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From 17 Championship shows this year, Chayo has won:

3 x GROUP 1
3 x GROUP 2
1 x GROUP 4

8 x BEST OF BREED
12 x CHALLENGE CERTIFICATES
10 x RESERVE CHALLENGE CERTIFICATES
8 x BEST DOG
7 x BEST BITCH

1 x PUPPY GROUP 1
1 x PUPPY GROUP 2
1 x PUPPY GROUP 3
5 x BEST PUPPY IN BREED

Has 5 CC Winners

Currently have the Top Malamute In The Breed and CC Breed Record Holder.

December 2016

****To complete another amazing year for Chayo, 'Brad' -  Ch Chayo Klass Act JW is named TOP UK MALAMUTE 2016 and Chayo are once again TOP UK MALAMUTE BREEDER ****

Sadly, we have had to say goodbye to Topaz. The last 12 years have gone by too fast but our time with you has been precious. Your legacy live on in the Chayo name.

With the kennels so busy during December it was impossible to get away for the final championship show of the year as planned. We did however manage a day out at Darwen Canine Society. Myself and Anne took a van full of dogs and came away with GROUP 2 and BEST OF BREED for 'Jessie ' - Chayo Inspiration, a PUPPY GROUP 1 and BEST PUPPY IN BREED for ' Fyre' - Ice Gangsta's Ball Of Fire for Chayo who was handled by Anne and PUPPY TOY GROUP 2 and BEST PUPPY IN BREED for baby 'Ross' - Chayo Dream Boy at his first show! With thanks to Tracy for handling in the Group as we clashed with the working group. Thanks to all our judges, Mike Vincent, Leanne Bryant and Michael Gadsby for a fabulous day .

November 2016

We went to the annual Nordic Show where our judge Caroline Friend-Rees found her BEST PUPPY IN BREED in 'Fyre' - Ice Gangsta's Ball Of Fire. Our young girl 'Jessie' - Chayo Inspiration won a strong junior class to complete a lovely day.

What a great weekend when, at Northwich DCS, 'Fyre' - Ice Gangsta's Ball Of Fire won BEST IN BREED and BEST PUPPY IN BREED, then went on to win GROUP 3 and PUPPY GROUP 1. Thank you to our judge Malcolm Robinson. The net day we finished off a super weekend with Fyre's 3rd BEST OF BREED and BEST PUPPY IN BREED in a row at Hyde & DCA Show , going on to win GROUP 4 and PUPPY GROUP 2. With thanks to judge Cath Moffat.

With a fantastic start to his showing career at Coventry (Foleshill) Open Show, our little red star 'Fyre' - Ice Gangsta's Ball Of Fire was awarded BEST OF BREED and BEST PUPPY IN BREED by breed judge Tate Shrimpton and then went on to win PUPPY GROUP 1 under judge Pauline Luxmoore-Ball

October 2016

We have great news!! At the three quarter stage, 'Brad' -  Ch Chayo Klass Act JW is TOP MALAMUTE all systems. What an amazing achievement for such a young dog! To make the day even better, Brad's Mum 'Cookie' - Ch Chayo Fortune Cookie is currently TOP BROOD BITCH.

September 2016

At Darlington championship show, 'Brad' -  Ch Chayo Klass Act JW was awarded the Reserve CC by judge Tan Nagrecha. The Limit Dog class was won again by 'Midas' - Chayo Golden Touch ShCM, co-owned and handled by Anne Nevinson, 'Ace' - CH Chayo Pulling Power for Lireva owned by Avril Cawthera was awarded 3rd in Open Dog, 'Bianca' - BPISS Chayo Top Class was 3rd in Limit Bitch and 'Nessa' - Chayo Whatz Occurrin, owned by Julie and Dale Wilson was handed VHC in the same class.

The month continues to be bright for our star of the moment 'Brad' -  Ch Chayo Klass Act JW when he won his 5th CC and BEST OF BREED under judge Kevin Young at Richmond championship show. We also celebrated the double with 'Crystal' - CH/Am/Int/Cro CH Chayo Pure Crystal winning the BITCH CC and her retirement from the ring - she certainly went out on a high! Other Chayo successes were 'Charlie' - Chayo Silver Fox who was awarded 2nd in the Puppy Dog class, 'Midas' - Chayo Golden Touch, co-owned and handled by Anne Nevinson winning the Limit Dog class and 'Bianca' - BPISS Chayo Top Class coming 2nd in the limit bitch class.

