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I bred Papillons under
the Nanstar Prefix for
22 years. In that time,
I raised 28 litters and
co-bred a handful more.
From those litters have
come 45 Champions.
My first litter included Ch. Nanstar Bright Sierra UD who was BOB at the
PCA National in 1987 and
BOS later from Veteran
class, and her sister,
Ch. Nanstar's Aquilla
CD, DOM who was BOS at
the PCA specialty in
1988. Second generation
was
Aquilla's son, Ch.
Nanstar Moon Shadow CD,
SOD, a group winner who
sired Ch. Nanstar
Corsair of Car Lee, a
multi BIS dog.
Other specialty winners
include Ch. Nanstar's
Auriga ( GCPC BOB winner
) and Ch. Nanstar
Mistral ( PCA WB and
later
BOS winner ).
My goal in breeding was never to be a "big" breeder and have a lot of
dogs. I only have kept a
small number and they
are
always house pets first,
show dogs second. I
think of breeding as a
living art form. As with
all art, the time comes
when one
should put down the
paintbrush and say that
the piece is done--then
sit back and enjoy it !
That is the place where I have arrived in my breeding program. I am
sitting back to enjoy
the lovely dogs I have
created
and will hopefully live
with for many years to
come !
My last litter was born 11/12/07 -- a single male puppy named Nanstar
Rainbow's End.
Since the time I joined PCA I have designed over the years the limited
edition of a Papillon
reading the Primer that
was a
fund raiser for Virginia
Newton’s book, and also
the Gold and Silver
Butterfly awards of the
Papillon sitting on the
back of
a butterfly. I honestly
cannot remember all the
sculptures I’ve donated
! I have donated several
#1 limited edition
pieces
and retired pieces to
the PCA auction
fundraisers. I
redesigned the PCA logo
to include a Phalene,
did specialty logos for
1994 Minneapolis, 1996
Boston, 1998 San Diego,
2001 Houston, 2003
Orlando, 2005
Cincinnati, and 2007 San
Antonio.
I also did the logos for
the Genetics and Rescue
groups. These were all
donations to PCA. Also
donated was the use of
my Illustrated Standard
from 1991 until 2007
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