26th April 2012
Well it has been a great couple of weeks in the show ring with Topaz (CH POMQUEST ENVY THIS) becoming our second homebred BEST IN SHOW winner on the 14th April at Nanango Show Society Championship Show and then a week later she backs up her nice win with a Runner Up BEST IN SHOW on the 22nd April at the Kennel Association of Queensland Championship Show.  This now makes our first two BIS winners, Merlin and Salem, now both go on to produce a BIS winner themselves each in Topaz and Richie (CH POMQUEST FAME N FORTUNE)! We are very proud of both boys :)

Topaz winning RUBIS at the Kennel Assocation of QLD Show

11th April 20102
We went to Sydney for the 3 big Easter Shows with great anticipation to catch up with valued breeder/exhibitor friends once again and admire many wonderful Poms, but also to assess how our homebred youngsters are progressing in amongst the strongest of company.  Overall we have come home very pleased with how our show team performed and also on how our breeding program is stacking up.  Our tag team of Richie and Topaz were the only Poms we entered in all 3 of the shows (Sydney Royal, Pom Show & Toy Show) and in each of those shows they were both judged as either the best or reserve dog/bitch in the different lineups so was fantastic to have their quality consistently recognised :)  Our biggest entry was in the Pom Show where there were 8 Pomquest Poms shown with 6 of them winning their class!  A summary of results of the 3 shows is:

Sydney Royal Easter Show (8th April):
CH Pomquest Fame N Fortune - Reserve Dog Challenge & Runner Up Best of Breed
CH Pomquest Envy This - Bitch Challenge

Pomeranian Club of NSW (9th April):
CH Pomquest Fame N Fortune - Reserve Dog Challenge, Best Open in Show & Best Parent/Offspring (Pomquest Ja Dore Papa)
CH Pomquest Envy This - Reserve Bitch Challenge & Best Opposite Open in Show
CH Pomquest Enough Said - Best Opposite Intermediate in Show
Pomquest Grand Dreams - Best Opposite Puppy in Show
Pomquest Ja Dore Papa - Best Baby Puppy in Show
Pomquest Impossible Dream (leased/handled by Ebony Russell) - Best Opposite Baby Puppy in Show

4P's All Toy Dog Club of NSW (10th April):
CH Pomquest Fame N Fortune - Dog Challenge, Best of Breed & Consolation to Best in Show
CH Pomquest Dont Ya Wish - Reserve Dog Challenge & Runner Up of Breed
CH Pomquest Envy This - Bitch Challenge

All up a great result we were very proud of :)  Highlight of our trip was seeing Ebony Russell win her class with Possum as reward for the effort she has been putting in as a new exhibitor and we were not ashamed to shed happy tears when that happened LOL. So back again now to the week to week local show circuit and we will await the chance for our show team to strut their stuff again in Sydney in August.

Father and Son winning Best Open in Show (Richie) and Best Baby Puppy in Show (Dollar)

9th January 2012

Results are now final for the 2011 Dogzonline Pointscore and we are VERY proud to have owner/breeder/handled both Australia’s highest placed Dog AND Bitch in TOY GROUP for Rising Star (<18mo) in only our 5th year in the dog world :-)

MBIS CH POMQUEST FAME N FORTUNE “Richie” (handled by Sandy)
No.1 Rising Star Pomeranian in Australia.
No.1 Rising Star for TOY GROUP in Queensland.  A breed first in any State!
No.1 Rising Star for ALL BREEDS in Queensland. A breed first in any State!
No.1 Rising Star for TOY GROUP in Australia (equal). A breed first!
No.8 Rising Star for ALL BREEDS in Australia (equal)
No.1 Best Of Breed Pomeranian in Australia. A first for a Rising Star!
No.2 All Breeds Pomeranian in Australia. 

CH POMQUEST ENVY THIS “Topaz” (handled by Brett)
No.3 Rising Star Pomeranian in Australia. The highest placed Bitch!
No.3 Rising Star for TOY GROUP in Queensland. The highest placed Bitch!
No.7 Rising Star for TOY GROUP in Australia. The highest placed Bitch!
No.4 Best Of Breed Pomeranian in Australia.
No.10 All Breeds Pomeranian in Australia. The highest placed Bitch!

Thanks to the many Judges who have recognized their excellent breed type during 2011 and special thanks to everyone who has been a part of the success :-)

WHOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO !!!

Not 1, 2, 3 or even 4 awards but FIVE !!! ..... GO THE RICHSTER !!! ..... :oD

28th December 2011
Another show year is drawing to a close and 2011 has been a hugely successful year for our show team.  We went in to the year with anticipation of what our young show team could do but our primary goals for 2011 were for Merlin to attain his Grand Championship and to have both our rising stars Richie & Topaz qualify for Puppy of the Year and perform well at the 2 Pom Specialties. We were fortunate to achieve all of these goals with Merlin attaining his Grand in June, Richie & Topaz were both POTY qualifiers, at the April Pom Show Topaz & Richie won the double of Best Minor Puppy in Show / Best Opposite Minor Puppy in Show and then at the August Pom Show we had Richie win Best Puppy in Show and Topaz win Best Junior in Show (plus Best Opposite Sex in Show).

Other memorable moments from this show year have been: 

• Having 4 Poms win All Breeds BEST IN SHOW or Runner Up (Richie x2(and first with our own prefix), Merlin, Salem & DJ(RUBIS))
• Winning 3 of the 7 Classes in Show at August Pom Specialty (Richie, Topaz & Pop) which we did in 2010 but this time all with our own prefix
• Winning the quinella of Bitch Challenge & Reserve Bitch Challenge at August Pom Specialty (Topaz & Pop)
• Qualifying 2 for Dog of the Year Finals (Merlin & Salem)
• Qualifying 2 for Puppy of the Year Finals (Richie & Topaz) plus had Ruby qualified for Zone 2 POTY
• Titling 4 New Champions (Pop, Topaz, Richie & Dane) plus our other homebreds Soda & Ruby also titled
• Third consecutive Brisbane Royal BOB win for Merlin
• Clean sweep of Challenges & Reserve Challenges at Brisbane Royal (Merlin, Richie, Topaz & Pop) 

Thanks go out to all our friends that have helped us out in making this year more of a success than we could have imagined!  We now look forward to campaigning both our very promising show dogs Richie & Topaz through to each hopefully attaining their Grand Championships in 2012.  Anything else will be a bonus :-)

