WHITE IS A CHARACTER AND AS WITH THE WHOLE LITTER VERY BALANCED, LOVELY FRONT AND MASK SHE IS 2.82 KILOS

THIS IS THE GREEN MALE FROM THE "C" LITTER - 2.72 KILOS AND VERY BALANCED.

THIS IS THE NEUTRAL MALE FROM THE "C" LITTER - 2.89 KILOS, NICE MASK , LOVELY FRONT AND AGAIN VERY BALANCED

THIS IS THE BLUE MALE FROM THE "C" LITTER, AGAIN LIKE THE OTHER TWO MALES SIMILAR WEIGHT 2.85 KILOS, AND VERY BALANCED , WITH LOVELY MASK AND FRONT.

PINK IS VERY STRONG WILLED AND A LOVELY CONSTRUCTION WITH DARK MASK AND NICE TYPE SHE IS 2.75 KILOS

HARD TO TELL THEM APART AS ALL THE GIRLS ARE REALLY VERY NICE AND VERY TYPY , LOVELY FRONT AND VERY CALM SHE IS 2.85 KILOS

MISS NO COLOUR ( NEUTRAL) IS A LIVELY ONE AND VERY WELL BALANCED WITH VERY TYPY HEAD AND LOVELY FRONT SHE IS THE SMALLEST AT PRESENT BUT VERY WELL MADE AT 2.60 KILOS

SHE IS A SWEET HEART , SUPER TYPE AND GREAT HEAD, AND FRONT REALLY WELL BALANCED AND IS DEVELOPING VERY NICELY, SHE IS NOT THE BIGGEST AT THE MOMENT AT 2.65 KILOS, BUT IS ONE TO WATCH

SHE IS THE LARGEST OF THE FEMALES AND ALWAYS HAS BEEN FROM BIRTH , SHE HAS LOVELY HEAD AND TYPE AND SUPER FRONT , SHE SEEMS TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF AN AIR OF SOMETHING ..... VERY LIKABLE TEMPERAMENT SHE IS 3.50 KILOS

ALL THE GIRLS ARE VERY STRONG AND VERY WELL CONSTRUCTED, WE ARE VERY HAPPY AT THE BALANCED WEIGHTS AND DARK MASKS AND TYPE. YELLOW IS 2.80 KILOS

AFTER A WONDERFUL AND UNEXPECTED YEAR IN THE SHOWS THROUGH OUT THE UK AND EUROPE, DELTA - DEBBOLLINBY VOGUE FOR LIONSLORD, WAS CONFIRMED TOP UK LEONBERGER 2008, THE FIRST TIME AS A KENNEL WE HAVE ACHEIVED THIS COVERTED TITLE.

DELTA BECAME A CHAMPION OF THE UK, AND BELGIUM IN 2008 TO ADD TO HER IRISH CHAMPIONS TITLE. SHE HAS WON 8 CC's , 6 WITH BEST OF BREED, AND THREE GROUP PLACES IN 2008, GROUP 2 EAST OF ENGLAND, GROUP 3 WELSH KENNEL CLUB, GROUP 4 DARLINGTON.

MANY THANKS TO ALL THE JUDGES WHO THOUGHT SO HIGHLY OF HER THIS YEAR,AND EVERY ONE WHO HAS GIVEN THERE WONDERFUL SUPPORT.

ON THE DAY OF BEEN 15 MONTHS ,ZAK'S SON BOOMER - TARKALEOS ATLANTIC TED, BECAME THE YOUNGEST IRISH LEONBERGER CHAMPION, CONFIRMED BY THE IKC.

WE ARE THRILLED FOR JO AND SINEAD TREACY , BOOMERS OWNERS, IN IRELAND AS HE IS A SUPER YOUNG MALE , WITH BAGS OF POTENTIAL.BROTHER NERO IS ALSO VERY HAPPY FOR HIM TOO!

