Hamish a top dog
Pohangina corgi breeders Lyn and Shirley Nicol and their daughter Adele are celebrating a ``once-in-a-lifetime'' win at the National dog Show in Palmerston North recently.
Their 19-month-old corgi Champion Delwyn Silver Sequence, known among the family as Hamish, was the only Manawatu dog to take a top honour when he won the title of Best Junior in Show.And it nearly didn't happen.
When Hamish was about three months old, he and a brother were sold as pets. They ended up being sent home in disgrace because they wrecked their new owner's garden and were not very popular. Mr Nicol said he and his wife, who have been breeding corgis for 25 years, had decided to keep another pup from the litter, but when Hamish was returned, they realised they'd made a mistake.
``When she saw him my wife said `he's going nowhere'. He looked lovely. He's a glorious dog to have around.''So the Nicols decided they would enter him in shows. Read the rest of the story...
Their 19-month-old corgi Champion Delwyn Silver Sequence, known among the family as Hamish, was the only Manawatu dog to take a top honour when he won the title of Best Junior in Show.And it nearly didn't happen.
When Hamish was about three months old, he and a brother were sold as pets. They ended up being sent home in disgrace because they wrecked their new owner's garden and were not very popular. Mr Nicol said he and his wife, who have been breeding corgis for 25 years, had decided to keep another pup from the litter, but when Hamish was returned, they realised they'd made a mistake.
``When she saw him my wife said `he's going nowhere'. He looked lovely. He's a glorious dog to have around.''So the Nicols decided they would enter him in shows. Read the rest of the story...
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