TAMAREESHA

I FIRST GOT INVOLVED WITH A FRIEND'S AFGHANS ( HOLLY & ZOE ) WHILE AT SCHOOL
WHEN I WAS ABOUT 15, I WAS OFFERED ONE OF THEM WHEN THE FRIEND WAS DUE TO
HAVE HER BABY BUT AS MY DAD KEPT MALE ALSATIANS HE SAID "NO WAY WOULD HE
HAVE A BITCH IN THE HOUSE AT THE SAME TIME" ,SO I VOWED TO HAVE AN AFGHAN OF MY
OWN AT SOME POINT.
 
IN 1989 MICK SAW AN ADVERT IN THE PAPER FOR A LITTER IN FIFE ABOUT 40 MINUTES AWAY
FROM US. I PHONED AND WAS TOLD WE COULD GO THROUGH TO SEE THE PUPPIES THAT
WERE FOR SALE BUT THE BREEDER WONT BE BACK TILL THE NEXT DAY, SO OFF WE
WENT ,ME, MICK AND MY WEE SISTER ELAINE. ONCE THERE WE SPOKE TO THE DOG-SITTER
FOR AWHILE THEN WENT TO SEE THE PUPPIES, WHEREUPON ELAINE SAID I THOUGHT WE
WERE COMING TO SEE AFGHAN PUPPIES NOT THESE THINGS !!!

THE BREEDER HAPPENED TO PHONE WHILE WE WERE THERE AND FOR ABOUT THE NEXT TWO HOURS. MAYBE LONGER, I
SPENT MY TIME TRYING TO CONVINCE THIS LADY THAT I WAS SERIOUS ABOUT HAVING A
PUPPY, LOOKING AFTER IT, GROOMING IT ETC ETC AND I MUST ADMIT I REALLY THOUGHT THAT
"THIS WOMAN IS MAD, SHE PUTS AN ADVERT IN THE PAPER, BUT DOESN’T WANT TO
SELL THE PUPPIES".

THE LADY IN QUESTION WAS MRS ANNE McLENNAN (CHEGUEVAR), AND WE
STILL HAVE A HELL OF A LOT TO THANK ANNE AND HER HUSBAND GEORGE FOR. WE WENT
HOME WITH A LOVELY LITTLE GOLD BITCH (CHEGUVAR CRYSTAL TIPS) WHOM ELAINE
NAMED “TAMARA BLITZ” EVENTUALLY SHORTENED TO BLITZ. I MUST ADMIT
IT WAS MICK THAT AGREED HE WOULD PAY FOR HER AS I HADN'T ASKED ANYTHING
ABOUT THE PRICE BEFORE LEAVING DUNDEE AND HADN'T WENT TO THE BANK. SO IT WAS
ALSO THANKS TO HIM THAT AT LONG LAST I GOT MY OWN AFGHAN.
 

 "CHEVVIE" (CHEGUEVAR CHAPERON) WAS THE LITTER BROTHER TO BLITZ AND ABOUT 3 MONTHS AFTER GETTING
HER, HE DECIDED TO COME TO LIVE WITH US. DUE TO A DRUNK DRIVER HITTING A CONCRETE
LAMP-POST WHILST WE WERE OUT WALKING THE DOGS, WE HAD TO SAY GOOD-BYE
TO "CHEVVIE" WHEN HE WAS ONLY 5 YRS OLD.
ANNE HAD MADE THE MISTAKE OF SAYING POP IN NOW AND AGAIN SO I CAN SEE HOW
BLITZ IS DOING AND NEARLY 20YEARS LATER WE STILL GO TO ANNE AND GEORGES EVERY
TWO OR THREE WEEKS. WE HAVE A LOT OF RESPECT FOR ANNE AND THE KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING SHE
HAS ABOUT AFGHANS, WE WILL STILL ASK HER FOR ADVICE ETC.
 
