Yulia began her self-taught groomer career when she was 14, thanks to the arrival of a Kerry Blue Terrier into her family. In 2003 she starts her first activity in Italy, gaining lot of success and obtaining. Meanwhile, she started to competing at International Grooming competitions.  In 2011 she creates her own line of products and then, in 2012, near Milan, in northern Italy, she founds the "Special One Grooming Academy”, a modern grooming school . 

Yulia has become a precious point of reference for the groomers; in fact, during the most important international beauty competitions, like European and International Championships, Craft, she is entrusted with authentic champions.

Her results are always highly elevated, as shown by her personal honor awards enumerating 17 golden, 6 silver and 3 bronze medals along with 3 BEST IN SHOW titles.

Michael Gadsby of Afterglow fame from the UK. Not many breeders have enjoyed so much success as Mike has, including being a breeder of two Crufts Best in Show winners in two different breeds. Today internationally most famous for its American Cockers and Poodles, Afterglow has been perhaps the most prominent kennel on the British show scene for the past few decades. Mike’s introduction to the show world came when he was 13 years old as that’s when he got his first job as a kennel helper for a lady who bred Pyreneans. All after that is history. Mike has bred and owned many top winners in different breeds during the years, including Afghans, PBGVs, Pugs, Papillons, Spinones and many other breeds he successfully campaigned and bred. His views on breeding and judging dogs are not to be missed! Whoever has met Mike or just seen his dogs knows that he has an immense amount of knowledge and experience that he shares in a very honest and direct way.

Valerie is a groomer since 1994 and opened her salon Elegance Canine in Nogent sur Marne near Paris in 1998.
Passionate about poodles she started a small breeding with her ex husband black poodle "Footprint of a Passion" we present in international dog shows throughout Europe. She participated in her first grooming competition in Ciseaux d Or with a poodle in 2000 and won her first gold medal.
Then she won many medals also in pure breeds class with a bichon and in the spaniel class with an English cocker.

Best of the best in Ciseaux in 2008,  Vice Champion of Europe in 2008,  she participated 3 times in the prestigious Oster Invitational Tournament of Champions and finished as second 2 times. She joined the France groom team and won the world championship 3 times and finished as vice world champion twice

Having been brought up with poodles all her life, Linda’s passion is for the standard poodle.

At the age of 16 she visited a show kennel and bought a puppy and was so taken by the dogs in their show coats that it spurred her on to start her journey on the road to dog showing.

As the breed relies heavily on presentation the need to learn to prepare a poodle became very important. This she did with the help of many within the breed.

Although Linda never set out to become a commercial groomer she married Richard, a groomer and after his death in 2008 she took over her husbands business and entered the commercial grooming world.

Over the years Linda has entered grooming competions and has seen some success, winning many poodle classes and Best In Show’s.

In 2014-2015 was also on Groom Team England.

Roberto Garcia