Baby Sage was born on Halloween day 2006, with 9 other siblings. Sage was black as crow with no white hair. He is now a gray male. . I kept him for his very beautiful, balanced and correct construction and his lovely temperament. He is a dog of substance and elegance, with very sweet and outgoing disposition, which is exactly what I love and strive for.

Sage hit the show road at 13 months and he was quite a competitor. At 5 shows, in 3 different states, he won winners dog 4 times and finished his AKC championship with 4 majors, including a 5 point major and two 4 point majors.

Sage is a petit, compact, male even though he has lots of bone. His head is extremely beautiful. He stands in a beautiful natural stack at all times, indicating that all the right angles and proportions are in place as well as a great attitude. His coat is full and with a wonderful texture. He is a sweet, outgoing boy with all people. You should meet him !

After his championship end of 2007, Sage returned to the ring once at the BCA Specialty shows in Harrisburg in April 2008. He participated in the sweeps and received Best Puppy in Sweeps each day. This was very pleasing since the entry was very large. In August, he went to a few shows where he won the breed over the top ranked specials despite his obvious youth and lack of training ! He also collected his first Group Placement.

End of September, we went to the 2008 US National Specialty and I showed Sage in the Best of Breed competition. Sage won Best of Opposite Sex, meaning that he won Best male at the US National Specialty. It was a thrilling experience to be standing in the middle of the ring with the top Briards and their professional handlers among the handful of dogs who were kept for final consideration. After judging the first question the judges and spectators asked was "Who is that dog?". They were baffled to find out he was 22 months old, home bred and owner/breeder handled. Sage was cited as exemplary for his head, coat and silhouette. What more could I ask for. We came back home happy from those incredible national results.

At the bottom of this page you can also see Brook (Fairytale's Bashka) who is Sage's full sister. Brook is a blue bitch (grey born grey). We co-own her with Ina and Brent in Canada.

Sage started 2009 at Westminster KC, where he got an Award of Merit. Little Sage has just turned 3 years old Halloween 2009 and has been a fantastic eye catcher in the show ring. His magnificent posture, great head and bones, beautiful movement have earned him many wins in the group ring, in the tough East Coast competition. He also won back to back best of breed at the BCA regional specialty weekend shows in Harrisburg, in April. He repeated the performance and even more, at the BCA Regional Specialty Shows in Canfield, OH in August where he won back to back BISS and added a third BOB win to top it. These were the largest circuits for Briards for 2009. Sage concluded the 2009 year like he dominated most of it, as the # 1 Briard in the USA for breed points and #3 for group points. All of it, he did on his own merit, with no advertising and no special connections, while shown part time.

In 2009, Sage took two trips to Canada to complete his Canadian Championship with me. He did that in style, earning several group 1s, a Best Bred by Exhibitor in Show and a All Breed Best in Show. This allowed him to match his American performance and to also be the #1 Briard in Canada for 2009. Having qualified for the crown event "Show of Shows", we drove back for that one night event and competed with only BIS winners and brought back home yet another ribbon, a group 3 in the herding group.

I am especially proud of this young boy who remains above all a sweetheart, loving to fetch or stretching on the bed. Some of the best rewards have been the thrill to watch him from ringside, so magnificent. He gives you goose bumps. In the meantime, Sage's sister, Brook, has been visiting us from Canada for a few months to go to a few shows. She has earned both her majors already.

For 2010, Sage is happy to be taking only a few trips with me. We went back to France to visit his human and canine families, but for the most part enjoys laying on his AC vents after having run around like a maniac in the yard or played hard with his half sister Turquoise and daughter Ficelle. Just being a great, sweet, magnificent dog!

Enjoy a few shots of Sage in his show and home life.