Welcome to Jester Briards

Following a tremendously loving relationship with our Golden Retriever, Country and late in the life of our adorable soft-coated Wheaton Terrier, Bailey, Holly expressed her first desires to own a Briard. Following some research into the breed and some of it’s breeders Holly took a day trip on Northwest Airlines to Ohio and emerged from the airport with what looked like a baby “wookie” from the movie “Star Wars”.

Seems like an eternity since that day and now our "fur kids" number four. Farley, Savannah, Giacomo and Brit.Each has his or her own personality and each has added a new phase to our learning to live with, play with and love these fantastic dogs. The Jesters have continued to make a name for themselves as Holly continues to participate in everything from the show ring to herding and agility. Our goal in creating the Jester line has always been a versatile dog with fabulous temperment and many of the things you will see on the following pages will display that goal is being reached. Savannah once again was recognized as a "versatile dog" at the 2009 Briard Nationals and both Giaco and our newest Jester Brit are following in her footsteps; literally sometimes, as the three are pretty much inseparable unless Holly takes them to their individual training sessions. Giaco is of course the son of Farley and Savannah so his early accomplishments in training for herding and agility competition are not much of a surprise and his loving nature as he accompanies Holly on therapy visits is nothing short of spectacular.Our new "little girl" Brit arrived from England this spring and we sincerely want to thank her breeder Jenny Snelling for selling us this beautiful young girl. She too is starting to display great talent chasing sheep, and her agility career kicks off with her first training session to start in January 2010. But it is her recent Best Puppy in Show title at the 2010 Briard National Specialty that has everyone watching for what will come.

The Briard world has given us many new adventures and some fabulous new friendships with other Briard owners and their “fur kids”. We hope you enjoy our tribute to our dogs and certainly if you have any questions about them or our breed get in touch with us. We also have given you some links to some of Farley and Savvy’s best friends, Savvy’s breeder and to a great source of info for our breed.