Welcome  to my corner of the world.....Taryn Jones
and thank you for your interest in Tooshay Pomeranains

My  kennel's  name

Dog's are not our whole lives........ but they help to make our lives whole!
 

Established in 2008, on a small acreage in Central Queensland near Rockhampton. 

I have been involved with this wonderful breed since a young child as my parents have always owned a Pomeranian (or Spitz breed of dog) for most of their lives. I have happy memories of growing up with our Pomeranians being a 'treasured' part of our family. I have possessed this love of the Pomeranian since I was a young girl and have many wonderful memories of my growing up in a home with these wonderful dogs.

My first involvement with this breed was back in 1970. As a young teenager I remember my next door neighbour, Mrs Yarwood having two Show Pomeranians "Haughty Tiny Star" and "Astral Our Desire". They were the very first Conformation Show Pomeranians which I had ever seen and I adored them. Mrs Yarwood would spend hours talking about her show experiences, her dogs, their grooming and the many trophies and Awards they had won.  Back then, I had no idea that dogs also could be "shown". This left an imprint in my young teenage memory.

I had grown up with horses and through my involvement with my family's race stables, went on to become the proud owner and trainer of my own show horses.  I successfully competed in various Dressage, Three Day Events, Show Jumping and  Sporting events. I proudly became an accredited Pony Club Instructor...  I lived, breathed and spoke horse, horse and more horse!

Back then, I rose at 3 a.m. each morning to head off to the stables and load up the racehorses for their daily, early morning trip to Callaghan Park Racecourse for their track work.  It was nothing for me to rake out 12 boxes (stables) and then help feed and settle the horses back into their day yards after their return from the track.  I would then go off to school for the rest of my day until it was time to go back to the stables and bed the horses down for the night.  I played the role of "strapper" for years and loved every moment of it.

We also had various small properties on which we raised beef cattle. I was more of a "tom boy" and did all the tough stuff like - branding, mustering, dipping, drenching, hand feeding the herd in the dry times, and even helped with the fencing when it was needed. Thanks to 'country' values and great hospitality, we also helped muster our neighbour’s properties and in return, they helped us.  I thank my lucky stars for being given these wonderful memories to treasure.

As a young adult, I initially started showing Old English Sheepdogs (OES). My first OES was "Movama Ceiling Zero" a.k.a. Grubba and, a few months later came Panda. Both OES came from the Melbourne kennel under this "Movama" prefix.

At  that time, I owned a mini Cooper S and could only fit one full-grown OES in the back seat.  It used to cause such a stir when I drove down the street with Grubba in the car, with his head out the window.  As a fully grown adult, Grubba stood as tall as my mini.

I showed my dogs for approximately 3 years and then, after getting married, stopped showing and started a family. From then on, my OES lived the good life as cherished pets.

More recently, while I was rekindling my interest in show dogs, I decided to look into obtaining a
show prospect Pomeranian and, in 2008, was offered an opportunity by Violet Grendon from Mackay
to purchase one of her own locally bred Poms under the "Tansura" prefix. 
I went through a few "prospects" during the next few years until I bred my first litter and have enjoyed my "Hobby" ever since.

DOGS Queensland

Pomeranian Club of New South Wales







 Highlights thus far:

 Pip "Cupidtown Gold'n Chance" winning #1 Pomeranian - Rising Star All Breeds Competition in Australia 2009; and        

Pip taking Second place in his Class at the Sydney Royal in 2010 (Our first ever Royal attended).      

My first, home bred  bitch "Tooshay Miss Showgirl" gaining her Champion title 16 days after she turned 12 months old.     
My campaigning Zeigen Brazen & Amazing..aka Zen, and her winning BEST BABY PUPPY IN SHOW at the DARWIN ROYAL and the 106th NSW Pomeranian Speciality in Sydney! A magnificent result for this wonder girl considering Zen only competed for some 12 weeks in 2011 to obtain a total of 5 Best Baby Puppy in Show successes.                

 
Photo Album below - Click each link to view larger photo.