Rustic Lane Manchester Terriers

Sharing our lives with quality Manchester Terriers since 1998!

Like many purebred dog fanciers, we started as "pet" owners. We retain that focus, and ensuring that our dogs are bred and raised in a healthy, family environment is our #1 priority. Our foundation bitch, CH Caro's Pretty Percy, "Percy" is now an active, healthy 10 year old, but she's still our baby-girl. We have genuine affection for and rapport with our dogs, and competing/winning at dog shows is the least important part of our lives with dogs.

We are very blessed to have an amazing mentor in the breed, Betty Hodges. Our continued success is in large part due to Betty's expert guidance. Betty was smart enough to let us make certain mistakes while preventing us from making others. We lived close together in California allowing us to witness many generations of "Rosewood" dogs while learning from a breeder with 25 years experience. Along with Betty, we have drawn on the expertise of fanciers and friends such as Peter Rank (Salutaire/Rosewood), Wendy and Amanda Kelly (Fwaggle), Jerri Hobbs (Heaven Hi), Gerrie Hart (Shal-Mar), Gary and Judy Anderson (Oasis), and Zandi Spicer (Spiceisle). As educated professionals, we know the key to success at any venture is to listen to and learn from the best of the best. It's a lesson that has served us well in the dog fancy.

Three Generations!

Percy, Toolie, and Madison This photo was taken in October 2004 showing Percy with her daughter, Toolie, and grand-daughter, Madison.

Located in Central Florida. We share our lives with both varieties of Manchester, Toy and Standard. Our dogs are bred and raised in our home. Each is considered a member of the family, and we have gone to great effort and expense to ensure that our dogs are healthy, well-adjusted, ambassadors for the breed. While we are busy professionals with careers outside the world of purebred dogs, we have tailored our lifestyle around our canine family.

Our dogs are competitive at the highest levels of the sport of purebred dogs. At least one Rustic Lane bred Toy AND Standard have qualified for the AKC/Eukanuba National Championship for the last three years, with "Dylan," Ch Shal-Mar's Practic Maks Perfekt winning the Standard Variety in 2006. We have produced multiple group placing and group winning dogs of both varieties, and dogs we've owned and/or bred have taken top honors at district and national specialty shows.

Each year we produce two or three high-quality litters of puppies as part of our on-going breeding program. The focus of our efforts is to produce exceptional dogs who not only conform to the written "Standard of Perfection" for the breed but also make wonderful pets and performance dogs. We use careful line-breeding and selective out-crosses to improve our dogs with each generation. We look to the future with each breeding, and what we achieve today is really only a stepping stone to what we will achieve tomorrow.