2015

Established 1973

Dalmatian Association of Queensland Inc.

O f f i c e B e a r e r s f o r 2 0 1 5

President:

Megan Bennett

likadyce@live.com.au

Vice President:

Toni Bale

Ph. 0407 600 369

Secretary:

Natasha McIntyre

Ph. 0409 634 127

Daqsec@outlook.com

7 Birch Cl, Heathwood

Queensland 4110

Treasurer:

Julie Beeby

JulieBeeby@bigpond.com

Show Secretary:

Eileen Pickles

Editor:

Samantha Hartley

daqnewsletter.samantha@gmail.com

Trophy Steward:

Natasha McIntyre

Point Score:

Julie Beeby

NDC Representative:

Megan Bennett

Club Patron:

Joan Roseworn

Life Members:

Barbara Deighton

Joan Roseworn

Lyn Williams

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Presidents Letter.

Hi All,

It is my absolute pleasure to thank my Committee for the outstanding effort and commitment over the last

five months. An amazing job pulling our National Show together to make it the success it was. I would also

like to thank, the competitors, those who travelled enormous distances to support our show, in the

sporting and conformation, thank you for your comradery. It was fabulous to catch up with friends, new

and old, who I rarely have the opportunity to see.

I would also like to take this opportunity to thank Wendy and the MaxCapture team for our photographic

memories, a huge effort over the duration of the show. To our judges, our writers and our stewards over

the two days, thank you for sharing our show with us. Lastly, I’d like to thank all of our sponsors for their

generosity and interest in our breed.

Without all of you all, there is no show.

Moving on, it’s time now to prepare for our open show in September. Hope to see you all then.

Cheers for now,

Megan

Secretary Report.

Wow where has the year gone? It will be Christmas before

we know it. Hands up who enjoyed the 2 days of the

National? How much fun did the 150 Dalmatians and their

handlers have who entered this event have? It was great to

see our National so well supported. To our committee,

I thank you all, for the effort that you put into the event.

Even though we are small, I know that our National packed a

punch and will be talked about it for years to come.

Please support our Open Show coming up on the 19th September, just as much hard work goes into

prepping for an Open Show that does for a Champ show. Because of the National this year we did not run

our open show concurrently with our champ show. We hope that we get the entries and

Mrs Ellen Nan-Kivell has lots of Dallys to critique.

We need to build our club, why not encourage your dally loving friends to join? And I know that all the

puppy buyers out there would love to become part of the dally loving world. For new members it is half

price to join for the last half of the year (June 30 to December 31st) if we had more members who are

puppy buyers join we could organise more events and socials to cater for the non “Showies”. Being a

member of the Dalmatian Association of Queensland Inc., gives you lifetime support for yourself and your

Dalmatian. Membership forms are available on our website and you can print them off to add with your

Puppy Packs.

See you all soon at our next meeting on the 25th august, 2015, at the Durack CCC Meeting Rooms, King

Ave Durack, or on the show circuit.

Natasha.

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Editors Spot.

Welcome to another issue of the Dally Digest,

In this issue of the Digest, you will find some of the

following;

At the bottom of page 7, we are selling some lovely

little Christmas Decorations. These will be perfect for

your xmas tree, or as gifts.

If you are looking to brighten up your day, skip to page

8, where you will find a funny story “Let Sleeping Dogs

Lie”, I found this in a 2001 edition of Dally Digest.

On page 10, you will find our Point Score Results for

Conformation Shows from the 5th and 26th of July.

Well done to those who have entered, we only have 4

more Point Score Shows for the rest of the year, find

those dates on page 7.

We had a lovely submission for our Kids Spot, from

Layne. You will find this along with a word search on

page 11.

DAQ are running a fundraising ballot to buy a $150

Orivet Voucher for $100. For more information, skip to

page 12.

And to finish off this edition of Dally Digest, we have a

featured book this month “Secret, Spies & Spotted

Dogs” by Jane Eales. I have included a blurb from the

book, as well as what I thought of the book, find this on

page 13.

Until next time,

Samantha.

Flashback

February 2002.

Treat of the Month.

Breaky Bash

Ingredients.

2 cups of rolled oats

2 weetbix crushed

1/2 cup natural yoghurt

2 egg yolks

2 pieces bread (crumbled)

1 tsp vitamin c powder

1/2 cup water

Method.

Blend all ingredients

together and serve.

Mixture may be refrigerated.

Don’t forget the Royal Queensland Show is now

on in Brisbane!

