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The property has homes for each daughter, a successful dog boarding and daycare business for small breeds, and Claudia has her own floristry business.

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Twenty years ago, when Anna Campbell bought a house on 10 acres in the Mystery Creek area outside Hamilton, her goal was to provide a home for herself and her two daughters, Claudia and Eleanor (teenagers at the time) and start a dog-boarding kennel – just for little, chihuahua-type dogs.

Fast-forward to 2025.

The property has homes for each daughter, a successful dog boarding and daycare business for small breeds, and Claudia has her own floristry business.

The kennels, houses and barn take up about one acre, leaving another nine where the family has had a lot of fun breeding miniature farm animals that are black and white.

The three women love fashion and are regular entrants and winners in the horse-racing industry’s Fashion in the Field competitions.

NZ Herald

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