Joining us in this issue are:

Birgit Dawin-Vesszö lives in Paderborn, Germany with her family and yorkies. She breeds Y.T. with her mother for almost 30 years. Since 1990 under the affix of Padawi's®, reached plenty of national and international titles, among them the honor of two World Champions with own breed and handled dogs. She is a Master Dental Technician by a well-known dental lab.

Hugo Ibanez-Hornung has been breeding and showing Yorkies for over thirty years under the prefix "Estugo". Estugo with Steve and now Sergio as a partnership has finished over 150 champions in the USA, Europe and Latin Am., always breeder/owner handled. He was a Board member of The Yorkshire Terrier Club of America for eight years. Now a retired professor, writes articles for publications in the USA, Europe and Latin America.

Lucia Rossella Mirmina lives close to Como (Italy) and loves Coco and Wind, her two yorkshire terriers. She is a true fan of music, movies, photography and all arts. She works in communication field as consultant and press officer.

Nina Østli, Oxzar Yorkshire Terriers, lives in Norway. She had her first yorkie in 2006, Isaac, a 12 years old dog. The kennel's first puppy litter was born in November 2007. In August 2009 Nina started her education as a training instructor at Oslo Dog School. She thinks it is important to understand the dog and learn about its behavior.

Petra Snellman-Nimenpalo is a physiotherapist for animals and humans. Nowadays she is only giving physiotherapy to dogs. She has had yorkes for 20 years. She had her own showdogs and sometimes was handling other dogs too. With her one-year-old Danny-yorky
she has started agility.

Rick Caran, 'Jilli Dog', girlfriend Judy Donnenfeld and 'Spidey Chihuahua' live on Long Island NY, USA. Rick, a Silk Floral Designer, has traveled to China, HK,Taiwan, Bali and Thailand for his trade. Training dogs has been a hobby since he was 8, but it wasn't until 'Jilli',
that he entered the international arena of performing and speaking, incl TV, stage and public/corporate events.