About Dlarah

In late 1994 my sister Jan rang me, whilst I was working in Bourke, remote NSW, and asked if I was interested in helping a friend of hers, Mandy (Lynette) Lees of Leesway Kennels to promote a rare breed called a Swedish Vallhund. My response was, “what is a Swedish Vallhund, never heard of it” I thought. A look costs nothing so when I arrived back home at Christmas 1994 I contacted Mandy and asked to have a look at the dogs and see what sort of help she expected. I arrived at Mandy’s on Boxing Day, which is the 26 December in Australia, we hit it off and discussed each others expectations, I looked at the dogs and left Mandy’s home with three Swedish Vallhunds. They were Swede, Anna and Abba (who was later re-homed with Maureen Wright).

After owning two breeds, English Setters and Border Collies, which are often referred to as glamorous and flashy due to their long coats and colour markings, my initial thoughts when seeing the Swedish Vallhund for the first time was; plain but attractive with something very appealing about them. After the dogs and I had our initial settling in period, I started to discover their personality, wonderful nature and intelligence and have not looked back since.

· Breeder of quality Swedish Vallhunds from English, Swedish, Canadian, Finnish and Australian bloodlines.

· Breed lecturer for Royal NSW Canine Council judges training scheme and group five licensed judge.

· Australia's first Frozen Semen AI litter - Importer and exporter of frozen semen.

· Australia's first Swedish Vallhund Grand Champion - Leesway Swedish Echo Dlarah

· Swedish Vallhunds have gained consistent recognition at breed and group level, including; Multiple group one, two, class in group, in show awards, puppy sweepstakes wins and placing’s and multiple Royal Best of Breeds.

My love of the breed has become a great passion I am thankful for the Swedish Vallhund coming into my life and giving me many great pleasures and happiness in the past eleven years. Forever grateful to my dogs for the joy, fulfilment and companionship that they give me everyday, there is nothing more rewarding than to observe and be apart of their humour and devotion. Medical experts say that laughter is one of the greatest medicines; well own a Swedish Vallhund and you have a dose of laughter everyday.