1985 saw the beginning of Gremaric Border Collies with the purchase of Aust. Ch. Kingscounty Marinah "Marina". Bought as a companion dog she went to her first show as a minor puppy bitch with a first time handler and won Reserve Challenge bitch at a Specialty Show and that was the start of the Gremaric journey. Marina then went on and won Challenge Bitch at Brisbane Royal 1986, Reserve Challenges at Sydney and Canberra Royal over the next couple of years.

She was then joined in 1989 with Aust. Grand Ch. Korella Storm Raider "Storm" who was from Korella's first litter. I thank Korella for such a beautiful dog. Storm won many Best In Show All Breeds and Specialty awards and has given me many wonderful memories not only as a top show dog but also a top sire.

Marina and Storm are the foundation of Gremaric today. That combination produced Aust. Ch. Gremaric Final Impact "Fin" and Aust. Ch. Gremaric Stormeknight both Best in Show Winners.

To bring Marina's lines closer to Storm she was mated to Aust. NZ Joy's Echo of Clan Abby (imp Aust) which resulted in Aust. Ch. Gremaric Class Act "Stella".

Stella to Storm then produced my favourite ever Aust. Grand Ch. Gremaric All Class "Lily" and Aust. Ch. Gremaric Has Class "Lucy" the foundation bitch of Glenlion Kennels owned by Jim and Sue Cook and Gremaric Indian Pacific "Indy" the foundation bitch of Classicyds Border Collies owned by David and Nadia Radcliffe. Stella was very influential in my breeding program she was also mated to Aust. Grand Ch. Borbern Broncos Best "Alfie" and produced Aust. Ch. Gremaric Me Myself I "Mimi" the only one puppy in the litter ... hence the name.

Another daughter of Marina Gremaric Double Exposure ( Sire: Aust. Ch. Nedlands Krackerjak CDX) was mated to her Great Grandfather Aust. Ch. Induru Benjamin Boots and produced Aust. Ch. Gremaric Top Gun "Maverick" an All Breeds Best In Show winner who is the sire of the most awarded Border Collie in Australia Triple Ch. (O) (T) Nahrof Dalwhinnie OC TD ADM ET HT.

In 1997 Ms Debbie Day offered me Aust. Ch. Borderheath Daydreamer to breed with and I took this opportunity to use Aust. Ch. Gremaric Final Impact "Fin" . This combination produced Aust. Ch. Gremaric Gilt Edge "Gil" an All Breeds Best In Show winner, Gremaric In Your Dreams ET "Kaia" owned by Sandra Brennan of Finealta Border Collies and Gremaric Dreamo Albo Pixie CDX "Pixie", a very competitive bitch in the obedience and flyball fields, owned by Rose Richards.

My ever favourite "Lily" won many Best In Show All Breeds and Specialty Shows. She was the first and only border collie bitch to qualify for the Queensland Dog of the Year contest not once but twice, one year joined by her daughter Aust. Jap. Ch. Gremaric Tiger Lily "Tiggy" for Queensland Puppy of the Year Contest. Lily was also the first bitch to have won Best In Show at the BCC of NSW Inc. twice. Her other daughter Aust. Ch. Gremaric All Talk HT followed in her mothers footsteps to win Best In Show at the 2004 April BCC of NSW Inc Another great win under Specialty judge Mrs Carolyn Ward from the UK.

Lily only had 2 litters before she tragically died and they were both to Aust. Ch. Echovale Great Bear "Teddy". The first litter produced the very elegant Aust. and Jap. Ch. Gremaric Tiger Lily "Tiggy". Tiggy was a Best In Group winner as a puppy and that success continued until she left Gremaric to join Kimiko and Hiroshi Nagaya at Dazzling Bluestar Border Collies. Kimiko and Hiroshi mated Tiggy to Aust. Ch. Tambovale Tornado "Hamish" and produced Aust. and Jap. Ch. Dazzling Bluestar JP A Dreamy Girl "Wendy" and Jap. Ch. Dazzling Bluestar JP Laughy "Laughy".

It was a dream of Kimiko and Hiroshi to have Tiggy's daughter Wendy return to Australia to compete on her mother's earth and that was fulfilled in June 2005. Wendy is now enjoying her stay at Gremaric, gaining her Australian Champion title in only 2 months of coming to Australia and only 21 months of age. She is Ultra feminine and has the most delightful temperament and I thank Kimiko and Hiroshi for sending me such a beautiful bitch to show.

The repeat mating of Lily and Ted has produced 3 Champions today they are BISS Aust. Ch. Gremaric All Talk HT "Polly", BISS Aust. Ch. Gremaric Masters Stroke HSAs "Darcy", and Aust. Ch. Gremaric Imagery "Gerry". It is very satisfying as a breeder to be able to breed show champions and still maintain the herding instinct which is illustrated by these 3 dogs. We believe that Darcy is the first Border Collie male in Australia to be a Show Champion, Best in Show Specialty Winner and achieved the herding title HSAs to date. Congratulations to Peta Ware for training and producing such a lovely dog for Gremaric.

2004 saw the first line bred litter at Gremaric, Aust. Ch. Gremaric Me Myself I "Mimi" to Aust. Ch. Gremaric Imagery "Gerry" which has resulted in Gremaric Natural Grace "Gracie" who is on her way to her title winning BOB's Challenges, Sweepstakes, and Multi In Group awards.

She has a very bright future ahead.

Now some 20 years later from purchasing Marina, Gremaric has produced 7 homebred Best In Show winners from very limited numbers of litters, numerous Show Champions, obedience titled dogs and now herding titles. As you will see by my motto "Gremaric Border Collies ... where conformation excels ... movement follows" has been the basis of my breeding Program. I have concentrated on consolidating well bodied, conformed, angulated dogs who as a result of their construction move effortlessly, have sound temperaments and can perform the function they were bred for and that is work.

I hope you enjoy your virtual visit and some day visit Gremaric.