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Welcome to Highfield Russkiy Toys .I would like to share with you my experiences, joys , thrills and spills with my World of the little Russian Toy Dog.
I began my search for my first Moscow Toy Terrier ( as they were known for the long coated variety), in the fall of 2004.I went through all the normal channels one would take when researching a new breed by gathering as much information as possible, I should say as I could find at the time. Very little was known about the breed outside its native land , Russia. I contacted the only available sources here in the USA at the time.I contacted the only breeder at the time located here in the USA , Sheryll Alred of Mozaika , who quickly told me she was only interested in breeding tiny pet quality dogs not selling show quality or breedable dogs.I contacted the other two "kennels" that were advertising Moscow Toy Terriers and found out that they were not breeders but were indeed brokers at the time. Importing dogs for potential buyers.
I spent countless hours perusing the internet looking for as much information as I could find about the breed. Looking for fine examples and top winning dogs. There was so little information on the breed anywhere at the time.I wrote countless letters to what breeders I did find.Frustrating at best. I thought I had a good idea of what I was looking for in the breed but trying to find it was a whole different matter.
I finally settled on a breeder named Elena Morozova, Hrustalnaya Mechta, as she was so kind and answered my countless letters. She was always truthful and forthcoming with her answers. And believe me I had plenty of Questions for her.I looked at her dogs and picked out the structure and different characteristics that I wanted in my first dog. Again Frustrating , as I could not find exactly what it was I was looking for in just one dog.I am a bit of a perfectionist and can be very critical of what I was looking for exactly in my first Toy Terrier.
She finally had a litter that I found a puppy that I felt was as the standard described. Now that was the one I wanted.I chose my first Moscow, I wanted a boy as I prefer boys over girls in temperaments in any breed. I have always found boys to be much more loving companions.
I chose a little red boy named Lutik.I changed his name to Pooh,I thought Lutik sounded too close to lunatic and I knew that I did not want that.The rest is history as the say.... now I have many after my meeting of my little Pooh.
So next will be the history and story of my Pooh.