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Dianne J.
Tyssen, of the Prestonville Cavalier King Charles Spaniels of Invercargill,
NZ has more than two decades of interest in breeding, exhibiting & now
judging. After
being involved with horses for a number of years and owning a Labrador, my
husband and I decided we would like a small breed of dog, but one who was fit
enough to come out on the farm with us. We liked the Cavaliers and decided they
were the breed for us and in February 1973, after a 6 month wait we got
Peaches, a blenheim bitch. We tried showing and got hooked. Unfortunately,
Peaches did not make the grade show-wise, bearing a marked resemblance to that
early model of the breed, Anns Son.
We looked for a suitable dog
to correct her failings. However as we have since found out through experience,
even the most perfect dog in the world
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LJanella with
future (left/right) Champions Shady Lady, Desperado & Prestonville Jive
Talkn (Mamma Mia not pictured) |
cant improve everything in one foul
swoop. We answered an advert in the paper Wanted, good home for 18 months
old Cavalier bitch and gave a home to a rather portly, young, heavily
marked Blenheim bitch. We showed her to the breeder of our first cavalier and
he said that because her pedigree was so nice, we should breed from her.
However I could see her potential and after dieting and training she very
quickly became Ch. Chievres Elizabethan, winning her 8th Challenge and
Championship title under Mrs D Murray Crustadele UK, at the Tiki
CKCSC Championship Show in 1975.
Being novices at this dog breeding
game, we read that one of the best matings you can do is grandfather to
grand-daughter, so we did just that and got our first homebred Champions
Prestonville LJanella and LJamison. Janella was a well broken
tricolour like her father and gave us many thrills in the show ring. She won
Best in Show at Canterbury CKCSC under Lady Forward Eyeworth UK,
with her daughter Shady Lady winning Reserve Challenge and Puppy In Show!
Prestonville Shady Lady was one of a litter of four, all of whom became
championsa first for Cavaliers in New Zealand. The other three were
Mama Mia, Jive Talkn, and Desperado (sired by Pantisa
Guilini of Moerangi (UK) and all except Shady Lady, produced Champions for
other kennels. We have recently titled Janellas look-alike direct
descendant, also a pretty, well broken Tricolour Aust/NZ Ch Prestonville Tri
Flowrs.
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A/NZ Ch
Prestonville Tri Flow'rs |
We mated Tri Flow'rs to a lovely young dog
resident at our home Aust/NZ/USA Ch Elvenhome Geraldton (Imp Aust) to
produce the Res cc winner under Geoffrey Porter UK Tri Power, and the cc
winners Tri Gems (cc winner under Maurene Milton 'Fontelania' UK and
Tri Pearls (now in Australia)
Tri Gems - co-owned with
Ngaire Brown 'Prinzton' was mated to Ch Prestonville Pascali to produce
US Ch Prestonville China Rose, to A/NZ/FINISH/DANISH/INT CH Deeriem
Thelonius of Anncourt (UK-FIN) to produce US CH Prestonville Laurie, NZ
Ch Prestonville Luukas with Prinzton and NZ Ch Prinzton Annukka -
co-owned with Janine King. Luukas & Annukka are Specialty Best In
Show winners, Luukas also an All Breeds Best In Show & Reserve BIS
winner in 2005.
Although we started with blenheims, in 74, I
saw Ch Chandlers Pharamond and Merne of Kormar who had just
arrived from the United Kingdom and fell in love with wholecolours. Our first
ruby Champion SDubious (the second New Zealand Ruby Champion) was
sired by Merne out of a Aust Ch Pantisa Du Barry of Furbari (UK)
daughter Morriston Shelah. SDubious sired Glengariff
Bianca, an integral part of our breeding program. Bianca mated to
Aust Ch Braganzar Pineas produced A/NZ Ch Philomela dam of Ch
Prestonville Mona Mona
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CH Prestonville Mona
Mona |
Aust Ch Phantisy, dam of A/NZ
Ch Phaedrus, sire of Ch Mona Mona and littersisters Lucille &
Oprah, to Aust Ch Braganzar Hyperion Bianca produced A/NZ Ch
Selene (dam of Chs Giv'm Sade & Classical), Helios
and Eos (cc winners) and to NZ Ch Wertune Red Robin (UK) she
produced Ch Red Rum sire of Ch Red Varlit and Ch Bosworth Red
Fever.