WE ARE THRILLED AS THIS IS THE SECOND ZAK, OFFSPRING THIS YEAR TO BE MADE UP INTO A CHAMPION IN THEIR RESPECTIVE COUNTRIES...WELL DONE XXX

AFTER A HECTIC WEEK TODAY IS THE 1 WEEK BIRTHDAY OF THE TEN BEAUTIFUL TEABAG AND ZEUS PUPPIES, THIS WILL BE OUR "C" LITTER, WILL POST SOME INDIVIDUAL PICS AND WEIGHTS SOON

THE PUPPIES AND MUM "TEABAG" ARE DOING JUST FINE AFTER THE FIRST FEW DAYS AND THE SAD LOSS OF ONE OF THE MALE PUPPIES. ALL ARE HAPPILY SUCKLING FROM MUM , AND WE ARE THERE TO TOP UP THE PUPS WHEN NEEDED.

" TEABAG" SEEMS TO BE A VERY NATURAL AND CARING MOTHER, IT IS HER FIRST LITTER SO WE ARE SO PLEASED , SHE HAS TAKEN TO THE TASK SO VERY WELL.

ALL 10 ARE NOW PUTTING ON WEIGHT AND SEEM TO GROW ALMOST BY THE HOUR ! THEY WILL BE 5 DAYS OLD TODAY AND ALL SEEM TO BE VERY STRONG AND HEALTHY PUPPIES.

WE HAVE THE POSSIBILITY THAT 2 FEMALES MAY BE AVAILABLE FROM THE LITTER,TO VERY GOOD HOMES SO IF ANYONE IS INTERESTED , THEN PLEASE CONTACT ANITA , ASAP, BY PHONE 0044 1635 273153 OR EMAIL ANITA@LIONSLORD.COM FOR FURTHER INFORMATION. THE PUPPIES WILL BE AVAILABLE TO LEAVE FOR THEIR NEW HOMES , WITH REGISTRATION PAPERWORK, PEDIGREE , FIRST VACSINATION AND MICROCHIP AT THE END OF JANUARY 2009.

THIS WEEKEND SAW NIGEL AND PAUL FROM KENNEL SANCHOLEES GO OF TO AMSTERDAM, FOR THE PRESTIGIOUS "WINNER SHOW 2008"

WHAT A SUPER TIME WAS HAD BY ALL , PLUTO AND DELTA BOTH DOING WELL BUT THE UNDOUBTED STAR OF THE WEEKEND WAS, ZAK SON , ZEUS - SYLBERT EMPEROR RIDGE FOR SANCHOLEES, AT JUST 2 YEARS OLD AND ONLY HIS SECOND SHOW OUTSIDE OF THE UK( HIS FIRST GAINING THE CAC AT THE WORLD SHOW IN SWEDEN !)HE BECAME , BEST MALE, BEST OF BREED , CAC, CACIB AND THE "WINNER" TITLE 2008 !

THIS IS MADE ALL THE MORE SPECIAL , FOR US AS HIS FATHER "ZAK" - BALTIZAR IZ POSELKA SOKOL FOR LIONSLORD WON THE SAME TITLE AND AWARD IN 2006 , AND GRANDFATHER "PEETU" - KINGLORD MR DE-SEVRES WINNING THIS COVENTED AWARD IN 2002. A GREAT ACHEIVEMENT AND ONE WE ARE SURE PAUL AND KIRTSY FROM SANCHOLEES ARE TRULY PROUD OF.

WONDERFUL NEWS, TEABAG HAS STARTED HAVING HER PUPPIES, SHE SHOWED ALL THE SIGNS LAST NIGHT, AND STARTED AT 03.17 THIS MORNING, AND IS STILL GOING STRONG AT 7.58 AM WHEN NUMBER 9 POPPED OUT , THEN A SHORT REST UNTIL @ 09.30 THEN CAME NUMBER TEN, FOLLOWED BY NUMBER 11 ABOUT 20 MINUTES OR SO LATER!!!

WE ARE QUITE SURE THAT SHE MAY BE FINISHED BUT THE VET WILL POP IN AT LUNCHTIME, AND CHECK HER AND THE PUPPIES OVER, BUT ALL SEEM CONTENT AND HEALTHY.TEABAGS LOOKS LIKE SHE WILL BE A GREAT MUM AND ALL PUPPIES ARE GOOD WEIGHTS HAVE GREAT LUNGS :).