19th September 2011
We are very proud to say that our promising young boy Richie lived up to his huge potential on the weekend in winning BEST IN SHOW at the Bundaberg Canine Club Championship Show.  We always felt that Richie was going to be a star and he has been slowly transforming from a cheeky baby in to a show dog, but on the weekend he made it very clear that he was something special in quickly following up his BIS on Saturday with another on the Sunday to win back-to-back BIS's!  He is actually lucky to be with us after having had to hand rear him from birth and to now see him achieve this makes the trials and tribulations at the time so worth it.  Richie now becomes our debut "homebred" BIS winner for Pomquest in what is now our 5th year in dog showing/breeding.  Richie has now followed in the footsteps of his succesful parents Salem and Monnie who each were also BIS winners themselves!  He will only get better with maturity so look forward to more success with Richie in future :-) 

"Richie" Our first homebred BEST IN SHOW winner Pomquest Fame N Fortune

29th August 2011
We are back home from the second leg of our big shows and have come home with a lot more than we left with LOL, both in trophies and Poms!  We love our trips to Sydney to catch up with fellow Pom breeders and see many lovely Poms and we couldn't be more pleased with the results at the Pomeranian Club of NSW Championship Show. From a breed entry of 71 Poms we won 3 of the 7 Classes in Show which was a repeat result of the corresponding show last year but this time each winner was actually a Pomquest homebred :-)  Richie won Best Puppy in Show, Topaz followed up her Best Minor Puppy in Show from the Easter Specialty by winning Best Junior in Show and Pop followed up her Best Minor Puppy in Show from last year by winning Best Australian Bred in Show.  Also Topaz went one better than her Reserve Bitch Challenge from the Easter Specialty by winning the Bitch Challenge (and in the process attained her Championship title) with Pop making it a quinella by winning Reserve Bitch Challenge too! We could not be more pleased with these 2 girls who are now both Multi Class in Show winners at Australia's only Breed Club Specialty Shows.  In the Property Classes we also had Pop win Best Head, Topaz win Best Gait and Merlin won Best Parent & Progeny for the 3rd time now.  Monnie also made her final appearance in a show ring in winning Best Neuter in Show and one of the extra Pom's that we brought home with us was her son Dane (Neadthav The Grat Dane (IID)).  Dane is 3 years old and was previously shown by Sandy for his original owner Ven Grasso and has returned to be shown by Brett but also for use as a stud as with him sharing the same sire as Bubbles and the same dam as Richie he will be a great addition to our breeding program too. It has been a hectic recent period for us but has been satisfying to see the success of our breeding program so far as we do have a great foundation of quality type, health and soundness to go on with now.  Speaking of breeding program, Bubbles was the other extra Pom that came home with us from her stud visit and she is due to whelp soon so we are now getting nervous for what is a very special litter .....

Dane meets his maternal half-brother Richie

22nd August 2011
Well the first leg of our big shows is over and has been a great result for our show team.  Firstly the Royal Queensland Show where Merlin once again showed his love of the indoor arena in taking Best of Breed making it 3 consecutive years now.  He has had a fantastic show record and now being close to retirement this has just topped it off wonderfully.  What made this year really special though was that we actually won a clean sweep of the Challenges and Reserve Challenges with Merlin DCC/BOB, Richie RDCC/RUBOB, Topaz BCC and Pop RBCC!  We then moved on to the Toy Dog Club of Queensland Specialty where Richie continued to show his promise in winning a nice BOB and then going on to win Puppy in Show in a huge Toy entry.  Richie is now starting to really get the hang of things as a show dog and looks set to hopefully live up to his potential. We now head off to Sydney this week for the Pom Specialty and Spring Fair and look forward to seeing the many lovely Poms there :-)

"Merlin" GRAND CH Winterspell Wizard winning 3 from 3 Best of Breeds!

1st August 2011
We had a nice weekend away at the Isis & District Canine Club shows with our youngsters continuing to do well :-)  Richie led the way with Best of Breed both days as well as winning Junior in Show on Saturday and Runner Up in Group / Junior in Group on Sunday, with Topaz also doing nicely winning both Bitch Challenges as well as Puppy in Show on Sunday.  Sunday was actually very special for us as firstly we won 3 classes in Toy Group for the first time with all Pomquest breedings (have done it a few times before but included other kennels breedings) as not only did Richie and Topaz win their age class in Group, but also Pop won Best Australian Bred in Group too.  The best part being that this was the first ever win for our friend Ebony Russell who we have been mentoring along as a new exhibitor with Pop being her introduction to the show ring, so congrats to Ebony!

The countdown to the Royal Queensland Show is now on, closely followed by the Pomeranian Club of NSW specialty show so there is a lot of work to do now to get our show team in the best possible order for the occassions.  Speaking of the Pom Club, the AGM was held on the weekend and nice to see Elizabeth Friedman and Lynn Bond continue on as Office Bearer's. You won't please everyone all the time but the stewardship you have provided has turned the club around for the better and it has grown so much since we attended our first show and meeting in October 2007.

Finally we have some exciting news that we were invited to do a Kennel Visit for the Pom Reader Magazine and it will appear in the September edition, so keep an eye out for that .....

Ebony with Pop after winning her first ever show award

5th July 2011
Well the special moment finally came with Merlin attaining his GRAND Championship in June :-)  It is a long hard slog for a couple of years to get there and in the end he did it in style winning a Best in Group!  Nothing more needs to be said about this boy with his achievements in the show ring and also his progeny's success saying it all for him.  Merlin will be only shown lightly now through to his Dog of the Year swansong appearance in October.  He has nothing more to prove and his progeny will keep talking on his behalf in the show ring.

Closely on the heels of Merlin's GR CH title his daughter Pop became his second Champion offspring and on the same day we were fortunately able to witness Wookie (our first ever Pomquest Champion) attain his first ever Obedience title on the way to hopefully becoming an Agility Champion. Also in the showring during this past month Richie has really started to show his potential having won Minor Puppy in Group in his last 8 appearances and in 4 of those win Minor Puppy in Show!  With him also winning a Runner Up in Group during that time he then became the 4th Pomquest homebred from 2010 to now have won one or more Groups or Runner Up in Groups so we can not be more pleased with how our breeding program is going in it's infancy :-)

Also in this past month we have made the hard decisions to remove from or not add to our breeding program a number of Poms but we are pleased to know that each of Safari, Bonnie, Monnie and DJ all will have excellent forever homes.

