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Celticwolf Alaskan Malamutes

 

We are a small friendly kennels and we hope you enjoy your visit  to out website.

 

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In the first 11 months of our site being up and running.

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If you would like to come and visit us and see our Alaskan Malamutes, you are welcome to contact us.

Our Alaskan Malamutes love to have visitors.

 

You can call us on 01559 371696 or use our Contact Us page.

 

Our Alaskan Malamutes Work and Show.

They have been placed top Alaskan Malamute team at working rallies - They love to work, it's what they were born for, and what the Alaskan Malamute is all about.

 

They have gained 8 Crufts Qualifications between them over the last 4 years & many Top places & Best Puppy in Breed at Championship level.

 

Our Alaskan Malamutes have  qualified for, and done well at Crufts , for the past 4 years. Having been 'placed' in the top 3 in class at Crufts for the last 3 years, and we have a Father & Daughter qualified for Crufts 2008. 

Chief, our boy from imported parents,  won ' Best in Show ' at his very first Show, and was,' 1st. in class ', and ' Best Puppy in Show '.  Chief also won 1st. Place in ' Puppy ' 1st. Place in 'Junior ' and was ' Best Puppy in Breed ' at the Welsh Kennel Club Championship Show & gained his first Crufts qualification at just 9 months old. He is only shown at Championship level now.  & Crufts  

 

Celticwolf del Biagio - Astro, will be joining us at Celticwolf kennels in the summer.

He is from the Del Biagio kennels in Italy, and is the son of Internation & World Champion New Royal Star DG, who won ' Best of Breed ' and Best of Group ' at Crufts, & the Scottish National, last year.

 

New Royal Star, (one of the present top winning dogs in Europe ) was the pick of litter son of Royal Star ( one of the past top winning dogs in Europe ), himself the pick of litter.

 

Astro is also pick of litter, Terry of Celticwolf & Giuseepe of Del Biagio , both picked him out of the litter independently .

 

Terry has lived around dogs for over 50 years, he has  owned and trained generations of dogs and competed in top level of Competitive Obedience, Agility, Breed Shows, Sleddog Rallies, & Sheepdog Trials. 

Terry teaches obedience at an Obedience / Ringcraft club, has trained the intsructors at dog training clubs, judged Sheepdog Trials, given demonstrations with his dogs, qualified for the County Sheepdog Team for many years, had his dogs on TV , and now gives 1 to 1 instruction and trains Sheepdogs and Gundogs for competition and work.

Terry has given training instruction to Obedience handlers for 15 years, to owners who would like their dogs to get out of Beginners and Novice classes, and go on to compete in the 3 higher levels of Competitive Obedience.

 

We offer all types of Alaskan Malamute training, Obedience, Ringcraft, Harness Training, Teamwork, etc, and we are available for help with, advice on the breed, puppy training, socialising, temperament and behaviour.

 

The Alaskan Malamute is a frieghting dog, bred to pull heavy loads at a steady pace for long periods, over long distances in arctic conditions, and have been used for this work for thousands of years. They were used to ward off Polar bears from the village or from the hunting party out on the sled. They helped to hunt seal by sniffing out the blowholes and telling the hunting party where the thin ice was. - You can still see them today, if they hear something in the long grass or under the ground, listening, looking, and jumping into the air to come down on their two front paws, as if to break through the snow or ice, to get to their prey.

They also took the role of babysitters, left behind to look after the young children, and are well known for their love of children. One of their roles was to be used as hot water bottles, everyone in the igloo would take a Malamute to keep them warm overnight. A job they will do without complaint, loving to cuddle up with their family.

 

There are pastimes todays owners can enjoy with their Alaskan Malamutes to help give their dog a healthy and happy life, such as rallying, hiking, backpacking, or long walks in the hills and forests. They can be walked in harness using a walking belt, leaving both hands free and helping you up the hills.

Alaskan Malamutes love to spend days out walking with thier family pack, and is something anyone can do.

 

We like to work our Malamutes with a sled around the farm,  taking out hay to the sheep and bringing in logs for the fire.

  

We are the only  Alaskan Malamute kennels in the UK to have trained a K.C. Border Collie - REBEL -to the level of working in ' C only ' in Competitive Obedience. To achieve this he won 1 x Pre Beg - 5 x Beginners - 5 x Novice - 3 x 'A' - 3 x 'B' and was placed in ' C '.

REBEL also took part in Agility and Flyball competitions, and could bring in a field of sheep and help to get them into a barn or trailer.

 

We are also the only  Alaskan Malamute kennel in the UK that compete with our pure bred I.S.D.S. Sheepdogs at Sheepdog Trials,  work them around the farm, and train Sheepdogs for farmers and Sheepdog handlers. 

Terry has competed for over 14 years at Sheepdog Trials with his I.S.D.S. Sheepdogs,  and has qualified them for the County Sheepdog Team for the past 8 years.

 

I.S.D.S. Sheepdogs

Brains and Beauty 

As the I.S.D.S. logo says

 

Terry is a life member of I.S.D.S. has judged Sheepdog Trials, and given demonstrations with his Sheepdogs, they have also been filmed for viewing on TV.

 

Our pure bred I.S.D.S. Sheepdogs have qualified for  the County Team for the past 8 years. Over the years we have had 2 generations in the County Team, including Taffy , a daughter from her 1st. litter,  and 4 dogs from her 2nd. litter. We are now training up  ' Rock ' - Taffs Grandson - the 3rd generation.

 

You can see more about our I.S.D.S. Sheepdogs at  

  

www.celticsheepdogs.com 

 

 

We, along with Sheepdog handlers around the world, Sheepdog Trialists, and farmers that use sheepdogs, belive in breeding to promote the true working instincts of the Sheepdog, and not ruining hundreds of years of breeding the working instinct into sheepdogs by  Crossbreeding and Dual registering  I.S.D.S. Border Collies and K.C. Border Collies.

 

As members of AMCUK, AMWA, and ISDS and being on the AMCUK breeders list,  breeding is done following the breeders code of ethics, lifetime support, welfare of dogs, health checks,  etc.

 

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The picture at the top of the page is of CHIEF at 18 months.

2nd place at Crufts 2005 - 2nd place at Crufts 2006 - 3rd place at Crufts 2007 - Qualified for Crufts 2008 - ' Best Puppy in Breed ' at  W.K.C.Championship Show. Which is an amazing accomplishment considering Chief only does 2 or 3 shows a year   One of those shows being Crufts

As well as Chief's many achievements, he also has many National Champions and International Champions in his pedigree. He is the G.Grandson of American Champion, World Champion & International Champion Royal Star, and his relation, International Champion New Royal Star ( Royal Star's son ) is the Alaskan Malamute that won Best Of Breed and Best Of Group at Crufts this year. No UK Malamute has ever achieved International Champion.