Together with my husband Ricardo Neves, we have started the Angelusparks affix in 2004. With only fourteen litters breed, eight in Flatcoated Retriever and six in Golden Retriever, we have proudly owned and bred dogs that hold between them Forty-nine Show Champion Titles, and many more with other Show Titles, Winners, Class, and Breed winners & Working tests, in many countries in Europe, in the U.S.A, New Zealand and in India.
Our affix is a word made by combining two other words: Angelus from the Latin Angels and Sparks. Our "four paws" are our sparks of Angels.
Our affix is a word made by combining two other words: Angelus from the Latin Angels and Sparks. Our "four paws" are our sparks of Angels.
In the above picture, our very first Golden Retriever: "Goldie" (never a showgirl but the Queen of our home for all her life!), Ch Dark Devotion Hip Endless Echo, Ch Elsa of Bridge Four, and Ch Dark Devotion Hurricane Huntress.
Besides showing our team we work them in Gundog Work and Search and Rescue. In these last twelve years, in Flatcoated Retriever we have won nine Best of Breed of the Year with six different dogs and in Golden Retriever three (JE; JP Angelusparks Enya's Caytlin BOB10 owner Marta Flores), and special boy Ch Angelusparks Eclipse was the Best Golden Retriever of the year twice, sadly we lost him at only 2 years with tick fever.
JE; JP Angelusparks Enya's Caytlin BOB10 with her owner Marta Flores & Ch Angelusparks Eclipse at 2 years old, being showed in the Junior Handling Competition by Raquel Gonçalves
After losing Clipper, we lost for a while our "heart" in showing Golden Retriever, and due to it, his sister was not shown for a long while, sadly as she had won BIS in two different countries, group placings in the 8th Group and in Junior Competitions. In 2015 we decided to show her again and achieved our most proud moment so far! In the Portuguese Retriever Club Show, we had two of our breeding in the three best places in the final. Our lovely Ch Angelusparks Elsa’s Eternal Bliss was Best in Show and Ch Angelusparks III Fabulous By Nature (owner Mario di Serafim) was 3rd Best in Show.
We are extremely proud of them all whatever they do: show, work or simply loving and caring family members. We aim to breed the most loving Golden and Flatcoated Retriever, with the best of temperaments and health and always do the best for the breeds we have.