Left to Right: Celebratory drinks for Merlin with his breeders Sue & Daryl Morris; Sandy with our promising boy Richie; Wookie & Selby Wright attaining his CCD title

19th May 2011
Last week we attended the cluster of shows held at Grafton.  The event put on by both the Bonville Kennel Club and Clarence Dog Sports was fantastically run by the clubs, very well patronised by exhibitors and we came home with some pleasing results too :-)  Our show team all shared around the success but it was the performance of our youngsters Richie and Topaz that was the most pleasing.  Richie at 6 months old and still with huge improvement ahead of him was placed ahead of his BIS father Salem and BIS uncle Merlin multiple times and really is a great prospect for us.  The high point for Richie though was on the Sunday at the Gold Coast when he was awarded Minor Puppy in Show and in the process qualified for the QLD Puppy of the Year Finals!  He has now joined Topaz as a qualifier and it will really be a memorable weekend for us in October as their 2 sires Salem and Merlin are also qualified for the QLD Dog of the Year Finals.  Topaz has always been our glamour pup but she even exceeded our high expectations of her by at 8 months of age winning Best Exhibit in Group under a Toy specialist judge in a quality lineup (and later went on to win Puppy in Show as well).  As nice as she is our girl Pop did manage to knock her off in one of the shows for Bitch Challenge and with her also winning 2 Junior in Groups she is showing that she will be very competitive again soon coming back from her Junior coat blow.  It has been a very successful recent show period but with now having achieved the DOTY and POTY qualifiers we wanted our focus is moving to the countdown to Merlins Grand Championship which is now getting in sight and we are stocking the fridge up for that occasion .....

Topaz and Richie winning Puppy in Show and Minor Puppy in Show on consecutive days

2nd May 2011
It has been awhile between updates but a lot has been happening :-)  Firstly at the start of April our boy DJ prepared and handled by Chris & Cassie Hatfield (Danivus) was awarded a Runner Up BEST IN SHOW at the Nanango Kennel Club Championship Show.  It was a Dog of the Year qualifying show so DJ just missed by one in joining Salem and Merlin and having all 3 of our boys qualify for the finals later this year.  After being with Chris and Cassie for a couple of months DJ was scheduled to come home to us the following day so it was great to see a succesful show finale for them as DJ will likely be retired now from showing. 

Later in the month we travelled to Sydney for the 4 big shows on the calendar around Easter. At the Sydney Royal Show our girl Safari came out of semi-retirement and was awarded the Reserve Bitch Challenge but the highlight on that day for us was seeing our good friends Sue & Daryl Morris (Winterspell) win a well deserved Best of Breed with their boy Alfie :-)  Next show on the agenda was the Pom Specialty and our youngsters Topaz and Richie took the double of Best Minor Puppy in Show and Best Opposite Minor Puppy in Show.  At 8 months of age Topaz really opened some eyes with her also winning the Reserve Bitch Challenge in such a large quality lineup but she showed it was no fluke when also then winning Reserve Bitch Challenge in the 2 follow up shows she went in against predominantly the same competition.  Topaz looks to be the complete package having her sire Merlin's stunning good looks and her dam Bubble's outstanding extravagant movement and she really is a very exciting prospect.  Bubbles actually also stepped foot in the show ring for the first time in almost a year and won Best Opposite Intermediate in Show and joined her daughter in the Bitch Challenge lineup.  The Pom Specialty was dominated by Elizabeth & Michael Friedman (Delrunda) with their 3 boys entered winning BIS, ABIS & IIS so big congratulations to them on a nice reward for effort!  In the Toy Specialty Merlin decided to put his best paw forward and won a very tough Best of Breed so it was a pleasing end to the trip for us.  The results were shared around most competitors over the 4 shows which is always good and it was nice again to be in amongst so many Pom lovers.  It was also pleasing this trip to have our partners in the Pomquest show team in Ray & Wendy Chan fly over from Perth to join us for the Sydney Royal & Pom Specialty and watch the progress of some of the youngsters.  We hope they keep doing you proud :-)

On our return from Sydney we launched straight back in to the local show scene again and had a great result with Topaz winning Best Puppy in Show at the Burnett Kennel Club Championship Show and she is now qualified for the QLD Puppy of the Year Finals emulating her sire Merlin who also qualified as a puppy. 

28th March 2011
Yesterday was very special for us with Sandy showing Salem to his debut BEST IN SHOW and he will now be joining his litter brother Merlin at the QLD Dog of the Year Finals so that will really be a night to remember now!  This was our first show back after our trip to the USA attending the APC National 100th Anniversary Show from which we came back with a lot of fond memories, valuable information and new contacts.  We are already planning a return trip for 2012 :-)  This past month has also been successful for our youngsters with both Topaz and Ruby winning Minor Puppy in Show awards and Ruby even picking up a Runner Up in Group!  The Pomeranian Club of NSW Specialty will soon be upon us and we are looking forward to heading to Sydney in a few weeks for both it and the Sydney Royal.  Poms are doing so tremendously well all across the country this year and they really should be some super shows :-)

Merlin & Salem as babies. Now both Best in Show winners!  Our rising star Ruby showing in Central QLD.

27th February 2011
Well after playing second fiddle to his litter brother Salem so far this year, Merlin today came out and won his 3rd BEST IN SHOW All Breeds (he has also won BIS twice at Toy Specialties) and is now qualified for the QLD Dog of the Year State Finals :-)  Also today Merlin's daughter Ruby left us to go to Maureen Norton and be shown in North QLD.  We wish Maureen luck with Ruby and hope you have some fun!

CH Winterspell Wizard winning BIS at Gympie & District Kennel Club Championship Show

13th February 2011
It is early days in the 2011 show season but Salem has hit the ground running!  In 7 outings this year he has 3 times won Best Exhibit in Group and has been Runner Up in Group once also.  Salem has always been the quiet achiever of the litter compared to his brother Merlin but now is really taking charge defeating Merlin in 6 of 7 outings LOL.  The tide will probably turn in due course but is great to see Salem get some deserved recognition now :-)  Salems first litter has also debuted these last few weeks and we could not be more pleased with his son Richie who looks to be a super prospect.  With our exciting girl Topaz also now about to hit the rings again at 6 months of age we hope to have some fun times with these 2 youngsters this year along with Pop who is also doing well now winning 3 Puppy in Groups so far this year.  Next month we head off to the USA for the American Pomeranian Club's National Specialty Show held over 4 days at Kentucky.  This will be a fantastic experience for us and we really look forward to viewing many of the different bloodlines in action and speaking with many overseas breeders that we have only known through cyberspace!

Pomquest Dare To Dream ("Pop") at 9 months old fully recovered from her broken leg and doing well in the show ring.

