NEWS 2010

March 3, 2010:

Today it is 12 years ago that our C litter (UGO de la Morne Plaine x Sél. LOULOU des Cèdres de la Montagne Noire, CGC) was born. A special HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Celine. May you have some more years with Lyndaand your furry family members. For the other ones of this litter we send heartfelt thoughts to the other side of the Rainbow Bridge: Chivas Regal, Chaos, Clochard and Chloé. We have no information if Champagneis still alive, but of course also she is in our thoughts.

March 1, 2010:

Back home from the show weekend in Zagreb with great success of our Chinese Crested girl Ula. All details in our Chinese Crested Homepage.

January 23, 2010:

Today we celebrate another birthday ...... a birthday which means very much for us: Oh-Lala (Sél. OH-LALA des Monts d'en Crauzille) is 12 years today. After all the nerve wracking time in October and November 2009, we are very happy that after the major tumor surgery in November 2009 this wonderful girl is as happy, funny and full of the joys of life as she always was.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY dear Oh-Lala. We are grateful that you own us, we are grateful for all the years with you, and we wish you many more healthy years with us.

January 13, 2010:

A candle has been lit for our very first Briard: Sándor (Rec. Champ. SÁNDOR von Anitzberg), the one who brought the Briard mania to this house, the one who was the reason for founding the kennel de la Maison du Garde-Barrière. It's the day of his death ...... we send loving thoughts to him to the other side of the Rainbow Bridge ...... to him and all our other darlings that join him.

January 10, 2010:

Today our Chinese Crested litter, the M litter of the kennel Caipirinha's was born. Simultaneously our L litter (Chinese Crested) celebrates its first birthday. All details in our Chinese Crested Homepage.

January 7 , 2010:

Last night we received very sad news from the USA: Only a few months after the loss of their beloved Raven (ELYSÉE NOIRE de la Maison du Garde-Barrière), Deb and Charlie had to walk a most stony lane yesterdy morning, to open their arms and let Raven's brother Shadow (EL NINJO NOIR de la Maison du Garde-Barrière) go over the Rainbow Bridge. Once again another wonderful Briard from this kennel had to leave his loving home much too early. A candle has been lit for Shadow ...... and his littermates, half-sibling, parents and friends.

This loss is as hard for us as it is for Deb and Charlie. We know their grief and pain too good, we feel what they feel: we still have not really come over the loss of Whoopy (EXCUSE-MOI WHOOPY de la Maison du Garde-Barrière - litter mate of Raven and Shadow) and Zabou (ALOAZABOU du Noble Nid) last year within only two months. And we still don't know how things will continue with our Oh-Lala (Sél. OH-LALA des Monts d'en Crauzille) after her major tumor surgery in November.

Deb and Charlie, please know that our thoughts are with you. And let us once more express that we are grateful that these two kids from here had a most wonderful home, a home that we would wish for all our offspring. Thanks that you decided to give Raven and Shadow a loving home, thanks that you made their lifes so very beautiful, thanks for the trust in this kennel, thanks for having taken the effort to meet Yazoo and myself at the Briard Specialty in 2000, to show me how wonderful the two kids had matured, and thanks for your friendship - even though we are so far apart.

If anyone has some words of comfort for Deb and Charlie, you can leave them in the Guestbook and we will forward them.

January 6, 2010:

Together with our new Chinese Crested stud, which will arrive in 2010, there will also come a girl. All details in our Chinese Crested Homepage.