After
a night of relative rest, because the heat was intense, we again went to
the "ranch" of Sylvie.
First we arranged the mating of Gara and Beli. The rest of the morning we
met and took pictures of the other Sarplaninci from Sylvie and Franck. After
Zero-Beli there were still another 9 Sarplaninci.
They first released Banja Luka, who raced to the kennel of the mother with
the small ones, to be reunited with her puppies, without any aggression
towards foreigners that we were.
Banja Luka is the daughter of Lord Beli Ste Kot North and Les Montagnes
serbes Bréhat.
It is a strong and tall bitch, having the phenotype of her mother and the
character of her father, because Bréhat would never have accepted foreigners,
without turning a hair, on her territory. She had seven puppies from father
Efoly’s Uthan. The male puppy, which was considered as the choice of the
litter had the mask very like the one of my kennel. |
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The next that came in a large enclosure, in the company of the Australian
Shepherds, was the male Doudou. He is the son of Bojan des Gardiens de Brocéliande
and Toundra des Hauts de Malforet. He has an exceptional size and from the
anatomical point of view and gaits, he is very correct. I want to emphasize
the excellent rear angulations, which is very difficult to see with dogs
of such a tall size. The head is also without any remark, but not the type
which I personally love. I like the nose a bit shorter and a little deeper.
The head is of his mother Toundra, but with a more beautiful expression.
I told myself that, apart of my taste, he should greatly please other fans
of our breed and that he will be a much appreciated stud. |
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the friendship linked with Doudou, we entered into another enclosure where
Awaï des Guardiens de Brocéliande jumped on my shoulders to
give me lots of kisses. She is the daughter of Murko and Les Montagnes serbes
Bréhat. A great size, a little less resembling her mother as she
also took some characteristics from Murko. A cream of a bitch! |
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her company was Balou. Balou is a result from the wedding of Efoly's Urko
and Toundra. A large size, well built, with beautiful gaits and the head
that also more resembles the mother than the father. Again: no problem to
walk in his kennel. |
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following "couple" was composed as following, Dryade and Bojan.
Dryade is the last daughter of Bréhat, who stayed with Sylvie. She
has a normal size, differently from Awaï and Banja Luka and for the
rest she is nearly the carbon copy of her mother. Her father is Zero-Beli.
I like her very much, she has a very nice head with glasses, elegant and
nice like all the other dogs of Sylvie, excepted Toundra. |
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Banja Luka's brother is also a very successful stud. Fairly tall, with a
good anatomy and beautiful head. It is a combination of Lord of Beli and
Bréhat. |
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one who amazed us with a certain resemblance of our Qaravouk was Efoly's
Uthan. A dog of the size of approximately 71-72cm, very big fur despite
the shedding.
A head with a very nice expression and almost "smiling". He is
the son of Oural des Hauts de Malforet and Efoly's Nawaï and back there
is the brother of Qaravouk-Qarahoum! |
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we had the opportunity to meet Baccara, who became recently mom. She is
the sister of Balou. Like all children of Toundra, she has a perfect body,
beautiful angulations. The head is feminine; there are just the ears that
are laid back a little. |
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it is Toundra who came to show herself. Currently she is part of the retired
ones. She tried to intimidate us, but ultimately, very happy to receive
so many hugs of her owners, she forgot to be angry. She is quite tall seems
very powerful. She is an excellent guardian. |
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and Franck can be proud to own 10 Sarplaninci all in the appropriate standard,
all well built, with beautiful gaits and with very pleasant character but
still remaining excellent guardians. It must be very nice for future owners
to find such a dogs that seem so nice, of easy contact. They like big Sarplaninci
and it worked out quite nicely for them, without having too heavy dogs.
After visiting the « ranch », Sylvie and Franck invited us for
a lunch at the restaurant on the way towards Plöermel. |
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the afternoon Huguette, me and Gara have made a big tour around the «
Lac au Duc » and the « Parc des Hortensias ». It was very
beautiful and the visited places were very quiet. |
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evening we visited the city of Plöermel and had a dinner in a very
nice restaurant. The next morning after saying "goodbye" to Sylvie
and Franck we went on the road back home and everything went well. The trip
was very short, but a total change of scenery. I felt like taking a real
vacation. Thanks again to our hosts, their home has been more than warm
and friendly! |
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