26th December 2010
With Christmas now over it is time for us to reflect on the year that's been and 2010 will be remembered as the year that we first made our mark upon the show scene.  Highlights for us from this year are: 

• Having 3 Poms win All Breeds BEST IN SHOW or Runner Up (Merlin x 2, C'mon & Salem)
• Winning RUBIS at the Pom Specialty and twice BIS at Toy Specialties (Merlin)
• Winning 3 of the 7 Classes in Show at Pom Specialty (Pop, Salem & Merlin)
• Dog of the Year Finals Qualifier (Salem)
• Puppy of the Year Finals Qualifier (Safari)
• 5 New Champions (Wookie, C'mon, Bubbles, Safari & DJ)
• 2 homebred Multi Class in Show winners (Soda & Pop)
• Back to back Brisbane Royal BOB wins (Merlin) 

This was all at the end of only just our third full year of breeding and showing Pomeranians under the Pomquest banner.  Many thanks to our friends that helped us out in making this year a great success!  We are looking forward to the 2011 show year as we now have a much stronger show team lineup than at the start of 2010, including some super young prospects to go on with :-) 

29th November 2010
Well it has been a while since we have done a news update as we have been somewhat overcome with having our much anticipated litter from BIS CH Soffies Cmon become our litter from hell!  The litter of 4 was born 5 days early by c-section and Cmon was in such a bad way that we had initially to separate her from her babies for over a week and hand raise the litter.  We lost 1 girl puppy at 8 days old and 1 boy puppy at 16 days old.  They were always the weakest of the 4 but we tried our best with them.  The 2 remaining boys are approaching 6 weeks old and almost on to solids properly now so we are as confident as we can be with them.  Time will tell if they remain healthy and we can only cross fingers there is a nice show prospect amongst them.

In the past month the first highlight for us was having two qualifiers in the Dog of the Year and Puppy of the Year State Finals.  Sandy qualified both of these but unfortunately she was unable to show them as the litter from hell was only 2 days old at the time.  Many thanks to Barb Beeves for showing Safari in POTY and both looked great!  Brett had never ever shown the mummys boy Salem before but tried his best with him in DOTY and he looked great under lights (see pic).  Salem was our first ever DOTY qualifier and was 1 of only 6 Toys in the State for this year and goes on the back of his litter brother Merlin being our first qualifier for POTY in 2009.

Then it was off to Sydney for the bi-annual Pomeranian Club of NSW show and the Dogs NSW International Spring Fair and it was certainly a successful trip for us :-)  The Pom Show kicked off proceedings with 94 entries making it the largest show for many a year but also it was stacked full of quality and was fabulous to see all these beautiful Poms together in their glory.  Merlin did us proud with him being awarded Runner Up Best in Show on the night to the countries undisputed King of Poms for 2010 in GR CH Kalos Rock N To The Moon (imp USA).  Congratulations Megan Weinert on Gus’s consecutive BISS win but also on following it up the next day with a memorable RUBIS in the Spring Fair with 1400 entries!  Overall in the Pom Show we came home with 3 of the 7 classes in show with Merlin winning Australian Bred in Show, Salem winning Intermediate in Show and Pop ("Pomquest Dare To Dream") winning Minor Puppy in Show just 10 weeks on from a severe leg break.  Pop was really just entered as a punt and to boost numbers for the Club and even though there was no hiding her shaved down legs it was a huge relief to know that she will come back 100% in time as she really is her dads clone.  Merlin also won Best Parent & Offspring with his daughter Bonnie ("Pomquest Bon Bon") and his son Vinnie ("Pomquest Calvin Klein") owned by Vicky Spiteri won Best Coat so it was a big night for Pomquest :-)

With the 3 follow on Spring Fair shows our girls did us proud in the big Pom line ups once again with Fizz winning a Bitch Challenge and Reserve Bitch Challenge, Safari winning 2 Reserve Bitch Challenges plus a Junior in Group and then our baby girls Ruby ("Pomquest Enough Said")and Topaz ("Pomquest Envy This") both placing 1st and 2nd in their 2 show appearances!  All up it was a long 6 days all up showing and travelling for us and our Pom pack but we would do it all again as we appreciate having the time to be in amongst the many genuine friends we have in the breed and to also watch their successes too.  Bring on April 2011 when we will meet up again :-)

Merlin flying the flag successfully at the Pom Show, and his littermate brother Salem in action at the QLD Dog of the Year State Finals

15th September 2010
Well our turn for a setback came and of course it was the best one that it happened to :-(  Our very promising young bitch Pop broke 2 bones in her front leg in an incident last week.  She was at our vet within minutes and then off to an orthopedic specialist where she had 6 screws and a plate inserted.  The surgeon is optimistic that Pop will be able to make it to the show ring once again and we can only hope so because in our opinion she was definitely better than her dad Merlin at the same age so she did have huge potential.  Anyway time will tell but in the meantime one of Merlin's other daughters from his first litter is finally starting to shine with Bonnie winning a double of Minor Puppy in Group awards last weekend at the Bundaberg Canine Club shows and was a coin toss off getting her class in show.  Bonnie is a lovely typey bitch but she still is not quite sure she wants to be a showdog but she is gradually now coming out of her shell :-)

Also yesterday another phase of our Pom journey started when we met a lovely young cream bitch Bella (Pomantae Magic Star) for the first time who has been recently purchased by Suzanne O'Connell in Brisbane.  Suzanne wishes to produce quality creams that can successfully compete in the show ring and Bella is a great foundation for her to do that with particularly as Bella shares the same lines as our dogs. We look forward to helping Suzanne with her breeding goal and showing a quality cream for her in the future .....

Pop confined to a cot with her broken leg and sweet little Bella saying Hi!

16th August 2010
Well another Royal Queensland Show has been and gone and we were privileged to go home with the Best of Breed rozette for the 2nd year running with Merlin.  Fortunately he just snuck the show in as he started to blow his undercoat at the start of the week after some recent matings and was somewhat lucky it wasn't as strong a competition as the year prior (which was a huge thrill to win when Merlin was only 9 months old) though with the indoor rings Merlin comes in to his own as he really can show off his great movement.  This year Merlin also had his first born PK ("Pomquest Bubblegum" owned by Sue and Daryl Morris) in the ring as well.  PK showed beautifully for a 6 month old and she has the makings of a lovely show bitch.  Also at the Royal our boy DJ hit the ring with Summer in Junior Handlers once more and she was placed 2nd in the 10-13 years State Finals which was a massive thrill for her and then seperately on Sweepstakes day Summer also placed 3rd with DJ in the RNA Handlers Class.  Summer has now travelled back home to Mackay and we wish her ongoing success with her much loved hobby of dog showing.  It will be a quiet while now showing for us as Bubbles is due to whelp this week.

Brett with Merlin in Group Specials judging as well as PK and Merlin together at the Brisbane Royal.

