Texangals

  Looking After the Nails of your Toy Manchester Terrier A TMT owner is the envy of the dog world when it comes to grooming requirements in all aspects but one: nail care! Those dark talons seem to grow a centimeter every hour sometimes, but it’s not an aspect of husbandry that can be overlooked.   Trimmed nails is a key aspect of your dog’s long-term health. The “clickety-clack” of their little feet It’s easy to know when your dog is needing a nail trim - when they’re making a clicking sound on the floor. This is telling you that the nails are starting to interfere with the natural movement of the foot, causing the dog to start walking in a slightly different way to accommodate the nails. Over time, this can lead to a changes in posture that will interfere with your dog’s comfort, not to mention increasing the risk of catching a long nail on something and getting it ripped off. Ouch! Toy Manchesters are particularly prone to issues with longer nails because, unlike other bree...

Whether I've got puppies this month or not for another year, it's always a good idea to connect with breeders early so they know you're interested. Another way people can end up with a Manchester is when we hear of older puppies or older dogs needing a new home, and if you're in my folder for a future puppy, I'll call you first to see if you want first refusal for an available Manchester.  Why do dogs come up for rehoming sometimes? With Manchesters, it's almost always an elderly person who feels they can't give their dog all the love, attention, and activity that it loves to have. Occasionally, it's a show prospect that was allowed to grow out, but maybe it had a little bit of an underbite or its ears wouldn't stand to attention, and both of those are faults in the ring.  Their loss is your gain !   So, if you're enthusiastic about a Manchester of your own, pop on over to our puppy application, fill it out, and email it to me: I'll be in tou...

        Left: Soda wins 2nd place in Owner-handled Toy Group;  Right: Soda won 1st place in Open Bitch, Best of Winners, Owner-handled Best of Variety, and Best of Variety. One of my current show puppies came away from the cluster of shows in Harrisburg with only one more point to go before she finished her championship, so I made a rash plan: a one-day dash to Abilene TX to see if she could beat her sister head-to-head and secure that last point. Long story short, Soda did it! So that gives her the 15 points and 2 majors that a dog needs to finish her championship according to AKC rules, and so she will now have a title at the front of her name: CH Texangals I'M Sodalicious Also, when your dog wins the breed competition at a show, then you advance to the group phase toward the end of the day where you compete against other Toy dogs that won their breed: that would be breeds like pugs and Italian greyhounds and chihuahuas and Yorkshire terriers and such. There's...

Grand Champion and Westminster breed winner Perkins shows off his champion puppies Poppet, Soda, and Patrick Well, hello again, Everybody. You've probably thought that Texangals had gone to ground with as little attention I've been giving to the website, but no - I've just been super active on Instagram instead , yet it should have been obvious to me that not everybody frequents Instagram, and so your assumption that I'd just dropped off the face of the earth was warranted. I don't even really know when the last time I posted something here, so let's just start over. Texangals TMTs is based in Round Rock, Texas, as of April 2026. We're an AKC Breeder of Merit, and have been showing and breeding since 2014. Some of our highest accolades include receiving Brood Bitch of the Year at the Manchester national in 2022; winning the breed Owner-handled final (also in 2022) as well as the FastCAT final, both in Orlando and on the same day; Reserve Best in Show winner ...

I can't believe that I haven't posted on here since November 2022, and not been bragging from the rooftops that Katie is now the top bitch in the country! We took a big trip up to Pennsylvania in April where not only did Katie grab a Select Bitch, a Best of Variety, and an Owner-Handled Group 1, but she earned enough points to achieve the Silver level of her grand champion title. If you're not a show person yourself, you're probably sort of glazing over - blah blah blah blah. The short version, she's been doing really well in the show ring, and I'm super proud of her. Also at home are my foundation bitch, Bonnie, who is enjoying retirement; Larwood, the boy from England, who finished his championship and has had his first taster of the running event called FastCAT; and Hermia, who is one "major" away from her own championship. Larwood is also going to be a daddy soon, all being well. We bred him to Zoot (who lives with my mom) and are expecting puppies...

Texangals Though She Be But Little, AKA "Hermia", made her debut at the Stephenville Kennel Club show in Belton TX on Friday Oct 21st in the Beginner Puppy class, and surprised me on her first down-and-back ever that she gave a most-professional stack in front of the judge. She went on to win the BP group, and best of all, seemed to have fun doing it! Two days later, she turned 6 months old and won 1st in her Bred By Exhibitor. Hopefully, this is the start of many ribbons to come!