September started with another amazing day for our 'Brad' -  Ch Chayo Klass Act JW who was awarded his 4th CC and BEST OF BREED by judge Albert Wight at City of Birmingham championship show and then went on to win WORKING GROUP 1 under judge Mrs J A Harrington (USA). 'Crystal' - CH/Am/Int/Cro CH Chayo Pure Crystal was awarded the RESERVE BITCH CC. 'Charlie' - Chayo Silver Fox won the Puppy Dog class, 'Midas' - Chayo Golden Touch, co-owned and handled by Anne Nevinson won the Limit Dog class and 'Bianca' - BPISS Chayo Top Class won the limit bitch class. 'Ace' - CH Chayo Pulling Power for Lireva owned by Avril Cawthera-Purdy was awarded a respectable 3rd in Open Dog. Our thanks to both judges, what a great day!

August 2016

As if the day hadn't been incredible enough, we returned home with our new Champion Brad to the news that our little Enzo daughter 'Sassy' - Vykon's Chayo All That Sass had gained the final points towards her AMERICAN CHAMPION title! Two Champions in one day, dreams really do come true! Sassy completed her title at just 10 months of age and with a total of 4 majors, what an achievement! Our immense thank to our good friend Vicky Jones who bred Sassy and to Sassy's handler Michelle Scott.

WOW! The month ended with Chayo's 15th champion being crowned! Judge Terry Munro awarded 'Brad' - Chayo Klass Act JW his third CC, giving him his UK CHAMPION TITLE! He then went on to win BEST OF BREED and to top off this wonderful achievement, he went on to win WORKING GROUP 1 under judge Sigurd Wilberg at the SKC championship show. Our thanks to both judges and to Lisa Bridges for her handling skills in the breed ring! The celebrations continued when 'Ricky' - BPIS Chayo Classic Design was awarded the RESERVE DOG CC, what a brilliant day! 'Midas' - Chayo Golden Touch, co-owned and handled by Anne Nevinson won the Limit Dog class. In the bitch classes, 'Cerys' - Chayo Liquid Gold owned by Karen Gourlay was awarded 3rd in Post Graduate Bitch, 'Bianca' - BPISS Chayo Top Class was handed 2nd in Limit Bitch and a particularly playful 'Crystal' - CH/Am/Int/Cro CH Chayo Pure Crystal was placed 3rd in Open Bitch.

A journey to the Welsh Kennel Club saw 'Brad' - Chayo Klass Act JW being awarded the RESERVE DOG CC by judge Liz Dunhill. 'Charlie' - Chayo Silver Fox was placed 3rd in Puppy Dog, 'Midas' - Chayo Golden Touch, co-owned and handled by Anne Nevinson was placed 2nd in Limit Dog and 'Ace' - CH Chayo Pulling Power for Lireva owned by Avril Cawthera-Purdy was placed 3rd in Open Dog. In bitches, 'Crystal' - CH/Am/Int/Cro CH Chayo Pure Crystal was placed 3rd in Open Bitch.

We took a day away from an extremely busy summer at the kennels to make the long journey south the Bournemouth championship show and it was definitely worth the trip! Under judge Richard Kinsey, 'Midas' - Chayo Golden Touch, co-owned and handled by Anne Nevinson, certainly lived up to his name by taking the DOG CC and BEST OF BREED, then going on to win WORKING GROUP 1 under judge Robin Searle! The RESERVE CC was handed to 'Brad' - Chayo Klass Act JW and the BITCH CC was awarded to 'Bianca' - Chayo Top Class, with 'Charlie' - Chayo Silver Fox completing the line up of top awards by being given BEST PUPPY DOG. Other Chayo successes were 'Ace' - CH Chayo Pulling Power for Lireva owned by Avril Cawthera-Purdy who was placed 2nd in Open Dog and Chayo Silver Fairbanks For Movalian owned by Katrina Blore who was placed 2nd in Puppy Bitch.

Our baby girl 'Silver' - Chayo Silver Shimmer went off on her holidays to the coast for a few days with her friends Hannah and Peter the terrier. Whilst away she attended her first show, Paignton Championship Show, where she was handled by Hannah Downie and qualified for Crufts 2017.

July 2016

We received exciting news from Gill Reid that her girl "Keiko" - BIS Chayo Bootilicious of Milagre ShCM has become the first UK bred Malamute to gain a Kennel Club Rally Obedience Level 1 title. Well done girls!

