My greatest wish, has always been to have a dog. 
I had to wait until I was 31 years old, until this wish came true. 
Now I had to deside, what breed should it be?.
My first choice was the Black Giant Schnauzer
Off to the library.
There was only one book in danish,
"Bogen om Schnauzere" from Susanne Jørgensen - Dorrit Neertoft - Peter Petersen.
I contacted the Danish Kennel Club in order to get a puppy.
Kennel Skovmosegaard had a litter of black Riesen.
So off I went.
Skovmosegaard Ajka was her name.
My first dog.
She was everything, I could wish for.
I called her Shiva.
I trained her at a local dog training facility.
We did not have a car, so she had to learn to go by bus and run next to me on my bicycle.
In the beginning, I just wanted a family dog, but the breeder asked me, if I would like to show her. Well that would be interesting so I started to learn how to groom her.
On her first show she won 1.junior og JKK 1.
So I decided to keep on showing her.

But destiny caught up with us.
When Shiva was only 1½ years old, she got very ill. She was admitted to the veterinary hospital, sadly she was not getting better so she came home to be with us during her last days.
Shiva died 22. march 1990. In honour of this wonderfull dog, I chose to name my kennel after her.

 ...........then something happend!