FOR MORE DETAILS CHECK OUR THE MATINGS/PUPPIES SECTION OF THE SITE

HERE IS "SPUD" - LIONSLORD BACK TO THE FUTURE AT HOME RELAXING AND BEEN THE PERFECT LITTLE ANGEL.....KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK CLARE HE LOOKS GREAT xxx

GREAT NEWS , AFTER WEEKS OF WAITING TO BE SURE , AN ULTRASOUND SCAN THIS MORNING SHOWED "TEABAG" DEBBOLLINBY SHADOW DANCER FOR LIONSLORD IS CARRYING PUPPIES!!

THE FATHER IS "ZAK" SON , SYLBERT EMPEROR RIDGE AT SANCHOLEES - "ZEUS" (SEE PICTURE)HE IS A SUPER TYPE, WITH A STRONG DARK MASK,AND COLOURING WITH AN EXCELLENT HEAD AND PHYSIQUE,80 CM AND CLOSE TO 70 KILOS WHICH WE ARE SURE WILL HELP CONTRIBUTE WELL IN THIS VERY NICE COMBINATION, WITH "TEABAG" WHO IS A STATUESQUE LARGE FEMALE HERSELF, WITH EXCELLENT BODY, TYPE AND VERY GOOD MOVEMENT. BOTH HAVE WONDERFUL TEMPEREMENTS.

THANKS TO PAUL AND KIRSTY FOR LETTING US USE YOUR BOY ON HIS 3 WEEK HOLIDAY TO LIONSLORD WHILST YOU WERE GETTING SUN TANS IN EGYPT xxx

PUPPIES ARE DUE VERY EARLY DECEMBER AND WILL BE AVAILABLE TO BE REALEASED INTO THEIR PUPPY HOMES IN FEBRUARY 2009.

"TEABAG" IS LOOKING IN GREAT CONDITION AND VERY CONTENT , AND WE ARE SURE SHE WILL BE A GREAT MOTHER WHEN THE PUPPIES COME. LOOKS LIKE IT IS GOING TO BE A BUSY CHRISTMAS AT LIONSLORD THIS YEAR AS IT APPEARS SHE COULD HAVE A GOOD SIZED LITTER!!

WE DO HAVE A RESERVATION LIST FOR THIS LITTER BUT WE WOULD WELCOME ANY FURTHER ENQUIRIES IN RELATION TO THIS LITTER AND ANY POTENTIAL AVAILABILITY .PLEASE CONTACT ANITA ON 01635 273153(FROM UK) 0044 1635 273153 (FROM EUROPE)OR EMAIL anita@lionslord.com

THIS IS A PICTURE OF PRINCE AT 9 WEEKS ENJOYING ALL HIS SWEDISH LEO AND LANSEER FRIENDS BY THE LAKE NEAR HIS HOME IN BOLLNAS, SWEDEN WITH ANN-MARIE FROM BOLELEJONET LEONBERGERS. LOOK AFTER THIS LOVELY BOY DEAR FRIENDS, HE IS A CRACKER !

THANKS TO RAY AND CAROL (CABANDRAY LEONBERGERS, UK) FOR THIS VERY NICE PICTURE OF "BO" - LIONSLORD BROWN EYED GIRL AT 9 WEEKS WE ARE THRILLED THAT SHE IS LOVING LIFE TO THE MAX WITH YOU GUYSxx

THE FIFTH DEPARTURE FROM THE "B" LITTER AND THE LAST ONE !"MISS WHITE" LIONSLORD BALTIC ANGEL , SETS SALE FOR A NEW AND WONDERFUL LIFE WITH STEVE , KRISTINE AND THEIR 7 LOVELY CHILDREN, IN LONDON GOOD LUCK WITH THIS VERY SPECIAL GIRL, WE HOPE YOU ALL LOVE HER AS MUCH AS WE DO..xxx

FRIDAY AND OUR FOURTH BABY LEAVES FOR A WONDERFUL WINTER WONDERLAND IN SWEDEN, A TRIP TO HEATHROW AND A KLM FLIGHT TO STOCKHOLM AND "PRINCE " LIONSLORD BALKAN PRINCE ARRIVES IN A SNOWY BOLLNAS IN SWEDEN TO HIS NEW HOME WITH ANN-MARIE AND LARS,KENNEL BOLELEJONET WE HOPE HE IS ALL YOU WISHED FOR xxx

