introduction & History
I was very lucky growing up, being the youngest, by a good few years, of four children. Both Mum and Dad encouraged my love of horses and dogs. I can’t remember a time when I couldn’t ride and spent most of it competing in show jumping, and Eventing. My Mum showed and worked Cocker Spaniels back in the forties until she got married and gave it all up to have a family. We had a family Poodle until we had our first American Cocker when I was about 6. Our first show dog was a black and tan from Pam Priestly and I was bitten by the showing bug as a teenager. We were lucky enough to have 3 more Yanks from Kath and Alan Larder of the Derlan kennel. I had lots of fun with them and took one of them with me when I married Paul and left home. As Domino was one on his own, Paul came home with a play mate for him, Jess a beautiful black Cocker. I don’t think Paul had much idea she was an English Cocker Spaniel and not a Yank! Paul and I had two more Cockers over the year’s, Ben a black and white and Tram a blue roan, but I never ventured back into the ring with any of them. Paul was in the RAF and we have travelled and lived all over the country, and took all three of them with us when we were posted overseas. Ben sadly passed away while we were living in Germany, but Jess and Tram were two of the first to travel home on the Pet Passport Scheme.
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Back in England we started to plan what we would do when Paul eventually left the RAF. As we had always lived our lives moving from place to place I said I would like to start showing again when we settled, but Cocker Spaniels, and I wanted a Lochranza. So our search began.
It was by chance I found the Lochranza & Jayzander website and got in touch with Louise Wilding who was due a litter of blues with old fashioned cocker breeding behind them. We were very lucky there was a good choice of boys and Pod came to live with us in Berwick-Upon Tweed with the hope one day he would grow into a showdog! We moved to Lincolnshire within weeks, and the showing bug that had bitten me years before was stirred once more. With many trips to Lou’s with Pod for trimming lessons he finally made into the ring. He exceeded our expectations qualifying for Crufts at his third Champ show.
We applied to The Kennel Club for my mum’s old affix ‘Trenthome’ but put an S in the middle to make Trentshome. A few weeks later Pod became our first Trentshome dog.
We have been lucky enough to have two more girls from Lochranza a black, Holly and a red, Grace. Holly has already produced us our first Trentshome puppies and we hope the beautiful Grace will do the same one day...
There is an ever growing list of people to thank for their help and advice to thank them all would fill this page over and over, but you know who you are. A couple of special people I must mention
John and Jean Gillespie for the support, guidance and friendship that they have given us from day one
Alan and Anne Webster, Asquannes Kennel for their encouragement with Grace and guidance and support.
Sometimes you find someone you feel you have known all your life and can’t imagine a day you don’t talk on the phone or see every week. Louise is my ‘someone’ we can always be found at shows together, and talk everyday not just about dogs. I think of the Wilding family as an extension of my own. Mark for his humour and cups of tea, Liam for his constant gadget updates, Tim for putting up with Lou and I’s incessant talking and for always making great food! And Louise you will always be my friend YOU KNOW TOO MUCH!!!!!!
Paul my other half for keeping a promise he made years ago, for always filling the car with fuel, and for all the help and work he does everyday with the dogs, I couldn't do without you xx
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