About the Millners

Located at our home in the high plains of the western Nebraska panhandle, we live with the passion of our lives — Briards. This passion was sparked by our first Briard, Churchill, but goes much deeper in the course of our lives. For Merry Jeanne it was the good fortune of a childhood surrounded by dogs and horses. Her passion for horses took her to an accomplished Junior Show career highlighted by two junior exhibitor world champions! As for Tommy, dogs were always a part of his family.

Our introduction to Briards occurred from pure happenstance when, in 1986, we purchased our first Briard from an ad in the paper. As is the case with many back yard-bred dogs, Churchill had many health issues. In spite of the numbers issues, his heart was all Briard and he became the love of our lives. His great spirit and desire to protect and please taught us how remarkable these dogs are as everyday companions and thus began our deep-seated quest to protect the Briard and nurture its future.

We began to search for our kind of Briard and, with the help of many wonderful friends, Gilli came into our lives. A moderate bitch with good bone, wonderful type and outstanding movement. She became the ideal foundation for our early breeding program. We felt if we could incorporate her attributes into our breeding program Gilli would be a great asset to the entire breed.

Not only was Gilli lovely, she was a competitor in the show ring. Her natural desire to win led to a quick completion of her championship requirements. As we look back on our careers in the show ring, it was Gilli's competitive spirit that ignited our flame to compete. However, her contribution to the breed is measured not only by her success in the show ring but also in her contributions from the whelping box. You can read about her success and meet other Sendero Briards in the Our Dogs pages of this Web site.

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Updated January 6, 2011