About Adam and his kennel "Selmalda"It was always going to be a small but extremely select kennel of Great Danes. We want to enjoy the Danes we have and for them to enjoy our lifestyle, it is paramount that the Danes are part of our family, part of our home and share almost everything we undertake. With no more than six Danes at any one time we have been fortunate in many respects to maintain our line for almost twenty-five years and to be able to continue generation after generation with tremendous success along the way.However back in the late 1970s the showing and breeding side of Danes did not get off to the best of starts! Our first Dane, a Fawn named Whisper, came to us and unfortunately we never received her papers, something we later found her breeder to be notorious for! Regrettably the next arrival, a Blue named Basil, did have his papers but was far from being the successful show prospect we had paid good money for. Both Whisper and Basil remained with us for life.
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Who We Are |
In 1983 we bought in from the late Joy Butcher’s Daneton kennel a fawn puppy bitch, Louisiana. We enjoyed more success with her and despite her maturing late she really did blossom into a wonderful specimen. Equally she was, despite many failed attempts, to later provide us with our first home bred Champion. We were really excited about the quality of the Danes at the Walkmyll kennel and with several failed attempts to produce puppies we purchased Flare from Ron and Freda Lewis. So by 1988 we finally tasted the success that we had so wanted to achieve. Flare was blossoming nicely and late ’89 the progeny from Louisiana’s final mating was hitting the ring, mainly in the form of our Fawn male, Rainbow Warrior. In 1990 Flare gained her title, the only ever Walkmyll bitch to gain her title outside of the kennel and the following year Rainbow Warrior won his and prospects for our future were looking great.
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Our History |
From here on in the website really does cover it all. There has been, and always will be, unexplainable heartache but we are both firm believers in fate and the situations have arisen and totally knocked us sideways has made us stronger and more determined. What ever will be will be and you must learn from that and move on which is exactly as we have done whenever we have been dealt a blow.
We are both Championship Show judges and have enjoyed the privilege of judging both Specialities and International shows throughout Europe. Our success is reflected in the fact that Selmalda is 15th in the all time Top 20 Breeders and the same position in the Top 20 owners, a record we are justifiably proud of. In 2012 we were delighted to be nominated by one of the breed clubs for an 'Accolade of Excellence' award. The Kennel Club's recognition for 'Assured Breeder Scheme' members who 'follow responsible practices' having achieved various accolades. We are honoured to be recognised by our peers in the breed and The Kennel Club. |