Hello and welcome to the Granddach Kennels website. We are Calum and Mairi Grant - and Benjamin (7), Rhiannon (6), Joshua (3) and Carys (born Sept) - and we run a small, family run kennel 4 miles from Turriff in Aberdeenshire, Scotland where we breed the occasional litter of Airedale Terriers and Wire Haired Fox Terriers.

We hope you find the site useful and informative and hope you can feel free to contact us with any questions you may have. In case you were wondering, GRANDDACH means GRANT'S in Scottish Gaelic. We love Scotland and in particular the west coast and islands - hence the choice of kennel affix - and most of our dogs are given a pedigree name which is connected to Scotland.

My love of the Airedale began in childhood (Mairi) when we went on a family holiday to a caravan park in Inverness when I was about 11 yrs old. An Airedale terrier seemed to appear from no-where on the park and took a shine to my father and decided to become his best buddy, with the result that everywhere my dad went for the entire holiday the dog appeared - even to the toilet and IN THE SHOWER!!! We have no idea where he came from or who he belonged to but we thought it was hilarious, except for dad!! It walked for miles behind us and all the way back, and from that point on my life's mission was to one day have an Airedale.

More history... Calum and I met and got married, had a couple of kids and thought we would have a dog to complete our family - or so we thought (4 kids later!!!!!!!!!!!!)

We bought Rocco as a 10 week old pup from Robroyd kennels in Yorkshire and he has been the most wonderful pet we could possibly wish for. Tom and Janet Huxley carefully selected him for our family pet and we got everything we could possibly wish for, but then we got bitten by the bug and decided one Airedale was not enough!!

We moved to the countryside into a bigger house with a bigger garden and decided to buy Mollie and Kaiya, two adult bitches from Judith Averis at Saredon Kennels in Uttoxeter, and once again we've been blessed with two lovely dogs for the family and they too have been everything we expected. We then decided to have a go at making the world more beautiful by adding Airedales to it, and this is how it all began. The Girldales and Rocco have produced the most georgeous pups, with the most lovely temperament - we're now hooked!

We also love the Wire Haired Fox Terrier and bought a girl and boy once again from Saredon Kennels, and they too have given us the most beautiful puppies and a tremendous experience. Seeing them arriving into the world and growing up and then going to great homes is such a pleasure, although we miss each and every one when they go.

Our latest addition to Granddach is Sacha, a Black Russian Terrier bitch pup. We have wanted one as a pet for such a long time and finally the time was right and the right dog came along. We want to concentrate on showing Sacha as well as Poppy, a young wire fox terrier bitch, and Enya, our kerry blue terrier who is just a pet who happens to be shown, and hopefully make champions out of them. We have no intentions of breeding Black Russians as our girl is simply a very special pet and we will see what the future holds in the show ring.

We breed mainly for pets although many of our babies have gone to show and have done well. Most important to us however is the temperament and we have had the most wonderful dogs, perfect with kids and in the home, and therefore would like to see others have the same pleasure. So much of our focus is in socialising the pups and as you can imagine with 4 youngsters on the go they get played with lots. But we do encourage our buyers to consider showing as there is always a possibility of a future champion.

We too are introducing more dogs into the show ring in the hope of making up a Granddach champion, and we plan to do more showing in the near future. Our aim is to keep the standard of our pups very high by breeding only from the best stock. Our breeds are endangered and only by breeding responsibly and carefully will we ensure these lovely dogs continue being seen in years to come. All our litters are very carefully planned and all our surplus pups have good homes before they are born, we operate a waiting list for people who wish to own one of our pups.

Our pups are ready to leave at 8 weeks of age, vaccinated and KC Reg with 12 weeks free insurance. Our pups are raised in the family home and love being part of everyday life. They are taken in the car to get them used to travelling and have also been known to sit on command before they leave us. We begin paper training and have them wear collars and walk on the lead.

We are KC Accredited Breeders and therefore strictly follow the necessary requirements of the scheme which in turn ensures the pups are off to the best start possible, and the buyer can be confident of this also. Our buyers leave with an Accredited Breeders puppy sales wallet with all the information needed regarding their new baby, and an after-sales service where they can feel free to contact us for advice and indeed just to catch up and discuss how they are getting on......