[Michael Romanos]

Deb - so pleased that A/ you will have a little breathing space whether by design or by accident, and B/ that you could be mum eventually to a very close relation of Taylor's. Shelley Bondy has Taylor's half sister through the same father - Clinton, who is American-born and became a Canadian, NZ and Australian champion of the showring. Clinton is trully one of the finest Pems I have ever seen and a nature that is unusual and appealingly lovely but a little hard going in the showring. He lives in Kaiapoi, Christchurch and is around six-seven years old. I expect he will have another show campaign this year and next now that Lesley Chalmers is no longer the president of the NZ Kennel Club. Shelley Bondy also owns another Merthyr Pem - a boy who could also be related to Taylor on Taylor's mother's side.

Shelley is keen to hear from you and she says that she only lives two-three hours from your neck of the woods.

I looked briefly at Shelley's website and CH More About Merthyr (Gypsy) - Clinton's daughter very much resembles Taylor. They certainly are sister-brother.