Under judge Anne Hardy at Leeds championship show, 'Charlie' - Chayo Silver Fox continues his winning streak by being awarded BEST PUPPY IN BREED and then going on to be shortlisted in the group. 'Brad' - Chayo Klass Act JW was placed 2nd in Open Dog, Chayo Silver Fairbanks For Movalian owned by Katrina Blore was placed 3rd in Minor Puppy Bitch and 'Tova' - Chayo Canadian Dream For Samjoe ShCM was placed 3rd in Veteran Bitch.

We spent a day in Malvern to attend two shows in one day. At Evesham & District open show, 'Bianca' - Chayo Top Class won BEST OF BREED and 'Charlie' - Chayo Silver Fox won RESERVE BEST DOG and BEST PUPPY IN BREED, both on the overall agreement of the judges Mr Joe Smith and Mrs Georgina Aiston. 'Midas' - Chayo Golden Touch won his Limit Dog class.  Charlie then went on to be placed PUPPY GROUP 2.

We then moved on to the AMCUK open show where 'Charlie' - Chayo Silver Fox won BEST PUPPY IN SPECIALTY SHOW. 'Midas' - Chayo Golden Touch was handled by his co-owner Anne Nevinson to win the Limit Dog class, 'Brad' - Chayo Klass Act JW was awarded 2nd in the Open Dog class and 'Bianca' - Chayo Top Class was awarded Reserve in the Limit Bitch class under judge Tim Ball.

Back to East of England championship show on Sunday for the final of the Puppy Stakes where Rodney Oldham awarded 'Charlie' - BPIS Chayo Silver Fox with Runner Up on the Final Day of The Eukanuba Pup of The Year Competition

A dreary start to the day turned into a lovely sunny one at East f England championship show where our replacement judge Mr David Cavill awarded 'Crystal' - CH/Am/Int/Cro CH Chayo Pure Crystal Best Bitch and her 5th CC. The Reserve Dog CC went to 'Ricky' - BPIS Chayo Classic Design. Other successes were: 'Charlie' - BPIS Chayo Silver Fox with a 2nd in Puppy Dog and 'Midas' - RBIS Chayo Golden Touch ShCM who won the Postgraduate Dog class. Outside of the breed ring the success continued with Midas going on to win the Pearl Crocker Special Post Graduate Stakes and come 2nd in the Pets As Therapy Open Stakes, as always handled by his co-owner Anne Nevinson. Charlie also won the AV Working/Pastoral Puppy Stakes, handled by Lisa Bridges. What a great day!

June 2016

At Windsor championship show, Anne handled 'Midas' - Chayo Golden Touch to a fantastic class win under judge Elina Haapaniemi from Finland.

What a fantastic day at Blackpool championship show where, under respected judge Christina Chapman, 'Brad' - BIS Chayo Klass Act JW won his 2nd CC, BEST OF BREED, then WORKING GROUP 2 under judge Irene McManus. BEST PUPPY IN BREED was 'Charlie' - BPIS Chayo Silver Fox who then went on to win WORKING PUPPY GROUP 3 handled by Lisa Bridges. More successes on the day were: 'Midas' - Chayo Golden Touch, co-owned and handled by Anne Nevinson, who was awarded 3rd in Post Graduate Dog, 'Ted' - Chayo Ice Cold Apparition ShCM awarded Reserve in Limit Dog, 'Ace' - CH Chayo Pulling Power for Lireva owned by Avril Cawthera-Purdy who picked up 3rd in Open Dog, 'Jessie' - BPIS Chayo Inspiration was awarded 1st in Puppy Bitch, 'Breeze' - Chayo Northern Breeze, owned by Marina Dick was placed 2nd in Post Graduate Bitch, 'Keiko' - Chayo Bootilicious of Milagre ShCM gained her stud book number with a 2nd place in Open Bitch and 'Gypsy' - Chayo Blue Velvet was handled by Lisa Bridges to 3rd in the same class.

We received wonderful news from the Alaskan Malamute Club of America celebrating Enzo's stay.

We attended the Royal Cheshire Show with our new lad 'Charlie' - Chayo Silver Fox. At his first show he went BEST OF BREED and BEST PUPPY IN BREED, judged by Geoff Duffield. He then went on to be shortlisted in the adult Working Group and win PUPPY WORKING GROUP 1 under judge Tom Johnston. We returned the following day where Charlie showed like a professional to be crowned BEST PUPPY IN SHOW!!!

