About Us

Barb grew up with dogs of many different breeds, but got her first Great Dane in 1975. She took that dog to college with her, and has never been without a Dane since. She began showing in Obedience in 1983, and has put obedience titles on several different dogs of different breeds. She has volunteered with many different Rescue organization over the years, and has fostered over 50 homeless Great Danes in her home since the early 1990s (one at a time, of course!). She became involved in Animal Assisted Therapy in 1989 through Paws Across Texas and that activity - extremely worthwhile in its own right - led to her current career in Occupational Therapy. She also met her husband Ronnie in PAT. Dogs have truly changed her life!
One dog who particularly changed Barb's life was Patience. Barb and Patience first met when Barb fostered her for Dane Rescue. After about 5 minutes Barb knew that Patience had found her Forever home right there! She was the first (hopefully not the last) of Barb's dogs to earn the advanced obedience title "Utility Dog". Patience made history in 2005 when she came out of retirement to earn the ultimate Rally title of "Rally Advanced Excellent". She was the first Great Dane in the U.S., the first dog of any breed in Texas and only the 8th dog of any breed in the entire country to do so. And she was over 10 years old at the time!
Barb enjoys all types of canine activities, but devotes most of her time to training her dogs in Obedience and Rally, and teaching training classes with Metro All Breed Obedience Club and PAWS Agility

A New Chapter

Ronnie has had Saint Bernards for 20+ years, and has showed them in conformation, obedience and draft. Since he and Barb got married he has been a willing convert to Great Danes (although we'll probably get another Saint one of these days!) and enjoys handling them in conformation and agility. He does a wonderful job with the dogs - Kinsey not only finished her Championship entirely owner-handled by Ronnie, but they made it into the National Top 20 for the first part of 2005 before motherhood kept Kinsey out of the show ring.

Now Ronnie handles Kinsey's offspring (4 of the 5 pups are being shown) in conformation, and three of them have already finished their AKC championships. The fourth one, Topper, only needs one more "major" (i.e. a win at a show with a larger entry) to finish her Championship. He also runs Kinsey and Teddy in Agility. Barb will be showing Topper in agility soon - hopefully Winter 2009.

Our Crew

We currently share our home with:
"Kinsey" - Ch. Calypso's Vrroom With A View, RN, NA, AXJ, NF
and two of Kinsey's five kids:
"Topper" - Ch. Symmetry's Vrroom At The Top, CGC
"Teddy" - Ch. Symmetry's Make Vrroom For Daddy, RN, NAJ

Kinsey's puppies were called the "KinseyHams" because their father is named Hammer (Ch. Jonor's Golden Hammer, CD, RE) There were 5 of them, and the other three puppies make up our extended family. Like any responsible breeder, we stay in touch with everyone who buys a pup from us, and we are fortunate that we get to see them frequently when they come back to visit:
"Keeper" - Ch. Symmetry's No Vrroom At The Inn, CD, RA
"Gus" - Ch. Symmetry's Vrroom To Grow, CGC
And "Buck" - Symmetry's Trophy Vrroom.

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