I am Abigail Findlay-Stankovic - Owner of Finstar Kennels - KC Affix: ABIFINSTAR - we are a small show kennel and hobby breeders of quality health tested pups - from health tested parents - we show our dogs at open and championship level and have had some success at Crufts. We started out with pugs some 13 years ago and discovered bulldogs a few years later. Bulldogs have become my passion and I have bred several litters and an amazing show winning girl of which I am very proud - Abifinstar Viva Las Vegas. Chilli is the Grandaughter of my foundation bitch Lily. - It took 3 generations to achieve a Crufts worthy dog bred by myself and Chilli epitomises the hard work to breed a stunning dog. Crufts 2020 saw Chilli achieve VHC in Mid-Limit Bitch - with an eye injury that lost her a higher place - we were over the moon. We have also had great success with our third breed - French bulldogs - with our boy Dexter - Claytonmoor Dexter Gordon - qualifying for Crufts on several occasions. Also - he's the main guy - his last litter he sired 11 pups!! Super Dexter!
I love my dogs - they are my passion - they all have individual traits and personalities. We train them regularly - both obedience and Ringcraft - you can be assured that if any breeding takes place, it will have the health and welfare of the dogs as paramount. My aim is to promote the development of breeds in line with their breed standard. I am proud to be a UKAS accredited KC Assured Breeder, having passed four Assured Breeder Inspections and you can be confident that if you buy a dog from us, it will have been bred in line with Kennel Club Assured Breeder Scheme standards and will come to you having been examined by a vet, microchipped and first vaccination and with a sale contract which gives you assurances and a guarantee, as far as possible, that your pup is fit and healthy . You can buy with confidence as our motto is to be open and honest - if a dog has a defect (very rare) - we keep it - if it comes back to us for whatever reason - we support it and find it a forever home - we don't pass on problems and we maintain excellent relationships with our owners as our pups mean the world to us. I have gained our KC Assured Breeder accolade in that we have bred over 5 litters of pugs, bulldogs and french bulldogs over a 13 year period. We are very proud of this and it has been our extreme pleasure to develop our puppies and keep them with us or send them off to their new homes.
In addition, If you use our stud dogs, you will get my support, knowledge, direction - I'm here to help you every step of the way. We encourage you to do your own research - but we will help wherever possible. It's important to us that pups from our stud dogs are healthy and well - so I'm here to offer as much or as little assistance as you require. All our stud dogs are health tested to the highest level; our import Bulldog - Wolf - achieved Silver before he was two. Leo our retired stud was one of the first Bulldogs to be awarded Gold with accolades due to his exemplary heart and breathing scores.
I'm now the Treasurer of the Blackpool & Fylde Bulldog Club and take my responsibilities very seriously. We hold lovely friendly shows - not only for the serious side of things but we have fancy dress; junior handling; puppy walk and lots of great food and a really happy atmosphere. If you've never been to a show - come on down. Check out my Facebook posts for details. Following Covid we are getting back into the show world - some Clubs have amalgamated but we feel it's important to support Clubs to ensure the show world continues.
Turning back to our lovely animals, to ensure their well being we health test all our animals. We health test and also DNA test our stud dogs, we had the pleasure of participating in the BOAS research with Cambridge University and held our own testing day. We put all our dogs through the Breed Council health testing - cross referring to the Kennel Club health testing requirements to ensure we cover all our bases.
Following a challenging period with issues with Halton Borough Council, we have moved to a more rural area and now have a large piece of land which allows us to spend quality time with the dogs - they love it.
I hope you enjoy this website (which is constantly being improved) and linked Facebook and X accounts and if you have any feedback, please leave your comments.
Yours
Abigail Findlay-Stankovic
Updated January 2024
I love my dogs - they are my passion - they all have individual traits and personalities. We train them regularly - both obedience and Ringcraft - you can be assured that if any breeding takes place, it will have the health and welfare of the dogs as paramount. My aim is to promote the development of breeds in line with their breed standard. I am proud to be a UKAS accredited KC Assured Breeder, having passed four Assured Breeder Inspections and you can be confident that if you buy a dog from us, it will have been bred in line with Kennel Club Assured Breeder Scheme standards and will come to you having been examined by a vet, microchipped and first vaccination and with a sale contract which gives you assurances and a guarantee, as far as possible, that your pup is fit and healthy . You can buy with confidence as our motto is to be open and honest - if a dog has a defect (very rare) - we keep it - if it comes back to us for whatever reason - we support it and find it a forever home - we don't pass on problems and we maintain excellent relationships with our owners as our pups mean the world to us. I have gained our KC Assured Breeder accolade in that we have bred over 5 litters of pugs, bulldogs and french bulldogs over a 13 year period. We are very proud of this and it has been our extreme pleasure to develop our puppies and keep them with us or send them off to their new homes.
In addition, If you use our stud dogs, you will get my support, knowledge, direction - I'm here to help you every step of the way. We encourage you to do your own research - but we will help wherever possible. It's important to us that pups from our stud dogs are healthy and well - so I'm here to offer as much or as little assistance as you require. All our stud dogs are health tested to the highest level; our import Bulldog - Wolf - achieved Silver before he was two. Leo our retired stud was one of the first Bulldogs to be awarded Gold with accolades due to his exemplary heart and breathing scores.
I'm now the Treasurer of the Blackpool & Fylde Bulldog Club and take my responsibilities very seriously. We hold lovely friendly shows - not only for the serious side of things but we have fancy dress; junior handling; puppy walk and lots of great food and a really happy atmosphere. If you've never been to a show - come on down. Check out my Facebook posts for details. Following Covid we are getting back into the show world - some Clubs have amalgamated but we feel it's important to support Clubs to ensure the show world continues.
Turning back to our lovely animals, to ensure their well being we health test all our animals. We health test and also DNA test our stud dogs, we had the pleasure of participating in the BOAS research with Cambridge University and held our own testing day. We put all our dogs through the Breed Council health testing - cross referring to the Kennel Club health testing requirements to ensure we cover all our bases.
Following a challenging period with issues with Halton Borough Council, we have moved to a more rural area and now have a large piece of land which allows us to spend quality time with the dogs - they love it.
I hope you enjoy this website (which is constantly being improved) and linked Facebook and X accounts and if you have any feedback, please leave your comments.
Yours
Abigail Findlay-Stankovic
Updated January 2024