Hi, let me introduce ourselves.
My name is Chris, and my wife is Roz.
We live in Perth, Western Australia, and our family home consists of Angus, our old and trusted Staffordshire Bull Terrier, Phoebe, our American Staffordshire Terrier, and Clary the cat (whom Phoebe loves!).

I originally started out with Staffordshire Bull Terriers some 14 years ago  - a little Stafford bitch named Gemma was my introduction to the breed.  Words can not describe her - she was my best friend.  As she was not "show quality"  I decided to do obedience with her, and this is where I first met Trevor and then Chris of Tothemax Kennels.  Gemma was a dream to work with (she probably spoilt me - I thought "this obedience caper is easy".  How wrong I was!  Different dogs, different personalities.)  When Gemma was around 3 years old I decided to trial her, and she just flew through to gain her CD with two first places and a second, all in the 190 plus range.  She gained one first place when we ventured out in to the ring again for CDX when she was about 9 or 10, however as she was getting on I did not go any further with her.  I lost Gemma three years ago to cancer at the age of 13 and a half, and I still miss her dearly.

Angus came in to my life 12 years ago, and he is a real character - we call him Mr Happy as his tail never stops wagging.  He too gained his CD title, and was half way to his Championship title when a knee problem forced me to retire him.

After I lost Gemma  I started to look more seriously at the American Staffordshire Terrier.  I had liked them for years but there weren't too many of them around in those early days.  By this time more were starting to appear here in Western Australia, and I was impressed with what I saw.  This is where my good friends Trevor and Chris came in - they had a litter on the ground from Ch Tothemax Justified (Randy).  As they knew Roz and I were interested they told us to come and have a look.  Well that was it, we HAD to have one.  Due to Trevor and Chris' generosity we were told we could have pick bitch of the litter, as they knew I was interested in showing.  We picked our little blue fawn girl, who we named Pheobe (Ch Tothemax Timeforachange).  And what a show dog we got   We couldn't be happier.  She had enough points for her title before she was twelve months of age, however here in W.A. a dog under twelve months cannot be granted a title, so she officially gained her title at 14 months of age by taking out Best of Breed and Junior in Show at a Terrier Club of W.A. Champ show.  She has taken numerous Best of Breeds, Reserve In Group and Class in Group.  She has also won the inaugural American Staffordshire Terrier Club of Western Australia's Bitch Point Score award.  (for more details on her achievements please visit her page.)

I was one of the founding committee members of the Amstaff Club of Western Australia, and for many years assisted in the instruction at the Staffordshire Bull Terrier Club of Western Australia's obedience nights, and am now assisting the Amstaff Club with instruction on their obedience nights.

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