Khados, our kennel club affix was registered in 1981 and applied to our family of Afghan Hounds. The boarding kennels
opened in 1990
1990 was also the year our first Tibetan Terrier came along, Toots (Araki Tzara) was not meant to be here
permanently we were just looking after her for a friend but after her first hour in the house, it was decided that she was
not going anywhere else, we loved her, the Afghans loved her and so the Khados Tibetan Terriers began.
The breed description said many engaging way, these soon became apparant and the delights of having a
smaller dog around the house were many. Toots decided the showring was not for her, indeed even walking on a lead was
not in her plans, she attended many an Afghan show though, always perched in her very own place, on top of the show bag
on the back seat of the car.
Araki Tzara - Toots
at twelve weeks old
Our first Tibetan Terrier
Toots all grown up
What a girl, in 1991 when Toots was little over a
year old herself, one of our afghans (Champion Shanshu Casa Biere from Khados) fell ill nursing her litter of five week
old pups, we took over the feeding and dear old Toots stepped in to take over all other maternal duties, even though the pups
were growing daily and were actually bigger than her! We kept three of those pups, Eric, Angel and Daisy and althugh
sadly no longer with us, they regarded Toots as their Mom right to the end, big as they were, she could fix any of them (indeed
any of our dogs) with just a look.
Clearly cut out for motherhood, we decided let Toots have a litter of her
own and in 1992 she was bred with Champion Araki Hank The Yank, producing four puppies one of whom we retained, he became
the first Tibetan Terrier that we showed , Khados Kentucky George, he quickly gained his Junior Warrant, several reserve
challenge certificates and became our first TT Champion in 1996. The following year we repeated the mating
and sent a promising young male to Germany to Anke Peine of the Von Numa Schu kennels, he was to become the multi titled Champion
Khados Union Jack and has gone on to produce several of his own champions. A third mating for Toots took us to
the Alilah Kennels of Pat and Mike Tempest where the chosen male was Champion Alilah Frankie this delighted
us with a black female who was to become our second Champion, Khados Long Tall Sally, also a Junior Warrant
winner, she went on to be the Top Winning Tibetan Terrier in 1996 and Top Brood Bitch in 2001
Sadly Toots left us to go back to her maker in October 2003, she left a
legacy of wonderful memories and some beautiful children and grandchildren that were to go on to form the Khados Kennels as
we know them now, her lovely character and personality will live on in them - thank you Toots for all you taught us.
To see more of these lovely little people click on the link below
Unfortunately 2001 saw a change in circumstances and due to health reasons and business committments, we no
longer competed to the same degree on the main show circuit. After a couple of years away from it all, in 2005, we started taking
part again from time to time and now enjoy seeing the progeny of Khados kennels and meeting up with old friends.
We hope that some day it will once again become our serious pastime but in the meantime we continue to
enjoy our dogs at home and fully intend to keep our breed line going. Visitors are always welcome to come along
and meet our dearly beloved dogs and chat TT - just give us a call
Dave and Cheryl Johnson, Khados Kennels, Alcester Road,
Portway, Birmingham B48 7HZ tel 01564 822260 email khados@aol.com
ps. Cheryl is a Kennel Club/Breed Club approved Championship Show Judge of
Afghan Hounds and Tibetan Terriers
