The
briard was the all around farm dog in France. He should
be healthy and easy to care for. Our dogs have all their
health clearances and the same is required from the studs
or bitches that I may use/lease. We believe in a dog that
is true to its original type and utilitarian origins: It
is a solid worker that has the structure, the coat and the
stamina to spend all day in the field doing his job. A Briard
is to be strong, smart and level headed. It is not a glamorous
dog even though he has lots of elegance with his long coat
and easy trot. He is also the most loyal and devoted companion
to his family. Continuously learning from the heritage that
long time breeders have created, I try to breed with the
same spirit, building on the shoulders of these same breeders
and the dogs who offer this assurance generation after generation.
What to expect from my dogs: Dogs from our breedings have
the type you see in our dogs. They have lots of substance
and the very exact head a briard should have, as described
in the breed standards (AKC and FCI). They have the coarse
coat texture that is often not seen in briards anymore.
This makes for a much easier care and gives that very elegant
look to the dogs. I have all three colors, black, grey and
tawny. Overall, I like a dog, with deep and wide chest,
good angulations and alignment, balance standing and moving,
a good topline, big head, long neck, proud and alert stance,
and moving with a nice open gait. This is what I try to
produce.
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see pictures of typical puppies from our home, please
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Check regularly or contact us direct as plans evolve if you have
interest in a puppy from us.
Our
plans remain mostly unchanged for 2011.
We will breed Calice in the second half of 2011.
Calice
x Aramis
This
will be our first tawny litter. The pedigree of this litter is filled
with great dogs (of all colors), who have distinguished themselves
in France of course but also here in North America (Canada and US).
Both Calice and Aramis have the most beautiful side gait, great
coat, lots of bones and very beautiful characters. Aramis' head
is one of the very best heads I have ever put my hands on. While
tawny has never been our priority, this breeding is one we are so
much looking forward to.
Click here for the pedigree of
this litter.
 
For 2012,
Ficelle x to be confirmed
We are planning to breed Ficelle in 2012. We have a few candidates
in mind and as we firm our plans, the chosen sire will be announced.
But it will be a breeding that has the potential to give us black
and blue puppies, of the same type as our family of dogs.
Under consideration, if we do not breed Ficelle:
A breeding with Brook
(Sage's sister) x Aramis
/Nicki:
We also maintain the plan to breed Brook (Sage's sister), with the
hope to have blue puppies. Aramis or/and Nicki will be the chosen
sire. Aramis carries the blue gene and so should Nicki. Therefore
we anticipate black and blue puppies out of the two combinations.
Nicki is a black male, we co-own in Canada with our friend Ina.
His official name is Nuock Nike Nadina-Sis. He is a 2 years old
boy, with beautiful attributes, out of Atris Trzy Korony and Jean
D'Arc Nadina-Sis.
If bred to Aramis, this will be a line breeding on Rebelle (his
daughter to his grandson) and also on some of the greatest dogs
of the 1980s: Onassis du Clos des Cedres, Fleur de Lys de Lindeau.
This will give us some black and blue puppies.
Click here for the pedigree of
this litter.
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