The Dalmatians are showing on

Friday 14th August.

As usual we don’t know the exact time the

Dalmatians will be showing, it depends on how

many dogs are on before them in the other

breeds.

Come along and meet some of our committee

members who will be showing on the day!

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Meeting Opened: 7:10pm

Attendance: Natasha McIntyre (Secretary),

Megan Bennett (President) Julie Beeby (Treasurer)

Toni Bale (Vice-President)

Eileen Pickles (Show Secretary), Fran Darling.

Apologies – Samantha and Janice Hartley,

Joan Roseworn

Dog world notes passed as being read. Motion

Required. Moved: E Pickles 2nd: N McIntyre

Confirmation of Minutes from previous meeting: -

Motion required Moved: M Bennett 2nd: T Bale

Business arising from Minutes:

Correspondence: See Tabulated List Motion required Moved: N McIntyre 2nd: J Beeby

Business arising from correspondence –

1) Amended LUA Motion by DCOV and DCNSW—

Vote on Motion, See motion below in General

Business.

2) DQ Survey, Can open 31st July (see 10/07/15) -

When we can open the survey to see what type

of questions there are to answer, inform the

committee and discuss who can answer the

questions on the clubs behalf.

3) Website Fees, Passwords etc. ABN to keep .au—

Natasha has contacted the provider and had the

passwords and contact details changed. Natasha

and Megan to investigate getting the club an

ABN.

4) ICK Ronnie Toulson Subcontract Judge—

Awaiting Contract for him, Natasha to continue

to follow up.

5) Entertainment Books—8 Books Sold—

Need to sell 2 more books to make profit.

6) Pauls Tyres have donated another Raffle Prize—

This prize was discussed and what we could do

with it. This prize is valued at over $500 and the

last one that we had only sold 20 tickets at the

National. Natasha to talk to Pauls Tyres and see

where they can better use the prize as our

members have had a lot of fundraising within the

club this year and have raffle buyer fatigue.

7) Spartan Needs a new Family—

Natasha reported advertised on the FB Page.

R Lavery: Being an interstate member, does she get a

vote on the NDC Motion with the DAQ. She is not a

member of any other Dalmatian club or Association

and WA does not have a club or association. Can she

vote via our meetings? After much discussion on the

rules of surrounding interstate members, we were

unable to allow her vote. To vote at a QLD meeting you

must reside in QLD. Suggest that we contact Ricky and

tell her to contact the NDC direct to ask how her voice

in WA can be heard for this BCP/LUA motion and the

Mating age of Bitches Motion or any motion that may

come before the before the NDC at a AGM or SGM.

Treasurers Report

Julie Presented attached Treasurer Report, we noted

that the report was missing some funds in the National

Show entries column. Julie to investigate where in the

spreadsheet this puls from is the formulae error and

correct before distribution. Julie to email the

committee when complete for approval.

Moved J Beeby, 2nd: F Darling

Approve Payments: $24 to Sandstream to buy samples

for use as raffle prizes. Moved J Beeby, 2nd: F Darling

New Members: Nil New. F Darling and I & J Robinson

have renewed. Associates renewals sent for full

members, so far no responses.

Reports Submitted:

President’s report Submitted, (See attached)

Vice-President’s report. NIL

Secretaries Report – Submitted (See attached)

Editors Report All items for Dally Digest due 3rd August

2015

Dalmatian Association of QLD Inc.

General Meeting

Thursday 23rd July 2015

CCC Dog Sports Grounds, King Ave, Durack

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Show Secretary report: Eileen Reported on the wind

down of the National and said all was on track for the

September Open Show. As yet we had no entries for

the September Open Show Trophy

Stewards Report – See Ribbon quotes $263 (coro, 8th

July) from “Just ribbons” for Open show 2015 and 2

years of Point Score Ribbons (2013 and 2014).

N McIntyre moved that we go with this company for our

Open show and Point Score ribbons for 2015,

2nd By J Beeby . Natasha Reported there are ample left

over prizes from the national to adequately cover the

open show Trophies. No further purchases necessary.

N McIntyre to email order to J Beeby to check that the

names of the dogs on the Point Score Ribbons are

correct.

General Business:

Motion Before the NDC:

Put forward by the DCOV and amended by the DCNSW

(6/07/15) Amendment in italics:

The National Dalmatian Council recommends that the

ANKC institute, with the greatest expediency, that ALL

progeny from backcross lines have (1) an Australian

suffix BCP which denotes “BACKCROSS PROGENY”. (2)

an Australia suffix LUA where the dog has been

genetically tested and confirmed to be LUA.

