Having completed my Masters in Outdoor Education in 2018, I currently work for myself delivering outdoor and professional qualifications based around paddlesport and first aid. Chows for me have gone from being a pet that replaced a Westie, to something I enjoyed showing to now, showing, judging and breeding. Within these aspects I am aiming to reach my perfect chow. I have been the chair person of the Chow Chow Club of Wales, and am currently the chair of the West of England Chow Chow Club.

Having passed the KC judging requirements in 2005 I am currently on the A list for Chows and Eurasiers. I have awarded CCs at Leeds I have also judged Chows for; the National Chow Chow Club; the Chow Chow Club of Wales; The Chow Chow Club of Scotland; the Midland Chow Chow Club; Minehead and District and Derbyshire County. Overseas I have judged for the Victoria Chow Chow Club.

Showing started when I was around 9 years old when at a show I tried to show and ended up getting a VHC and thought that I showed better than my mother. From then I started to show more and enjoyed doing so. Since then I have managed to make up one British champions to date CH Jamarhys Yoan, I also have four other chows who have gained their first entry into the Studbook. Out of these four three were red, one blue and two black. I enjoy showing and exhibiting my own dogs (ones I have bred) rather than those I have bought in. I hope over the forthcoming year I am able to show more than the previous year, but my working timetable looks to be fairly full.

I bred my first litter in 2004 this litter was Shergay Jordan to Jamarhys Red Hot Chilli, this was a Self-Red to Self-Red mating, from here I went on to buy Chevalier Noir At Jamarhys. The resulting mating between Jamarhys Red Hot Chilli and Chevalier Noir At Jamarhys produced every colour bar red. From that point on my interest was toward colour breeding and the roulette that it brings (what colour will they be and what sex) compared with red breeding where the main variance at birth is that of sex. My current aims are to continue with this colour breeding along with the red breeding and to be able to keep from every colour. In the future my aim is to have bred a champion in each colour. When deciding on a puppy I assess every puppy at eight weeks and only then decide on what to keep. For me it is always important to consider the health of puppies and it is for this reason we are hip and elbow scoring everything with the BVA. Our older dogs have only been hip scored whereas younger dogs will be hip and elbow scored, we have now stared taking part in the BVA eye tests also.