Our Aust/NZ Ch Prestonville Blackmoor (Prestonville
Viking x A/NZ Ch Prestonville Givm Sade) a B/T is a son of the
first Aust/NZ Champion from two Aust/NZ Champions and is a direct descendant of
SDubious. Sades dam Selene was our first B/T Champion
with Best in Show under Diana Schillizzi Chacombe and Peggy Talbolt
Maxholt, not only winning in the ring but producing the B/T half
sisters Ch Prestonville Classical winner of Best In Show at
Canterbury CKCSC Championship Show under Rose Massey
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Prestonville
Lucille |
Burleeds (Aust) - dam of
Aust Ch Prestonville Its Clasic, (sire of INT /Aust /Finnish /
Gibralter / Danish Ch Prestonville Aris Tweed now in UK) and
Sade - Best in Show under Caroline Gillies McGoogans,
John Fothergill and Maureen Milton Fontelania all UK Specialist
Judges at Cavalier Club Championship Shows. Sade was admired by many for
her head and expression and her sudden passing at 6 years of age from a tumor
in the spine devastated us and her co-owner Glenda Carter.
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ANZ Ch
Prestonville Blackmoor |
We are only thankful we have her stunning
B/T children Aust/NZ Ch Prestonville Blackmoor, Ch Glenncar Black Widow
and Glenncar Black Velvet. Blackmoor and Black Widow are both
multiple Best in Show winners at Cavalier Specialties. Blackmoor winning
Challenges under John Evans Alansmere, and Tracey Jackson 'Amantra'
(Reserve Best in Show), Best in Show under Annukka Paloheimo
Anncourt, Jeanie Montford Elvenhome, Maureen Milton
Fontelania and Peter Watkins 'Bembridge'.
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Aust/Finnish/Gibralter/Danish/Int CH Prestonville 'Aris
Tweed |
Blackmoor has produced the B/T
Champions Prestonville Shotime, Prestonville Mor Beans, Aust Ch Elvenhome
Reverly, USA Ch Glenncar Moor Like It, Aust Ch Cavtown Colour Othe Night,
Ruby Ch Prestonville Moor Majic & Prestonville BuckskinBlen USA
Ch Elvenhome Keep Going & US Ch Elvenhome Keep Hoping. Black
Widow has emulated her brother winning Challenges and Best in Show under
John Evans, Richard Gilmour Smith Farnesmere, Res Best in Show
under Pam Rooney Highcurly, Annukka Paloheimo Anncourt,
Hilary McQuaid Hilarney, Dennis Montford Braganzar and
taken time out to produce the Specialist In Show winning youngsters Glenncar
Mr Bunker and Glenncar Archies Girl. Black Velvet returned
from Australia halfway to her title, to forfill maternity duties and has
produced the Group winning Blenheim Japan Ch Prestonville Gift Wraptand
A Ch Prestonville Xmas Gift. Velvet x Mor Beans combination
produced - Prestonville Fireworks (exp USA) major pointed, and NZ Ch
Prestonville Fireproof Fireproof & Aust Ch Glenncar Black Label.
Fireproof winning Puppy in Show under Tracy Jackson 'Amantra' and cc &
Puppy In Show under John Connell 'Portcon'. .
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NZ Ch
Glenncar Black Widow |
Some 52 Blenheims, 9 Tricolours, 11
Rubys and 17 Black/Tans later - 72 of them homebred, 26 with
Aust/NZ titles totaling 90 Champions owned or bred, our most notable Specialty
and All Breeds winner has been Aust/NZ Ch Prestonville Givm Beans
who won Best In Show at CKCSC of Victoria under Alan Hall
Alansmere. Winner of 8 Best In
Shows and 2 Reserve BIS All Breeds, Beans was also Best in Show at Tiki
CKCSC and Res Best In Show at Canterbury CKCSC under Caroline Gillie-Compston
'McGoogans', retired from the ring at an early age due to teeth loss he
continued delight us at home with his companionship and gentle ways.
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Aust/NZ
Ch Prestonville Giv'm Beans |
We are forever indebted to Jeanie
Montford 'Elvenhome' a very close friend of many years and talented breeder
who's lines have combined so well with our own - who entrusted us with Bean's
dam, the lovely Blenheim Aust Ch Elvenhome Tilt sired by one of the most
handsome dogs I've seen, Aust Ch McGoogans Mayfly (Imp UK). Tilt's dam
was the lovely Aust Ch Elvenhome Tassin a daughter of Aust Ch
Homerbrent Tom Tom (Imp UK) who resided here in later years and sired four
NZ Champions. We mated Tilt to NZ Ch Edenvalley Eadmund (imp Aust)
(Braganzar Holland - B/T x Elvenhome Vogue - Blen) a very well broken Tricolour
who I admired as a 10 mth old and when offered him two years later jumped at
the chance.
