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APOLLOETTE
MARLENE & MARLIN PRESSER
P.O. BOX 259
WINLOCK, WA.  98596
HOME #:  360-785-0903
FAX #:   360-7850221
E-MAIL:   apolloette@localaccess.com

 I HAVE ALWAYS HAD A LOVE FOR ANIMALS AND HAD DOGS, CATS AND RABBITS FOR PETS GROWING UP.    MY HUSBAND, MARLIN, GREW UP ON A FARM,  ALWAYS SURROUNDED BY A LARGE VARIETY OF ANIMALS.    I HAD SEEN A POMERANIAN IN A PET SHOP WINDOW WHEN I WAS A TEENAGER AND KNEW I WANTED ONE FOR A PET SOMEDAY.  

       A COUPLE OF YEARS AFTER MARLIN AND I WERE MARRIED, WE BOUGHT A POM.    SHE WAS A PET WHO WE DEARLY LOVED.    SEVERAL YEARS LATER WE WENT TO THE COW PALACE DOG SHOW AND AT THAT TIME THE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA POMERANIAN CLUB HELD THEIR SPECIALTY IN CONJUNCTION WITH THAT SHOW.    WE MET MANY OF THE MEMBERS AND TALKED WITH THEM AND THIS SPARKED OUR INTEREST IN DOG SHOWING.    IN THE MID SIXTIES WE PURCHASED OUR FIRST SHOW FEMALE  FROM SHIRLEY HOFFMAN OF SKYLARK KENNELS.    SHORTLY AFTER WE HAD PURCHASED HER WE BOUGHT A SHOW MALE FROM SHIRLEY ALSO AND HE FINISHED HIS CHAMPIONSHIP BEFORE HE WAS A YEAR OLD.      WE WERE ON OUR WAY TO ENJOYING A HOBBY BOTH OF US HAVE LOVED AND WERE VERY INTERESTED IN.     WE HAD THREE CHILDREN  AND FOR A FEW YEARS  WE DID NOT SHOW AS WE WERE INVOLVED IN OUR CHILDREN'S ACTIVITIES.

       BREEDING AND RAISING PUPPIES IS AN EXCITING PART OF THE POMS.    WE HAVE BRED MANY CHAMPIONS AND THERE IS NOTHING MORE EXCITING THAN BREEDING YOUR OWN BEST IN SHOW DOG.    ONCE YOU HAVE HAD A POM YOU CAN'T HAVE JUST ONE.     BOTH MARLIN AND I HAVE STRIVED FOR THE BETTERMENT OF THE BREED.     WE WANT A SOUND MOVING POM WITH A PLEASING HEAD, INCLUDING A GOOD EAR SET, TAIL SET, AND A GOOD COAT AMONG OTHER THINGS.    

      WE ARE AND HAVE BEEN MEMBERS OF THE AMERICAN POMERANIAN CLUB,  LOCAL POMERANIAN, CHIHUAHUA AND KEESHOND BREED CLUBS, AND ALL BREED CLUBS AND HAVE HELD NUMEROUS OFFICES AND BEEN SHOW CHAIRMAN  FOR ALL OF THEM.     

      WE HAVE HANDLED A VARIETY OF BREEDS AND THIS IS WHERE OUR INTEREST IN CHIHUAHUAS BEGAN.    WE STARTED HANDLING CHIHUAHUAS ABOUT 20 YEARS AGO.    IN 1997 WE ACQUIRED OUR FIRST CHIHUAHUA AND HAVE BEEN SHOWING AND BREEDING OUR OWN SINCE.   AS IN OUR POMS,  WE FEEL PERSONALITY IS INHERITED AND WE HAVE STRIVED TO BE SURE OUR CHIHUAHUAS HAVE A VERY OUTGOING AND FRIENDLY PERSONALITY.    WE WANT A NICE HEAD ON OUR CHIHUAHUAS WITH GOOD LEGS, LEVEL TOP LINES AND A GOOD TAIL SET.    A CHIHUAHUA IS A VERY LOVING DOG AND WILL SIT ON YOUR LAP FOR HOURS.

      WE HAVE ENJOYED THE PEOPLE WE HAVE MET OVER THE YEARS AND HAVE MADE SOME INVALUABLE FRIENDS AND HAVE HAD SOME WONDERFUL EXPERIENCES.    WE HAVE TRIED TO BE HONEST AND TRUTHFUL IN OUR DEALINGS WITH THE PEOPLE WE HAVE DEALT WITH OVER THE YEARS.

APOLLOETTE
MARLENE & MARLIN PRESSER
P.O. BOX 259
WINLOCK, WA.  98596
HOME #:  360-785-0903
FAX #:   360-7850221
E-MAIL:   apolloette@localaccess.com