While we have only just begun to know this delightful breed, we do know that they have a lot to offer.  They are a very loving little dog who while being just a touch aloof with strangers, will quickly win over the most hardened of hearts.  We find it amusing that after having bathed our Jefferey that he tends to try and ignore us for at least a few hours as if to say "you did that to me and expect me to be friendly?" However, he is soon back to his loving self and all seems forgiven until next time!!

Grooming of the Tibetans is much like grooming a Cavalier, it needs to be done on a regular basis to avoid those horrid knots.  Tibetans unlike Cavaliers though have an undercoat which is what tends to knot rather than the top coat. Ears need to be wiped out regularly to avoid earmite but on a whole these dogs are fairly low maintenance.  Their coat is such that they tend not to get that strong doggy odour and in fact can get really dirty rolling in the mud for instance but dry out with little to no evidence of ever having been dirty!!  Therefore they can be washed less often. It really comes down to personal preference though so do what you are comfortable with remembering that a clean coat is a healthy coat. 

Our Tibetan family has grown from our first 3 show kids (Aleisha, Jefferey and Maddie) and we have achieved a great deal of success especially with Jefferey.  He has done us proud winning 2 Baby Puppy in Group awards,  3 Puppy in Groups, 3 Junior in Group, 2 Runner Up Best in Group, 2 Best in Group and 2 Junior in Show.  However our best win was at the 2007 Adelaide Royal Show where Jefferey won Challenge Dog and Best of Breed and Maddie won Puppy of Breed!!! Mid year we attended the Victorian Tibetan Spaniel Show where Aleisha placed third in her class out of six, which was really pleasing for us especially as her breeder Pam was there and showed her for us.  Jefferey and Aleisha are now titled and we now jokingly refer to them as Sir Jefferey and Lady Aleisha!!  Lady Aleisha produced a litter of three pups (Lucy, Amy and James) for us to Ch Telavier Golden Nuggett and we have been showing them with pride.  James was awarded Best Puppy of Breed at 2008 Adelaide Royal Show. This is the second year we have achieved Best Puppy at the Adelaide Royal . Then at the New Years Eve dog show (2008/9) Amy achieved a 14 point challenge, Best of Breed and became Champion Roswell Pams Dynasty.  Amy has since been mated to Ch. Barrajy Tien Shan (Shandy) and we are now showing the boy from that litter. We have named him Roswell Golden Child with a house name of Gordon.  In Gordons first 2 shows out of the baby class  he was awarded reserve challenge and at both shows won Best Minor Puppy in Group. Amy's brother James has just achieved his title and becomes Ch Roswell Montana Outlaw. 

We are also currently showing Barrajy Turning Up the Heat sired by Ch. Royal Bonzo a Swedish Import.  In Teddy's first show in Puppy Class he was awarded an 8 point challenge and Best of Breed.  Go Teddy!!

We would like to acknowledge the help and friendship shown to us by both Judy Gard and Pam Dron.  We also thank Ken and Pam Talbot who were showing Tibbies all those years ago when we began our show career for it was then that we began to know and fall in love with Tibbies.  We also thank Chris Scott for encouraging us into the breed many years later.  We hope you enjoy looking at the photo's of our little brood.

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