History of the WASHAKIE Dalmatian line
Mrs Pat McClellan owned her first Dalmatian in 1935 and
was able to protect her line during the war years under the
prefix of 'Merrycroft'. After the war she was granted the
prefix 'WASHAKIE'. Since then she maintained her own strain
for 50 years and bred and/or owned many Champions, including
the record CC winner in the breed, Ch WASHAKIE OTHELLO (after
which Ch/Am Ch BUFFREY JOBEE took the CC record with 33 CC's
and now the current CC record holder is Ch TOMMY BROCK with
40 CC's to date).
Pat judged at Championship level both in
the UK and on the Continent for many years, and judged
Crufts in 1976. The
prefix 'Washakie' will always be indelibly linked with
Mrs Pat McClellan who died in 1994. The prefix was transferred
to me.
The Washakie prefix originates in Wyoming USA where Pat
and her husband lived and was the name of the native Indian
Chief of the Shoshones who co-operated with the white man
against the other Indian tribes. Chief Washakie died in 1900
and was the first Indian to receive a full military funeral.
I started going to shows with Pat from childhood and spent
a great deal of time with her as she was my godmother. At
the age of 9 years I was already handling for her in the
ring.
On my sixteenth birthday I was given partnership in
the Washakie kennel. Pat gave me my first potential show
dog, Int. Ch. WASHAKIE PSYCHEDELIC. I showed her and gained
7 CC's.' She went to the USA after having a litter from
which Pat and I kept a bitch puppy called WASHAKIE TABOO.
Two
years later we mated TABOO to Pat Kindersley's Ch REVIEW
AT KNIGHTSTONE
producing two beautiful dogs Ch Am Ch WASHAKIE DANCING
BRAVE (22 CC's , 6 Res. CC's and BIS at WELKS Ch. Show
1994) and
Top winning Ch WASHAKIE INDIAN SUMMER (18 CC's and 20
Res. CC's and Dalmatian of the Year 1995 and 1996). |
