Forward by Stefano Scullino 

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          Whoever is not familiar with British Pomeranians, and has a look at the first three generations behind Ch. Melenbri Sweet Talking Guy, might fail to realize his great potential as a producer. The first thing evident is that there is a lot of Paddockwood breeding behind Guy.

 

          Paddockwood was a very well known and successful kennel belonging to Mrs. Esther Moore.  Mrs. Moore owes much of her success in producing lovely poms to her two most influential stud dogs: Paddockwood Grand Slam and Ch. Hadleigh Summer Lightning. Both males were pure Hadleigh dogs, out of the legendary kennel of Mrs. Gladys Dyke, possibly the most famous Pomeranian kennel ever.

         

          Though Guy is not out of an inbreeding, he is heavily linebred which gets evident by going back a few more generations. His sire Tookeys Talk of The Town, has produced many championship show winners. He was a grandson of Paddockwood Grand Slam, a 100% Hadleigh bred male sired by Hadleigh Royal Star x Hadleigh Chantilly Lace.

 

          Grand Slam and Royal Star were very influential stud dogs and sired many winners both at home and abroad. Hadleigh Royal Star, himself the winner of a reserve challenge certificate, was by Ch. Hadleigh Twinkling Star, a fabulous dog considered by many as one of the best Hadleigh pom ever bred by Mrs. Dyke. Guy's sire was also a great-grandson of the fabulous Ch. Derronil's Maxamillion, an outstanding Pomeranian that has had a super show career culminated in the group first at Crufts.

 

          Maxamillion’s parents were both by two Hadleigh males. His father, Cygal's Gingerbredman at Derronil, was by Hadleigh Royal Star (by Ch. Hadleigh Twinkling Star). His mother, Cygal's Sweet'N Lovely, was by Hadleigh Tom Thumb, full brother to Ch. Hadleigh Twinkling Star.  Both Twinkling Star and Tom Thumb were sired by Ch. Hadleigh Starlight who will undoubtedly be remembered as a pillar in the history of the breed. He was a wolf/sable who sired countless winners, including Ch. Hadleigh Supersonic (full brother to Twinkling Star), Ch. Hadleigh Honey Puff, Ch. Hadleigh Pride of the Stars and the legendary Ch. Hadleigh Shining Star.

 

          Ch. Hadleigh Shining Star had an incredible career and won more than 30 CCs which made him the breed record holder in the UK for many years. Before he was exported to Japan, he sired a few poms some of whom left a mark. Most notably Hadleigh King of the Stars, who sired the prolific brood bitch Paddockwood Silver Shadow who is great-grandmother of Tookeys Talk of the Town, and Ch. Hadleigh Stardust, who, in turn, sired Ch. Hadleigh Summer Lightning.

 

          Summer Lightning was such an influential stud dog and sired countless winners both for his owners and for other breeders as Mrs. Moore let him at public stud. This dog is behind Guy no less than nine times if we go back a few more generations.  Also, Guy's sire, Tookeys Talk of the Town, is twice great-grandfather of Guy's dam. This makes for Ch. Hadleigh Twinkling Star no less than six times and Ch. Derronil's Maxamillion three times behind Guy.

 

          All in all, we can find that great producer of Ch. Hadleigh Starlight no less than 25 times in Guy's pedigree, together with many other top quality British poms of the recent past. That's what makes a strong linebred pedigree and makes Ch. Melenbri Sweet Talking Guy such a valuable stud and an asset to any breeding program of high quality Pomeranians.