S N Ch Backängens Erika
e: Backängens Chevalier
u: Int Nord Ch Backängens Belinda

In 1952 I bought my first Rough Collie and this has been my favourite breed ever since, enjoying training and competing their working ability, as well as showing and breeding. I was lucky to make up a champion in my very first litter, born 1955.
Perhaps just beginners luck !
However in 1968 I decided to buy my first Sheltie, Lönnkullas Ruby going back to the Helendale stock. She was of Pom type with perfect pricked ears.
During this period I met Lena Hedfors, Backängen kennel, a very successful breeder in the 1970´s.
She certainly was my mentor and I had Backängens Erika and Backängens Jalika, both later made up champions.


S N Ch Backängens Jalika
e: Pleasington Longshot
u: Int Nord Ch Backängens Belinda

In 1955 I applied for a kennel name, in those days an easy procedure at the charge of Sw. Crowns 100:- plus having show qualified your dogs with a first class grading.
 I always fancied classical music and we had a 19th century Swedish composer named Franz Berwald, whose music I particularly liked. Unfortunately not allowed to use his name I had to reconstruct the spelling into Bermark.

     

Marklin Wild Gypsy at Tegwel
e: Marklin Cinnamon
u: Marklin Wanda

Here some dogs that have had a great impact on my breeding. From England my first Sheltie import in 1984 being Int. Nord Ch Sereena of Tegwel (Ch.Lythwood Skymaster-Allanvail Gold Pearl of Tegwel) and she will always stand as my ideal. This bitch possessed that extra charisma so rarely seen. A very extrovert lady with a constantly wagging tail which often
made it difficult to take a decent photo of her. Not a prolific brood, only producing three offsprings of which I kept and made up Ch. Bermarks Rock N´Roll, sire of Multi Ch. Bermarks William and grandsire of Int. Ch.Bermarks Buddy Holly, both now living in Finland.

Another import in 1993 was the tricolour bitch Marklin Wild Gypsy at Tegwel (Marklin Cinnamon-Marklin Wanda) nicknamed “Ziggy”. I first saw her as a puppy at Joan Stanley´s kennel Tegwel in England. She was of course not for
 sale but I made a request to Joan if ever she would consider parting with her. Ziggy proved to be an outstanding brood producing among others Ch Tegwel Toy Boy and Ch. Tegwel Wild Ways.Wild Ways sired an impressive list
of top winning stock and easily won the award of  UK Top Stud Dog All Breeds for 1997.
When Ziggy finally arrived in Sweden mated to Lythwood Skylight she produced a litter of four pups of which I kept two,
Ch. Bermarks Upside Down and Int.Ch. Bermarks Utopia.
Other Shelties from my breeding doing well for their owners are Ch. Bermarks Flash and the blue merle Int.Ch. Bermarks Drum Major, both owned by M. Nordqvist as well as the Finnish owned Multi Ch Bermarks William and Int. Ch. Bermarks Buddy Holly .

 

 Int Nord Ch Sereena of Tegwel
e: GB Ch Lythwood Skymaster
u: Allanvail Gold Pearl of Tegwel