King’s Mtn. Dandies of Woodside, California was founded in 1975 by Roy & Betty-Anne Stenmark with the arrival of their foundation bitch, Canadian Ch. Torcroft Young Bess. The first Dandie litter of seven was whelped in May 1976 and from that litter came the first champion, King’s Mtn. Andrew and his sister, King’s Mtn. Allspice. All these years later, Bess and Allspice can still be found many generations back in the King’s Mtn. pedigrees of today.

Betty-Anne has been show co-chairman of the Del Valle Dog Club of Livermore since 1977, is an approved AKC judge of all Sporting breeds, all Hound breeds, Saint Bernard's, all Terrier breeds, both Corgis and Best in Show. She is a member of the AKC Trial Board, a 30 year member of the Dandie Dinmont Terrier Club of America, having served the club in many capacities, an ex-officio of the San Mateo County Expo Center and the author of six breed books, including the Dandie Dinmont Terrier.

In 1982 while living in the San Francisco Bay Area Vern & Anne Wilson bought their first Dandie from the Stenmark’s and a strong friendship was forged. Their second Dandie quickly followed and he became Spanish & American Ch. King’s Mtn. Norton, the Spanish title acquired while the Wilson’s were on a three year ministry in Spain, and the third Dandie was the bitch, Am. Ch. King’s Mtn. Stardust. After returning from Spain the Wilson’s relocated back to Anne’s home town, Charleston, AR, to be nearer family and aging parents.

In more recent years Vern has become a full partner in King’s Mtn. and is responsible for whelping and raising many of the litters born in recent years. Vern ministers to two Methodist parishes, so other than Sundays he is often found at home, which makes raising puppies relatively easy for Vern. Jollygaze Keeping Faith, a Harry daughter, was a gift to Vern & Anne from Emma Greenway in Australia and “Fiona,” as she is called, has been a wonderful brood and important producer. Another Harry daughter, the beautiful King’s Mtn. Godiva, also lives with Vern & Anne.  “Truffles,” as she is called, has both her majors and will come out again to complete her title. Truffles is a litter-sister to Champions Stuart Little and Minnie Mouse, but unlike her littermates,
Truffles is not enamored with the show ring.

Vern & Anne are members of the Dandie Dinmont Terrier Club of America, as well as the Scottish Deerhound Club of America. A beautiful Deerhound bitch named Ch. Thistleglen Norah can be found sprawled amidst the Dandies there.

In 1996 Sandra Pretari met her first Dandie, BIS Ch. Montizard King's Mtn. Kricket and while her first love was the Akita breed, she quickly became intrigued with the Dandie. She says they are, after all, big dogs on short legs! Sandra loved the Akitas as much as ever but the breed has many problems and there were lots of heartbreaks. It quickly became obvious that the real fun was in the Dandies and in 2007 the last of the Akitas unfortunately passed away. He was the greatest of them all, a big guy named River, an irreplaceable dog. We lost both River and his buddy, Kricket, a few months later, River at almost 12 and Kricket at 13-1/2.

Sandra is an AKC approved judge of both Akitas, Dandies, Dachshunds and Siberian Huskies. She is a board member and co- show chairman of Skyline Dog Fanciers of San Mateo County. She is a board member and vendor chairman of the Del Valle Dog Club. She is a member of both the Akita Club of America and the Dandie Dinmont Terrier Club of America. Professionally Sandra has worked as an Animal Services Specialist at Palo Alto Animal Services for more than 15 years.