Rutlands Twinkling Star
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Breeding MDBA Registered Australian Cobberdogs in 3 sizes-Miniature Medium and Standard. Focused on Therapy Temperament. First Australian Cobberdog MDBA Reg breeder.
My name is Beverley Rutland-Manners. I helped to develop the authentic Australian Labradoodle which was the original vision of my daughter Mellodie Woolley when she was sure Wally Conran stopped his experiment too soon at Guide Dogs Melbourne Australia crossing Poodles with Labradors. She was right!
I quickly caught her vision and sometimes we would work together, but with incompatible philosophies at the time, we set up separate breeding and Research Centers, hers Tegan Park and mine Rutland Manor. |
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Australia was slow to catch onto what should have become a national treasure while the breed being developed in Australia went viral in America. Dozens of new breeders imported breeding stock from Australia, but that developing breed was severely compromised by conflicting paths taken by diverse split groups of American breed registries. Then Mellodie became critically ill and not able to continue breeding for the next ten years. During those years I developed the Australian Cobberdog from remnants of rescued uncorrupted Australian Labradoodle bloodlines, and added some infusions of other Pure breeds at specific intervals and for specific reasons. I submitted my years of detailed breeding records - which included failures as well as successes - to the MDBA in mid 2011 for assessment as a Pure Breed in Development, and in January 2012 the first Australian Cobberdogs were registered. The Australian Cobberdog owes it's very existence to Mellodie Woolley of Tegans because without her original vision, I would not have had the unflawed remnants of the Australian Labradoodle to use as a base for my future work. |
