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Written by Claire Sharp
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Our affix "Hapsberg" comes from the name of Claire's GWP Champion Adam from Hapsberg. “Jasper” (as he was known at home) was bred by renowned artist Marion Jones and was owned in partnership with Claire's father Malcolm Green. During the 1980’s, the Kennel Club was reluctant to grant affixes to breeders and so a lot of litters were registered using themes. Marion registered her GWP litter on the “A” from “H” theme and thus the pups were called “Adek from Hardenburg” and “Adelle from Heidleberg” etc etc.
We have bred GWP’s & Border Terriers under the Hapsberg and Wassetwire affix. All future litters will be registered as Hapsberg.
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Written by Claire Sharp
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Claire had already adopted the Hapsberg affix in 1994 but following her marriage to Nigel Greenwood it was decided to find a different one. Given that Nigel owned a sheep gait (and sporting rights) on a grouse moor in North Yorkshire called “Wassett Fell” we applied for wassettfell as an affix. That was rejected by the Kennel Club and our second choice “Wassetwire” was granted. When Nigel's life was cut tragically short in 2001, Claire decided that she would not carry on with the "Wassetwire" affix. She and her husband Lee re-adopted the "Hapsberg" affix in January 2003.
In 2007, the Wassetwire affix was signed over to Rob & Helen Foster who own Wassetwire By ‘Eck it’s Harvey. Rob & Helen were dear friends to Claire and Nigel and it seemed like the right thing to do. The sheep gait & sporting rights on Wassett Fell now belong to Claire.
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