While Tom was in his first year of Vet school, he made the decision that he had waited long enough and wanted to buy a Bull Terrier. Soon we found that this was not as easy as it seemed. Even with the support of our mentor, Don Adams, no one was willing to sell us a dog because we were both in college and unmarried. Tom was not dis-wayed and after reading the back of the Bull Terrier Quarterly magazine he called Charlie Fleming, the contact for the Bull Terrier Confederacy of the Southeast (now known as Bull Terrier Club of the Southeast). Charlie was very nice and directed us to a breeder in Louisville, KY that he felt would be sympathetic to our situation and would be willing to place a dog with us, so he made the call and a short time later we did have our first Bull Terrier, Mr. Ned, AKA Indian Trail Glentom’s Opener. Ned was sired by the infamous Ch. Catrana Eyeopener of Aricon and was out of one of Gary and Debby Poteat’s “Unaka” bitches who was a Ch. Banbury Barnstormer daughter. We took Ned to confirmation class and were encouraged to show him. Ned finished his championship at 16 months of age, and we were hooked!
In 1990 we began our search for a foundation bitch, we talked to several breeders and were on the list, but something always came up and nothing was available. I attended a Bull Terrier Specialty Show in Chattanooga along with my good friend Debby Poteat, who introduced me to Jay Remer of Bedrock Bull Terriers. She explained our search for a foundation bitch and the next morning after returning home to Florida I received a call from Winkie Mackay-Smith of the renowned Banbury Kennel. She had a bitch for us! In just a short time we had our foundation bitch, “Piper”, who became Ch. Banbury Bittermint, CGC and is behind everyone we have bred.
In 1992 we bred Piper to a beautiful red male, “Marcus” bred by Gay Hillman and Mary Remer named Ch. Windfalls Master Marcus, ROM. This proved to be a wonderful breeding, producing four champions of which one of those would become a Best In Show winner, “Dot”, Ch. Glentom Lucky Star Windfall. Also out of that litter was Pedigree Award Winner (#1 Colored Bull Terrier, 1998) “Felix”, Ch. Berkshire Glentom Tabasco Cat, ROM.
In 1995 we went back to PA to Windfall Kennels to breed to “Brian” Ch. Windfalls Starman of Bedrock, ROM. This breeding produced three champions, one of which sired our 2004 BTCA Brood Bitch of the year winners. The others produced top winning dogs for us as well as other breeders.
In 1996 we decided on a breeding from a half-sister/half-brother mating which was not readily performed at this time by most breeders here in the US. We took a “Piper” x “Marcus” daughter, Ch. Glentom's Brushpopper, to a “Piper” x “Brian” son, Ch. Glentom The Stargazer. This produced “Morgan”, Ch. Glentom Doublemint O’Berkshire, who earned the 2004 BTCA Brood Bitch Award and BTCA Brood Bitch Emeritus Award by her ROM champion offspring sired by Ch. Stellar’s Southern Cross, ROM. One of these, “Niblet”, Ch. Glentom Fancy Mint, ROM, was BOS at the National Specialty and tied for AKC top producing white Bull Terrier in 2008 and produced the 2009 #1 colored Bull Terrier (Ch. Glentom I Have No Commitmint, ROM). One of the other sisters, “Meagan” BISS Ch. Glentom Mint Julep, ROM produced the 2010 #1 colored Bull Terrier All Breed and 2011 Westminster KC breed winner “Maeve” GCh. Glentom’s You Were Mint For Me, ROM.
In 2002, we purchased a white male Bull Terrier from England, “Marshall” Ch. Elcornijal AM Silver Star. He was sired by one of the top winning Bull Terriers in England at the time, UK Ch. Kenzed Prince of Darkness At Denpower. “Marshall” proved to be a very pre-potent stud dog and was the 2007 and 2008 AKC top producing white Bull Terrier. He earned the BTCA Stud Dog Emeritus Award in 2008. In 2008 we bred on of our “Marshall” daughters to the well-known UK/AM BIS BISS Ch. Dazlin Defiance, ROM, the 2010 Reserve White Bull Terrier at the BTCA Silverwood Trophy Competition and Award of Merit and Select at the BTCA National Specialty. This produced white dog, GCh. Ch. Glentom Lebouf’s Beaucoup Blanc Of Glentom, ROM, the 2010 Reserve White Bull Terrier at the BTCA National Specialty. This mating also produced the red bitch, GCh. Ch. Glentom Lebouf Countess Singing Cloud, ROM, Best of Breed at Morris & Essex and Montgomery County KC shows 2010.
In 2008, with our friend and co-owner Amber Gibson, we imported a white male from Scotland, Am Ch. Cool Conquistador At Crossgarley, “York”. His sire is the well known UK Ch. Nosrettap Celtic Star of Kilacabar #2 top producer in 2007, who is sired by the # 1 top producer in 2007 UK Ch. Alecto Kool Barracuda of Kilacabar. “York’s” first litter produced three champions, one of which is GCh. Ch. Glentom’s You Were Mint For Me, ROM, “Maeve” #1 colored Bull Terrier All Breed 2010 and 2011 Westminster Breed winner. Thus earning “York” the AKC top producing white Bull Terrier 2009.
