Meet the Team
It takes more than one person to make a team!
Meet the special friends who are part of Team Ridley.
In 1998 I was made a 'Member of Honour' of the KCHCT (Czech club for breeders of the Cesky Terrier) for my work in promoting the breed in the UK.
The Cesky Terrier is a Czech breed, the creation of one man, Frantisek Horak. We in other countries have no right to alter it.
My aim has always been to breed Cesky Terriers that are identical in type to those found in the breed's homeland. I will never compromise my understanding of the breed for the sake of fashion or showring success.
During his lifetime I was helped considerably by the advice of Mr Horak with regard to my breeding programme. Since then I have worked closely with his daughter, Jitka Paulinova.
In 2001 and 2002 I was privileged to judge the Horak Memorial Trophy at the Czech Club Show, and in 2005 my own Abba Melina Bohemica won this prestigious award. In 2007, Nadherna Nina Ridley won the CAC, and in 2012 her half-sister Ridley Pamatka won the Champion class and the CAC, whilst Oneva Eduard Malsville was victorious in the Champion Male class. In May 2011 I was honoured to judge the Club Winner Show in Hrdonov, Southern Bohemia.
In 2013 Pamatka did even better, and surpassed my wildest dreams by winning not only the CAC, but also the title Klubovy Vitez (Club Winner) - the highest award a Cesky Terrier can gain - and the Horak Memorial Trophy, whilst in 2017 she again won the Horak Memorial competition as well as the Honour Class.
To mark the 50th Anniversary of the recognition of the breed by the FCI, the KCHCT commissioned fifty medals, to be presented to fifty people who had made a contribution to the development of the breed worldwide. I was both humbled and honoured to be the only person from the UK to be presented with one of these.
There will always be 'instant experts'. For those who would prefer to have an accurate and informed opinion, what knowledge I have about the Cesky Terrier is always freely available to anyone wanting to know a little more about this breed.
Ridley Cesky Terriers have been the foundation for several other breeders in the UK. Komidion, Pendevour, Gayteckels and Woodstrode all started with a Ridley bitch.
No review of Team Ridley would be complete without mention of the people who made it happen in the first place.
Mr Horak, of course - the creator of this special breed, also his daughter, my friend and mentor, Jitka Paulinova, whose generosity to me, and to all who are interested in the Cesky Terrier knows no bounds, and Harold and Liz Gay, who first imported the breed to the UK.
Without you. none of this would have been possible and I simply say, thankyou!
Sheila Atter
Meet the special friends who are part of Team Ridley.
In 1998 I was made a 'Member of Honour' of the KCHCT (Czech club for breeders of the Cesky Terrier) for my work in promoting the breed in the UK.
The Cesky Terrier is a Czech breed, the creation of one man, Frantisek Horak. We in other countries have no right to alter it.
My aim has always been to breed Cesky Terriers that are identical in type to those found in the breed's homeland. I will never compromise my understanding of the breed for the sake of fashion or showring success.
During his lifetime I was helped considerably by the advice of Mr Horak with regard to my breeding programme. Since then I have worked closely with his daughter, Jitka Paulinova.
In 2001 and 2002 I was privileged to judge the Horak Memorial Trophy at the Czech Club Show, and in 2005 my own Abba Melina Bohemica won this prestigious award. In 2007, Nadherna Nina Ridley won the CAC, and in 2012 her half-sister Ridley Pamatka won the Champion class and the CAC, whilst Oneva Eduard Malsville was victorious in the Champion Male class. In May 2011 I was honoured to judge the Club Winner Show in Hrdonov, Southern Bohemia.
In 2013 Pamatka did even better, and surpassed my wildest dreams by winning not only the CAC, but also the title Klubovy Vitez (Club Winner) - the highest award a Cesky Terrier can gain - and the Horak Memorial Trophy, whilst in 2017 she again won the Horak Memorial competition as well as the Honour Class.
To mark the 50th Anniversary of the recognition of the breed by the FCI, the KCHCT commissioned fifty medals, to be presented to fifty people who had made a contribution to the development of the breed worldwide. I was both humbled and honoured to be the only person from the UK to be presented with one of these.
There will always be 'instant experts'. For those who would prefer to have an accurate and informed opinion, what knowledge I have about the Cesky Terrier is always freely available to anyone wanting to know a little more about this breed.
Ridley Cesky Terriers have been the foundation for several other breeders in the UK. Komidion, Pendevour, Gayteckels and Woodstrode all started with a Ridley bitch.
No review of Team Ridley would be complete without mention of the people who made it happen in the first place.
Mr Horak, of course - the creator of this special breed, also his daughter, my friend and mentor, Jitka Paulinova, whose generosity to me, and to all who are interested in the Cesky Terrier knows no bounds, and Harold and Liz Gay, who first imported the breed to the UK.
Without you. none of this would have been possible and I simply say, thankyou!
Sheila Atter
Chris McIvor
Janine Dooner
Amanda Halling
Niki Atter
