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su mwmfmmwfw people sylvia barkey has gone to the dogs and won by bruce stapley correspondent sylvia barkey gives a quick tug on the lead of her twoyearold staffordshire bull terrier named sioux the pair set to enter the ring to join an assortment of other dogs and their handlers at the recent all breed championship dog show held at the stouffville country market like a parent trying to convince a child to put its best food forward the veteran who has shown dogs across ontario and quebec over the past 21 years gives the dog a stern glance and a muffled admonition to behave you only want to win half way with these dogs barkey says after the judges have completed their inspection of the candidates you want them to retain their anima tion the show is one of roughly 100 barkey will enter annually with her two select staffordshires the highlight of the past two years was when she sioux and her other two year old show dog willie walked away with the lions share of first place ribbons from the annual cred it valley dog show at torontos sky- dome her ability to breed top staffordshires has seen dogs she has sold post strong results in shows as far away as the united states bermuda mexico and even singapore two of the dogs she has bred are presently on canadas super dog flyball team while barkey admits she could make money by strictly breeding the dogs for sale from her rolona kennels operation near claremont she admits to being hooked by the show bug you can make money if important recoijed masaoes foftqui march 1997 chi e un cristiano ptancdl 9052946960 mfo u march 22 28 55- afiunbtpoiimtnvuuumttmourl we wish to draw your attention to the error in our current 1997 performance catalogue page 28 item 2 surstep truck bumpers 415245x copy reads each 12999 up should read each 19999 up we sincerely regret any inconvenience we may have caused you cnote performance catalogue97 all zones springvale presents music and drama of easter 730 pm good friday march 28th saturday march 29th springvale baptist church stouffville road at kennedy stouffville 905 8875651 tickets available at the church or stouffville iga you dont show but thafs my hobby said barkey a mother of two school aged children breeding and selling the dogs just covers my expenses while she acts as handler for shows close to home barkey hires handlers to look after out of town shows adding to her overall expenses she enjoys the competition and the compa ny and has learned to assess both judges and fellow competi tors more than once she has had to jockey for position with handlers looking to gain points by getting a rise out of one of her dogs if s a bit of a game some of the regulars have been around for 20 years judges she said are not without their biases and can sometimes be swayed by the darling breed of the day basi cally shows are beauty con tests you breed for looks and temperament you make sure theyre muscled up properly fed and groomed the satisfac tion she said comes from com peting where there is a knowl edgeable judge its great to get a judge who knows their stuff i always do well in those shows barkey said her decision to breed and show staffordshires came about as a result of a dif ficulty she had replacing one as a pet 21 years ago the dog i had died and i wanted another one staffordshires were almost inaccessible at that time but i managed to buy one i knew a few people who bred dogs and they got me into it she said she enjoys stafford shires because of their tem perament theyre a good breed a really nice dog theyre dogs of great strength for their size but theyre known as the nanny dog in england because of their affection for children barkey takes each day as it comes in the world of breeding show dogs each dog is differ ent and they can show better in some competitions than oth ers theyre like people dogs of the same breed have different temperaments there are good days for showing and there are bad days 27 safaris available starring 1 997 gmc safari now available at an unbelievable low price including nocharge running boards featuring 190hpvortec43 litre v6 engine 4 speed auto transmission air conditioning 8 passenger seating rear wheel drive 5500 lb towing capacity 4 wheel abs dual air bags deluxe chrome grille amfm cassette deep tinted glass side door beams 36 month leaso downpayment 2150 300 security deposit reqd annual kilometre limit 20000 08 per excess km freight 846 lie admin taxes are extra plus frt 845 lie admin taxes extra sales hours mon thurs 900 900 fri 900 530 sat 900 530 service hours mon thurs 730 730 fri 730 530 sat 800 1 00 unionville m o tors pontiacbuickgmc 4630 hwy 7 unionville at kennedy rd 4771 666