This will ensure that breeders have information on

which to base their breeding choices now & into the

future.

This was motion discussed at length. All attending

members were given a chance to put forward their

views on this motion. We had 3 Absent Member votes

on this motion via Email or Phone from Joan Roseworn,

Allyson & Mary Forrest and Samantha and Janice

Hartley (as documented in Correspondence List

attached)

Vote for this motion (YES) was unanimous.

Motion Carried. Megan Bennett and Julie Beeby to

report our vote at the NDC SGM in September.

Natasha and Megan reported on attending the to the

Annual Dogs Queensland President, Secretary and

Treasurers meeting. This was held on the 14th July 2015

At Durack.

At the PST Meeting they discussed Lockers.

This reminded us that we had a locker up until about

18mths ago and we cancelled it as we did not know

what number, or where keys were. At the meeting they

said that each locker held a $400 bond. We discussed if

we received this bond back from DQ when we cancelled

the locker. Julie and Toni thought we did. Julie to check

accounts to investigate if this was received.

DAQ Point Score: Should we look at adding a neuter

category for 2016? This was discussed and Julie made

some suggestions. Julie will look into it and report her

ideas for the next meeting.

Should we hold an end of year Christmas Dinner?

A chance to socialise without our dogs. Goal: To create

a greater social aspect to our club. To be discussed

more at the next meeting.

Fran put forward should we look into running an

Endurance Title (ET) next Year. In Queensland these can

only be run in Winter. This was discussed and Natasha

to Email DQ to see what we would have to do to run

one.

National Photographs were discussed. We have a Disk

of pictures from MaxCapture but Natasha is yet to look

at it. Need to investigate the 1-5th places and add

within the critique and also pictures of the winning dogs

for a General Specials page. for club records. Natasha

to work on it and report progress for next meeting.

Next Meeting: 25th August 2015

Meeting Closed: 10:02pm

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Dalmatian Association of QLD Inc.

Correspondence List.

27th May 2015 to July 23rd 2015.

IN = + Out = -

27th May +Invoice 00000038 Ipswich Kennel Club - Saturday

Judges and Stewards Lunches at the National $100 (Paid)

28th May - E NDC Secretary LUA Motion withdrawal

- E NDC Secretary Vote on mating age of Bitches and update

on our NDC President nomination

30th May – + Invoice #511151 DQ Meeting Room $16 (May

Meeting)

31st May + Invoice Bush Dog Embroidery 2nd Run of

Merchandise $1026. Paid Cheque# ??

+ Statement DQ

2ND June 2015 + E DQ – RNA UPDATE EXTRA PARKING

3rd June – + Statement Entertainment Book

+ E DQ Member Education Programme, +Pine Rivers Rally O,

+ Samford Ag

+ E DQ – Durack camping further update

+E DQ – MEMBER EDUCATION PROGRAME + PINE RIVERS

RALLY O SAMFORD +AG UPDATE

4th June – + E DQ SMAFORD AG 11 JULY FURTHER UPDATE

5th June + Invoice $ 497.00 Travelodge Garden City – Judges

Accommodation. Cheque 1044 (Paid)

E – + Official Complaint from the National Performance Trial*

Forwarded to Show Manager R Stewart. Replied with

answer.

- Thank you letter and to t J Brown C Pain, R Stewart –

Performance Trial Judges and Stewards

-Cheque 1042 $20 J Brown – Judges Expenses

-Cheque 1043 $35 C Pain – Judges Expenses

6th June - Thank you letter and Gift C Pickup, J Ruddle, C

Perin, C Elliott, M Hickey – Conformation Show Judges and

Stewards

11th June + J Robinson – Receipts $219.98 for Dinner and

Ring set up expenses for the National.

Cheque $20 J Robinson for J Ferris National Glass wear

Purchase

+ Cheque $35 J Roseworn Ribbons Sponsorship and

catalogue

+ Invoice Show Manager Catalogue Services $975.98

E DQ - + Junior Handler Committee Fundraising

13th July – + E DQ Change of Judge for Ladies Kennel

Association & Mt Gravatt Ag Show

15th June 2015 + Cheque $77 E Pickles National

Merchandise

15th June - Show Manager Cheque $ 975.98 – Catalogue

Services

- I&J Robinson cheque $219.98 – Dinner and ring set up

expenses Thank you Letter for their help at National.

- DQ Cheque - $1093.73 – National Levy’s and Surcharges.

