About Us

We are a small kennel situated on 5 acres in the beautiful Upper Hunter Valley, NSW, Australia. We are surrounded by exquisite wineries and highly respected horse studs. Our names are Craig and Jayne Schmarr and we are members of and registered breeders with DOGS NSW. We are also members of the Siberian Husky Clubs of NSW & Cavalier King Charles Spaniel Club of NSW. We abide by these club's Code of Ethics whole-heartedly and support the clubs in their promotion of a healthy, sound breed.

Our Siberians & Cavaliers are precious family members and are included in all aspects of our life. They are raised in a loving, caring, protective family home where they are provided with many opportunities to explore the world around them thus becoming confident, well socialised and happy Siberians & Cavaliers.We allow all our Siberians to run together on our small property behind secure fencing. Our Cavaliers have their very own special play area where they frolick together.

We have been involved in showing dogs since 1988 and specifically Siberian Huskies since December, 1995 when we became the proud owners of a delightful black and white puppy who we named "Holley". We successfully showed Holley throughout NSW towards her Australian Champion title awarded in 1997. Holley went everywhere with us and it wasn't long before we decided to purchase another Siberian. In 1997 along came a cuddly, smoochy grey and white puppy whom we named Greta. We now love, adore and live with twelve Siberians, ten of which we have bred under our prefix BAYKALSKEE. Our love for the breed has just grown and grown. We both juggle hectic work schedules to ensure our Siberians have the most devoted 'parents'. We have continued to enjoy travelling around NSW exhibiting our Siberians, making new friends, catching up with old ones, spending time with our girls and boys and revelling in the simple pleasures of life like love & good health.

Our Siberians are bred on a very limited basis ensuring QUALITY not quantity. We aim to produce Siberian Huskies that are free of genetic problems, display correct conformation and sound structure, excellent movement, have good temperaments, excellent health and are true to standard. All BAYKALSKEE Siberians are hip scored and eye tested ensuring only the healthiest Siberians are bred from and produced. All our puppies are registered, microchipped, wormed and vaccinated. Our breeding is based upon successful lines from Canada and the USA. We are endeavoring to improve our breed, constantly trying to create better, sounder Siberians and therefore produce QUALITY Siberians. Our devotion and dedication to Siberian Huskies is as strong as those who have been involved with the breed longer than us. After all, it is the QUALITY of time spent, not quantity of time, that reflects dedication and devotion.

The Cavaliers..........
In 2001 we travelled to New Zealand where we met two lovely ladies, Laraine Houtus & Jan McPherson and fell in love with their gorgeous Cavaliers. Not long after we returned home 'Toby' , a beautiful blenheim boy, came to join our family and with his visit we have discovered the joys such a little breed can bring to our home. Throughout 2002 we learnt a lot about the Cavalier and enjoyed campagining Toby successfully along side our Siberians to his Australian Champion title. In June 2003 Toby returned home to New Zealand.
During 2003 two gorgeous blenheim girls joined our home to help fill the void Toby left, 'Penne' from Merseyport Kennels in NSW and 'Gracie' from Winfern Kennels in New Zealand. We are so fortunate to have Laraine Houtus, Jan McPherson and Marilyn Madigan entrusting us with these adorble girls. We enjoy showing them and promoting both Merseyport and Winfern Kennels throughout NSW. In 2005 we bred our first Cavalier litter under the BAYKALSKEE prefix, 'Natasha' is owned & shown by a dear friend and loved by their daughter Milly, 'Harry' is owned by my neice and is working towards his Agility title in Qld. From our second litter we kept a blenheim girl called 'Minnie'. 'Minnie' is Gracie's daughter and is a darling to show and is our FIRST Australian CHAMPION Cavalier. In 2007 we welcomed a special blenheim girl "DayZee" to our home and after admiring the wholecolours, especially the black & tans for many years we welcomed our FIRST black & tan cavalier "Sadie" from Matmor Kennels, VIC, in September 2008. Our Cavaliers are eye tested and heart tested by Veternarian Specialists. We pride ourselves on producing happy and healthy Cavaliers.
Siberian Huskies & Cavalier King Charles Spaniels will bring those special moments to your LIFE.

If you have any questions or would like more information about us, our kennels, our Siberians or our Cavaliers please

EMAIL us at baykalskee1@bigpond.com

This page was last updated 15/9/2009

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