Hello, I'm Alanna B.

My name is Alanna. My husband James and I have been involved in dogs and have been members of Dogs NSW since 1979. For the last 10 years we have been lovers, exhibitors, and breeders of Havanese. We have been involved in showing and breeding dogs for over 40 years. We purchased our first show dog in 1979. Over this time we have successfully shown and bred high quality and healthy Border Collies, Australian Kelpies, Schipperkes and Havanese. We dedicated our kennel to Schipperkes for over 20 years but for the last 11 years we have dedicated ourselves to Havanese. Since becoming involved with Havanese we have campaigned many dogs for others and ourselves to their Australian Champion, Grand Champion or Supreme Champion titles. We are now exclusively exhibiting our home bred Havanese and are having great success with them. All our dogs are Australian Champions or Grand Champions. Our dogs are our fur babies as well as show dogs. Our children are grown and don't live at home any more so the Havanese have taken over and fill that space. Our grandchildren love cuddling and playing with our puppies when we have litters and play a large role in socialising the puppies. I am the current Secretary of the Varieties Of Bichon Related Breeds Club Of NSW Inc and have held this position for several years. This club is a semi-speciality club catering for alll the Bichon Related Breeds - Bichon Frise, Bolognese, Coton De Tulear, Havanese, Lowchen and Maltese. We represent these breeds to Dogs NSW for any specific breed related isssues. We also liaise with the Royal Agricultural Society regarding the exhibition of our breeds at the Sydney Royal Dog Show. Additionally I am the Secretary of the Novocastrian Ladies Canine Association , a large All Breeds club in Newcastle. We live in Belmont on Lake Macquarie, south of Newcastle, in New South Wales.