3rd August 2010
Well our 2010 show year just gets better and better when Salem won RUNNER UP BEST IN SHOW at the Northern Classic Kennel Club Championship Show on the weekend and in the process qualified as a Queensland Dog Of The Year Finalist, our first ever!   Salem is now the 3rd Pom in the Pomquest show team to win an All Breeds Best in Show or Runner Up this year.  Also on the day our young boy DJ re-united with junior handler Summer Aprile-Field to win 1st Place of 11 entrants in the 10-13 years handler class.  Summer will now be handling DJ in the State Finals on Saturday at the Queensland Royal Show.  We wish Summer well :-)

Outside of the show scene our young boy DJ is also now a proven stud having had his first litter whelp last weekend for an outside Pom breeder.  DJ will be an important part of our future breed planning as he offers both the type and pedigree to compliment the Merlin daughters that we are retaining.
 
CH Winterspell Warlock handled by Sandy winning Runner Up BEST IN SHOW with judges Ms K Francis (Canada) and Mr F Waring (WA).

18th July 2010
All we can say is that Pop from our latest litter was well named as Pomquest Dare To Dream because yesterday she did what breeders can only dare to dream of by winning BEST BABY PUPPY IN SHOW making it 2 puppies in the litter of 2 from Merlin and Fizz both now winning the same show award. We knew this litter looked the goods but never could we have wished for such early success.  Soda and Pop look like they sure will be flying the Pomquest prefix flag high in the future.

On Friday our dear little Safari attained her Australian Championship at the Brunswick Valley Kennel Club Championship Show and she will now be known as CH Luarts Sparkling Star. Also on the same day after a 2 week freshen up for Merlin he was very much back on his toes in the ring and won his 7th Best Exhibit in Group for the year so far.

5th July 2010
What an exciting 2 weeks it has been for us.  Firstly we travelled to Rockhampton to stay with family and compete in the Inaugural Toy Dog Club of Central Queensland Specialty Shows.  As we had no Pom babysitter this time we had to take the whole Pomquest gang along so we got the chance to show a big lineup.  One of the attractions to competing in this show was the indoor show ring as we normally only get to show indoors once a year for the Royal Show.  On a flat hard surface Merlin can really show off his lively bouyant movement and he didn't disappoint us by winning BEST IN SHOW.  Merlins littermate brother Salem also made his mark by winning RUNNER UP BEST IN SHOW in the Open show held.  It was a great night and the Club Committee should be congratulated for putting on such an excellent debut event.  The next day in the All Breeds Championship Show Merlin capped off a great weekend for us by winning BEST IN SHOW making it 2 BIS and 2 BISS for him in 2 months! We also took delight in offering up our boy DJ to a child handler when approached by her that weekend.  Summer did a great job with DJ on the Saturday night and also had the opportunity to show him on Sunday to win Best Junior in Group with DJ so we were pleased to be able to put a smile on her face.  Summer is a very talented young lady with great potential, it was disappointing though to hear how she was very upset by a breed competitors comments when they should be encouraged.  DJ and Summer will now reunite for the handler classes at the Queensland Royal Show next month.

As exciting as that weekend in Rockhampton was for us this last weekend was the most rewarding as we got to witness one of our home bred puppies debut and do it with a BANG!!! Our up and coming show star Pomquest Dont Ya Wish ("Soda") was handled in his debut shows by top show handler Steve Rhodes who came over from Perth for the weekend.  At Friday's warm up show Steve and Soda won Best Baby Puppy in Group which was a really nice start for them however at the big weekend Championship shows under international judges Soda was awarded a back to back double of BEST BABY PUPPY IN SHOW's!!!  Steve has been looking for a quality Pom to campaign and we are so pleased to be able to offer him the opportunity to have such an exciting prosepect.  We had a great time hosting Steve for 4 days and he now flys back to Perth today with Soda and we wish them both success.  After a very hectic month travelling and showing for Merlin he really is getting over showing now so we will look to try and freshen him up this month so he is back at his best for the Queensland Royal Show to try and go back to back Best of Breeds after winning last year at only 9 months of age.

Up and coming show star POMQUEST DONT YA WISH with his new handler Steve Rhodes ("MinPinSteve")

15th June 2010
Well it has been a very busy past week for us and a very memorable one too! Last week we flew to visit family and friends at Townsville and we also took along Merlin and Safari with us to show in the North Queensland Toy Dog Club Specialty Shows over the weekend.  There were 3 Championship shows and 2 Open shows held by the Club and it was a beautiful venue with the shows being held within the City Botanical Gardens.  Merlin was only shown in the Championship shows and he won Best of Breed in 2 of them and BEST IN SHOW in 1.  Safari competed in all shows and she won Puppy in Show in 1 Championship show, plus Runner Up Best in Show in 1 Open show and Puppy in Show in both of the Open shows.  Then just last weekend we spread our whole show team out across 4 days of showing on the Queens Birthday weekend.  On day 1 DJ won Best of Breed over Monnie and Safari at our local Caboolture Ag Show.  Then on day 2 we travelled across the border to Murwullimbah where Monnie won Bitch Challenge over very stiff competition to attain her Australian Champion title.  After Sandy had caught her breath from the win she then went on with Monnie to win Best of Breed over Merlin then better yet went on to win Best Exhibit in Group and eventually RUNNER UP BEST IN SHOW.  What a way to title!!!  On the same day Safari also won Puppy in Group and the next day DJ won Junior in Group.  Then on the Monday public holiday it was back to Dogs QLD grounds at Durack for us and we brought out Salem for the first time since coming home to his birthplace.  Salem moves like a dream and he strutted his stuff to win Best of Breed and Intermediate in Group under the international judge, but also on the same day Bubbles was shown and she won the final Bitch Challenge she needed to attain her Champion title.  It was great to be able to finish both these closely related Soffies import girls on the same weekend :-)  A big congratulations to their breeder Vinni Jacobsen of Denmark who was very pleased at the results.  CH Soffies Bubbla (imp DEN) and CH Soffies C'mon (imp DEN) should both be mated any week now and we look forward to what these quality bitches can produce.....
 
The picturesque venue with Merlin winning Best in Show at the North Queensland Toy Dog Championship Show

12th May 2010
Well the 1st May 2010 was a dream come true for us much earlier than we would ever have wished for when Merlin won our first ever BEST IN SHOW award at the South Burnett National Kingaroy Championship Show (winning photos are still to come).  It was a special moment that we will never forget and hope that there will be more ahead for us in future.  Merlin then rounded out the 3 days of showing on the long weekend by then also winning Runner Up in Toy Group in the largest and most competitive show of the weekend.  The very next weekend Merlin won his 4th Best Exhibit in Group award in a month under Toy judge Mr Ben Luxton (SA) and is really on a roll.  Also on that weekend super cute Safari (Luarts Sparkling Star) won her 11th Class in Group award for the year and there is some video of her in action here.

