Providing Love and Care to English Springer & Sussex Spaniels
English Springer & Sussex Spaniels
GCh Camelaird's Believe It or Not (Sedona) has been doing great! She has won many Best of Breed and has several Group Placements. Sedona has finished her Grand Championship at the 2010 Columbus Cluster Shows!
Sedona Best of Breed @ Lexington KY 2010
Camelaird Spaniels
Tim and Anke Lowe Lexington, Ohio 44904
The Home of:
English Springer Spaniels (Bench and Field Bred) and Sussex Spaniels
We recently lost our beloved Field Champion Pie. This was due to old age and we had many wonderful years with Pie. Pie became a Field Trial Dog at an age when most English Springer Field Dogs retire. He went on to becoming one of the oldest Springer ever to earn his FC (Field Champion). He sired some of the best of the best Field Trial dogs of which were extremly proud.
In September 2010 Leia crossed over the Rainbow Bridge. She fought a hard battle with Cancer having three operations with in 110 days. We just could not stop the cancer. During her recovery on the third operation it migrated to her lungs and she was in terrific pain. I had to let her go. See the memorial page for my write up on her crossing the bridge.
A Little Background and History
The name Camelaird is "Old English" for Camelot. We always liked the Camelaird theme with the knights of old and the wonderful lush forests. Our little piece of the forest is located in the lush rolling hills of rural America. While these rolling hills are in Ohio they do provide us a feeling of being in the forests of Old England Camelaird.
Some 25 years ago we feel in love with the loving nature of the English Springer Spaniel and this love affair continues today. We began this affair with the Field Bred English Springers. We enjoyed watching them run and work in the field. While working with the field bred Springers we were introduced to the show bred (bench) English Springer. We just had to include them in our kennel. With some help from our field bred Springer friends we were able to welcome a wonderful 10 week old pup to our kennel who became Ch Linran's Magical Serenade our first show AKC Champion.
This success enhanced our love for the show bred English Springer causing us to focus our efforts on showing conformation Springers. With a lot of support and guidance from a bunch of wonderful and helpful conformation folks, we have been fortunate to have a couple of top conformation Springers in the United States (number 7 and number 13).
With the wonderful success we had with Springers, we began looking for a complementary breed. WE FOUND IT, the Sussex Spaniel. What a great addition to our kennel! These little brown jobs are just something else! They bring new meaning to having a sense of humor when living with dogs. Now we are very active with both breeds in conformation and field work. We strive for the betterment of the breed through sound and intelligent breeding practices. Temperament being one of our higher priorities.We travel around the country to the major shows and field trials. You will know we are there if you see a large tan Motor Home Bus with Camelaird Spaniels on the back. If you see the bus at a show or field trial, stop in and talk to us and meet our gang.
