About Us

We are a family of 4, Tony, Diane, Phillip and Sarah.  Over the years we have travelled to Dog Shows with Diane's parents to help with their Kelpies, then, on a visit to Bendigo Kennel Club dog show we saw our first Italian Greyhound, and there started our love affair with this wonderful breed. With the wonderful "Pack" mentality this little dog is in love with everyone and everything.
 

We bought our first "IGGY" Lynkirk Sir Rani from the highly respected Lynkirk Kennels of Perth, Western Australia.


And there began our Dog addiction...
 

Our kennel name "Canmio" comes from a contraction of the Italian "cane mio" or "mio cane" which means my dog.

The name Rani is not a reference to the Indian Princess but another Italian reference.  Tony collects (allows family to collect for him) figurines of frogs.  Rani is the plural for frog in Italian.  Hence Rani is our first live frog!
 

Availability of pups and older dogs

Please note: Most show dog people, as are we, are not commercial breeders. Nor are we pet shops or agents for commercial breeders, so don't expect to be able to call and choose a puppy 'off the shelf'.
 

We are first and foremost companions of the dogs who we live with. As aficionados of the breed we show our dogs in conformation shows in order gain recognition that the dogs we breed are as close to the standard (ideal) as we can breed them to be.

Some breeders will campaign a dog till it gets its title and will then retire that dog from the show ring, in preference to a younger one.  Because of this they are more likely to have older dogs more readily available.
 

Our aim is to breed a dog that is of sufficient quality to not only win 'Best of Breed (BOB', but go on to win 'Best in Group (BIG)' and 'Best in Show (BIS)'.  This means that when we have a winning dog we will continue to campaign it until we breed a dog able to beat that one.  We only have a new litter when we are looking for a new dog to campaign as far as it can go.  On average we expect to have a litter about every 18 months to 2 years.
 

To date all of our past show dogs represent the 'first of' and are still with us. So we have our first dog, his first pup (bred by another breeder), her first pup and so on... 
 

As we are still relatively new to the dog show world and to this breed (and live in a suburban quarter acre block) we are only just now reaching the point where we will have too many dogs to keep.  In the future we may have retired show dogs available for re-homing.  As they become available we will post notices on this site.
 

If you are interested in a puppy from us and are prepared to wait please contact us and we will place you on our contact list for the next litter.
 

If you are looking for a puppy or dog now, you should look at our links page and contact breeders we list there. You can also contact the Friends of the Italian Greyhound (FIGS).  The 'Litters' page on their site lists breeders who have dogs available for re-homing.

One final note:

• We generally will only sell or place dogs with people we have met or have had sufficient correspondence with to feel comfortable of their bona fides.
   
• We do not generally export dogs internationally (especially in view of the above point).
   
• All of our puppies are registered with the Victorian Canine Association.

Now that you have read this far, and would still like to enquire about a dog from us please download and read the attached 'Adoption Application'. We ask our puppy buyers to complete it as we are very selective with the homes our Iggies go to.  The point of the form is to help us and prospective puppy buyers to make an informed choice by raising some of the issues involved in having an IG.  This helps us to feel confident about the home that our precious baby is going to.
 

Click here to download a Microsoft Word form document which you can fill in on your computer and email to us.
Click here to download a pdf version for you to print and (snail) mail to us.

Unless otherwise agreed, all of our pet puppies are sold on condition that they are de-sexed when they are old enough.  We will post our contract here soon for you to peruse before deciding to purchase a puppy from us. 

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