BIS CH Winterspell Wizard wins Best in Group under Mr B Luxton (SA)

25th April 2010
Today our much loved Wookie went on to his new adventure in life to begin his obedience/agility career with his new owner.  Wookie was our first born Pomquest puppy, first Pomquest Australian Champion and hopefully can become our first Pomquest Agility Champion.  He is such an intelligent and athletic Pom so he should do us proud.

19th April 2010
Yesterday it was the debut shows for Merlin's debut litter with his daughters Bonnie and PK exhibited at the Kennel Association of Queensland show.  Both girls are lovely prospects but were overshadowed by their dad's Best Exhibit in Toy Group award.  This is the second consecutive Group win for Merlin after only being sparingly shown so far this year so is a pointer towards a big year ahead for him. You can see video of Merlin in the BIS lineup here.

We now also have 2 wonderful new additions to our breeding program through the acquisition of the quality bitches Soffies C’mon (imp DEN) and Soffies Bubbla (imp DEN).  We are so grateful to Ven Grasso for entrusting them both to us and for us to continue the great start he has made in importing such quality Poms to Australia.  Bubbla is a maternal half-sister to Ven’s outstanding show dog, Ch Soffie’s Buddy, who was the biggest BIS winning Pom in Australia in recent time and Bubbla is sired by Ch Soffie’s Onslow so she is a grand-daughter of Crufts Toy Group winner Ch Finch’s Ovations For Me. C’mon is a grand-daughter of the unequalled USA show dog and sire Puf-Pride Sweet Dreams ("Parker") through Ch Powerpom Eternity and she has already put 2 nice litters on the ground in Australia under Ven’s breeders prefix Neadthav.  This is a very exciting event for us both and it really lifts up our breeding program to another level and we look forward to the impact that these girls will have over the next few years.  We would also like to announce that Ray and Wendy Chan have now become partners in our proposed Pomquest breeding program and we thank them for their kind support and trust in our ability to successfully build upon the foundation we have.

3rd April 2010
Last night Fizz (Ch Luarts Superstar Dreams) free whelped her maiden litter with a 120g male pup and a 128g female pup.  Fizz is shared with us and Ray Chan from Western Australia so we have to congratulate grand-dad Ray too :-)  Of the 3 litters now sired by our stud Merlin (Ch Winterspell Wizard) this is the one that we are most anticipating with the potential to really be something. Time always tells though, but hopefully there will be a nice show prospect in this litter to be shown in WA.

Fizz admiring her newborn puppies Soda & Pop

28th March 2010
Today Safari (Luarts Sparkling Star) qualified for the Queensland Puppy of the Year Finals by winning Best Minor Puppy in Show at the Sunshine Coast Kennel Club Championship Show.  She is our 2nd qualifier in consecutive years after having Merlin qualify last year for this prestigious event.  Safari has been knocking on the door for a big win having consistently won her Minor Puppy Class in Group this year.  She is as cute as they come and has plenty of show appeal :-) Safari now moves up to Puppy Class in her next show.

Sandy and Safari after their Minor Puppy in Show win.

7th March 2010
It was Merlin's first day out for 5 weeks today and he came home with Best of Breed at the Toy Dog Club of Queensland Championship Show.  He will have another month off yet before starting to get campaigned seriously this year as the weather cools down.  Safari has also been continuing to show great promise as she won Minor Puppy in Show at the Open Show today which follows up her Minor Puppy in Group last weekend which was her 4th for the year.

DJ and Safari in action at the Toy Dog Club of QLD Show
(a pair of Luarts!  Luarts Double Jeopardy and Luarts Sparkling Star)

13th February 2010
Today we reached a great milestone for us by titling our first ever Australian Champion with our Pomquest prefix.  We have titled 5 other Poms prior to today in our 3 years of showing but Ch Pomquest A New Player ("Wookie") was our first born so he is very special to us.  Wookie will not be shown again and will get to lead a life full of activity as he is a very very active Pom LOL.  His younger maternal half siblings are now 4 weeks old and we hope there is at least one more Pomquest Champion amongst the 3 of them :-)

31st January 2010
Late last night Rothlynne Enola Gay ("Bobby") had to have a c-section to deliver her 2 puppies as she unfortunately had Uterine Inertia.  Mother and babies are all well and we now have another Pomquest litter comprising an orange boy and a sable girl.  Bobby is a great structured show size bitch with an extremely thick harsh coat and we will be watching this litter mature with interest being the second litter sired by Merlin but the first as an outcross mating.

16th January 2010
Early this morning our bitch Jill successfully whelped 3 puppies (2 sable girls and an orange boy).  Both mother and puppies are healthy.  This litter is the debut progeny of our good show dog Merlin who ended up being the No.1 Rising Star in Australia in the Dogzonline Pomeranian Breed Point Score for 2009 (see results here). This litter is also a 2x3 cross of the outstanding bitch Ch Luarts Miss Lambada (who won the Royal Queensland Show Puppy Sweepstakes) so to say that we are super excited about it is an understatement!

Jill and her litter of Merlin babies (with Merlins No.1 Pomeranian Rising Star Competition Australia Dogzonline Pointscore 2009 Certificate)

23rd November 2009
Well we have returned from our journey to Sydney to compete in the Pomeranian Club of NSW Show and the Dogs NSW Spring Fair and it was a very successful trip for us.  At the Specialty Show held on the first night, Merlin won Junior in Show and also won the Best Head class which was a great start.  There were 83 Poms entered in the show and the Committee put on an excellent event and as always it was great to catch up with our friends and fellow exhibitors interstate.  The Spring Fair shows were held during the day and under very trying hot conditions.  Fortunately we came well prepared for the heat and Merlin showed his heart out winning a double of Junior in Groups but best of all won Best of Breed in one of the 2 shows we competed in.  That BOB win had a lot of merit as the Pom Specialty winner, this years Sydney Royal BOB winner and this years Melbourne Royal Toy Group winner were all competing.  We were very excited with that win in having the young dog being put up from well down the Challenge lineup and Merlin clearly has a big future ahead of him.  Before travelling down to these shows Brett had just returned from a short visit to the UK and was fortunate to attend a Toy Specialty Show as well as visiting a number of Pom breeders.  One of these were the Walkers from Scotland who had visited us earlier in the year.  Brett learnt a lot from the trip and established some good contacts and should be returning again in early 2010.

Leslie and Rita Walker with their young Poms Magic and Queenie showing off their Pom number plate in the VERY crisp Scottish morning! 

1st November 2009
Today our young man Merlin (Winterspell Wizard) attained his Australian Championship title at 12 months of age.  He has been an excellent showring performer for us already though he still has a lot of challenges ahead of him continuing to mix it with the best over the next few years.

