Having always
kept large/med breed dogs throughout my life, in
2005 I decided on a toy breed. After researching
which toy breed would best suit my lifestyle, (and
would stand up to our Doberman!) the Pomeranian
came in at the top and it didn't take long to decide
that I must have another one!
I searched for a show quality Pom this time as
our Doberman (Crufts qualified by Janeryl Kennels)
was now elderly and I wanted to continue exhibiting.
My search lead nowhere as most kennels wanted
to keep their show quality Poms for themselves and
who could blame them! The advice I was given over &
over again was to find the best stud I can afford
and breed from my pet female in an attempt to
improve on her, and in January 2007 my first
Kimimela litter was born!
Kimimela's Miss Pumpkin Pie 2nd in Puppy Stakes Newport Agricultural
Show 2007
I
kept the pick, a 5oz orange female, Kimimela's Miss
Pumpkin Pie. She is a definite improvement on the
mother having smaller ears and a more oval
shaped eye. My future goals are to continue to
improve the Kimimela line as close to the breed
standard as possible via a responsible, selective
breeding program hopefully producing show quality
Poms. Also to promote the breed as I am surprised at
how many people ask 'What kind of dog is
that'? when I am out with them. And finally, to
continue learning about this most endearing breed of
dog that I have come to adore!
Just A Bit About Me
My name is Mrs.
Kim Talbot I
was born in Los Angeles California and moved to
England in 1999 after marrying my British husband
who I had met 8 months earlier, by chance, via
an internet chat room. Prior to meeting my husband,
I worked as a Veterinary Assistant while putting my
self through college studying to become a Veterinary
Technician/Nurse however I could not continue as
I moved to Southern New Jersey and there was not a
college close by to enable me to continue. I
took up Human Nursing instead and graduated with an
Award in Academic Excellence in 1991. Having been born and raised in Los Angeles I,
like 99% of people who live there, was bitten
by the acting/modelling bug and had some minor
success in my early teens. I got the part playing
'Ramona' in the music video 'Crusin' from Michael
Nesmith's (of The Monkees) Elephant Parts which won
the first ever MTV Video Music Award in the
1980's. The women 'setting down the birthday
cake' is my real life mother, as a scene was thought
of impromptu and there wasn't a woman on the set
to play her. My mom was though as she was my
guardian on set so she got the part! (That's
me in the gold top. Easy boys, I was only 17
years old!) Andy Warhol said 'Everyone will
be famous for 15 minutes' here's mine!
Al through my life I have had an
affinity for animals of all kinds but especially
dogs and horses! Below are photos of the dogs I
have shared my life with. Missing are my Standard
show Poodle, Jester and my very first dog, a
Samoyed named Sheika. They have all passed on now
but I keep their memory with me.
My Weimaraner
April Blue
My Australian
Shepherd Kodi
Our beloved Arnold
(Thank
you
Janeryl
for breeding him!)
(Sorry
Jan for accidentally cutting
you out of the photo when cropping!)
Our fouled
mouthed African Grey Parrot Woody
Woody
flying down to us after escaping from his cage!
Animal friends I have met in my travels
While
living in Los Angles, I came across this Opossum in
the road that had been hit by a car. He was
desperately trying to get out of the busy road by
pathetically stumbling and falling over on his way.
Drivers took little notice and just carried on
driving around him. I held up traffic and clumsily
scooped him up with a canvass carrying bag and put
him in a crate in my Jeep. People just beeped
their horns..no one helped. When arriving home I was
put in touch with the Wildlife Weigh Station, a
place that helps wild animals in need, situated in
the hills of Los Angeles. Before making my way there
to hand him over I snapped this photo of him. It's
sad to look at and I'm not sure why I did it! But I
am happy to say that he did make a full recovery was
and released back into the hills close to where I
found him! Because of him I soon became a
volunteer at the Wildlife Weigh Station, hand
feeding and caring for baby Opossums!
Myself
with the resident Opossum of the Wildlife Weigh
Station in Los Angeles where I worked as
volunteer. I forget this little fellows name but he
was blind and very friendly. He would be taken
to schools in LA to teach the kids about Opossums,
the only Marsupiel native to North America!
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and rehabilitation facility for wild and exotic wildlife,
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