MONDAY AND THE THIRD LITTLE ONE, LEAVES HOME, SEEMS TO HAVE FLOWN BY SINCE THEY WERE BORN !BER AND DONAL FROM CORK, IN SOUTHERN IRELAND COLLECTED THEIR PRECIOUS CARGO "IVANA" LIONSLORD BEAUTY INSIDE, GOOD LUCK AND WE HOPE TO SEE YOU ALL IN IRELAND VERY SOON. xxx

TODAY THE SECOND OF THE FLOCK, FLIES THE NEST ! "SPUD" LIONSLORD BACK TO THE FUTURE, GOES TO HIS NEW LOVING HOME. ALL THE BEST OF LUCK WITH THIS SPIRITED YOUNG FELLOW TO CELIA AND CLARE xxx

THE FIRST OF THE LITTER TO GO TO THEIR NEW HOMES WAS "BO" LIONSLORD BROWN EYED GIRL , WE WISH RAY AND CAROL THE VERY BEST WITH THIS SPECIAL LADY xxx

THE "B" LITTER IS SEVEN WEEKS TODAY, ALL SUPER PLAYFUL AND HAVING A BALL!! THEY WILL SOON BE GETTING READY FOR THEIR NEW HOMES, A TIME OF SADNESS ,TO SEE THE LITTLE ONE GO, BUT AT THE SAME TIME GREAT JOY TO SEE THE LIVES THEY WILL HAVE.

THE PUPPIES ARE ALL GOING TO SUPER HOMES , IN BOTH SHOW ARENA, AND TO GREAT PET HOMES WE ARE SURE THAT THEY WILL HAVE WONDERFUL LIVES XXXX

SO TO THE SEVEN WEEK WEIGH IN ......

BOYS
BLUE/WHITE BOY = 10.45 KILOS
BLUE BOY = 9.95 KILOS
NEUTRAL BOY = 8.05 KILOS

GIRLS
NEUTRAL GIRL = 9.35 KILOS
PINK GIRL = 8.90 KILOS
WHITE GIRL = 8.90 KILOS
PINK/BLUE GIRL = 8.50 KILOS

THIS MORNING WE RECEIVED THE REGISTRATION PAPERWORK FROM THE KENNEL CLUB AND CONFIRMATION OF THE ACCEPTED NAMES FOR OUR LIONSLORD "B" LITTER THEY ARE AS FOLLOWS.................. WITH WEIGHTS AT SIX AND A HALF WEEKS

BLUE / WHITE MALE - 9.40 KG= LIONSLORD BABYLON CHILD
BLUE MALE - 9.10 KG= LIONSLORD BALKAN PRINCE
NEUTRAL MALE - 7.40 KG= LIONSLORD BACK TO THE FUTURE
PINK GIRL - 8.00 KG= LIONSLORD BYZANTIA
WHITE GIRL - 8.15 KG= LIONSLORD BEAUTY INSIDE
BLUE / PINK GIRL - 7.70 KG= LIONSLORD BALTIC ANGEL
NEUTRAL GIRL - 8.70 KG= LIONSLORD BROWN EYED GIRL

THIS IS MR NEUTRAL AT 6 WEEKS AND 6.10 KILOS

THIS IS MR BLUE AND WHITE AT 6 WEEKS AND 8.05 KILOS

THIS IS MR BLUE AT 6 WEEKS AND 7.65 KILOS

THIS IS MISS PINK AND BLUE A REAL SWEETIE AT 6 WEEKS AND 6.05 KILOS

THIS IS MISS PINK SHE IS 6 WEEKS TODAY AND 7.05 KILOS

THIS IS MISS WHITE SHE IS 6 WEEKS TODAY AND 6.95 KILOS

THIS IS LITTLE MISS NEUTRAL "BO" SHE IS 6 WEEKS TODAY AND IS 7.55 KILOS

CH / IR CH. DEBBOLLINBY VOGUE FOR LIONSLORD "DELTA" HAS BEEN CONFIRMED AS A BELGIUM CHAMPION , HER THIRD CHAMPIONS TITLE OF 2008

AFTER LEONBERG AND THE WONDEFUL FEELINGS WE , CAME HOME AND ON THURSDAY SET OF FOR BUDAPEST , A 1200 MILE TRIP EACH WAY FOR THE EUROPEAN SHOW 2008. WE DECIDED TO TAKE THE SAME TWO DOGS AS TO GERMANY , AS THEY WOULD BE SOMEWHAT PREPARED AND THEY ARE VERY GOOD TRAVELLERS.

