We had spoken to Libuse about reserving a female puppy from Chiara's next litter early in 2009. Chiara is a female whose pedigree and type had always interested us. When Libuse advised she was breeding her to the 2 x winner of the French Clubmatch, Multi Ch. Moby de Legeane, we were delighted.

Niki's pedigree has some very old lines that we hope will work in nicely with Shelby's offspring. Niki's great grand-dam is Zoraya, who is litter sister to Shelby's grandsire Zamadeaus. Jake and Kobus are litter brothers and both appear in her pedigree. Hence, it gives us the opportunity to breed back on to those old established lines.

Once again, we cannot thank Libuše of Kennel z'Orisku in the Czech Republic enough for allowing this quality young lady to come to Australia.

Niki has joined our successful show team and gained her Australian Championship title with no 6 point Challenges. She takes her first Best of Breed at the Warwick Agricultural Championship Show and she is then awarded Best Junior in Group. This is the first time a Z'Orisku dog has taken a Class in Group in Australia.

Niki takes Challenge Bitch at the 2013 Toowoomba Royal under Mr R Scoggins (Mex). She joins a small number of black mask DDB's to hold a Royal challenge.

She is beautifully structured girl with great movement. Niki's litter mates have been doing well in the showrings in Europe and America.

Niki's offspring are doing well in the showring. Her son, Alex, was the No. 1 Rising Star for 2012 on the Dogzonline DDB Pointscore and is a multi class in Group winner.

Her daughter, Lexie, is the first Australian bred female to win All Breeds BEST IN SHOW. She is a Best in Group and multi Runner-up Best in Group winner. She Runner-up Best of Breed at Brisbane Royal at 17 months old. She has gone on to take Best of Breed at both Brisbane and Toowoomba Royals, where she was shortlisted for Best in Group at both shows. She was then awarded best Open in Group at Toowoomba Royal. Lexie was also Challenge Bitch and Runner-up Best of Breed under breed specialist Mr Teixeira (Portugal).

Another son, Ethan, is a multi Best in Group, multi Runner-up Best in Group and multi Class in Group winner. Her third son from this litter, Tommy, is also a multi Class in Group winner.

Niki's daughter Ember (sired by our Enferno son, Zac) was also the No. 1 Rising Star for 2016 on the Dogzonline DDB Pointscore and also is a multi class in Group winner.

Niki's attributes of head, chin, topline, depth of body, solid bone and good rear angulation have certainly assisted us in the pursuit of correct breed type.

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Niki passed away in her sleep on the late afternoon of 17 November 2016. She was always a mummy's girl and her loss was totally unexpected. She had been running around an hour before. She was my Naughty Nickers to the end and I miss her livewire personality so very much. RIP sweetheart.