At Three Counties championship show, under judge Stuart Mallard, the RESERVE DOG CC was awarded to 'Ace' - CH Chayo Pulling Power at Lireva owned by Avril Cawtera-Purdy. Other Chayo successes on the day were: 'Midas' - Chayo Golden Touch, co-owned and handled by Anne Nevinson, who was awarded 2nd in Post Graduate Dog, 'Ted' - Chayo Ice Cold Apparition ShCM awarded Reserve in Limit Dog, 'Brad' - Chayo Klass Act JW placed 3rd in Open Dog, 'Jessie' - Chayo Inspiration who placed 2nd in Puppy Bitch, Chayo Silver Fairbanks for Movalian, owned by Miss K Blore who placed VHC in Puppy Bitch, 'Bianca' - BPISS Chayo Top Class who was placed 3rd in Limit Bitch and 'Gypsy' - RBIS Chayo Blue Velvet who placed 3rd in Open Bitch.

We had a fun day at Southern Counties championship show where, under Israeli judge Mr Arie Schwarz, 'Precious' - Chayo Blue Diamond (ai) was awarded the RESERVE BITCH CC. Precious has been very lightly shown, so we were over the moon with this result! Other Chayo successes were: 'Midas' - Chayo Golden Touch, co-owned with Anne Nevinson, placed 2nd in Junior Dog, 'Brad' - Chayo Klass Act JW who placed 3rd in Open Dog, 'Jessie' - Chayo Inspiration placed 2nd in Puppy Bitch and 'Gypsy' - RBIS Chayo Blue Velvet who placed 2nd in Open Bitch.

May 2016

A fantastic day at Bath championship show, where 'Bart' - BIS BISS CH Chayo My Prerogative his 39th CC and BEST OF BREED under judge Barry Croft. Our new team member 'Jessie' - Chayo Inspiration was awarded Best Puppy Bitch. Other Chayo successes were: 'Midas' - Chayo Golden Touch, owned in partnership with Anne Nevinson was 2nd in Junior Dog, 'Brad' - Chayo Klass Act JW was awarded Reserve in Limit Dog and 'Gypsy' - Chayo Blue Velvet was awarded Reserve in Open Bitch.

April 2016

Great news to end the month with 'Midas' - Chayo Golden Touch attending White Rose CS with his joint owner Anne Nevinson where he took BEST OF BREED  and WORKING GROUP 1 under Richard Kinsey. This group win also completed the points for his SHOW CERTIFICATE OF MERIT!

We have received exciting news from Australia! Over just 5 weekends of shows, 'Abby' - BIS Chayo Easy On The Eye has been made up and will now be known as BIS Aust CH Chayo Easy On The Eye! Abby and her junior handler Maddy Nyp are most definitely a dream team and we at Chayo are so grateful for your hard work in making Abby our first Australian Champion!

We had a day out with the youngsters at WELKS Championship Show where, under judge Dave Killilea, 'Ricky' - BPIS Chayo Classic Design, was awarded the  RESERVE DOG CC. 'Jessie' - BPIS Chayo Inspiration was awarded  BEST PUPPY IN BREED and also won the Eukanuba/Dog World Pup Of The Year heat and then went on to win runner-up overall for the three days .

I had a day out with 'Jessie' - BPIS Chayo Inspiration at Leominster CS where she won BEST PUPPY IN BREED and PUPPY WORKING GROUP 1 under judge Allyson King and then finished off the day by being awarded BEST PUPPY IN SHOW under Jeff Luscott

Anne Nevinson is now officially joint owner of 'Midas' -  Chayo Golden Touch and handled him at Colne Nelson & DCS where he was awarded BEST AVNSC, WORKING GROUP 1 and RESERVE BEST IN SHOW, all under judge Bridgette Bodle

At the Working & Pastoral Breeds of Wales Championship Show under breed judge Jenny Shorer-Wheeler 'Jessie' - BPIS Chayo Inspiration was awarded BEST PUPPY IN BREED and then went on to win PUPPY GROUP 2 under Barrie Croft.

At Mansfield & DCS, under judge Dave Chapman, 'Midas' - Chayo Golden Touch won BEST OF BREED and GROUP 3. 'Jessie' - BPIS Chayo Inspiration was awarded BEST PUPPY IN BREED, PUPPY WORKING GROUP 1 and then went on to win RESERVE BEST PUPPY IN SHOW.

Pat & Ray Castell have let us know that their boy 'Echo' - Chayo Could It Be Magic has come 1st in the 101 lbs+ class of the Eastleigh Weight Pull Championship run by the AMCUK. Well done for a fantastic working season!

