Stacey & Kim Bennett (Stakim) - Melbourne, Victoria

I have had Shetland Sheepdogs nearly all my life. After getting married  my new husband and I were soon heavily involved in showing and breeding Shelties.  We showed 5 Shelties to their title and bred a number of other Ch’s.

In the mid 90s, we decided on Tibetan Spaniels as our new breed after falling in love with a parti–colour baby puppy named Teddy (Ch Parkwell Partli Kiwi).  I tried to buy him on the spot and am sure Michelle Goddard wondered who the crazy lady was trying to buy her new puppy!

After much research we obtained a parti puppy bitch, Hope (Ch Toreana Shangri La) from Ken and Pam Talbot.  A big thank you to them for trusting us with such a lovely girl.  She was soon joined by another girl, Tashi (Ch Toreana Tar Chin Ta Shi), and shortly after by our boy, Tiar (Ch Lynandra Koontiair).

When we bred Tashi, her husband just had to be Teddy (Ch Parkwell Partli Kiwi).  We kept two puppies from this litter, Darth (Ch Stakim Snuggle Pot, 1st photo) and his sister Pie (Ch Stakim Snugglepie, pic next to Darth). 

They have exceeded our expectations in the show ring, with many great wins, the best being Dog Challenge and RUBIS at TSAV Specialty in 2005 and Melbourne Royal Dog Challenge in 2006.  Both have won In Group and In Show awards.  We repeated the mating and kept Sooty (Stakim Sangmu, 3rd photo at 10 months). We have just bred our 3rd litter of Tibbies, and two of the puppies are pictured on the end.  We are keeping Sulamon, the darkest puppy.

Our dogs are our family, and all have homes with us forever.  We occasionally have puppies available to good homes.

Bred With Love. Owned With Pride.

Phone:

03 9704 0471

 Email:

stakim@g-node.com.au

Registered Breeder?

Yes