1991 SAW ANOTHER CHEGUVAR PUPPY COMING TO JOIN US, THIS WAS "REESHA"
(CHEGUEVAR CAPRICE) A VERY SPECIAL YOUNG LADY, WHO TURNED OUT TO BE OUR
FIRST SHOW PUPPY AND DID QUITE WELL IN THE RING, UNFORTUNATELY WE LOST "REESHA"
AT THE TENDER AGE OF TWO AND A HALF. CORRY ( C. CORNELIUS ) WAS A LITTER BROTHER
AND HE DECIDED AFTER A LITTLE HOLIDAY WITH US AND HIS SISTER HE WASN’T GOING
BACK TO STAY WITH ANNE SO HE CAME TO STAY. HE WAS ALSO SHOWN WITH SOME SUCCESS
WE DECIDED TO APPLY FOR AN AFFIX AND COMBINED "TAMA" WITH "REESHA" TO GET
"TAMAREESHA" AND THE KENNEL CLUB APPROVED THIS FIRST TIME OF ASKING.

 
AFTER LOSING "REESHA", ANNE AND I TALKED ABOUT THE TIANZE BREEDING AND AS LUCK WOULD HAVE IT,
 JACKIE HARNETT HAD A LITTER DUE IN 1993, OUT OF THIS I GOT "IMOGEN" A LOVELY
LITTLE BLACK AND TAN GIRL (TIANZE FALLEN ANGEL AT TAMAREESHA), FOLLOWED A
MONTH LATER BY HER SISTER "GABBY" WHO WAS BLACK AND SILVER (TIANZE THE TEMPTRESS
OF TAMAREESHA). BOTH THE GIRLS DID FINE IN THE RING BUT AFTER "GABBY" HAD HER
LITTER (1997) SHE WAS SERIOUSLY ILL AND NEVER GOT BACK IN THE RING. THE LITTER OF
ELEVEN WERE HAND REARED AS "GABBY" HAD NO MILK AT ALL AND WE LOST ONE LITTLE
GIRL WHO HAPPENED TO BE THE LARGEST IN THE LITTER. "IMOGEN" WENT TO STAY WITH MY
BROTHER AFTER THE LITTER WERE AWAY TO THEIR NEW HOMES AS "GABBY" DECIDED SHE
HATED HER ANYWHERE NEAR HER. SADLY "GABBY" WAS PUT TO SLEEP IN AUGUST 2007 AS SHE HAD
CANCEROUS TUMOUR IN THE EYE.
 
IN DECEMBER 1995, VAL McCORMACK HAD A LITTER AND FROM THIS I CHOSE A BEAUTIFUL
BRINDLE BOY "CHIBOO" (TULAK DAYS OF THUNDER AT TAMAREESHA). "CHIBOO" WAS A VERY
SPECIAL BOY AND WAS AND IS STILL THE ONE I CALL MY MAIN MAN, HE WAS ALSO THE SIRE
OF "GABBY`S" LITTER, SADLY WE LOST "CHIBOO" AT THE END OF 2007.

WE KEPT A GOLD BITCH FROM THE LITTER "ICE" (T.ICE PRINCESS) WHO WAS FINE WITH
SHOWING UNTIL ABOUT THE AGE OF THREE, WHEN SHE THEN DECIDED IT WASN’T FOR HER. LYING ON
THE SOFA IS WHAT SHE LIKES, A LADY OF LEISURE WHO HASN’T A CARE IN THE WORLD.
 
IN 2001 WE BOUGHT ANOTHER BRINDLE BOY WHO WAS "KIARO" (LISSUE TIME AFTER TIME VIA T.)
 WE HAD TO PART WITH HIM AT A YOUNG AGE BECAUSE OF WHAT THE VET THOUGHT WAS AN INFECTION IN HIS BRAIN. "KIARO" HAD BEEN DOING WELL IN THE RING UP UNTIL ABOUT FOUR MONTHS PRIOR TO THIS HAPPENING.


