Show wins

I have had an amazing 2008 in the ring both with my dogs and Sarah's manchester terriers
Sophyla Sorcerer of Maysia [Darchy] won BPIB at Welsh Kennel Club and Midland Countries under two famous all round judge Mr T Johnson and Mrs Z Thorn Andrews handled by myself .Sarah also handled Darchy to BPIS at Manchester Terrier Club Show under breed specialist Jill Knight and in my absents Darchy was handled by Felicity Freer at City of Birmingham where he won BPIB under breed specialist Carol Dunford. Darchy has also won many awards at open level too.
I also have the pleasure of handling Sophyla Sally Darchy's sister and at Yeovil open show on our debut of me handling Mo. we won Best AVNSC Terrier Puppy and Terrier puppy group4 and 2nd in the Christmas pudding stakes!
I would like to thank Sarah for letting me handle these 2 beautiful dogs and for turning them out so well for me to handle. Sarah works very hard behind the scenes and for this Iam so grateful
Our dogs have also done well in 2008 Kalusha has won another RCC under the single CC system at Paignton Ch Show and has also won 3 Hound Groups at open show level
Billy our new boy our ETT has qualifed for Crufts 2009 at his first and only championship appearance in 2008 under Roy Wilson Amalek. He also gained his Good Citizens Bronze award all at City of Birmingham. I would like to thank Billy's breeders Mark and Kara Armstrong for allowing Billy to come and be part of our team
The rest of the team has done well in the ring also and will be out and about in 2009
I welcome 2 new members to our team in 2009
Afilador Moonlight Shadow Bandit our homebred boy born in July 2008 will debut at the end of January 2009 Iam very excited about him coming out in the ring.I will also be handling his litter sister Afilador A Hint of Jasmine who I co own with my parents
In addition to this we have taken the descision to move into Manchester terriers I have been watching the breed for 6 years and have taken the time to learn about them and now we have one
His name is Joemario Bradley Begining at Afilador [Jacob] we would like to thank his breeder Kath Noden for allowing us to have Jacob. Jacob is due to debut in March
So 2009 promises to be a busy year for us
We would like to thank everyone who has supported us during 2008 and wish everyone goodluck in 2009 in what ever you are doing with your dogs

My First Post

Hi Everyone

Welcome to my blog I have created this blog to keep you all up to date with what is going on here at Afilador
I will start by introducing us to you all Iam Amanda Carter I live in Cornwall with Nick my Husband,our Ibizan Hounds Juno,Kalusha,Bandit,our sloughi Faith,our ETT Billy and our Manchester terrier Jacob
Our dogs are very much part of family and live in the house with us it can get a bit cosy on the sofa but I love having them in the house we do show our dogs and do very well in the ring but one of the greatest pleasures I have in owning dogs is taking them out and about walking around the beautfuil cornish countryside
We have lived in Cornwall for 5 years Nick is a vet and Iam a dispenser our jobs offer us great flexiablity so we can spend time with the dogs
I will try and post each week! but please bear with me as Iam new at this I write breed notes for Ibizan hounds for our dogs so please check them out to keep up to date with all other Ibizan Hound news
I have the great pleasure of handling many dogs for other people currently I handle Sophyla Sorcerer at Maysia for my dear friend Sarah Leigh I have done very well with Darchy in the ring and have also recently started handling Darchy's sister Sophyla Sally Aka Mo I would like to thank Sarah for all her help and support
Well I think that will do for my first post
Till next time take care
Mandy