WE ONLY ENTERED THE EUROPEAN SHOW , FOR THE SATURDAY AND NOT THE LOCAL CLUB SHOW EVENT HELD ON THE FRIDAY, AS WE COULDNT REALLY GET TO BUDAPEST ANY EARLIER.

IT WAS GREAT TO SEE BALASZ AND MARIANNA AGAIN , ALONG WITH OUR FIRST IN THE FLESH VIEW OF ZAK SON "BOBO" SINCE HE WENT HOME TO HUNGARY IN AUGUST.HE LOOKED GREAT A LITTLE DYNAMO WITH GREAT CHARACHTER AND A SUPER CONSTRUCTION....WE WERE VERY PLEASE AND AT 3 MONTHS THE EUROPEAN WOULD BE HIS FIRST SHOW!!

HOTEL WAS CLOSE TO THE EXHIBITION BUT THE SHOW ENTRY AND ORGANISATION LEFT MUCH TO BE DESIRED AND WAS QUITE CRAZY AT TIMES!

AN ENTRY OF AROUND 90 DOGS IJN THE LEONBERGER CLASSES WERE DUE ON THE SATURDAY , AND WE GOT THERE BRIGHT AND EARLY TO GET A GOOD PLACE AND TO AVAOID SOME TRAFFIC ISSUES. JUDGING WAS DELAYED AS THE JUDGES COULD NOT GET TO THE SHOWGROUND , BUT WE GOT UNDERWAY WITH THE FIRST BABY PUPPY CLASS, BOBO'S BIG MOMENT!! HE WAS THE YOUNGEST BY A COUPLE OF MONTHS BUT MOVED AND STOOD WELL AND TO OUR EXCITEMENT HE WAS GIVEN FIRST PLACE ! WHAT A GREAT START.

WE HAD A WAIT UNTIL PLUTO'S CHAMPION CLASS SO WATCHED WITH INTEREST THE YOUNGER MALE CLASSES. THEN IT WAS TIME FOR US TO SHOW AND NIGEL HANDLED PLUTO IN A QUALITY CLASS OF 11 ENTRIES ALL TOP MALES FROM THROUGHOUT HUNGARY AND THE REST OF EUROPE. PLUTO MOVED AND SHOWED LIKE A DREAM, HE WAS HIS MOST HAPPY SELF, DOING WHAT HE LOVES ON THE BIG SHOW STAGE. WE WERE AMAZED AS THE JUDGE GAVE PLUTO THE FIRST PLACE, WHAT A RESULT!

THEN CAME THE CHALLENGE , WITH PLUTO AGAIN MOVING AT EASE AROUND THE RING WITH POWER AND DRIVE, THE JUDGE,RESPECTED ALL ROUNDER UWE FISCHER FROM GERMANY POINTED TO NIGEL AND RAISED HIS HAND AS THE BEST MALE , AND EUROPEAN WINNER 2008...BRILLIANT ESPECIALLY AS HE HAD BEEN SO VERY UN-SUCCESFUL AT LEONBERG UNDER ANOTHER GERMAN JUDGE WITH NO PLACE AT ALL !!!

THEN CAME THE TIME OF THE GIRLS , FIRST UP MIKA'S SISTER "MAGIC" LOOKING VERY NICE AND TAKING FIRST PLACE IN A BIG INTERMEDIATE FEMALE CLASS, THEN DELTA COMPLETING FOUR OUT OF FOUR WINS TAKING THE CHAMPION FEMALE CLASS AND THE CAC .

THEN THE CHALLENGES, BOBO WON THE BABY CONTEST AND BECAME BEST BABY IN BREED

MAGIC TO BALASZ'S DELIGHT TOOK THE EUROPEAN WINNER FEMALE 2008 TITLE FROM INTERMEDIATE AT LESS THAN 2 YEARS OLD. HER MOTHER "NORA" AND BOBO'S MUM HAD TALKEN THE TITLE THE PREVIOUS YEAR IN CROATIA!! A GREAT ACHIEVEMENT . SADLY DELTA DID NOT GET THE RESERVE LOOSING OUT TO THE OPEN WINNER FROM WELL RESPECTED SISSY HAUS KENNEL IN HUNGARY.