2004/2005 SAW "TALIS" (JONECA SHEER POWER AMONG TAMAREESHA) ARRIVE, MY BEAUTIFUL GOLD BOY
BRED BY ALISON AND BRIAN LEIPER. I HAD TAKEN BEA ABBOTT TO SEE THIS LITTER AND
JUST FEEL IN LOVE WITH THIS LITTLE MAN. "TALIS" STILL ENJOYS CHEWING HIS COAT
SO ISN'T SHOWN AS MUCH AS I WOULD LIKE BUT HAS MANY FIRSTS, B.O B `S AND GROUP
PLACING'S TO HIS CREDIT. "TALIS" LOVES "ESSENCE" TO PIECES.

 

"ESSENCE" (JODAK ASTRA COMICAL WITH TAMAREESHA J.W) MICK`S PRECIOUS LITTLE
LADY. "ESSENCE" GAINED HER JUNIOR WARRANT,ALONG WITH A FEW BEST BITCH IN SHOW, A
FEW RESERVE BEST IN SHOW'S, A COUPLE OF RESERVE BEST BITCH , B.I.S, MANY FIRSTS AND
RECENTLY HER FIRST CHALLENGE CERTIFICATE WHICH SHE WON AT CRUFT'S. IF IT HADN'T
BEEN FOR JULIE NOBLE TELLING US ABOUT THIS PUPPY WE WOULD NEVER HAD CONTACTED THE BREEDER JO HOUSE.
 WE ASKED JO IF WE COULD BOOK HER THERE AND THEN AND JO ASKED IF WE WANTED TO WAIT TILL WE SAW HER, THE ANSWER WAS NO IF ITS OK WITH YOU, CAN WE JUST BOOK HER AND JO FINALLY AGREED.

(THANK GOD OR SOME-ONE UP THERE)

TWO LITTLE ONES KEEP THE AFGHANS IN CHECK THEY ARE CJ (MY 7YR OLD NIECE) AND
"SMUDGER" THE BOYS 13YR OLD WHIPPET WHO THEY AQUIRED THROUGH VAL .


TO VAL, FIONA ,ROSS JACKIE, ELLEN, STEVE, BRIAN AND ALISON, & MARTIAL ROBIN WE THANK YOU.

WE HAVE MADE A LOT OF LOVELY FRIENDS THROUGH THE AFGHAN SCENE AND APPRECIATE THEM,
THEIR HELP AND ADVICE I FEEL THAT I ONLY LEARN MORE AND NEVER KNOW ENOUGH.


TO ANNE, JULIE AND JO WE THANK YOU ALL ENORMOUSLY.
 

Wendy Westgarth, March 2008


CHEGUEVAR CHRYSTAL TIPS AND C.CHAPERON —
SEVERNDENE RED ROOSTER X ANDIZHAN CHASHMA OF CHEGUEVAR

CHEGUEVAR CAPRICE AND C. CORNELIUS —
CH. CHARDHURI CHIANTI FOR DRISHAUN X CHEGUEVAR PANDORA

TIANZE FALLEN ANGEL AT T. AND T. THE TEMPTRESS AT T.
CH.HARLEXTAN MAD MULLAH X CH. TIANZE BEWITCHED

TULAK DAYS OF THUNDER AT T. —
CH.SAXONMILL RUM TUM TIGGER X LISSUE SALOM AT TULAK

T.ICE PRINCESS —
TULAK DAYS OF THUNDER AT T. X TIANZE THE TEMPTRESS OF T.

LISSUE TIME AFTER TIME VIA T. —
LISSUE ALABAMA X LISSUE ANDROMEDAE

JONECA SHEER POWER AMONG T. —
HIP HOP N FLY FOR JONECA X CHINZAES SHEER ELEGANCE AT JONECA

JODAK ASTRA COMICAL WITH TAMAREESHA ( J.W ) —
INT/SERB/UKR/DAN/MONT/LUX CH. TURENNE DU MENUEL GALOPIN ( IMP ) X JODAK DISCO DIVA.