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My GuyGuy and the puppies..

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This litter has been adorable, the pups adorable, the owners adorable..my only regret is that GuyGuy was sick at the time he could have mated Dabadoo..and I did not yet know he was ill with his gallstone issue..otherwise he would have been happy to oblige( even at his age) and Froggy would have been fit for the next litter. However, you don’t always do what you want..and it doesn’t always work out the way you want it to.

My choice to keep a male from this litter was a very hard one…and in fact til the last day, I could not decide. The decision was taken by the male himself who had decided he was going to stay.That was that.

A nose in a million: will detect anything…

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I saw Froggy’s nose go up…and off he went. I am always so amazed at how good their noses are. That’s genetic, is it? So he brought it out of the field, I sad “lache”(let go) and Vennie came along to see what the fuss was about..They do what they were destined for.HUNTING…

Barbets et cotation SCC

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J'aime me rappeler de temps en temps, que mes chiens, quoi qu'il se dise...de méchant et des propos diffamatoires que je retrouve encore sur certains sites et par un membre du club de race ( on ne se demande plus pourquoi beaucoup ont démissionné du club qui semblerait en grande difficulté et ce n'est pas étonnant) ont les plus hautes cotations Barbet LOF/SCC et c'est une fierté pour moi car je ne suis pas éleveuse de métier, mais par passion pour la race ancienne du Vieux Barbet, menacée d'extinction sans que personne d'officiel n'intervienne. Mais bon, c'est comme dans beaucoup de domaines, eh. Il y a des choses plus importantes sur la planète. Ermengarda (Coccolina) en est à l'origine pour moi, qu'il soit redit en passant:

http://www.chiens-online.com/scc/011337/nos-chiens-4225059-ermengarda.html

French Lover dit Froggy

Ch-Compay II

Ch-Compay II et son fils French Lover dog en sont les dignes héritiers.Ci dessous la 5ème génération sous mon toit..Le type se propage de plus en plus dans les pays étrangers.
Vous cherchez des renseignements sur la race? Faites vos devoirs correctement, évitez les médisances, car ce chiens LOF/SCC vous allez le garder pendant de nombreuses années et il devra correspondre à l’idée que vous vous en faites..ce qui n’est pas toujours le cas dans les “livrables”!

Ch-Compay II de la serve de la chapelle d’Alexandre:racer in type

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Compay as a sire in the Netherlands with Astrid Vonck, of Outdoors kennel.

Compay would have never been able to have such a brilliant career, had he stayed in France. He has set his type and is at the head of a fabulous line of very typed Barbets.He will be 10 this year.

 

Help, educate, promote and protect. I have reached my own objectives.

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My Barbets have the highest quotation on the SCC/FCI selection grid of any breeder
in France. Facts are facts and accomplishments are what they are.

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I am not talking about shows because “shows” as we all know are not always the best references in a breed. I have done my share of shows for 15 years. Not what I enjoy the most.

Suffice to look at the facts. Fiction is what goes on in the background. When I have a litter, my pups are reserved well before my litter is born. I speak the truth about the breed and my work. It’s very simple. I followed my track…and have done my best. I do not have to advertise.

Below, is how it all happens  here in France when you have an SCC LOF registered dog. This is factual and it has nothing to do with what the breed club does, or does not:

http://www.chiens-online.com/recherche-eleveurs-barbet-211-search-barbet.html

click on person’s  “site internet”

click on “NOS CHIENS”

click on dog’s name

scroll down and click on “certificat généalogique”

scroll down and you will see the stars acquired by the different dogs.

the cotation ( selection grid) is only in France. It as you imagine gives the “worth” of a dig vis-à-vis

the dog world and reproduction.

It can change , and it has recently changed ( retroactive to January 1, 2016), no notice was given. It was and is immediately applicable.( as have been standard changes)

What has been added gets more and more difficult to achieve. Coccolina ( Ermengarda) being the highest ever on it for the Barbet. ELITE B

It has nothing to do with being a member of the club or not. And if you look around you will see there is a list of breeders who are club members ( which I have not been for 4 years, because they have worked on people more than helping dogs). (path to get there is below)

So, at this point, with the new rules, to be ELITE B =5/6 selection grid, I would have to find ALL of Coccolina’s descendants and ask them for a veterinary certificate saying the dog is not taking any kind of medication for epilepsy.( along with DNA; Test s for coat texture/color). Coccolina being the only one who reproduced out of her litter…I would have to have well over 1000 letters from her descendants owners  before she ever could get the 5/6 cotation. I, coincidentally, have been trying to find her sisters..and get news…imagine.That is not an easy task!Barbet_Coccilina_pointing2016

I, of course  have got all the health certificates,  …It’s always nice to have along with all the real information about the dogs.( you will see an example below, along with the “cotation” document).

I had already decided one + year ago to stop any shows and to never ever go past  cotation 1/6 IF I even continue breeding since life for the breed is very difficult,and I have accomplished what I wanted to, and I have proved my point, against all odds. I now go on vacation..because I can afford to!

I have ALWAYS contributed to scientific research ( since 2007 when it started), done DNA for parentage ( I have several generations back to Poppenspaler’s SANGRIA). Hips, Eyes all contribute..to a healthy line, to standard.

Below is an example of one of Coccolina and Booly Wooly’sbarbet-oldies descendants:

http://www.chiens-online.com/scc/841669/certificat-genealogique-4996029.html

You get there by scrolling down on the list of “PRODUCTEURS” and then click on the number.

http://www.chiens-online.com/recherche-eleveurs-barbet-211-search-barbet.html

Follow the same paths and you will see  SCC confirmed dogs who belong to breeders. It, of course, has really nothing to do with the price of a dog, even if it is genetically worth more or less!)

Next: click on this and you will see what their version of the history of the Barbet is…( and they have refused any dialogue to update it, since it is very wrong and misleading, ). It is not the ancestor to the poodle.. I have never been commissiond to do any historical research for the breed club. This has been done privately, out of interest for the truth, and a passion for truth….passion, since 2003…

http://www.chiens-online.com/race-barbet-fiche-100.html

From there, click on CLUB DE RACE, and SITE INTERNET DU CLUB, then ELEVEURS across the top in the green line. You will see the breeders, who are members of the club. You only have an SCC webpage IF you have produced Barbets.

I had not planned on spending any time doing this, since I am no longer in the context. The positive side is you will understand how a few things work in France.In English.

Last item, you do not become a Champion, from “just” attending ” shows and getting points. It’s much more difficult to become FRENCH CHAMPION, than it is in other countries. That not being the subject of the day…nor is the politics of breed clubs who forget their prime mission is to support/encourage/protect our poor breed, threatened with extinction in its home country.

Have a good one.

 

 

Blast of the past: Thelma and son..GuyGuy

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On the left,  Thelma ( BCE 2nd cat.) and GuyGuy ( BCE 1st cat), on her back.  On the right, mom and son again, side by side.I suspect this is also where some can say they have a “hunting line”.It probably takes a bit more than that to say so, but I’ll take it as a compliment since our dear Hercule di Barbochos Reiau de Prouvenco is in the line, too: a founding father of the Barbet de chasse! Then Vincacao, Armagnac..that all together makes it a hunting line?

https://pawpeds.com/db/?a=p&id=783771&g=4&p=bar&date=iso&o=ajgrep