Exhibiting since 1987 - Breeding since 1989Welcome to our new website - sharing an insight into the dogs we currently own, our plans for the future and always remembering how and where we started.
We proudly breed and exhibit top winning gundogs in Australia. Our passion for the three breeds we have is unwaivered and in the show ring our dogs are consistent winners under local, international and breed specialists. Upon occasion, we do breed Cocker Spaniels and Hungarian Vizsla, but we also exhibit Golden Retrievers (from the world renown Kaparla Kennels (Tasmania). Our dogs are shown from as far north as the Tablelands (FNQ) out to the west at Mount Isa and the east Coast of Qld from Cairns down to Sarina. We also show our dogs in and around Brisbane and the northern NSW areas - depending on the judges, which dogs are living with who and what commitments we have. If you want to see our dogs in action and find out where our next show might be, please contact us. Terri commenced showing Cockers in 1987 and bred the first MACDOLLY litter in 1989. Heath commenced showing Cockers and Vizsla in 2000 and bred first ASUARE litter in 2004. Denise commenced showing Cockers in 2004 all the Cockers and Vizsla born at Macdolly and Asuare are 'planned/reared' by us all in one way or another. Her daughter Chelsea was an integral part of our show team whilst she was in school, and regularly travelled to the shows with Denise and became a very good handler. Over the years we have imported dogs from New Zealand, Denmark, France and Scotland, plus frozen semen from the UK to continue to expand our gene pool and incorporate lines that compliment our current dogs and to continue to produce breed type with temperament and soundness as hallmarks of our lovely breeds. The more success one has in the show ring and/or the whelping box seems to encourage the 'Tall Poppy Syndrome' in Australia. In recent years we no longer show every Friday/Saturday and Sunday - those days have long gone by as the hobby of exhibiting has become a very expensive sport - not only in actual dollars but in time as well with long distances to be travelled and whole days, often whole weekends taken up by a trip to the show ring. In 2014 our team certainly began to wind down in attending shows, and we now pick our shows based upon the weather, if the investment of our time and money will be viable and if we really want to 'show to' a particular judge to gain their opinion of our dog/s. Over many years we have collaborated with others with same goals in the breeds and with dogs we have admired. Without the generosity of many we would not have the amazing dogs we share our lives with today and we thank each and every one of your for your contribution. Over in New Zealand we are very proud that Carolyn Hogg (Janan) took on our lovely blue roan girl, Ch Macdolly Cantakemyeyesoffyou and quickly made her into a New Zealand Champion - this bitch has never disappointed us in the show ring nor in the whelping box and she has produced champions from every litter here in Australia and her daughter born and bred in NZ made up in quick succession and we look forward to seeing what Carolyn does in the future - we hope for a long and happy association with Carolyn as we 'dabble' in partis and we hope that we will be able to bring some Janan lines across the ditch to Macdolly and Asuare. We are very proud and fortunate to have Brooke Reading as a regular handler for our dogs - and we cannot thank her enough for taking on the challenges of exhibiting the dogs with us - her talent in the ring makes us humble and grateful for her assistance and we hope that Brooke will continue to handle with us for many years to come. In 2018 Monique Gardiner became a fully fledged handler for the team - she exclusively handles 'her black girl 'Birdie' and has taken charge of 'SmickeyMouse' as well ..... she also handles the Golden Retriever 'Wally' and together they won their first Best in Show together in 2018. We look forward to Monique handling with us for many years to come and as she leans more about the breed she will begin to prepare and present the dogs herself. Thank you to our friends who have captured many of the images to make our memories complete, and the photographers who have taken the time to snap our dogs - thank you for without the photographs the memories would be in our minds only and unable to be shared with the world .......
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