March 2016

A day out at Rochdale & DCS saw the kids have another fun day with 'Midas' - Chayo Golden Touch taking BEST OF BREED and WORKING GROUP 4 and 'Jessie' - Chayo Inspiration taking BEST PUPPY IN BREED and PUPPY GROUP 2, both handled on the day by Anne Nevinson.

 At Accrington & DCA our Baby Girl 'Jessie' - Chayo Inspiration (Multi Ch Starlight Express Del Biagio X Chayo Contradiction) won BEST PUPPY IN BREED under judge Steven Anderson and then went on to win WORKING PUPPY GROUP 1 under judge Liz Cartledge. At only her 2nd show, she then went on to win BEST PUPPY IN SHOW!

It was a great weekend at the FCI Asia Pacific Section Dog Show in Jakarta Indonesia. Multi BIS Ind/Th/Int CH Chayo bit Special won 6 BEST OF BREEDS out of 6 shows and gained a GROUP 2 and GROUP 3 on the second day of the show.  'Evie' -  Chayo You better Believe it, won BEST PUPPY IN BREED, BEST OF SEX, RESERVE BEST PUPPY IN BREED and a RESERVE CACIB. Both were handled beautifully by Lisa Bridges. Thank you to all the judges Ms. Ann Ingram, Mr Damir Skok, Ms Esther Joseph, Mrs Barbara Muller, Mr Leif - Herman Wilberg and Ms Sharon Derrick.

CRUFTS 2016. WOW! We have just about recovered from a truly amazing day where 'Bart' - BIS BISS CH Chayo My Prerogative his 38th CC and BEST OF BREED for the 2nd consecutive year under breed specialist Sue Smith. He then went on to the group where the judge Kari Jarvinen awarded Bart GROUP 4 in a very strong line-up. To say we are over the moon is an understatement! As if that wasn't enough excitement for the day, we did the double! with 'Crystal' - CH/Am/Cro/Int CH Chayo Pure Crystal winning BEST OPPOSITE SEX and BITCH CC, expertly handled by Ivan Calleja. Our thanks to  both judges and to everyone for their congratulations on the day and since, it has been a wonderful weekend. Other Chayo successes were: 'Ace' - CH Chayo Pulling Power for Lireva owned by Avril Cawthera-Purdy who picked up Reserve in an amazingly tough class, 'Cerys' - Chayo Liquid Gold owned by Karen Gourlay who was awarded 3rd in Junior Bitch and 'Nessa' - Chayo Whatz Occurrin, owned by Julie and Dale Wilson who was Reserve in a large Post Graduate Bitch class.     

A lovely day out at Ashton In Makerfield CS where 'Midas' - Chayo Golden Touch took BEST OF BREED and  WORKING GROUP 4 and 'Jessie' - Chayo Inspiration, at her first show, took BEST PUPPY IN BREED and PUPPY WORKING GROUP 4. Thanks to Anne Nevinson for handling both on the day.

February 2016

Midas and his handler Anne Nevinson are clearly becoming a team to contend with! At Dearne & DCS open show 'Midas' -  Chayo Golden Touch was awarded BEST OF BREED and WORKING GROUP 4.

More news from abroad where 'James' - Chayo Bit Special won BEST OF BREED under respected judge Mr Frank Waring (Australia) and went on to gain GROUP 2 under respected judge Mr Masanori Fujimoto (Mexico) at West Java Dog Show in Bandung, Thailand. The new girl in town 'Evie' - Chayo You Better Believe It won BEST PUPPY IN SHOW under respected judge Frank Waring (Australia) Our thanks to owner Tommy Liem

A special day at Huddersfield & District Open Show where Anne Nevinson handled 'Midas' -  Chayo Golden Touch to BEST OF BREED & WORKING GROUP 2. And so the legacy lives on, Midas is the son of Enzo - Ch / Am Ch Chayo All Eyes On Me. With thanks to judge Elaine Walker Lueldar and group judge Christina Chapman.

Well done to Lauren Perfitt and 'Tova' - Chayo Canadian Dream for Samjoe ShCM who achieved her GOLD KC Good Citizen award at 9 years of age

We got news from Australia where 'Abby' - Chayo Easy On The Eye, is running 2nd in the Show Dog of the Year National Leaderboard 2016! She's also number 2 in the Utility group in the state of South Australia and number 4 All Breeds South Australia. What an amazing achievement for a junior handler, well done Maddy!

