We were living in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, when in 1968 we got our first Irish Setter. We originally got her as a pet, but were lucky enough to get her Champion title. We then got our foundation bitch from Betty Crawford, CH Shannon’s Pamela.
Walt wanted an English Setter. So, our first English came from Wraggee Run Kennel in Canada. Over the years, we have had several English and Gordon bitches. We have bred Irish over the years and now have 4 generations.
Dr Wylie is from Georgia and breeds Sporting Dogs. We have German Shorthaired Pointers, Vizslas, Bracco Italiano, and Bloodhounds.
We are located in Leesburg Georgia on a 38 acre farm. We offer excellent quality, champion bred, bulldogs.Our average dog weighs over 95 pounds. Our dogs are a very important part of our lives, they live in our home with us and are rotated daily to an outside air conditioned and heated building so that everyone gets his/her individual spoiling session.
Dave and Gail Gordon started their dog show careers separately but coincidentally in the same year, 1971. Dave started in Ohio and Gail in Georgia. Dave and Gail met through the dog show ring and were later married in 1979. In our 45 years showing dogs, we have finished more than 100 Champions. Dave chose the name “Marma Farms” because he was breeding and showing Great Danes to begin with, and Marmaduke was the well-known comic strip about a silly Great Dane. Gail also started showing and breeding Great Danes. When we were married, we combined kennels and kept the name “Marma Farms”. It wasn’t until 2003 that we started breeding and showing Shiba Inus.
Our pups and adult bulldogs are well taken care of on our 8 acre lot, and from their first moments next to their mothers to their relaxing golden years, they are sure to enjoy their time here! We love each one of our dogs and we know that you will too!