Briards Past and Present: Conversations with Leading Breeders

Publisher Marketing: The author felt it worthwhile to create a record of some long established, and successful breeders, attempting to capture in their own words, their concerns and views when breeding. There are interviews from the breed country of origin, France, vibrant with hundreds of years of history, breed development, and continual pedigrees. Rich with experience and knowledge, France remains an undisputed resource, their experts respected worldwide. A few interviews are with people who are French in origin but moved to the USA and continued their involvement. The balance is with breeders from the authors home country, the USA. She acknowledges other countries with excellent breeders. She regrets she could not include all the existing talent. This book, the author hopes will be "a means to leave messages to future breeders, to communicate through time and space, some valuable points." This book is meant to contribute to the large task of breeding this fine, complex old breed of working sheep dog. "No honest breeder will ever tell you that the pup you buy from him is a sure winner. Neither will he promise you an easy road to success. All he can ever give you is the chance to learn and the admonition that having perseverence, perspective and purpose, will give you a fifty-fifty chance." USA breeder, Harold Marley, highly respected influential breeder of Marha Briards, from 1964- died 1976 Contributor Bio:  Myers, Ellen Ellen Myers was born in Berlin, Germany, in 1925. She is the mother of seven, grandmother of 38, and great-grandmother of four. Her mother was Jewish, and the Nazis killed most of her mother's family in the Holocaust. She is fluent in five languages and served as interpreter for top officials of the American Military Government in Germany after World War II. Ellen studied philosophy for many years and was an atheist until she became a Christian at age 35 in 1960. Ellen received her Master of Arts degree in Russian Intellectual History from Wichita State University in 1986. She has taught history, foreign languages and English literature for many years, most recently at Pilgrim Christian Academy. Since 2002 she has served as an area representative for The Voice of the Martyrs. She takes care of Becky, her youngest daughter who has Down Syndrome.