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I have lived with, loved and cared for Flatcoats for fifty seven years. My childhood was enriched by having our first flatcoat a family pet called Penny (Glidesdown) in it. We first started showing our dogs in 1985 and our dogs are dual purpose taking part in tests, field trials, picking up and shows. My affix is Pajanbeck and my husband Paul and daughters Vicky and Sarah share it but I am a second generation flatcoat owner and breeder, Windyhollows being the affix of my parents and sister. We bred our first litter in 1998. Our foundation bitch was Riversflight Qishon to Pajanbeck. Jaye was mated to our own Ch. Riversflight Marling to Pajanbeck and from this litter we kept Ch. Pajanbeck Prince of Thieves. J.W SDC A (Kazan) who is in many pedigrees worldwide and Sh.Ch Pajanbeck Born Free.(Dash). Kazan although used lightly at stud by our choice had seven progeny who won their titles in the UK and four Canadian Champion progeny. We had one of his sons in lieu of a stud fee, this was Aragorn, Ch.Glendaruel Sea the Stars with Pajanbeck (A.I). Aragorn’s dam was Sh Ch Going My Way.JW who was a daughter of our Ryan, Pajanbeck Forever Young. Our dogs have sired thirteen UK Champions/Show Champions plus overseas Champions and many other CC and Reserve CC winners. We have also bred and owned three dogs who achieved their Shooting Dog Certificate (SDC). Kazan, Ch. Pajanbeck Prince of Thieves. JW gaining his SDC A with me is a very special memory. Pagan his son Benvellyn Winslett Pearl to Pajanbeck had a SDC B and Angel, Pajanbeck Heaven can Wait was awarded her SDC at 20 months and all three dogs had working test awards. I have handled many flatcoats successfully in the show ring for friends in the past which included the Riversflight flatcoats, regularly juggling handling ten dogs but far too many to mention. We only breed when we want to keep a new puppy, so we have had a total of eleven litters and we look to breed a typical flatcoat that fits the breed standard therefore with show and work in mind but our dogs are family first and stay with us for life. I am proud to serve on the Flatcoated Retriever Society, General Committee and I am the Flatcoated Retriever Society Rescue,Rehoming and Welfare Coordinator. I previously served on the Committee for nine years where I did various things but one I enjoyed was running the FCRS shop, I especially enjoyed meeting people at Crufts. I judged the breed for the first time in 2000 but then had a gap where I concentrated on showing and handling.I recommenced judging later and judged my first Championship Show in the U.K. ,Scottish Kennel Club in August 2017. My daughter’s Vicky and Sarah are also Championship Show Judges as is my sister Nicola so Flatcoats are in my blood. I was honoured to have been invited to judge in Switzerland, Holland and Finland where I was thrilled with my main winners. Win or lose we all take the best Flatcoats home. I very much look forward to judging flatcoats in Sweden.

Jan Egginton (Pajanbeck)