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These pages began as a desire to provide some photographic illustrations
of what I believe are close approximations of my ideal in Cardigan
Welsh Corgi
breed type. I have not identified the examples because that is
not the point, it is
the "vision" I am hoping to convey. I am not attempting to
provide a breed-wide
survey or equal time to other kennels or other points of view - this is
strictly the vision I hold
with regard to breed excellence. I suppose this is a replacement
for the many hours
I spent with my main breed mentor, Norma Chandler, as I attempted to
construct in my mind what
I thought an excellent example of the breed should be - one that would
please
my aesthetic eye. There are many roads to the goal of breeding
top class dogs and this
represents only the road that I have taken. I have used
dogs here that I have bred or owned
because it is simply easier to do so. There are certainly breed
examples I consider equal to or
better than what I have represented that are the efforts of other
breeders.
I have enjoyed the partnership of many breeders over the years and many
who deserve credit
in helping to produce similar dogs and, in fact, many of the dogs
represented here. From
Norma Chandler my mentor and sometime breeding partner, to Barb Hoffman
with whom I
co-bred for many years and many generations, to Helen Jones, to Connie
Whan, to Gayle Garvin,
to Cindy Bossi, to Vivian Moran, to Jane Crenshaw, to Pixie
Lauer, to the Harrisons who
sold me my foundation bitch who was exactly the bloodline I wished to
breed. Due credit
must go to both the Joseter and Phi-Vestavia kennels who have made huge
contributions
to not only the breed as a whole but to my breeding program in
particular.
Particular thanks to Gayle Garvin and Paula O'Donnell who have listened
to my
complaining that I suspect most breeders do not study the breed enough
...
which brought me to try to do something positive other than
complain. I hope other kennels
follow suit to share their vision in a way that can be easily
communicated to those
who truly care about the art of breeding top class Cardigans.
- Jon Kimes
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