Wildside Kerry Blue Terriers

    The "Wildside" prefix began in 1962, with the first litter of Boxers my parents bred and showed. They had a litter of 4. Of which 3 became Champions, the 4th only needing 2 points to finish his Championship. But that's another story!

I was also born in 1962, one month before that first litter of Boxers. And in 1978 my father bought a Wire Fox Terrier. This was the true begining of Terriers for me. At one of the matches we showed our Wire, a man came up to me and asked me if I would show one of his puppies.

My first Terrier, Wire Fox Terrier                             "Holly" the first Kerry                                     "Katie" Holly's dam.
Ch. Mountain Aires Wine Ot Buzz On                     I ever showed.

When I saw the two 6 month old Kerries, I fell in love. I even got to special their dam for a few shows. And I showed one of those Kerry girls, up to 11 points. I never got to finish her, as her owner had moved across country. I was heart broken as I became so fond of "Holly"

In 1983, at the Great Western Terrier Club show, I was walking by Ray and Lou Perry's (Tontine), setup. I saw two 8 week old male puppies. Well needless to say, I bought one. He became CH. Cabochon's Indigo Blue. (Call name "Blue")


                   Ch. Cabochon's Indigo Blue

   I bought my second Kerry a few years later. (After moving from California to Massachusetts.) That was in 1986. This one was all Terrier! Tough as nails, but great to live with. And good with her own pack of dogs. She became "CH. Kilkenny Spice of Wildside. (Call name "Tarry").

   I 've mostly groomed and handled other peoples Kerries along with other terrier and working breeds, and continued showing some of my mothers' Boxers.

            Ch. Wildside's Johnny Be Good
                              "Arron"

   I didn't get into a real breeding program, until the purchase of (in May of 1993), of a beautiful bitch, that I finished in just 12 shows. She is CH. Ravenstone Rhythm. (Call name "Maggie"). She was just 15 months old when she finished.

   I bred her to the dog I was specialing in 1995 and 1996. CH. Hilary's Finbar The Shadow. (Call name "Finbar") He was in the top 10 Kerries in '95 and was in the top 3 Kerries in '96. He was a multiple group winner and multiple group placer, with an award of merit at Montgomery in '96.

   Out of that breeding, born on Oct. 10th 1995, of which only one out of 6 pups that survived, was a male puppy. "Ranger" finished his Championship when he was just 13 months old. He is also known as CH. Wildside's Lone Ranger. He was also a multiple group placing dog, in just 10 times shown as a special, and under the age of 2 years old!

   The Schaefer's (Wedgewood) and I co-bred a litter of pups. Born on 10/22/97. That litter consisted of only 2 bitches. One of them the Schaefer's kept, she is CH.Wedgewood's Blue Satin Lace (Lacey). And I took the other one, and after her first litter of puppies, we got serious! She was finished with 4 majors! And she got her Canadian Championship UNDEFEATED in the breed,with a group 2! And only specialed 3 times in Canada got 3 back to back group 1's! She is known as: Am.Can. CH. Wedgewood Wildside's Dynasty. (Annie)

    On Feb.14th, 2000, I bred "Ranger" to "Annie". You can see their Champion get on this website. Ranger is a sire of Merit with 5 Champions and Annie is a dam of Merit with 6 Champions to date.

   "Annie's" top winning pup is Multi. Ch. Wildside's Silver Reign. "Ian". He sired 2 Am. Champion son's to date, both of which finished their Am. Championships with multiple breeds over top specials. These two boys are out of Ch. Wildside's Why Not, (Ali). The first son to finish is "Rhys". He garnered all of his points from the Bred by class. Along the way to his championship he recieved several group placements along the way. "Rhys" is a multiple group winner and Specialty Best In Show winner.

    "Ali" is my second foundation bitch and has really proven herself in the ring and especially in the whelping box. Having 2 champions to date and she is expected to have 3 more champions within the next couple of years. From her second breeding her first son is already pointed from the 6-9 puppy dog class! Her other 2 pups from that litter will start being shown summer of 2007.

"Sadie", Ch. Wildside's Destiny's Child, she had her first litter of 4 boys and 1 girl sired by "Frankie" in 2007. She will be bred again in 2009 to "Rhys". She will carry on her dams legacy here at Wildside.

   The Wildside tradition continues with a small breeding program. All dogs I breed and show are OFA certified. All the dogs I special, whether owned by myself or clients, are also OFA certified. Health, temperment, beauty, soundness of mind and body are my priorities.

   On this website you will see my dogs. This site is always being updated so please keep coming back for more dogs and more news!   If you have any questions please feel free to email me!