Little did we know at that time that
Brighton would lead our path one day
to Judyland Cavaliers (UK) which has
shaped so much of what we have
learned and accomplished.
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Sutton and later several Best of Breeds
with very limited showing including
Simi Valley KC, Gavilan KC and
Camellia Capital KC in 2000. Barbara
has been a great mentor and friend as
well as Brighton’s AKC Handlers, Sue
and Corky Vroom. They both gave us
the impetus and curiosity to breed and
to try and create our own style and
vision within the interpretation of the
breed standard. Again, we could not
have had better mentors to start out
with than Barbara who has been in the
breed over forty years and Sue Vroom
being an English Springer Spaniel and
Tibetan Terrier breeder and a
consummate as well as admired
sportswoman and representative in the
AKC conformation world. Both of their
philosophies and practical advice are
behind much of how we approach
showing and breeding our Cavaliers.
We breed in a limited fashion due to
professional demands but we have
been very focused on our stud dog
side of breeding. Our goals have been
to maintain the soundness and
balance that make a Cavalier
functional in the ring not overlooking
the essential character of the breed.
Some of the notions that the late
Breeder Judge Richard Beauchamp
imparted in his talks to breed clubs
and in his book “Solving the Mysteries
of Breed Type’ remain foremost in our
thinking as we make decisions. We
want to present a silhouette that
captures the eye. “From near or far,
the silhouette describes the breed for
us. This critical element of breed type
draws a line around everything we
need about the dog’s and the breed’s
physicality*.” (*Solving the Mysteries
of Breed Type) On a specific breed
level, we have tried to say close to
where we started and what has been
behind the lines that we appreciate;
the rich color, good shape and rich,
dark eyes that came with the Ronnoc
lines, the soundness and balance from
the Sanickro and Judyland lines and
of late the sweet expression and
beautiful variation of head type of
Pinecrest Cavaliers. This is not easy to
accomplish with the current health
AKC and CKC Ch. Y Cymry
Brighton
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