WHAT A DAY !!!!

TO CAP IT ALL PLUTO WAS AWARDED BEST OF BREED AND WAS SHORTLISTED IN THE VERY TOUGH FCI GROUP 2 WITH 40 PLUS BREEDS TO THE LAST SIX DOGS, A GREAT ACHIEVEMENT MIRRORING THAT OF OUR OWN "ZAK" LAST YEAR IN CROATIA . TWO YEARS AND TWO MALE EUROPEAN WINNERS......THE AMAZEMENT FOR US AS A YOUNG DEVELOPING LEONBERGER KENNEL JUST GOES ON. THANKS TO ALL THE PEOPLE WHO SENT WONDERFUL PICTURES AND MADE SUCH KIND AND WONDEFUL COMMENTS ABOUT OUR TWO LEO STARS XXXX

THIS WAS OUR SECOND PILGRIMAGE TO LEONBERG , THE SPIRITUAL HOME OF OUR BREED, AND WE WERE LOOKING FORWARD TO IT , WITH ONLY TWO DOGS ENTERED WE COULD SAMPLE MORE OF THE ATMOSPHERE , RELAX AND ENJOY THE EXPERIENCE, AND OF COURSE THE BEER!

WE HAD DECIDED TO TAKE OUR TWO CHAMPIONS AS IT WOULD BE THE FIRST TIME WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ENTER THE CHAMPIONS CLASSES IN SUCH AND EVENT, AN HONOUR FOR US AND VERY PLEASED TO BE ABLE TO REPRESENT UK LEONBERGERS AT THIS LEVEL , IN THE BACKYARD OF THE BREED ITS SELF.

THE JUDGING WAS STAGGERED ON THE SUNDAY SO HAD THE CHANCE TO WATCH ANITA WITH DELTA IN A STRONG CHAMPION CLASS, THE SWISS JUDGE MOVED THEM AND MOVED THEM FINALLY DECIDING ON HIS TOP FOUR , A DIFFICULT DECISION FOR THE JUDGE AS ALL THESE CHAMPIONS WERE VERY NICE ON THE DAY.

FINALLY HE CHOSE "DELTA" AS HIS WINNER, A POPULAR CHOICE FOR THE CROWD OF BRITISH LEO FANS THATS FOR SURE! I WE WERE AMAZED AND THRILLED , THIS WAS DELTA'S FIRST TIME AT LEONBERG AND ON THE BACK OF SUCH A SUCCESFUL YEAR , THIS WAS THE ICING ON THE CAKE FOR US!!

NEXT WAS PLUTO IN THE CHAMPION MALE CLASS, ANITA DECIDING IT WOULD BE BETTER FOR HER TO HANDLE HIM (WHICH IS UNUSUAL) BUT SHE WAS WELL INTO SHOW MODE!SADLY THE JUDGE DID NOT SEE PLUTO'S ATTRIBUTES ON THE DAY AND HE WAS UNPLACED.

THE DAY MOVED ON AND MANY PEOPLE TO CHAT AND LAUGH WITH , IT WAS REALLY GREAT. THEN CAME THE RING OF HONOUR WITH ALL TOP 4 DOGS IN EACH CLASS COLLECTING THERE WELL EARNED TROPHIES AND ROUNDS OF APPLAUSE BY THE ENTHUSIASTIC CROWD.

ONCE THESE HAD BEEN MADE THE SERIOUS BUSINESS OF CHOOSING BEST MALE AND FEMALE STARTED.BEST MALE GOING TO A LOVELY LARGE UPSTANDING MALE ZODIAK VOM LOWENGARTEN. NEXT THE BITCH WITH THE MULTIPLE JUDGES FROM ALL CLASSES MAKING THEIR COMBINED DECISION, THEY MOVED THEM ALL THE SELECTED A LOVELY RUSSIAN BITCH AND DELTA IN WHAT APPEARED TO BE THEIR FINAL SELECTIONS FOR BEST FEMALE, DELTA JUST KEPT ON MOVING WITH POWER AND POISE AND WAS FINALLY AWARDED BEST FEMALE AND CLUB SIEGER 2008.........ANITA'S FACE WAS A PICURE OF DISBELIEF AND EMOTION....WHAT A WONDERFUL MOMENT A FIRST FOR AN ENGLISH LEONBERGER IN LEONBERG AND AN AMAZING FEELING OF SHEER JOY. THE CROWD WERE WONDERFUL AND I THINK IT SEEMED A POPULAR CHOICE.

