Dochlaggie Pomeranians-Denise Leo
Dochlaggie Pomeranians. Established 1975.
Located north of Melbourne, Australia.
Celebrating more than 35 years as a Pomeranian Exhibitor/Breeder and over 45 years
as a Pomeranian owner and lover. During this time more than 70 Pomeranians have
been titled in many parts of the World.
Breeder/Exhibitor of many All Breeds and Specialty Best In Show winners.
Breeding quality Pomeranians in most colours - white, wolf sable, cream sable,
orange, orange sable, beaver, parti colors ,black & tan and black.
Dochlaggie sell and export winners and Champions. We have sent show
Champions & winning Pomeranians to U.S.A.,Germany, Japan, Hong Kong, New
Zealand, Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, Norway, Finland, France, India ,Tahiti,
New Caledonia, Switzerland, Bulgaria, Bahrain, Seychelles Islands & Thailand.
Wonderful pet Pomeranian babies are often available to caring homes.
The story of exactly how I started the Pomeranian passion begins as a young child. I was fortunate to have an Aunt who bred and exhibited
Champion Pomeranians. A great joy was to be able to nurse a Champion Pomeranian
on the way home from a show. I now understand the reason why I was allowed to nurse the Pomeranian after the show. I made
up my mind that one day my life would be filled with Show Pomeranians.
I have been fortunate to have a Pomeranian to share most of my life. I am
certain that this early experience with the Pomeranian breed, in addition to many years of practical experience breeding
livestock and working with stock horses on the farm has aided in my quest to breed superior quality Pomeranians.
Applying for a prefix in 1975, we received a postcard from my mother-in-law, who had returned to visit her previous home and relatives in Scotland. This card
originated from a place called "Dochlaggie", on the spur of the moment this name was
submitted. I had previously submitted at least 40 names and they had been rejected.
At
last an accepted prefix and hence the Dochlaggie Pomeranians came into existence.
Dochlaggie Pomeranians won it's first
All Breeds Best in Show at a Championship Show in 1978 with homebred, owner
handled Champion Dochlaggie Decisive and that was the beginning of our success in
the show ring.
Many top winning Best in Show Champions have followed, including the top winning
American Champion, Multi Best in Show American Champion Dochlaggie Dagwood and
International Champion Dochlaggie Devils Brew.
Numerous Dochlaggie Champions have been Multi Best in Show winners, some being titled
in two countries and one a stunning cream sable -N. Z. BISS, Australian &
Singapore Champion Dochlaggie Deity is titled in 3 countries.
2009 was an exciting year for Dochlaggie. Multi Best in Show Grand Champion
Dochlaggie Dragon Heart, handled by Jarrod Tyler, caught the eye of local and
international Toy specialists from the moment he stepped into the ring.
Multi Best in Show Grand Champion Dochlaggie Dragon Heart's quality continues
to be recognised by local & international Toy specialists a-like with numerous
illustrious wins against Top Toy competition Australia-wide.
The highlight of 2009 was Multi Best in Show Grand Champion Dochlaggie Dragon
Heart's prestigious award of Best in Show 4th at Australia's largest show, the
Royal Melbourne Show. Special thanks to handler extraordinaire Jarrod Tyler.
2010, Cathy Camac of Chezjolie Poodle fame joined us at Dochlaggie.
During 2010 Multi Best in Show Champion Dochlaggie Dragon Heart became a Grand
Champion with Cathy handling Dochlaggie Dragon
Heart to many top awards.
The highlight of 2010 was another huge Royal win. Cathy handled Multi Best in Show Grand Champion Dochlaggie
Dragon Heart to win Best Exhibit in Group and Best Exhibit in Show 4th at the
Royal Adelaide Show.
Multi Best in Show Grand Champion Dochlaggie Dragon Heart is the only Pomeranian
in Australia to have won two Royal Best in Show 4th awards.
Dochlaggie believe that the strength of any kennel is in the quality of your
bitches and our girls continue to keep the flag flying high for Dochlaggie.
During 2010, Dochlaggie won the bitch challenge at the 3 Royal Shows we attended.
Champion Dochlaggie Dew Drop winning bitch challenges at Sydney and Adelaide
Royals in 2010.
Champion Dochlaggie Dizzy Izzy winning the bitch challenge at Melbourne Royal
2010.
Dochlaggie Dainty Delite, the junior bitch class winner took Reserve Challenge
at Melbourne Royal 2010.
It did help that Dochlaggie won all the Pomeranian bitch classes eligible
for challenge at Royal Melbourne Show 2010. Puppy bitch class winner Dochlaggie
Diamond Lady was Best Pomeranian Puppy.
2011, Champion Dochlaggie Dragon Double kept the flag flying high for Dochlaggie winning r/u Best Exhibit in Group at Adelaide Royal.
Grand Champion Dochlaggie Dragon Heart came out of semi retirement to take Best of Breed at Melbourne Royal. Reserve Dog Challenge winner and r/u Best of Breed was a youngster, Dochlaggie Double Dare. Bitch challenge winner was another Dochlaggie youngster, Champion Dochlaggie Divine Delite.
Dochlaggie's client list includes a long list of of very high profile celebrities
worldwide, who have chosen to share their life with a Dochlaggie Pomeranian.
Special, Pet Pomeranians Babies are often available to caring homes.
As well as the challenge of breeding quality orange Pomeranians, I also have
a passion for the coloured Pomeranian. I have spent the last 15 years working
on whites, parti colours and wolf sables.
The Dochlaggie Pomeranians are a mixture of UK & American lines. I have found this cross of lines works so well.
The early Dochlaggie where Australian
lines. Visiting Europe in 1989 and attending Dog Shows
and visiting prominent breeder's we selected 3 males and 4 females
from the Hadleigh lines. Selecting only the best puppies produced to be retained
for future breeding and show purposes, these new lines where to nearly replace
the breeding lines I had been working with previously.
Totally over the last 35 years, I have had 30 imported Pomeranians here at
Dochlaggie.
A small number of the 30 imports contributed to the success of the
kennel. Others where not the quality require, therefore loving pet homes where found for these Pomeranians.
I would like to thank the wonderful Pomeranian people who entrusted us with
outstanding Pomeranians and contributed so much to the tremendous success Dochlaggie Pomeranians have enjoyed. Dochlaggie Pomeranians have been top winners not only within Australia, but
have experienced wonderful achievements worldwide .
All the Pomeranians are micro chipped. I had been using a tattoo as permanent
identification prior to 1999. When micro chips became available in 1999 this
seemed a better method of identification and I had all adults and new babies
micro chipped. Pomeranians used for breeding are DNA profiled.
Dochlaggie has been an enthusiastic Exhibitor/Breeder of Champion Pomeranians for more than 35
years. I have been so fortunate to have been able to share my life with this special
little dog. All the joys along the way have made the sorrows in this breed bearable. I have been lucky to have made many wonderful friends in the Pomeranian World
and have a very supportive family, without this support I would not have
been able to follow my dream of breeding & exhibiting world class Pomeranians.
