The Jimbren affix was first registered with the Kennel Club back in 1975 when it was jointly owned with my late husband Jim and myself. In the early days we showed and worked obedience with our dogs, Jim was more interested in the obedience, he was one of the few Boxer enthusiasts to work a Boxer through to work Open A obedience, he also went on to be a well respected judge in that field.

 

"This picture taken in 1976 shows two of the first litter recorded under the Jimbren affix they are by Am Imp Kreyons Back in Town of Winuwuk, they are Jimbren Sable Tang on the right and Jimbren Sweet Mimosa on the left, she became the dam of our first Champion, Ch.Yankee Ballard of Jimbren, and in the middle is my daughter Sharon with the dam Seggelcrest Little Egret,our lovely Ding, who worked her way through to Open A Obedience with Jim handling."

In 1989 Jim sadly passed away, leaving me with a 5yr old son, 4 foster children one of which was a 5 day old pre adoption baby, countless cows, pigs and goats. understandably showing came to a stand still, but thanks to few wonderful friends I did manage to get away to a few shows and breed an odd litter to keep my eye in.

Then in 1994 Steve Hare bought his bitch Jimbren Colour Conscious to be mated to my Champion CH Jimbren Royal Scot, I was asked if i could help with whelping for him as his wife was terminally ill, in return I was to have a pup from the litter, the pup I wanted was Jimbren Colour Connected but Steve's daughter Carolyn had also fallen in love with him, so it was agreed George as he was named would live with Steve and his family and he would bring him to shows for me to show. George was the start of the NEW Jimbren era. George ended his show career in 1999 with 2CC's and 4RCC's, and I ended up with a new partner in more ways than one.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I had been living in the small Wiltshire village of Seend on a 7acre small holding situated between the Kennet and Avon Canal and the disused Great Western Railway, the livestock have all gone only cats and dogs remain. Steve's house from Bristol has now been sold and we have now bought a typical Irish Cottage in the beautiful Sleive Bloom Mountains of Southern Ireland where we are spending most of our time at the moment, the dogs have got used to commuting now and seem to enjoy it , we still intend to show in both the UK and Ireland as we have made some wonderful friends in both places.

We have had to date bred Two UK Champions, One Irish Champion, One Canadian Champion, Two Australian Champions , and owned One UK/ Ir Champion and one American Champion, and have had several CC winners who didn't quite make it (but are champs in our eyes) see our Champions page for more details