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The Hood Canal, Olympic Peninsula, Washington
to the LAUGHING CAVALIERS,
located in the clean, salty air of
Hood Canal, near Seabeck, Washington.
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Barbara and Roy Wilson |
On these pages, we would like to introduce you to more than
a quarter century of Laughing Cavaliers ~ and to ourselves, the proprietors of
Laughing Cavaliers, Barbara Garnett-Wilson (formerly Garnett-Smith)
and her husband Roy Wilson. |
Home of the Laughing Cavaliers,
Seabeck, Washington,
WHERE VISITORS ARE ALWAYS WELCOME.
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Barbara
with "Oliver,"
the firstborn
Laughing Cavalier, 1982. |
Barbara and her
late husband, Robert Smith, were bitten by the "Cavalier bug"
when they fell in love with a beer-loving Cavalier named
"Tiger," the icon of a pub owned by Barbara's aunt in Castle Combe, England. Fittingly, their very first Laughing Cavalier
was a Tiger son, also named "Tiger." From that beginning have
come nearly thirty years of Cavaliers, a proud heritage of
exceptional dogs, representing an exceptional breed.
Over the years their hard work has paid off, as
Laughing Cavalier Kennel has garnered many accolades,
including being honored by the editors of Dog Fancy
magazine as one of its five “Kennels of Distinction” in America (2004). |
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As they
say, "Cavaliers are like potato chips. You can't stop with just
one." And Barbara and Bob didn't. As their canine family grew
in number, their passion for and expertise in Cavaliers grew as well.
From their first litter in the spring of 1982, they developed an
active participation in the advancement of the breed. Bob and
Barbara both served in positions of leadership within both the
Cavalier King Charles
Spaniel Club, USA (a.k.a. "CKCSC, USA"), and its western
regional club,
Cavaliers of the West (or "COTW").
They both served on CKCSC,
USA national boards, after which Bob was elected to two terms as
president, serving from 1994 until his death in 1997. Additionally,
Bob was elected to two terms as president of COTW in the 1980s, a
position Barbara currently holds.
In 1998, Barbara wrote and published
The Cavalier King Charles Spaniel in North America, a
comprehensive and informative book on the breed that sold out
quickly and is now considered a collectors' item. Her two latest
books are the highly acclaimed The
Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, in Fact and Fancy and
The Cavalier King Charles Spaniel: A Tribute in Art.
In the summer of 1999, after a "hurricane" (as opposed to
"whirlwind") romance, Barbara married Roy Wilson, a retired
actor/singer and fellow Cavalier aficionado.
They relocated the next summer from Mt. Hood, Oregon to Prescott,
Arizona. Then
in February of 2003, it was back to "God's Country," the Pacific
Northwest.
Settling
ultimately amid the mountain-and-sea charm of Seabeck, Washington,
they proudly continue there the tradition begun
nearly three decades ago.
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"Mom and Dad" (and helpers) get the truck
dog-friendly
for the doggie run
from Arizona to Washington
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