DQ R10 forms for the National and Marked Catalogue

June 18th + E DQ Change of Start Times - Beenleigh &

Dayboro 4 Jul

20th June – NDC, DOCV, DCNSW. Removal of post on

DOCVNSW FB page and RE DAQ LUA Motion withdrawal.

21st June Thank you Letter show sponsor – Pauls Tyres.

23rd June – Pam Norman NZ Dalmatian Club inc Receipt (via J

Beeby

- Post letter re meeting change and BCP motion to non email

members

- E DAQ Members Re meeting change and BCP NDC motion

- 1st July – Thank you Letters for Donations for National Bush

Dog Embroidery, Beverly Yip, R&D Carmen

25th June + E Judges Critique

29th June + E DQ - Message from the RNA re Car Parking at

the Ekka

– E - F Darling re Auction Item payment and Membership

+E NDC Notice of SGM

30th June E Ipswich Kennel Club – Request to subcontract R

Toulson for 2016 Ch Show (followed up 23rd July they are

getting back to me)

Thank you letters for National Sponsorship to:

Tuff Dog Coats, JetPets, Orivet, VAN, Aussie Pooch Mobile,

Houndhouse, EzyDog, Earthborn.

1st July – NDC – Minutes for National Breed Council

Conference

2nd July + E DQ Change of Judge - Atherton Tableland KC 11

& 12 Jul

- Bush Dog Emb 3rd Merch Delivery

+Postage of Merchandise orders C Lewis, S Leys, B Jones, M

Bower,

4th July +Postage of Merchandise orders R Carmen

6th July E DCNSW – DOCV Motion Amendment (BCP and

LUA)

7th July - + E DQ Camping at the Durack Dogs Queensland

Sports Grounds

+ E DQ All Dogs Sports Spectacular - Club Stalls + Art

Competition + Chq Payments

8th July - Cheque 1055 DQ - $32 Meeting Room Hire,

Cheque 1053 Bush Dog Embroidery $884.11 3rd run

National Merch

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8th July - Cheque 8th July M McIntyre Secretarial exp. Inc.

postage of National Merchandise $114.45

+E A Forrest – Vote on NDC, BCP Motion

Thank you Letter for National Donations:

Bush Dog Embroidery, Ray Carmen, Terry & Sandy Irving.

9th July +E S Hartley, email address on our website

account. 13th July, Phone call re this to web provider.

10th July – + Phone Call J Roseworn – Vote on NDC Motion

+ E DQ Agenda for Annual PTS Meeting.

All Dogs Spectacular email address change + DQ Ekka

Stand Call for Volunteers

E DQ SCHEDULE AMENDMENT IPSWICH DOG

OBEDIENCE CLUB RALLY-O TRIAL 26 JUL

11 The July – News Spots, (DCNSW Newsletter July)

13th July + E DQ Agenda for Annual PTS Meeting. With

Notes to questions posed by the DQ board.

+ E DQ - Change of Judge for Ladies Kennel Association

Show – 25th July

15th July - +E NDC Minutes from National Breed council

meeting

16th July – + MaxCapture – CD of pics from National

18th July +E DCOV Schedule for Champ Show to be held

at Melbourne Royal.

22 July

+ E R Lavely* – Vote for BCP Motion. Replied. CC M

Bennett – Decision needed on interstate member vote

+ E T Bale* – Clarification of DOCV Motion, Replied

resending original email from the 23rd June.

23Rd July – E DQ Volunteers for packing Ekka Show Bags

Dalmatian Association of QLD Inc.

Correspondence List.

27th May 2015 to July 23rd 2015.

Continued

IN = + Out = -

Upcoming DAQ Meetings:

CCCQ Showgrounds,

King Ave, Durack.

Meeting Room 1, 7pm.

25 August

27 October

24 November

Upcoming Point Score Shows:

Sunday 16 August—Gundog & Heavy Breeds Club

Sunday 27 September—Western Suburbs KC

Saturday 17 October—Ipswich KC

Saturday 28 November—Dog of the Year Support Show

Christmas Decorations!

DAQ is selling these charming little Christmas

Decorations for $5 a boxed pair, plus postage.

If you would like to purchase a set (or two!)

contact Natasha

via daqsec@outlook.com or 0409 634 127

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Blast from the Past from our February 2001 Digest!

Whoever said “Let Sleeping Dogs Lie” Obviously never had

really slept with dogs!

