About Oakbrook
Oakbrook Samoyeds is comprised of
family; Alan and Jane Stevenson, Kathy and Leon Ward and Heather Kelly. While
we have all been showing in the Samoyed breed for years and years, our first
official "Oakbrook" dog was Ch. Oakbrook’s Panning For Gold’ “Digger” in
1994. Kathy and Leon lived in Fallbrook at the time and Alan and Jane’s
roots were in Thousand Oaks, hence the name Oakbrook. Alan and Jane
had their first show Samoyed in 1966 named CH. Samovar of the Igloo, BISS “Sam”. What
an original name! To see Sam’s story, check him out on the dogs
page along with all of our dogs that have been in our lives.
We are not a “kennel” as much as we are a family with a passion for
the Samoyed breed and dogs in general. This is very much a family sport
with 3 generations currently involved in the breeding, training and showing of
our dogs.
Our dogs are an integral part of our lives and we couldn’t imagine life
without them. We enjoy competing in Confirmation, Agility, doing Therapy
Work, Herding, Weight Pulling, running them on the beach and taking them to work
with us!
We have been very blessed with our dogs, whether they were in our lives for 4
years or 14 years. We enjoy the showing and the accomplishments that we
have all achieved with our dogs but the most important part for us is breeding
healthy, good quality, wonderful pets. They are only show dogs for such
a short time but they are pets for their whole lives. We are so grateful
for all of the great people we have met through our dogs and the puppy buyers
that have become part of the Oakbrook family.
