My name is Leslie Tracy and I am owned by the paps at Le Tra
Papillons. As a young child, I always had animals around me; all types of animals including show horses, dogs and even a pet skunk, Blossom, that slept in my bed. That love for animals NEVER subsided. I attended college, earned a bachelors and Masters degree, then attended law school. I finally ended up working for the Government which is the job I will have until I retire. I have a VERY understanding and helpful husband, John, and two very nice children, well really grown up men, Jonathan and Turner.
We are located in the rural section of Virginia
Beach, VA known as Pungo. We are a very small show kennel.
We currently have several papillons, a kitty, and several quarter horses on our farm. My interest in
papillons began a few years back when I was at a quarter horse show.
While in the barn with my horse, the most wonderful little white dog
with a red head and black spots walked by with his owner. At
that time, I did not know what this fur ball was, but I knew I had to
find out as he was the most self assured, cute things that I
had ever seen. Upon arriving home from the show, my research began
and I found out what breed that cutie was, and I promptly started my research to adopt a little show dog.
I was able to acquire my first
show pap, DeeOgee, from Karen Macphee of Diamondsun Kennel. She has
been very helpful and free with her advice!
When DeeOgee and I attended our first show, we were both scared to death! Three months later, we went to our second show,
where DeeOgee won a Group two placing! We both had learned a lot since our first show. Since then, we have attended numerous shows and together, we have qualified as the Top 7 (tied) Papillon in UKCs 2008 Top 10 standings. Needless to say, I am VERY
proud of DeeOgee's progress and winnings. He has placed over some very nice dogs in the AKC ring since he has matured.
Another breeder, Anna Astrom, from Puzzelbiten Papillons and Phalenes, has allowed me to adopt Multi Champion, World Dog Show Winner, and Best In Show winner Zkarabi's Puzzel, a wonderful sable phalene (seen on my Boys Page). Mr SuperPuzz and I attended our first show as a team and Puzz won first in his class against some very good competition.
A huge thank you goes
out to Karen and Anna for trusting me with your children. It is people like you that
help to promote the papillon. You have provided me with a wonderful foundation and we have already produced champions from these stunning lines.
We are totally addicted to this little breed of dog and the dog show world. Our fur friends are raised in our home, under foot and are not wanting for much. They are our children and often can be found napping on tables, chairs, couches, etc. Most of them enjoy swimming in our pool with us and take great pride in the fact that they can bark at our show horses (of course there is a very strong escape proof fence between them) and make the horses run. We never have a dull moment around here and I would not have it any other way.
