I first came into
contact with a bull terrier when I was 12 years old
while delivering newspapers to a family who owned a bitch. I
then spent the next 5 years persuading my parents that they
should purchase one. Eventually they became hooked on the idea
too, so
in 1981 I got what I wanted. My mother is my partner in breeding
bull terriers to this day.
Our first bull terrier was a
Brobar Honky daughter called Pete’s Pip of Sonspar and she
became our foundation bitch. After listening to lots of advice
and doing our own homework we decided to mate her to a beautiful
big dog called Brobar Troubleshooter. This is when we met and
became close friends with Arthur and Joyce Miller of the Brobar
kennels. I spent as much time as
I could with them
discussing the breed and helping out with their dogs and I soon
gained a deeper knowledge of the breed. The mating of Pete’s Pip
to Troubleshooter gave us 10 puppies and we decided to keep a
dog who we named Martons Marauder. He had reasonable success in
the show ring but it was at stud where he proved his worth
winning the stud dog trophy for 1987 as sire of Ch.Bodyline of Brobar the winner of the Ormandy Jug for
bitches in 1984.
Marauder was then
mated to Brobar Hot Pot of Mereigis the litter sister to Brobar
Silver Satin and the dam of the Ghabar dogs. From this mating
came Ch. Brobar Joker of Emred who was the runner-up in the
Regent Trophy in 1987 and the runner-up in the Ormandy Jug for
dogs
two years running
in 1987 and 1988. Joker was then exported to Australia where he
had success at stud
