NEWS 2008

May 5, 2008:

Courage (KAHLUA "Courage" de la Maison du Garde-Barrière) has been in Montenegro at the Adriatic Cup and returned back home with thrilling results: 2 x Exc. 1, 2 x CAC, 1 x CACIB, 2 x BOB and she turned to be Champion of Montenegro. The strenuous trip was worth it, and besides that we have spent great days at the coast with friends. Of course the slide show of "Courage" has been supplemented with new photos.

We are very proud of our Courage, who is now a Champion at the age of not even two years.

Courage was not the only one from here who was in Montenegro: our joung "Fidji" joined us and has been shown. With her there were also great results. The ones interested in these news can find them in our Chinese Crested Homepage.

April 14, 2008:

The slide show of "Courage" (KAHLUA "Courage" de la Maison du Garde-Barrière) has been equipped with some photos from today. And from Finland some pictures of "Dixie" (Petite Noblesse Xarnac Xanou DIXIE), a son of our beloved Samson have been sent. Thanks so much to Ilkka and Auli that they have once more reported lots of things about their darling and mailed the photos.
Have fun looking at them.

April 8, 2008:

HAPPY BIRTHDAY is meant to be today again! The very best birthday wishes to Gus Gillespie "Lt. Gustl", Gucci's Surprise "Lara", G'Aysha Blonde "Aysha", Gros Bisou, Graffiti Snap and Gaultier's Galaxie "Lexi". Oh-Lala's children are 6 years old today. In our thoughts we are with you and hug you tightly.

All the very best!!!

March 15, 2008:

Another day on which a candle has been lit: Samson (UGO de la Morne Plaine), the gorgeous sire of wonderful children has gone over the Rainbow Bridge three years ago.

Samson, we still miss you so very much ..........

March 3, 2008:

HAPPY 10TH BIRTHDAY for Celine in California and Champagne in Australia. Unfortunately it is only these two Samson-Yazoo children, which are still alife. We wish them many more great and especially healthy years. Be hugged tightly, you two!!! It's natural that Lynda will spoil her Celine very much today. Thanks Lynda - thanks for the great home and comfortable life which you offer this girl!

For the siblings Chivas Regal, Clochard, Chloe and wonderful unforgotten Chaos, who are unfortunately already with their parents over the Rainbow Bridge, a candle is burning here today, so that they know we are thinking of them. The thoughts are also with Inger and Bosse in Sweden, who still have not really got over the loss of Chaos half a year ago. I hug you and I thank you for an uncountable repeated time for the wonderful life and for everything you offered Chaos.

February 28, 2008:

Today our dearly loved Samson (UGO de la Morne Plaine) would celebrate his 12th birthday. Much too early, completely unexpected and incomprehensibly he was called to go over the Rainbow Bridge - exactly two weeks after his ninth birthday. A candle has been lit for him and the thoughts are with this gorgeous boy who has made so many people with his many wonderful children very happy.

Samson, you are unforgotten here, and in our hearts you will live forever.

January 31, 2008:

A great day again!
If a 10th birthday is something great, then today is a much greater day: The A litter celebrates its 14th birthday. THE VERY BEST BIRTHDAY WISHES for Alysha, Aramis and Aristide. We are indescribable happy that you still bring so much pleasure to your humans, and we wish you from the deepness of our hearts that you can spend a continuing nice and happy time with you humans. ALL THE VERY BEST!!! With our thoughts we are with you, and we hug and kiss you.
Your humans we owe gratitued with all our heart that at any time in your life the have only done the very best for you and, therewith, offered you a beautiful and such a long life.

Of course we have not forgotten the others of this litter, which have already gone over the Rainbow Bridge .......... and also not their parents. For all of them a candle has been lit, which will burn all day long and send its light to Atos "Caruso", Aron, Apollo and Akira as well as Sándor and Arwa, to show them that with our thoughts we are with them (and of course also with our other dearly missed family members and bred dogs over there).

January 23, 2008:

CONGRATULATIONS ...... Yes, we are today again celebrating a birthday, a very special one. Our great grey mouse is TEN years of age today ...... our beloved Oh-Lala (Sél. OH-LALA des Monts d'en Crauzille). Really a special day for our great girl. ALL THE VERY BEST, dear Oh-Lala!!! Our most fervent wish is that you will be for many more years healthy and happy and we can join you for many more years.

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We thank you for each single day till you are here. You have made them all to wonderful and unforgettable days. Even though we have missed your growing up, because you have come here when you were nearly two years old, we think that we don't have missed too much, as you have been from your nature always funny, lucky and full of temperament as a puppy, and that is the way you still are, for what we are infinitely grateful and happy each and every day. And we also thank you for your great litter, which you made a gift for us, with which you blessed us a wonderful time and infinite unforgotten memories, and with which you made some people very happy and lucky, namely because they can join a wonderful kid of you. We also want to say thank you that you grew very fond of ANY puppy, any young or older dog, which every came to this house, and that you have been and still are a great playmate for them.

A repeated thank you to Pascale and Ronni, who haven given this great girl the possibility to join us here and improve our life, ...... who have given us the chance to give a home to a very beautiful and extremely striking girl. We thank Pascale and Ronni for the way they raised Oh-Lala by supporting and retaining the excellent qualities, even though from genetics everything was given along in a perfect way and, therewith, the cornerstone of a very remarkable character was laid. We know way too good how such a genetical perfect nature could turn to be in the wrong hands. Passing the French Selection at the age of just one and a half year with excellent (20/20 character points), is really a great achievement ...... Thank you, Pascale and Ronni!

January 13, 2008:

The first one in the year, for whom a candle is lit, is Sándor (Rec. Champ. SÁNDOR von Anitzberg) ....... today it is seven years ago that he went over the Rainbow Bridge. We are thinking of you, dear Sándor, and we withhold the wonderful memories of you tightly in our hearts.

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Of course this candle is also burning for those who followed Sándor ..........

January 4, 2008:

New photos of "Lexi" (Gaultier's Galaxie de la Maison du Garde-Barrière out of Oh-Lala and Jolly Jumper Gris des Monts d'en Crauzille) can be found in her gallery. Thank you very much to Ilonka that she sent them. And there are also new photos of "Grisu" (Kalahari de la Maison du Garde-Barrière out of Zabou and Talismanik de la Chaume du Bois Dieu) in the gallery. Thanks to family Herdt for sharing them.

And this is a tribute to one of the most wonderful sons of Yazoo and Samson - Chaos, who will forever be unforgoten - and some thanks for his owners Inger & Bosse for having offered this great boy an indescribable beautiful life, from the first moment on until the last second, a life which any dog can only wish ..........

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On time at Christmas this gift reached Sweden. Mrs. Liegle (animalportrait.at) has once again done a grea job with this drawing - an absolute reflection of the photo I sent her. Inger's words after receipt of the picture: "... It IS Chaos, not just a portrait, ...........

I had asked Inger, which of all the photos of Chaos she likes most, of course without telling her why I wanted to know this. She sent me two and I picked one for this portrait to make her happy and to somehow thank her. Both from Inger chosen photos I have taken while I was in Sweden in May 2005, and it made me even more happy that Inger chose them as her favorites.

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January 1, 2008:

For all puppies and puppy buyers, the families, all friends and companions as well as all dog fanciers Briards "de la Maison du Garde-Barrière" and "Caipirinha's" Briard & Chinese Crested wish a Happy New Year! The very best wishes for health, luck, joy and success!