A FEW MOMENTS OF CALM BEFORE THE BEST OF BREED CHALLENGE. A WONDERFUL GERMAN MALE AND AN ON FORM DELTA, THE TWO LOOKED EXCELLENT IN THE RING TOGETHER.AFTER MUCH DELIBERATION AND MOVEMENT THE RING STEWARD ANNOUNCED THE WINNER BY NUMBER ...IN GERMAN....262 ....IT WAS THE BITCH !!!!!

DELTA HAD WON LEONBERG.....WOW !!!!! I HAD A TEAR IN MY EYE AND SO DID HALF THE BRITS !!! IT WAS A FEELING IMPOSSIBLE TO DESCRIBE , AND PROVES THAT THE UK DOES HAVE QUALITY LEONBERGERS THAT CAN COMPETE AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL !

I AM SURE THE MAGNITUDE OF THIS HAS NOT REALLY SUNK IN YET , AND ITS HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE CANNOT NOW BE ALTERED, SHE IS THE FIRST UK LEONBERGEWR TO BE EST OF BREED IN LEONBERG WITH OVER 300 DOGS .....THIS IS THE PINNACLE OF ANY ACHIEVEMENTS WE COULD HAVE EVER HOPED FOR WHEN WE CAME INTO THE BREED....BEYOND OUR WILDEST DREAMS.

WE HOPE WE DID THE UK LEONBERGERS PROUD AND WE WOULD LIKE TO GIVE A HUGE THANKS TO ALL THOSE DEVOTED PEOPLE OVER THE LAST 30 OR MORE YEARS , WHO BROUGHT THIS DELIGHTFUL BREED TO OUR SHORES AND TIRELESLY GREW AND PROMOTED THIER LOVE FOR THIS AMAZING BREED, WITHOUT THESE PEOPLE WHO IMPORTED AND DEVELOPED THE TRUE UK FOUNDATIONS OF THE LEONBERGER BREED AS WE KNOW IT TODAY, THIS DAY WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE, WE OWE YOU ALL A DEBT OF GRATITUDE......WE DONT NEED TO NAME NAMES , BUT THEY ARE KNOWN TO USE ALL....WE HOPE AS FRIENDS .WE HOPE THAT WE CAN CARRY ON THE ENDEAVOURS OF OTHERS IN THE PAST AND HELP PROMOTE AND DEVELOP THE BREED IN THE FUTURE.

HERE IS A NEW PICTURE OF "ZAK" SON LIVING IN HUNGARY , WITH FRIEND BALASZ THURZO. HIS MOTHER IS CURRENT FEMALE EUROPEAN WINNER 2007 - BERLJON NORANEREIDE "NORA". HE WAS THE ONLY ONE IN THE LITTER BUT AT 13 WEEKS OLD , IT LOOKS LIKE "QUALITY NOT QUANTITY" CAME FROM THIS LITTER!!

HIS PET NAME IS "BOBO" AND PEDIGREE NAME = "NEWWIND BVLGARI BOY". WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING HIM IN BUDAPEST IN EARLY OCTOBER, WHEN WE VISIT FOR THE 2008 EUROPEAN WINNERS SHOW .

WHAT A WEEK, THE ARRIVAL OF 7 NEW PUPPIES, AND THE TASK OF A FOUR HOUR DRIVE NORTH TO DARLINGTON CHAMPIONSHIP SHOW. IT WAS RAINING AT HOME LIKE IT HAD NEVER RAINED BEFORE, AND I WAS DREADING WHAT PLEASURE DARLINGTON SHOW GROUND HAD IN STORE.

