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About Myself and the origin of my Kennel name.
In 1982 I bought my first Dobermann, called BEN and started to show him in local open shows. It was much later in his life that I decided to try my hand at Championship shows. A total of 4 in all. BEN was placed in all 4.
18 months after BEN arrived I purchased a bitch from the same kennels, Otherton. ANNA was not a great show specimen but she and BEN were lovely to live with. They had no aggression and were very social animals.
My third Dobermann came from Rockfollies in Wales. He was known as HARVEY.
This is when I took out my KC AFFIX of ANHARBN (An for Anna Har for Harvey and Bn for Ben). If I started with Ben it would have read something like Benanha and I didn't think fruit was the way to go.
I did voluntary work at the Dobermann rescue kennels when I could and took a bitch from there called HEATHER. She had been badly treated and was deformed possibly through human abuse. Heather only lived 3 years with us but I hope that we gave her everything that she could desire. She was so faithful to the family but would bite strangers without warning which was hardly surprising given her past history.
It was in 1990 that David and I got together.He also had two Dobermanns TESS and GEMMA and between us we purchased CODA our final symphony. Coda hated showing with a vengeance and so became a house dog along with the others.
It was during her short time in the showring that I saw my first Pharaoh Hounds.
Coda's farther was a Canadian import and had cropped ears. I remember when I saw him standing in the window with the light behind him that I really wanted something with erect ears and what better than a Pharaoh?
In the 1970's/80's there were several kennels that were already established in Dobermanns that also had Pharaoh's as a second breed. Some breeders even made the full transition to Pharaoh's.
So in 1992 I purchased my first Pharaoh, Yasmin, who became the foundation of the ANHARBN kennel. Later came an Ibizan we called Sebastian.
We now live in Wales and I run a very busy boarding kennels of which I built from scratch. It has only been this past few years that I have been able to afford regular visits to Europe where I saw my first Cirnechi and began the ANHARBN Cirnechi line with Yana & Muusa.
I award UK. Challenge Certificates (CC’s) in Pharaoh Hounds and Ibizan Hounds.
This is our home in Wales.
Jill moving house
