BARBETS en BRESSE, France
Only if we understand can we care. Only if we care will we help. Only if we help shall they be saved. -Jane Goodall
It’s nice to have a big garden, because it keeps you off the net…and physical work helps clear the head.
My Barbet helprs are never faraway! What a treat for me..
You never know when I will need my glove!bet are never faraway!
Very tasty chocolate chip cookies, but never for dogs. They have their own treats!
A few days ago was the 9th birthday of my second litter and the first with Ermengarda/Coccolina , who had come to me from Italy, with Ungaro.
Now looking back, I must say it was a litter that changed the course of the breed as we soon found out when they started reproducing. There were mostly only black dogs or some brown, but nothing else.
From this litter and the fabulous people who contributed to its success, Coccolina achieved a feat not another Barbet has ever reached. The SCC “elite B” level.
http://www.chiens-online.com/scc/011337/certificat-genealogique-5064133.html
Below are the names of the pups and to this day, only one has disappeared, meaning I lost track of the owners.
Compay II became French show Champion. He has his TAN. 3/6 SCC selection grid. Participated in a movie ( Nicolas Le Floch)and in an interview on Les Z’animaux de la 8 ( TV program).
Compay ‘s son and daughter
Chesara: 3/6
SCC selection grid TAN. Used as model on the French breed club banner.
ChiChi l’Amoroso:Finnish and Lithuanian show Champion
Charly:
…and son Cousteau von der Leibrücke
Cooldady: My first guide dog for the Blind in Lyon, to be followed by several more
Colleen: Swedish show Champion and agilitist ” hors pair” ( with her cake)
Corisande: lovely girl and companion
Cooper(Clyde):in Sweden
Caya:SCC selection grid 3/6 TAN
A wonderful litter who reproduced quite a lot, in several countries and their descendants have had litters, and on it goes!
Happy Birthday to all of you, may you stay happy and healthy for a long time!
For more about Coccolina:
http://www.vieuxbarbetfrancais.com/histoire-du-barbet-vieux-barbet/
…so, he had to bring both. Argh! This picture is just after he dropped them. They were on the same path, this evening…tell me he does not have a great nose, if you dare?!
You would think so…
…However, we’ve had a lot of rain this year and when it shows up as a mini pond in the garden..they seem most taken aback! That has never happened…
What is going on here?
I got this lovely gift…a picture of her Grand-daughter in Sweden. Yes, there still are Old Barbets around…( Vieux Barbet). They do show up in various lines, even where there is a heavy poodle influence. Again, it’s a matter of selection. You will also recognize the type of coat that is very characteristic of my line.
https://www.pawpeds.com/db/?a=p&id=987702&g=4&p=bar&date=iso&o=ajgrep
Thank you, KB.
Stay home and go the the Game Fair (haha, for the Mondiale of the Barbet where 8 dogs showed up and shined) or…
…easy choice. The last time there was a big dog event for the Barbet, it was in 2012, the symposium (haha). People came from as far as Sweden and Poland expecting to learn/hear something. Thery were totally ignored and spent the day waiting for something to happen. It never did. Luckily; many of us were happy to see each other and we spent a nice time together…I had approximately 20 dogs from my line on site. Not all are in the picture since some satyed in other hotels. After being continually insulted by breed “authorities” it was quite obvious no one would show up at Game Fair 2016…no one of any importance for the breed, that is. Most thought it was a joke. A sad one……
A very important date faraway made it that the team Barbet had to go to the kennel for several days…I am quite behind on posting, but that is the way it goes! I do not like leaving them, but they are well taken care of. They know the place and most important: they are together.
Got back…took
Barbet-mobile and wend to get them!
What did they do? Ran straight back to the garden to see what had happened..all back to “normal”!
So, there’s still one running around who has not been cut! Which one? Dabadoo-Barbet..not to be confused with the Barbet Moderne, which is totally shaved for head to toe ( regardless of the weather).