The first thing you discover when you bring a dog onto your bed is the striking

difference in weight between an alert dog and a dog at rest. . . (author unknown)

Rule No 1: The deeper the sleep the heavier the dog. Most people who sleep with dogs develop spinal

deformities rather than rent he heavy seaport cranes necessary to lift their snoring canines to a more

appropriate part of the bed. Cunning canines very slowly and insidiously steal precious space in tiny

increments until they have achieved the centre position on the bed—with all covers carefully tucked

under them for safekeeping. The stretch-and-roll method is very effective in gaining territory. Less subtle

tactics are somethings preferred. A jealous dog can worm his way between a sleeping couples and with

the proper propelling action from all four legs, shove a sleeping human to the floor.

Rule No 2: Dogs possess superhuman strength while on a bed. As you cling precipitously to the edge

of the bed, wishing you had covers, your sweet dog begins to snore at a volume you would not have

thought possible. Once that quiets down, the dog dreams begin. Yipping, growling, running, kicking.

Your bed becomes a battlefield or playground of canine fantasy. It starts out with a bit of “sleep running”,

lots of eye movement and then, suddenly, a shrieking howl blasted through the night like a banshee wail.

The horror of this wake up call can haunt you for years. It’s particularly devastating when your pup insists

on sleeping curled around your head like a demented Daniel Boon cap.

Rule No 3: The deeper the sleep, the louder the dog. The night creeps on and you fall asleep in the

three inches of bed not claimed by a dog. The dog dreams may quiet down slightly and the heap of dog

flesh sleeps—breathing very heavily and passing copious wind. Then, too soon, it’s dawn and the heap

stirs. Each dog has a distinctive and unpleasant

method of waking every living person in the bed. One

may position itself centimetres from a face and stare

until you wake. The clever dog obtains excellent

results by simply sneezing on your face, or they could

romp all over your sleeping bodies—or the ever-loving

insertion of a tongue in an unsuspecting ear.

Rule No 4: When the dog wakes—you wake! So,

why do we put up with this? There’s no sane reason.

Perhaps it’s just that we’re a pack and the pack

snuggles together at night—safe, contented, heavy

and loud.

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Treasurers Report: Well the 15th National Dalmatian Specialty is now over and I am very pleased to inform our members of the significant achievements of you all in assisting us to run the National with only a slight deficit of $707.10. This was a great effort as we had only volunteered to hold this National at short notice and there was limited fund raising. However, the small margin we made on all the embroidered merchandise was enough due to the incredibly large number of orders that were placed. Funds were also raised through raffle and auction of many items donated by our friends and members and Natasha McIntyre was a wizard at getting wonderful sponsors for so many of our trophies and sashes. The Club has $6,545 in the bank, which is only $1345 less than we had in our accounts in September 2014, which was before we started spending on the National. I can therefore confidently say the club is in good standing for the events to be held in the coming years. While not as extravagant, for our Open Show we have an exciting new supplier for rosettes and there will be prizes for all classes so I hope all members enter to enjoy a relaxing day in September. Regards Julie

P a g e 1 0 I s s u e # 2 7 2 Point Score results

DOGS

Class 3 Puppy Dog

1. Paceaway Give Me More – F Darling - POB

Class 11 Open Dog

1. Ch Lotzadotz Aphancy Brand (AI) – T Bale - OOB

Challenge Dog & Best of Breed

Paceaway Give Me More

Reserve Challenge Dog & Reserve to Best of Breed

Ch Lotzadotz Aphancy Brand (AI)

BITCHES

Class 1a Baby Puppy Bitch

1. Paceaway Wicked Wingz (AI) – F Darling - BPOB

2. Underfoot Queen of Hearts – N McIntyre

Class 3a Puppy Bitch

1. Paceaway Ticket For Roses (AI) – F Darling

2. Lotzadotz Golden Girl – T Bale

Class 4a Junior Bitch

1. Ch Varewell Crystal Bloom – J Beeby - JOB

Class 10a Australian Bred Bitch

1. Paceaway Top Fashion – M Lee - ABOB

Challenge Bitch

Paceaway Ticket For Roses (AI)

Reserve Challenge Bitch

Lotzadotz Golden Girl

5 July 2015

Beenleigh & District Kennel Club Inc.

