| Profession
Qualified Veterinary Nurse (University
of Technology - Sydney 1979), Degree in Marketing (University of Western Sydney
1993), Past owner of small boutique style boarding kennels, Desk Top Publisher,
Writer. Kennel Name: Kombinalong established 1979 Judging
qualification
All breeds Committee positions - Past
chairperson of TCA Inc Canine Health committee. Delegate to ANKC Canine Health
Committee.
- Past member of TCA Inc Judges Training Committee. Assessor
and Examiner.
- Member of Editorial and Information Technology committee.
- Past executive committee member of ACD Club of NSW, AWD Club of NSW,
CKBC& GSD Dog Club.
- Past committee member of ACDCA Club of America.
- Member of several All Breeds and Specialty clubs (both Aust and overseas).
- Involved
at all levels of club administration. President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer,
Show Secretary, Show
- Manager, Trophy Steward and held general committee
positions on a number of all breeds and Specialty Clubs.
- Licensed Steward
and Show rep at all levels of championship show competition.
Narelle
Hammond-Robertson commenced her dog showing career at the age of seven years exhibiting
her grandfather's German Shepherd Dogs and her parent's Welsh Corgi (Pembroke).
In 1979, she embarked on her own career with the magnificent and unique Australian
Cattle Dog. Under the Kombinalong prefix, Narelle has bred and exhibited
many champions to date, the most well known of which is Ch Kombinalong Super "K"
who has accumulated a record breaking 20 Best in Shows, 21 Runner Up to Best in
Show, won Best in Show at the Australian Breeds Bi-Centennial Spectacular in 1988
and has amassed over 3,500 Challenge points, his son and first Australian Cattle
Dog in the world to be Aust/American/Mexican/Belize/Guatemalan. Inter Ch Kombinalong
Super Impact, half brother Aust/New Zealand/American/Mexican. Canadian/Belize/Guatemalan/International
Ch Kombinalong Stryk Super and Multi BIS/BISS Grand Ch Kombinalong Super Octane
who had 9 BIS/BISS and record breaking14 Royal Challenges at 7 years of age. Also
two top winning bitches BISS Ch Kombinalong C’est Super, a multi Specialty
winner and Royal CC winner and Ch Kombinalong Truly Super a multi In Group/ In
Show winner and Royal CC winner. Currently campaigning Ch Kombinalong Super Tramp
(Res CC Puppy in Group Sydney Royal 2003 – multi Group placer and Class in
Show winner, All breeds and Specialty) Ch Kombinalong Supercharmed (Bitch CC Sydney
Royal 2003 multi Class in Show winner at All breeds and Specialty) Ch Kombinalong
Super Pinot (multi Class in Group, Class in Show winner All breeds and Specialty)
and Kombinalong OO Super (multi Specialty and All breeds Class in Show winner) As
well as her beloved Australian Cattle Dog, Narelle co-owns with her husband Ken
a multi BIS/multi Group winning Champion Dobermann. She has also groomed and handled
many breeds in the Working Group such as the German Shepherd Dog, Welsh Corgi
Pembroke, Shetland Sheepdog, Australian Kelpie and Border Collie, and outside
the Working Group she as bred and handled Fox Terriers both Wire and Smooth, handled
Dachshunds, Afghan Hounds, Dalmatians, Rottweilers, Cavalier King Charles Spaniels,
Miniature Pinschers and Siberian Huskies. An accomplished author Narelle
has written for TFH Publications "The Australian Cattle Dog" which has
sold to date worldwide some 50,000 copies. In 1996 she wrote and published, "The
Australasian Dobermann", a 416 page history of the Dobermann in Australia
and New Zealand, and "The New Owners Guide to the Australian Cattle Dog"
book, which was released in July 1999. She is currently working on a new book
on the Australian Cattle Dog which will be an indepth study of the breed. Licensed
All Breeds judge. To date Narelle has judged in several States of Australia (except
NT), New Caledonia, United States of America, Canada, Thailand, United Kingdom,
Ireland, Finland, Philippines and New Zealand. |
