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.

To see pictures of typical puppies from our home, please click here.

2008-2009 Plans:

We have plans for two future litters that will produce the same type of briards we love. Plans are mostly firm as it takes much thinking and searching to ensure a perfect match with the health background we require, the temperament and quality of structure we like. Come back and check regularly as we will post more information as soon as they are available:

Turquoise and Tornado and Mr xxx:

Turquoise will be bred in the fall of 2008. This breeding is very important to us since it will be Turquoise's last litter and she has given us some very beautiful babies in her first 2 small litters. After considering LOTS of possible sires, my final decision is made and rotated around trying to get another puppy resembling Aramis. Therefore, Tornado will be one of the 2 sires I will use. I am adding to it a second sire, with a fairly similar pedigree. Since it will be a dual sire litter, all puppies will be DNA tested of course to ensure we know who daddy is for each of them. We expect black and tawny puppies.



Tornado

Rebelle and TyrNan:

Just like our past B litter (Rebelle x Teddie), which gave us 10 babies, among which Sage, TyrNan will be leased. It was a fantastic experience working with breeder Meg Weitz and am looking forward to the same type of situation. TyrNan was also bred by Meg Weitz and is co-owned by Meg and EJ&Bill Bailey. She is a black girl, with a lot of charisma and a very beautiful type. We feel she and Rebelle present a great match, with some similarities to the breeding that gave Sage.

TyrNan is officially known as Am Ch Talaria de Bejaune, she is OFA good, CNSB clear and was Selected in 2004 in the USA.



TryNan