19th September 2009
A lovely little girl named Safari (Luarts Sparkling Star) has come to join us.  Safari has an outstanding show pedigree and we are looking forward to her show career as she appears to be a quality type.  We thank her breeder Lucy Hanza for offering her to us.

Safari looking very much at home as a lap dog!

13th September 2009
Our sweet girl Sophie (Solinca What It Takes) attained her Australian Championship title today at 13 months of age.  We are proud to have titled Sophie for both Vicky Spiteri and Margaret Munro.  Many thanks to Chris Hatfield for helping Sophie reach this milestone as she achieved almost half of her required 100 points when being shown by Chris and her daughter Cassie on our behalf.

16th August 2009
What a last couple of weeks this has been for us.  Merlin first carts off the Best of Breed award for the Royal Queensland Show and then a week later wins Best of Breed and Puppy in Show at the Toy Dog Club of Queensland Specialty Show!  He broke the traditional hoodoo and was able to take out both BOB's at these major shows which was a great thrill.  In doing so Merlin is also qualified for the Queensland Puppy of the Year Finals.  After doing so well recently he will be having a very quiet next 2 months as his reward, before he goes back in the ring as he turns 12 months and seeks to attain his championship title.  Also today our baby boy DJ (Luarts Double Jeopardy) made his show debut and won Baby of Breed from a class of 3 so that was a good start for his show career (see video here).

25th July 2009
Today Fizz (Luarts Superstar Dreams) attained her title of Australian Champion at 14 months of age.  Thanks once again to Ray Chan for sending Fizz to us and entrusting her in our care.  We now look forward in anticipation of what Fizz can produce in her pending career as a mother during 2010.  On an aside, today another landmark has been reached for Pomquest with our website now having had 10,000 visits since being launched in September 2007.

20th July 2009
We are back from a flying visit to Sydney for the Winter International Championship Shows and what a weekend it was for us!  The trip was planned around the AGM for the Pomeranian Club of NSW and focussed on having the opportunity to once again socialise with the NSW exhibitors and view their current show dogs.  With 39 Poms entered we were not expecting to come home with anything more than experience.  We only took down Merlin (Winterspell Wizard) with us who just graduated to Puppy class at 9 months old and we would have been pleased if we managed to win Puppy of Breed but in the first show the Canadian judge placed him as Reserve of Breed which was a massive thrill and our biggest ever breed win being placed over a big lineup of quality adult Poms.  Merlin was also awarded Puppy in Group in that show and was the only Pom to win a class in Group in the second show where he scored the double for the weekend by the Swedish judge awarding him Puppy in Group as well.  Luck really was with us on the weekend as Sandy also won the Pomeranian Club raffle and we were also very fortunate to take home with us a tiny fluffy package that we are super excited about ........ you can see here on video :-)  The weekend was even more special when Merlins littermate brother Salem (Winterspell Warlock) won a double of Best of Breeds and Junior in Groups at Central QLD Championship Shows with Chris Hatfield and he also won Best Exhibit in Group in the Open Show.  What a great litter that has turned out to be!

Merlin proudly standing in the Puppy in Show lineup at the Sydney Winter Internationals

28th June 2009
This week we were pleased to have been visited by a lovely Scottish couple on holidays in Australia.  Rita and Les Walker of Kerita Pomeranians have been breeders of very long standing in Scotland and in fact Eve Smail of Toybox Pomeranians purchased her first Pom from Rita and Les so that shows just how long :-)  One of the past imports from the UK to Australia, Pakovs Pinch O Snuff, was sired by their dog Kerita Moonbeam so they were pleased to see him in amongst our dogs pedigrees.  It was great to have had the opportunity to discuss Poms with such knowledgeable breeders and then also have them come visit us at a show in Lismore and give us some nice tips.  Merlin flew the flag on the day at Lismore winning Best Of Breed and Minor In Group which has been a continuation of a great past month for him in the showring.  Earlier on the weekend Fizz won Junior in Group from a big lineup which was a great result for her too.

10th May 2009
We had an enjoyable and successful weekend away at Grafton for the Clarence Canine Festival with Merlins performance a standout for us.  It is rare to see a 6 months old Pom win an 11 point Best Of Breed, but in a good lineup of older dogs Merlin did it twice over the weekend with one of them awarded to him by a 30 year Breed Specialist which was great.  Merlin also won Minor Puppy In Group 3 out of 3 days and he went on to win Minor Puppy In Show on the last day which capped the weekend off perfectly.  He is only just coming out of his uglies now so we are really looking forward to showing him over the next couple of months as his adult coat comes through properly as he is a very exciting show prospect.  Also on the weekend Fizz performed quite well too winning Bitch Challenge 2 out of 3 times and was Reserve Of Breed once.  Spud had a rare outing in the show ring on the weekend but wasn't up to his little nephew Merlin and had to be satisfied with one Reserve Of Breed.  Spud won't be shown again until August for the Brisbane Royal Show which is likely to be his swansong show.

13th April 2009
Today we have completed the last of the shows that we have exhibited at during our travelling holiday through Victoria and New South Wales.  We attended 2 show weekends in each state during our 6 week holiday and it was great to once again meet and compete against some of the most successful breeders and exhibitors in Australia.  We did have some success along the way with Merlin winning two Best Baby Puppy In Group awards and both Wookie and Spud winning a Best Of Breed award each.  The highlight for us was attending the Pomeranian Club of NSW Specialty Show on Easter Sunday where Wookie won Best Opposite Sex Junior In Show to give us our first ever Specialty Show Sash for Pomquest.  Sandy is now the Publicity Officer for the Club and we look forward to returning again for the next show in November at the NSW Spring Fair.

You can't get much closer to the water than this!  Our campsite at Shellharbour NSW. 

8th February 2009
We had a successful weekend away at the Allora Kennel Club shows.  Firstly our boy Merlin (Winterspell Wizard) won Best Baby Puppy In Show for the Open Show which was a good start.  In the first Championship Show of the weekend Boo (Cupidtown Anniversary) won Best Of Breed and in doing so she earnt enough Challenge points to achieve her Australian Championship title.  It has been a while coming but it was very exciting to go out on a high with her winning a 10 point Challenge.  Boo will now be a treasured companion for our daughter Brooke.  In the second Championship Show of the weekend Wookie (Pomquest A New Player) won Best Of Breed with Fizz (Luarts Superstar Dreams) winning Bitch Challenge. All up it was a great weekend away for us at some of the best showrings we have ever competed on which are a credit to the Allora Committee.  We now will be having a break from the showring for about 6 weeks and then we will be embarking on a 6 week travelling holiday through NSW and VIC picking up a few dog shows along the way, the most important of which are the Sydney Royal and the Pomeranian Club of NSW Specialty Show.