January 2016

What fantastic news we have just received from the Adelaide Hills Kennel Club Championship Shows in South Australia where 'Abby' - Chayo Easy On The Eye,  shown by 12 year old Maddy, was awarded the very prestigious BEST EXHIBIT IN SHOW! The weekend consisted of a full panel of International judges. Abby won : 3 X BEST OF BREED, a GROUP 2, a GROUP 1 & then followed it on with BEST EXHIBIT IN SHOW. This was only Abby and Maddy's 3rd weekend of showing together and we are incredibly excited to see how this partnership has developed so quickly! Well done girls!

An amazing day at Lichfield Canine Society where 'Brad' - Chayo Klass Act JW won BEST OF BREED, then WORKING GROUP 1 and then surpassed all our expectations by winning BEST IN SHOW! Our thanks to the judges who thought so highly of Brad.

Our trip to Manchester championship show saw the judge Roberta Wright award 'Bart' - BIS BISS CH Chayo My Prerogative his 37th CC and BEST OF BREED and 'Ace' - CH Chayo Pulling Power for Lireva owned by Avril Cawthera-Purdy  picked up the RCC. Bart then went on to be placed WORKING GROUP 2 under judge Ann Ingram. Other successes today were: 'Ricky' BPIS Chayo Classic Design who was 2nd in the Puppy Dog class, 'Brad' - Chayo Klass Act won the Limit Dog class, Andrea & Mark Blackburn’s Chayo Icecold Apparition ShCM - ‘Ted’  was 2nd in the same class. In bitches, 'Bianca' - BPISS Chayo Top Class matched her brother with a 2nd in the Puppy Bitch class, 'Breeze' - Chayo Northern Breeze, owned by Marina Dick, was placed 2nd in both Junior Bitch and Post Graduate Bitch, 'Oreo' - CH Chayo Cookie Monster For Wintadreama Ir J Ch ShCM owned by Neil Rivers and Sarah Towers was placed 2nd in the Open Bitch class and 'Crystal' - CH/Am/Cro/Int Ch. Chayo Pure Crystal was 3rd in the same class. I also handled Crystal in the Eukanuba Champion Stakes where she placed a very commendable 5th, the highest placed bitch out of 35 entries.

We just got great news from the Indonesian Kennel Club where 'James' - Chayo Bit Special has been awarded the top Alaskan Malamute in Indonesia. He is also now an International Champion with 8 CACIBs.

What a fantastic start to 2016! Our first championship show of the year was Boston and the kids did us proud! DOG CC, BEST OF BREED and WORKING GROUP 2 was 'Bart' - BIS BISS CH Chayo My Prerogative and 'Ricky' BPIS Chayo Classic Design was awarded BEST PUPPY IN BREED and then went on to win WORKING PUPPY GROUP 1. 'Gypsy' Chayo Blue Velvet was awarded the RESERVE BITCH CC to add to the day's success! Our thanks to Breed Judge Hedd Richards and Group Judges Christina Chapman and Richard Kinsey. Other places on the day were 'Brad' - Chayo Klass Act who won the Limit Dog class and 'Ace' - CH Chayo Pulling Power for Lireva owned by Avril Cawthera-Purdy was given VHC in the Open Dog class.

Chayo would like to wish you all the very best for this next coming year.

 2015 for me personally and for my kennel has far outweighed anything I could have wished for. My thanks and appreciation go out to all those judges who have helped towards our success, to owners Anne Nevinson and Sean and Averil Cawthera-Purdy , to handlers Lisa Bridges, Lauren Bridges and Ivan Calleja, to Hannah Downie for all her work with the kids and last but not least to all my dogs, without whom none of this would be possible.

 I'm proud to say we finished up Joint #3 Top Breeder in the whole of the UK, Top Breeder in the UK Working Group (for the 3rd year running) and Top Malamute Breeder. Again we had the #1 malamute in 'Bart', who was also #2 in the Working Group and #8 overall Top Dog in the whole of the UK and is the Breed CC Record Holder. 'Ricky' was the Joint Top Puppy and 'Logan' the Top Alaskan Malamute Stud Dog. Along the way , we picked up Group 1 at Crufts, BIS UK All Breeds, BPIS UK All Breeds, BISS and BPISS. Numerous Group Wins and Placings. We closed the titles on 3 new UK Champions, 1 American Champion and we had 9 different CC Winners. Wow what a year!

2016 will no doubt have plenty to live up to but I welcome it with open arms and look forward to seeing everyone in the New Year.

Chayo Alaskan Malamutes owned by Sue Ellis

Moss Cottage Boarding Kennels, Haydock Avenue, Moss Lane, Sale M33 4GG. Tel: +44 7887607445 Email: sue.chayo@gmail.com