About Us
I became very
fond of Sigrid and Olindo
in the months ahead, learnt a great deal, so
when Oscar was 9 months old ( at 9 months you can start to
get points for the Italian youth title) I decided to drive 4
hours to Genova to take Oscar to his first show.
It was my
respect and gratitude towards Sigrid and Olindo that made me
go to what I thought would be the first and ONLY ever show
for Oscar :-)) Sigrid and Olindo had introduced me to the
owner of Quax del Castello Gamenario (Oscar's uncle, great
show dog) who was to show Oscar for me. To my absolute
surprise Oscar got # 1 Excellent and I am told this judge is
not overly generous with his judgments.....WE WON !!!! Soo,
now I have to go to the next show that we also win and the
third and the fourth and the fifth.......and we win 8 shows
in a row !!! Now we have earned the 30 points that we need
to officially be an ITALIAN YOUTH CHAMPION !!! People are
telling me that it isn't that easy to get this title...they
tell me I HAVE NO CLUE !!! Ohh well....:-)))
Then my
husband informs me we will be returning to the US, and we don't
have sufficient time to go for the adult Italian title.
sigh.
We came to US
in the fall of -99. For a year and a half Oscar "works" in
the stable and is the third kid in the family. I am thinking
that I should really get him neutered because nobody here
in US will be interested in him anyway......and nobody knows
of him, so what's the use.... ?? My mother, almost 80 at the
time suggests that I should talk to somebody before i do,
she thinks that the American Danes might need some fresh
genes ??!! She doesn't even like dogs..or at least so she
says...
Between me and
you....well, we all know better :-)))
So I find
Victoria Pearson's phone nr somewhere and she suggest that I
speak with Barbara Walkirck. When I called Barbara Walkirck
I said
" I am
Norwegian, I have this Blu Natural eared Italian male Great
Dane".........it was so quiet... too quiet...ah !
Then I said "
He DID win all of his 8 shows in Italy ??!! "... Barbara
said "aaaahh" :-)) and she agreed to meet me to take a look
at him....:-) And the rest is history as they say.
At Oscar's
first show I met Teresa Labrie. She has meant more to me
and Oscar than I can even begin to express...Without her
there wouldn't be an American Champion with the fitting name
of Terminetor del Castello Gamenario alias "Oscar".
She is truly a Great Great Dane Mentor and my friend
Solvi Nordin
Now back in Italy