Brief
History of Carabrae
The CARABRAE
affix was granted by the Kennel Club in 1958. The name was made up
from an anagram of the family initials and had a Scottish connotation
as the first breed I had was Shetland Sheepdogs.
However
Pyrenean Mountain Dogs were the breed that put CARABRAE "on the
map". From 1966 to 1996, thirty six dogs were exported to
19 countries.
The original
Pyrenean Mountain Dog Kimbailey Mardi Gras (Pedro) joined us in 1965.
He was the first of a long and successful line. Every homebred dog
and bitch has him in their pedigrees. His grand-daughter Champion
Carabrae Superdocious was Best of Breed at Crufts in 1973 and in the
last six in the Group.
In 1976 while
judging in the USA, I was given Barqueill Gainsborough of Carabrae (Blue)
by Frankie Glover. He stamped his quality, construction and
temperament on the breed. He is behind a large percentage of the
winning PMD's in the UK today. |
Blue |
Remy |
After his
death in 1988 I bought L'Amour de la Griffe D'Ours (Remy) from
Henri Remy in Belgium. |
Carabrae
First Love
(Ami) |
I
was very lucky that the genes of these three great dogs blended very
well and Remy was able to add the elegance and refinement of the tall
French dogs and also the very elusive dreamy expression as shown here
in his daughters. |
Carabrae
Aspects of Love
(Rosie) |
An added bonus
was that all these dogs had and reproduced excellent hip scores.
Pedro was before the scoring scheme but Blue was 4/5 and Remy 0/0!
Rosie was the
mother of the last CARABRAE Mountain Dog litter which was born in
1994, and included our last Stud Dog Carabrae Chapeau de Napoleon (Nito)
19.9.94 - 10.4.02.
After Nito's
untimely death at 7 years I did not intend having any more Mountain
dogs. I then saw a suberb litter from his daughter Sketrick
Enchanting. I was hooked once again and two of his grandsons
Sketrick Fabian and Fagan (Buster and Keaton to us) now live
here. They are owned jointly with their breeder Lesley Waters
who has shown them both very successfully.
Autumn 2007
saw Buster and Keeton return to their Breeder.
Sketrick
Fabian &
Sketrick Fagan
(Buster
& Keaton)
©
copyright Carabrae 2007 |