Our family is made up of Rhonda, Chris and our daughter, Sarah Tait. We live on acerage in the beautiful Clarence Valley within the Northern Rivers region of NSW.
Our family has had a long association with showing animals with Rhonda’s family showing Kelpies and her brother’s family successfully showing Basset Hounds and German Shepherd’s in both conformation and obedience.
We started showing Whippets in 1999 when we purchased our first Whippet puppy, Ch Calahorra Magic Moment. We were very successful with this dog and very quickly showed him to his title. It truly was a “magic moment” and from then on we were hooked showing and breeding Whippets and Smooth Miniature Dachshunds under the Verdellho prefix. We have also owned and shown Tibetan Spaniels, Afghan Hounds, Cairn Terriers and Lagotto Rogmagnolo's.
In 2006 Rhonda's neice, Karen Strickland (Karuss Cattery), gifted us a black Oriental neuter from her first home bred litter. We successfully showed Baxter (Karuss Stormbringer) for a short period of time, winning 4th Best in Show at Sydney Royal 2006.
In 2009/2011 we retired from breeding and showing dogs while Chris recuperated from major spinal surgery.
In 2011 we took up showing Exotic Shorthair cats with our first cat Perchez Ebony winning Group One Desexed Kitten of the Year.
At the end of 2013 Chris & Rhonda retired and moved from the North Shore of Sydney to Maclean NSW in the picturesque Clarence Valley to start a new chapter in our lives. In 2014 we bred our first litter of Exotics and Persians under the Verdellho prefix with Verdellho Hether winning Reserve Supreme Kitten in Show at her first show, beating 76 other kittens at the 2015 Federal Kitten Show.
Please explore our website and enjoy viewing our cats
Regards
Chris, Rhonda & Sarah Tait
Our family has had a long association with showing animals with Rhonda’s family showing Kelpies and her brother’s family successfully showing Basset Hounds and German Shepherd’s in both conformation and obedience.
We started showing Whippets in 1999 when we purchased our first Whippet puppy, Ch Calahorra Magic Moment. We were very successful with this dog and very quickly showed him to his title. It truly was a “magic moment” and from then on we were hooked showing and breeding Whippets and Smooth Miniature Dachshunds under the Verdellho prefix. We have also owned and shown Tibetan Spaniels, Afghan Hounds, Cairn Terriers and Lagotto Rogmagnolo's.
In 2006 Rhonda's neice, Karen Strickland (Karuss Cattery), gifted us a black Oriental neuter from her first home bred litter. We successfully showed Baxter (Karuss Stormbringer) for a short period of time, winning 4th Best in Show at Sydney Royal 2006.
In 2009/2011 we retired from breeding and showing dogs while Chris recuperated from major spinal surgery.
In 2011 we took up showing Exotic Shorthair cats with our first cat Perchez Ebony winning Group One Desexed Kitten of the Year.
At the end of 2013 Chris & Rhonda retired and moved from the North Shore of Sydney to Maclean NSW in the picturesque Clarence Valley to start a new chapter in our lives. In 2014 we bred our first litter of Exotics and Persians under the Verdellho prefix with Verdellho Hether winning Reserve Supreme Kitten in Show at her first show, beating 76 other kittens at the 2015 Federal Kitten Show.
Please explore our website and enjoy viewing our cats
Regards
Chris, Rhonda & Sarah Tait