With Eddie's colour heritage he has been of immense use in
our breeding program, a B/T daughter New Penny of Rocheda (x A/NZ Ch
Braganzar Isadora - B/T) producing the littermates Tricolour Aust/NZ Ch
Prestonville Touchwood - sire of 5 Champions, the Blenheims Aust Ch
Elvenhome Betulia Lutea (dam of A/NZ Ch Buckthorn) NZ Ch's Drakkar
Diplomat & Debutant (both producers of Champions ), Ch Cranbrook
Churchill and the Tricolour Ch Fellseton One N Only (dam of Ch
Feldra Sugar N Spice) B/T Aust Ch Prestonville Tuchstone dam of
Lucille & Oprah (dam of Ch Shotime )and Tri Prestonville
Touche' dam of 4 Champions the blenheims NZ Ch Prestonville
Countaby (dam of A/NZ Ch Prestonville Glengary), A/NZ Ch
Prestonville Glen Tuche', NZ Ch Grayson Glen Wylie and Aust Ch
Prestonville Victoria.
Eddie had three impact matings they were to Aust Ch
Elvenhome Tilt - Blen, A/NZ CH Braganzar Isadorah - B/T
and the third was to Old Rowley Briar Rose - Tri which produced the tri
colour littermates NZ CH Nidra Kings Ransome, CH Prestonville Pascali
and Prestonville Rosemaree (dam of A/NZ CH Nidra Bucksworth, Thai CH
Prestonville Worth Wyle, Aust Ch Prestonville Wyle U Wait & US Ch Envison
Riverboat Gambler).
The inter mating of progeny of Eddie and Tilt, Isadorah &
Briar Rose has produced some beautiful dogs such as A/NZ CH Elvenhome
Buckthorn, A/NZ CH Prestonville Glengary, US/A/NZ CH Elvenhome Geraldton, CH
Prestonville In Y'Dreams. Oh to have had the technology in NZ to have taken
and stored his semen to have now.
Beans has given us two dynastys thru
his daughters, the lovely B/T Aust/NZ Ch Prestonville Giv'm Sade' and
blenheim half sister NZ Ch Harwarden Giv'm A Lady who are both multiple
Best In Show winners at our NZ Cavalier Specialties. Lady won Best in
Show under Peter Watkins 'Bembridge' , Anne Dobie Glengariff', Norma Inglis
'Craigowl', Kevin Berry 'Ricksbury' at age 11 yrs 9 mths'and produced 4
champions out of 6 in her last litter namely Aust/Japan Ch Prestonville
Thorne, US Ch Prestonville Thornbird, A/NZ Ch Prestonville Dream
Lady and NZ Ch Harwarden Blossom Lady all of whom have produced
Champions. The litter was sired by Bean's grandson, the glamorous A/NZ Ch
Elvenhome Buckthorn who we had the privilege of showing in NZ. Bean's
Australian kids - littermates Aust/NZ Ch Elvenhome Glenbuck, &
sisters Glenbreck & Glenbarr, Littermates A/NZ Ch Gaycrest Giv'm
Victory, Aust Ch Giv'm Hi Marks and sisters Giv'm Joy & Aust Ch
Furbari Fab Staya, the NZ's Littermates Ch's Redcrest Zanzibar &
Zara have started dynasty's of their own producing many Champions of which
we are justifiably proud.
Always the vocal extrovert Beans at 12 years
still looked and acted like a youngster when he strutted his stuff in Veteran
at the November O/S CKCSC Specialty in '97 to a round of applause. Sadly he
passed away very quickly from renal failure in May '98.
We registered our 'Prestonville' prefix in 1974 and apart
from the Cavaliers, have bred or owned 16 Griffon Bruxellois Champions, 9
Weimaraner Champions and 2 King Charles Spaniel Champions and 1 Border Terrier.
For me a natural progression from exhibiting breeds in different groups was to
judging them. I attained my judging licence in 1980 and my Championship Show
licence for Toys in 1983, completing the last group Terriers in 1998 which
culminated in my All Breeds Championship Licence being granted in January 1999.
Judging has taken me throughout NZ, 7 Australian States, Hong Kong, Manila, USA
and England. I have judged both Cavalier Specialties (NZ and USA) and
Weimaraner Specialties (NZ & Australia). A personal highlight was judging
and awarding Dog cc at Darlington UK in 1993 to Fontelania Dancing
Sunset (3rd cc & title). In May 2006 I was invited to judge Cavalier
Dogs at the American CKCSC National.
Footnote: At
Prestonville we have always tried to put 'the best to the best'
irrespective of colour and with the help of some lovely cavaliers, we feel we
have achieved a lot. Because of the limited genepool we have not kept the
colours separate, but have incorporated all four in our breeding program,
reasoning that if you keep the colours separate, you can quickly lose breed
'type' so we have aimed for 'type first, colour second' to a
large extent very successfully mating all four colours together, producing
Champions and Specialty winners in each colour. We look forward to the new
Millennium and the challenges it will inevitably bring in consistently
producing Cavaliers that 'delight the eye and are Spaniels Gentle and
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