I have had dogs in my life since I was 4 years old. We had 2 border collies when Chris and I first married. They moved with us when we moved to our present house in 1988. Upper Marshes is rather isolated and Chris worked away from home so our first German Shepherd, Gemma, a rescue, duly arrived. Though she was wonderful Gemma only lived for 7 years. She had severe hip dysplasia, which was very distressing for her and us. Cedar, our next Shepherd, was a failed explosives sniffer dog, from the armed forces. She had a long healthy life but had a small temperament issue, she hated other dogs! We have not been without a GSD since then. The dogs share our home with horses, a donkey, cats, chickens and ducks, mostly in complete harmony!

Chris now self employed works from home and my circumstances have changed and I have lots of time to devote to our dogs Ash fulfilled my lifetime ambition to breed a litter of puppies, Since then our involvement with our girls has grown and I will continue to breed the occasional litter. Our dogs are first and foremost pets who live with us in the house. My aim is to breed happy ,healthy, biddable dogs, who adjust well to being members of the family .

Because I do not breed many litters it enables me to have the mum and babies in the house. Our lounge has a split level, the bottom 1/2 becomes the maternity wing for the duration. When the pups are old enough they meet the rest of the family, our other dogs, chickens, ducks, cats etc. This means the pups leave here totally used to a home environment and all the associated noises (vacuum, T.V, visitors etc.). They are also well on their way to being house trained. All the babies are microchipped, have food parcel to start them off, insurance and a contract of sale plus written advice on vaccination, worming, feeding and socialising. I breed my puppies because I am proud of the job I do and confident they leave me happy, confident and capable of becoming happy, balanced family members. Also refer to the KC Accredited Breeder Scheme for more info.