2nd November 2008
We had a very successful weekend at the Maryborough Kennel Club shows with all our 4 Poms perfoming admirably.  On the Saturday Wookie in his first day out of Baby class was Runner Up of Breed in a line up of 10 Poms including a number of titled dogs including his older Uncle Spud so that was a great start for Wookie (he also was Best Puppy of Breed both days from 3 in his class).  Later Fizz went on to be awarded Best Baby in Group for her first major award.  On Sunday Spud strutted his stuff to win Best of Breed and this time Boo was Runner Up of Breed making it 2 Bitch Challenges for her on the weekend and 18 points towards her title.  In the Group Specials Spud went on to be awarded Best Statebred in Group and Fizz picked up the double for the weekend by again winning Best Baby in Group.  From a good lineup of Babys each day it was a huge weekend for Fizz as is rare for a Pom to win being a week shy of turning 6 months amidst her uglies stage.  It says a lot for how well structued Fizz is.  We look forward to when she coats up!

Fizz proudly showing off her double Baby in Group sashes

15th September 2008
Panda is now the proud mother of 3 baby boys.  It was a big scare as they were 7 days premature and came at a rush but all seems to be ok.  They were 104g, 105g and 131g at birth.  This litter was sired by Amorea Dark Sandshells. Congratulations to owners Sue and Daryl and well done Pandy Bear!!!

Panda and her litter of 3 boys
 
29th August 2008
Today a new little girl arrived with us to be campaigned on behalf of Ray Chan in WA.  Luarts Superstar Dreams is 16 weeks old and was bred by Lucy Hanza of Luarts Pomeranians in NSW.  We are very excited to be given the opportunity to campaign such a well bred show prospect.  With her lively attitude she has been named Fizz.  Thanks to Ray for entrusting her in our care, she will want for nothing and be given every opportunity in the show ring.
 
Fizz trying out her new bed

10th August 2008
Brett returned today from a business trip to the USA and was fortunate to call in and meet a local breeder at Kansas City where he was at a conference.  Julia Smith of CJ Pomeranians is blessed with having a number of different sons and daughters of Parker (Puf-Pride Sweet Dreams), the greatest show Pom in the USA having won 43 BIS and 14 BISS awards!  Julias lines are also heavily influenced by Travis the famous black Pom Finch's He Walks On Water who has been the #1 Stud Dog in the USA multiple times.  It was a pleasure to see so many small in stature but strong in structure Poms that have such fantastic movement.  The great temperaments, nice heads and correct coats is a bonus.  Many thanks to Julia and Chesters hospitality and hopefully there will be some Parker/Travis influence come down under in 2009.

22nd April 2008
Our debut Pomquest litter was born today with Jill having a baby boy.  He is sired by Amorea Dark Sandshells (Cisco) who is a lovely dog throwing great puppies. Cisco is also very well bred being a maternal half brother to Grand Ch. Amorea Mazouri and he has a double cross of the quality Canadian import Aust/Can Ch. Chinadolls Quinderia Fly Solo.


Jill getting to know her new baby boy

16th March 2008
A new boarder joined us today in Aust. Ch. Winterspell Witchcraft.  Panda is a maternal half-sister to Spud and Jill and we hope to show her later in the year but in the meantime she will just be a lap dog which she is highly credentialed at being!

Aust. Ch. Winterspell Witchcraft - Lap Dog Extraordinaire!!!

10th February 2008
After wanting to do this for so long, today we finally were able to show our littermates Spud and Jill together in a Brace Sweepstakes at the Bundaberg Championship Show.  They are two peas in a pod and looked lovely in the ring together.

Aust. Ch. Winterspell Picollo and his sister Winterspell Sara Nade admire their 2nd place sash for the Brace Sweepstakes

31st December 2007
Our first year of exhibiting Poms is complete and it was a big learning experience for us and we look forward in anticipation to many years showing and breeding ahead.  Spud has done very well in the final 2007 Dogzonline National Pointscore for Pomeranians being placed 3rd out of 22 entrants in the Puppy Of The Year Competition and 10th of 36 entrants in the Show Dog Of The Year Competition and he was the highest placed juvenile in the open age results. See all the results at this link Dogzonline 2007 Show Dog Competition

4th November 2007
Spud is now AUSTRALIAN CHAMPION Winterspell Picollo!!!  At the two Maryborough Kennel Club Championship Shows this weekend he secured another 21 Challenge points and has now qualified for his Championship title.  On the Saturday Spud was awarded RESERVE IN GROUP ahead of 85 exhibits including this years Royal Brisbane Show Best In Show winner which was a great achievement for our little man. Spud has achieved his title at 14 months old and along the way he has been judged ahead of 18 different Pomeranians in Championship shows this year (most of them older dogs) so he deserves his award.  We are both so excited at achieving Spud's title having ourselves only just started showing this year.  The Maryborough shows were Boos first as a Minor Puppy and she has now started her journey towards a Championship title picking up points on the weekend as well.

Winterspell Picollo wins Reserve In Group at the Maryborough Kennel Club Championship Show
and in the process gains his much deserved Australian Champion title!

14th October 2007
This weekend we traveled down to Sydney for the NSW Pomeranian Club Specialty Show to gain more experience in the breed by meeting more exhibitors and breeders, seeing more quality show dogs and also to view potential stud dogs for the upcoming breeding of our girl Winterspell Sara Nade.  At the show it was nice too that we were able to see Spud and Jills older half-sister Aust. Ch. Winterspell Witchhazel for the first time.

Aust. Ch. Winterspell Witchhazel at the NSW Pomeranian Club Specialty Show

4th August 2007
Today was a fantastic show debut for the Pomquest show team at the Isis and District Canine Club Championship Show. with Winterspell Picollo winning BEST EXHIBIT IN GROUP.  Spud was only 11 months when winning this award in beating 61 in the Toy Group.  To add to Spud's great success on the weekend he also won BEST PUPPY IN SHOW making it 2 consecutive wins for him in that class.  This was also the debut show for Cupidtown Anniversary and she was awarded BEST BABY PUPPY IN GROUP.  Boo was a very well behaved little girl and looks to have the outgoing attitude to be a success in the show ring....

Winterspell Picollo wins Best Exhibit In Group, Puppy Sweepstakes and Best Puppy In Show
at Isis & District Canine Club Championship Show

25th July 2007
Although we became members of the Canine Control Council Queensland in 2006 when purchasing our first registered Pomeranian, "Pomquest" was officially born today having had registered our breeders prefix with the Australian National Kennel Club. We hope for this to be the start of a long and successful breeding program to improve on the quality of the Pomeranian breed in this country.