Nat-King de la serve de la chapelle d’Alexandre
Merry Xmas…to all my friends!
Grooming a Barbet
Don’t shave your Barbet! It’s dangerous
Their coat protects them in the heat!
White Barbet, anyone?
Rather proud of himself, our friend Narco!
A Froggies birthday: 7 today
Happy Happy Birthday…and many many more!
My dogs help me remain zen, at all times!
One of the reasons being…http://www.whole-dog-journal.com/issues/13_3/features/Dog-Sleeping-On-Bed_16205-1.html
Now they don’t do it all day long..just a bit in the morning and at night. They’re so cute!
(I will also add they are clean, which is important)
A velcro Barbet, what else!
C-litter birthday: 2007
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/
Cherchez l’erreur?!
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).
The stupid things you hear sometimes…
The Barbet needs to have hair over the eyes, so he cannot see…in order to protect him from the reeds in water ( I guess they jump out at him?!) and also to protect him from thorns…I never knew there were thorns in water. Working on my learning curve…
As you see..they don’t need to have their eyes covered to protect them, but their body.Perhaps some overalls ought to do it…for a rustic dog…?The things you hear sometimes, do make you wonder.
Baltic champion, too!
Gloria de la serve de la chapelle d’Alexandre, Baltic champion among other championships…We are all proud of her success and thank you Sirkka for your hardwork.
Gloria is a lovely girl with “natural working instinct” and has the tests to prove so…she is lovely and also a very nice looking girl!
