THE AFFIX TELPOOLWYN WAS TAKEN OUT BY MYSELF IN 1978 WHEN I EXHIBITED DOBERMANS I ONLY HAD ONE OR TWO BECAUSE I WAS TRAINING AND EVENTUALY QUALIFIED AS A PSYCHIATRIC NURSE IN 1981. I THEN WENT INTO SMALLER BREEDS NAMELY PEKINGESE AND ITALIAN GREYHOUNDS WHICH I CAMPAIGNED QUITE SUCCESFULLY UP AND DOWN THE COUNTRY AND BRED SOME LOVELY LITTERS A BEAGLE ALSO JOINED TELPOOLWYN IN THE LATE 80s FROM THE DIALYNNE KENNEL BUT SHE WAS A COUCH POTATO AND WAS ONLY SHOWN ON THE RARE OCCASION AT LOCAL OPEN SHOWS.I WAS STEWARDING ONE DAY FOR MY LOCAL SOCIETY WHEN I WAS ASKED TO STAY IN THE RING FOR THE HEELERS (SHORT OF STEWARDS) IT WAS THEN I FELL FOR THE HEELER I WAS OBVIOUSLY AWARE OF THE BREED BUT HAD NEVER GIVEN THEM A SECOND THOUGHT ALWAYS PREFERING SOMETHING MORE GLAM LIKE THE PEKE OR MORE GRACEFUL LIKE THE ITALIAN BUT I WAS CAPTURED BY THIS CHARMING BREED AND THE MORE I WATCHED THEM THE MORE I FELL,ABOUT TWO WEEKS LATER THERE WAS A YOUNG BITCH ADVERTISED IN MY LOCAL PAPER AND I IMMEDIATELY WENT TO BUY HER IT WAS LIKE FATE AND THEN BEGAN MY INVOLVMENT WITH THE HEELERS.GRADUALLY THE PEKES DIED OFF AND THE HEELERS TOOK OVER.WE HAVE ALWAYS HAD GRIFFONS IN THE FAMILY AND I STILL KEEP THREE BUT THEY ARE PRIMARILY FOOT WARMERS.AT PRESENT I AM THE TREASURER OF THE LANCASHIRE HEELER CLUB,AND SIT ON THE JUDGES SUB COMMITTEE.  I ENJOY MY INVOLVMENT WITH THE CLUB VERY MUCH. I AM ALSO AN ACTIVE K.C.JUDGE JUDGING ALL BREEDS AT OPEN SHOW AND SOME AT CHAMP SHOW LEVEL ,I HAVE JUDGED IN IRELAND ITALY AND FINLAND AND I HAD THE HONOUR TO JUDGE THE SWEEDISH LANCASHIRE HEELER CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP SHOW AT UPSAALLA IN 2007 TELPOOLWYN AND DEL AMICCI DOGS CAN BE FOUND IN SWEEDEN,HOLLAND , FINLAND AND RUSSIA.