Judge: Ms K Harrison (NZ)

DOGS

Class 11 Open Dog

1. Ch Lotzadotz Aphancy Brand (AI) – T Bale - OOB

Challenge Dog & Best of Breed

Ch Lotzadotz Aphancy Brand (AI)

BITCHES

Class 1a Baby Puppy Bitch

1. Brewen Firebomb – T Bale - BPOB

Class 3a Puppy Bitch

1. Lotzadotz Golden Girl – T Bale - POB

Class 4a Junior Bitch

1. Ch Varewell Crystal Bloom – J Beeby - JOB

Class 5a Australian Bred Bitch

1. Sarasota For your Eyes Only – M Little - IOB

Challenge Bitch & Reserve to Best of Breed

Ch Varewell Crystal Bloom

Reserve Challenge Bitch

Lotzadotz Golden Girl

26 July 2015

Ladies Kennel Association

Judge: Ms Y Smith (Tas)

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Kids Spot!

Kids Spot Submissions! Layne, age 6, submitted a

picture of a drawing she

did of the Monster Mutt

Dalmatian, Monster Truck.

We think this is an awesome

likeness!

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Hello Dalmatian Club Members,

The Dalmatian Association of Queensland Inc’s next fundraiser will be a ballot to buy a $150 Orivet Voucher for $100. SAVING $50. These vouchers can be used for a Full Breed Specific Scan (among other things).

How it Works:

You register your name with the DAQ Secretary via email to daqsec@outlook.com, stating that you wish to participate in the chance to buy one of these vouchers, at a discount price.

All names of participants will be put into a “Hat” and drawn one at a time. The first 5 names drawn will be contacted to transfer the $100 discounted cost of the voucher, into the Clubs account. Upon conformation of the money being received, we will post you your voucher, via registered post.

Ballot will be conducted at our next meeting on the 25th August 2015. All expressions of interest to participate need to be received no later than 5pm on the 24th August 2015.

We look forward to having you as a part of this Ballot.

Regards,

Natasha McIntyre

The Secretary

7 Birch Cl, Heathwood Q 4110

daqsec@outlook.com 0409 634 127

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Featured Book Secrets, Spies & Spotted Dogs by Jane Eales.

A simple need for her birth certificate leads Jane, aged 19, to a devastating secret:

she was adopted. Stunned, Jane is sworn to secrecy, and forbidden to search for her

biological family—a promise she honours until the death of her adoptive parents.

A heart-wrenching family crisis and a longing to know her origins then drive Jane to

painstakingly research her roots in Rhodesia, Johannesburg, London, Berlin and

Sydney.

Secrets, Spies and Spotted Dogs interweaves the raw emotion of adoptee discovery,

the heart-pounding threads of WWII espionage at Arnhem, and the author's poignant search

for truth and identity.

Dals should be bold. Dals should be gay.

BELLET

As a child I helped Addy and Lucy Parson’s kennelman during my holidays.

When I left school I picked my first Dal from Desdemon’s litter who was

Bandol Beauty,

C.C. Richmond 1929, four firsts, Best of Breed, Redhill, beating her half brother,

Ch. Bookham Swell. Taken to South of France 1930. Shot with five others, one a lovely

daughter of Ch. Lucky James, in 1939.

The Comet,

Four firsts, Best of Breed, Met. And Essex, 1930, Sold to G. A. C. Bury in 1930 when

I left England. Sire and grand-sire of many champions.

I returned to England in 1939 and found a bitch of my breeding. All my stock are

descended from her, carefully line bred for the correct Dal type, taught me by

Mrs. Kemp, who had asked me to judge at the Autumn Committee Meeting of

the S.D Club in 1929.

AT STUD;

The Black Prince

Home Bred — Fee 8gns.

Best puppy in show, Brit Breeds, Junior Warrant at nine months, 2 C.Cs., 5 Reserve C.C.s.

Perfect temperament. Born November 3, 1953. Not yet at his prime.

Brood Bitches. . . The Begum of Bellet, The Black Velvet of Bellet, The Black Queen.

Watch for Black Beauty, Black Empress, and Black Emperor.

* * * *

Mrs. Alan MacRobert.

Bellet : Barford : Norwich.

Barnham Broom 288

This image is an advertisement

in the Kennel Club Catalogue,

1956. This advertisement was

placed by Jane’s birth mother. It

is a little bit hard to read in this

image, so I have transcribed the

text here.

This biography was the first I’ve

ever read, and I finished it within

2 days. I couldn’t put it down, I

had to find out more about Jane

& her family. The book itself is

only 282 pages.

I couldn’t wait to get to the parts

involving Dalmatians, and they

were well worth the wait, I even

went back and reread some of it

after finishing the book.

You can find this book at any

good book outlets or your local

library.