In 1983 I imported my third puppy whose sire was GB CH Pepperland Lyric John At Potterdale "Winston". This puppy was INT S N DK CH Potterdale Cassius who was born on the 12th of February. Cassius’ was out of GB CH Blumberg Hadriana At Potterdale "Heidi", who was a wonderful bitch. His littermates were GB CH Potterdale Ptolemy and CAN AM CH Potterdale Paris. Cassius was a big dog with eye-catching markings, which he carried on to his offspring. Especially to his very successful Best In Show winning daughter Multi ch Farmarens Evening Eureka "Ella".

Later during 1983 November 7th GB CH Osmart Black N Bonnie "Bonnie" gave birth to a litter out of GB CH Charncroft Cavalcade "Kerry". I saw the possibility to strengthen my breeding with bloodlines, which I had been working on for a long time. Bonnie was a bitch of lovely type and her movement made me shiver.

A dog from this litter INT NORD U CH Osmart Bonnie Farmaren Boy "Gordon" was the newcomer. He was my fourth dog from kennel Osmart. Gordon was the opposite compared to Cassius when talking about markings, but that did not hinder him from becoming the top winning beardie in Sweden in 1987.

A dog that lived in England reminded me of Gordon regarding his markings. He was GB AM CAN CH Samarra Standing Ovation "Boysie". He started his show success in early days and left England to stay in USA and Canada, which resulted in titles from both countries. Before he left England he sired GB CH Potterdale Persuasion "Polly", a sister to Crufts Best In Show winner, GB CH Potterdale Classic At Moonhill. On the 2nd of June 1988 our third Potterdale dog was born, Selection "James".

One of James offspring is our INT S N DK FIN CH Farmarens Starlight X-press "Zelma" who was the most winning bitch in 1995. Zelma’s grandfather is Gordon. This is a combination of bloodlines, which proved to be very successful. James sister S CH Potterdale Fascination was imported to Sweden by Christel Smedberg from kennel Magicbrook. GB CH Potterdale Premonition and GB CH Potterdale Passion was from this same litter.

Another beardie who had influence in our breeding program was INT NORD CH Farmarens Black Nightcap Nickolaij who was born on the first of May in 1985.

Nickolaij was the only dog in this litter. He had both blue and brown sisters. Three sisters became Swedish champions. These were Farmarens Brown No No Nanette "Wendy" owned by Lena Gustavsson kennel Skarnbro, Farmarens Blue Nadja Nobless "Nadja" owned by Britt Marie Engman kennel Fables, Farmarens Brown Nicola Nougata "Fanny" owned by Ann-Catherine Lyckerud. Fanny was sold as a pet but her owner got interested in breeding so this bitch became the foundation bitch at kennel Quarry. That’s how things might change!

The dame of this successful litter was INT NORD CH Cregagh Kerry Dancer At Sunkap. Kerry was born on the 17th of April 1982 in Ireland but she was bought by Eleanor and Kevin Young at kennel Sunkap in England.

In the summer 1992 it was once again time for Sigvard and me to travel to England on holiday. We should take home our S CH Sunkap Trademark who was born on the 8th of October in 1991. Ted is a son of GB CH Potterdale Philanderer "Bill". In his mothers pedigree you find both GB CH Sunkap Adam and GB CH Sunkap Nicolette. Ted was used for stud and can be found in our pedigrees. He has a lovely temperament and has been very dominant and inherited both lovely head and expression.

Two of his most successful offspring are the BIS winner INT S N DK FIN CH Farmarens Go My Hero "Hamish" and INT S N DK FIN CH Farmarens Dumbarton Dhu "Douglas" who has a BIS placement.

We also visited some kennels and shows during our holiday trip. We wanted to visit Wales. Alan and Gill Burfitt, kennel Breaksea, lives in Wales so we arranged a visit. Their beardies were very nice, kind and positive. We felt exactly like at home. In the middle of all the other dogs was a four month old puppy. He was a black dog and loved to sleep by the fireplace. His name was S N CH Breaksea Black Pudding "Booster".

When we saw his pedigree we realised that he had our INT S N DK CH Potterdale Cassius sister Potterdale Roxana At Breaksea in the pedigree, she was the grandmother and distantly related to my INT NORD CH Osmart Black Berry. The pedigree is very interesting and useful because it is a mix of old and new lines. We both got very interested. I then got an idea. I looked at Sigvard, and he nod and smiled.

To pick a puppy from a litter is something we breeders are privileged to. I wanted so much a puppy out of GB CH Potterdale Conclusion "Charlie" but I wanted to choose the puppy myself.

In 1994 I contacted Charlies owner Liz Sharkey to ask her if my dream could come true. There was a lot of preparation for the import of his sperm. The sperm was sent in a blue vacuum bottle. When looking back at all the effort we made and what we got I would not hesitate to do it again. The bitch that would become the mother of this litter was decided long in advance.

It couldn’t be anyone else than INT S N CH NV-94 Farmarens Yabba-Dabba-Dii "Diddi". She had already proven to be an excellent mother. She is from a strong bitch line, which is a descendant of Osmart Farmarens Black Lady. I was not satisfied enough with that bitch as a brood bitch when I evaluated her own puppies. Such things can and will happen!!

Sigvard and me together with our first beardie litter in 1967.