For many years I have bred Irish Wolfhounds and many of the puppies matured to become Champions; BISS & BIS winners. As I now live in the city of Amsterdam it is no longer possible to breed wolfhounds in my new home, however I still own and co-own some Irish Wolfhounds and together with my very good friends Trudy & Hans Zantingh we have set up a Picture Pedigree Health database online for the Irish Wolfhound. Also I am the owner of The Int'l Irish Wolfhound Dogazine and StripDuke The Int'l Dogazine for all breeds. StripDuke The Int'l Dogazine became a big succes mainly because of the help of Tony Groenendijk

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Beacause of this and the fact I have kept in contact with my old Irish Wolfhound friends I remain in close contact with the breed.

As well as Irish Wolfhounds I have always had toy dogs; it was the Maltese I started with and bred on a small scale and later Yorkies and Belgian Griffons. My toy dogs stayed with me until they died of old age. The last Griffon I bred and kept died some years ago aged 16 and another belonging to Julie Glaaser-Maher ( Beannachtaí Griffons ) died at 17 ½ years of age.

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A drawing I made of Doosje v. Duke's Paradijs at the age of 14 years.
At the moment I have 2 female Griffons I co-own with my sister-in-law Claudia Petersen and 1 boy I co-own with Julie. For more information about Griffons visit GriffonPlaza


The best Yorkie I have bred is:
International Champion Israeli,Greek,Cyprus,Russian, Finnish, Danish,Croatian & Bulgarian Champion Bundessieger-2004 Mediteranean Winner-2005 Finnish Winner-2005 Sunrise v.Duke's Paradijs " Sweety"

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photo by Yigal Pardo.
20 x CACIB, ReCAC at World Winner Show -2003,BIG& BIS placements.

Sweety is loved and owned by Yanina Vilenchik www.yorkie.to

I will always have a Yorkie but I no longer breed them.


As you can read I am not a one breed fanatic, I love many breeds, something that comes very handy during my judging as an Int'l Show Dog Judge. You learn so much more about dogs when your mind does not stop at one breed.
This however does not mean that breeders who keep only one breed only do not do a good job!! There are many breeders out there that are dedicated to their chosen breed and do not feel the need to breed more than one breed of dog. In my opinion breeding dogs is a form of art; you need to know your material very well and not count too much on names and titles in a pedigree. Also a good dog is a good dog no matter who bred or owns it.


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