Chimera Kennels
- Producing the loyal family K-9 companion guardian!
Located in Brandon, Mississippi - USA
Email: chimerakennels@msn.com Cell Phone: 601-573-3449
Chimera Kennels produces high performance, powerful canine companion guardians suitable for active lifestyles and family settings. After working with many breeds of dogs, the Swinford K-9 continually proves itself to be our ideal K-9 candidate for personal and family protection applications. We strive to produce what we consider to be the "total package dog" for OUR needs and desires, and it is the Swinford K-9 that meets our requirements to live and function as a healthy, active Family K-9 Companion Guardians. Our dogs are bred for mental stability (to be safe with family), drive, intelligence, courage, power, and athleticism. I am not one to claim our dogs are for everyone, but if your desires from a dog are similar to ours, then there is no better dog. This is why the Swinford K-9 is the only breed of dog we own or produce. Beware of kennel "programs" with 2, 3, or even more separate breeds and such breeding programs lack focus and spread their resources too thin to truly better a breed. To concentrate our resources, here at Chimera Kennels, we focus exclusively on the development of the Swinford K-9. Every dog we keep, own, or co-own is part of this goal. Using a number of carefully selected performance oriented specimens, Chimera Kennels is able to produce a high percentage of superb Family Companion Guardian dogs, and we stand behind our dogs by guaranteeing such capabilities. All of our dogs are also bred in accordance with the Swinford Standard as described within the Swinford Sporting Dog Association (SSDA - Side 1 of Registry, Side 2 of Registry), with the intent of producing the ultimate Family K-9 Companion Guardian. Click here to learn more about the origins of the Swinford K-9 (formerly known as the Swinford Bandog).
In case you are wondering what the difference is between the "Bandog" and the Swinford K-9, I will provide a brief history of the Swinford K-9 here, as this is a common question. Today there are many so called "Bandog" breeders that have no clue as to what a true Bandog is. Since these programs use the name "Bandog" but do not adhere to the practice that a true Bandog is supposed to be a working breed, they have essentially neglected the performance requirements that have historically been associated with the Bandog name. Originally, the name Bandog described a type of working dog, not a breed. The word Bandog described a sentry type of K-9 guardian. Historically, Bandog basically meant what today we think of as a "guard dog." Ironically, many people today mistakely think "Bandog" means a type of "bully" dog bred crossed with any type of "mastiff" dog breed, and that is not what the name was intended to imply. Historically the name described a purpose, not a cross. Yet today, there are many "Bandog" breeders popping up here and there that do absolutely no protection work with their dogs. As a result, the "Bandog" name today is too often associated with uneducated breeding programs that lack specific goals, and such programs are essentially producing nothing more than cross bred dogs. It takes time to develop a breed. To distance the Swinford K-9 from such "Bandog" programs, the "Bandog" portion of the Swinford K-9 name was dropped. The Swinford K-9 always has been about performance oriented family companion guardians, and as long as the Swinford K-9 remains in existence that will be the case. To learn more about this and the origins of the Swinford K-9, click here.
We are very open about our kennel and our practices because we have nothing to hide. There is a great deal of information about our program throughout the various pages of this website; however, if you would like to arrange a visit or discuss things in further detail, contact me at chimerakennels@msn.com.
Sincerely,
H. Lee Robinson, M.S. & Wendy Robinson
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