Derrickok
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Feb 17, 2002, 9:10 AM
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Dog showing is a disease that has no cure. Despite of the new millennium in advanced medical research, doctors are still baffled as to the cause. Is it a germ? a virus? a bug? or something from out-space/center of the earth? There is no clear-cut diagnosis has yet been established. I am one of those contracted this dreadful disease since 1963 and believe you me, it gives you all the ecstasy in life and also the worst of depression that could be described. It seemed quite harmless as a spectator to a dog show at The Chin Woo Stadium(Now demolished) situated in Jalan Davidson, near The Merdeka Stadium. All I wanted was a day out to look at the various breeds of dogs on parade. Little did I realise that taking part is more fun than looking. The next day, I went to MKA which was located in Hwa-Li Building in Jalan Ampang, There I started to enquire how to become a member. I needed a dog for the next show. Dogs I always have, pure breed or otherwise, it is up to MKA to decide. First they check the pedigree. Then they asked a few questions, if the committee is satisfied, your application is certified. I was one of those that looked them straight in the eyes even though I was lying through my teeth, nevertheless, a liar must be steady. And so a dog was registered, now I waited for the next show to matter. It was a six-year-old Alsatian male, which followed me home from UK. In those days Championship Dog Shows were irregular. Four shows a year is rare, three are the norm. On my maiden appearance I was placed 3rd, considering my experience then, it was more than I could wish for. It was also a wish that I had not bargained for, because the bug had drawn its first drop of blood. To win I needed better and nicer looking dogs. So airmail, telegram, no e-mail then were sent to UK for dogs. Some came back with fantastic reports; some came back and said we eat dogs. Six months down the road, Alsatians were imported one after another, until I was the top breeder, the top exhibitor, so much so that The Late Sultan of Kelantan came to know about it and visited my establishment on several occasions. A chapter is closed. What bothered me most was the thought of staying on top. You need money, planning and strategy. Besides, I have already achieved my objective, why bother to defend, might as well retired as a hero rather than ending up with zero. Who said there was no 7 year itch? It was seven-year after I got married, and 2X7 years I had retired from the rectangle show ring that one fine Sunday, we traveled to Malacca just to see a dog show. The Mrs. innocently thought just to see, but the bug in me said observe, survey, as well as to see. By these three words, the bug meant; observe the exhibitors/dogs, survey the most suitable and challenge breeds, and see you again in the show ring! A chapter closed and a chapter begins. The Dalmatians was my choice. These spotted beauties, are something I considered most challenging to exhibit. If I were to return to Alsatians (GSD), it was only a resurrection. But the Dallies have so many qualities that they required someone who is willing to research and read all about them before you could really appreciate them. And so with 12 years for being a Dalmatian man, there is little I have omitted. I always maintained that if anyone could keep a Dalmatian in tiptop condition, other breed of dogs will only be chicken feed to this breeder. Having said what is appropriate, I am now concentrating on my own breeding. In other words, the off springs of those imported from UK and Australia, which by the way are all Malaysian Champions have all been retired. It is important for a serious breeder to exhibit his/her dog/s, because by doing so, you are in a position to tell others –friends, prospective puppy buyers, stud services- that your animal/s have gone in front of a judge in All Breed Championship Dog Shows and was awarded blah blah……….!!! It is more convincing and carries a higher degree of recognition than an animal that you yourself claimed is beautiful but had never been shown or put to the challenge/test. Need more information? Come and join the new breed.
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