NIGEL DECIDED TO TRAVEL THE NIGHT BEFORE THE SHOW AFTER PREPARING THE THREE ON A RAIN SOAKED FRIDAY. THE WEATHER UP NORTH WAS NOT GREAT BUT BETTER THAN AT HOME , AND IT WAS DARK !! A FEW OTHER CRAZY FOLK HAD DECIDED TO DO THE SAME AND SLEEP IN THEIR VANS CLOSE TO THE SHOW ENTRANCE...A GOOD PLAN!

DAYLIGHT CAME ......AND THE CARPARKS WERE MUDDY BUT NOT TOO BAD AFTER THE FIRST DAY......THEN NIGEL VENTURED INSIDE.....O.M.G.!!! OR WORDS TO THAT EXTENT ....IT WAS A MUD BATH AND THAT WAS AT 07.30 AM BEFORE THE SHOW STARTED !!!

NIGEL WAS ON HIS OWN AND TRUDGED THE THREE DOGS TO THE BENCHING AREAS IN THE SHOWGROUND WHICH WERE ALMOST UNDER WATER IN AREAS....NOT A HAPPY CHAP...DOGS ALL THAT PREPARATION...NOW.....REALLY DIRTY !

AS THE JUDGING WAS DELAYED TILL 10 AM, WE BROUGHT FROM THE VAN A FULL TOOL KIT ! GENERATOR, TABLE,BLASTER AND CAGES AND LOTS OF BLANKETS AND TOWELS. THE DAY WAS FINE AND IN PARTS SUNNY , JUST THE GROUND WAS CRAZY MUDDY! WE SET UP CAMP UNDER ATREE NEAR THE RING WITH MOST OF THE OTHER EXHIBITORS AND THANKS TO PAUL, KIRSTY AND KERRY FOR HELPING DRAG A GROOMING TABLE ON WHEELS THROUGH 6 INCHES OF MUD ...ALL FOR THE LOVE OF IT.....WE MUST BE CRAZY !

THE ATMOSPHERE WAS FRIENDLY AND THE LEO EXIBITORS JUST GOT ON WITH THE CONDITIONS AS WE WERE JUDGED OUTSIDE! AS THE DAY WENT ON THE GROUND GOT MORE AND MORE MUDDY , AND VERY SLIPPERY. A QUICK BLAST TO DRY OF THE DOGS WITH THE "COMMUNAL" BLASTER AND WE WERE READY TO GO.

"PLUTO" WAS IS USUAL HAPPY SELF , WHISLING AT MOST THINGS MALE AND FEMALE, AND TOWING ME ROUND THE RING IN THE OPEN MALE CLASS. A VERY STRONG CLASS OF DOGS , AND NIGEL NEARLY WENT OVER A FEW TIMES ON THE CORNERS WHILST MOVING THE DOG FOR THE JUDGE. CAMERA'S WERE AT THE READY BUT NO L250 TO BE MADE TODAY FOR THE VIDEO FOR "YOUVE BEEN FRAMED !" PLUTO WENT ON TO GET A VERY GOOD SECOND , BEHIND THE VERY NICE YOUNG KWENOBE MALE "LANTA" WHO WENT ON TO TAKE THE DOG C.C. HIS 6TH THIS YEAR WELL, DONE PETE AND BEV...AND WELL DO BILL FOR HANDLING AND STAYING ON YOUR FEET!

TIME FLEW BY AS WE HAD LOTS OF LAUGHS , AND NIGEL TOOK "MIKA" INTO THE LIMIT BITCH CLASS, SHE GENERALLY MOVES WELL SO THE ONLY CONCERN WAS IF NIGEL WOULD STAY ON HIS FEET!! THANKFULLY HE DID, WITH MIKA TAKING 1ST IN THE CLASS, WHICH WAS VERY COOL!!

NEXT UP DELTA....BUT NO ANITA....PUPPY SITTING.....SO WE WERE DELIGHTED WHEN FRIEND KERRY SAID THAT SHE WOULD BE HAPPY TO HANDLE HER . THE OPEN CLASS WAS SMALL WITH ONLY THREE , BUT THE CONDITIONS UNDER FOOT WERE GETTING WORSE. KERRY DID A GREAT JOB OF PRESENTING DELTA , WITH NO PRACTICE ...JUST HANDED THE LEAD...WHAT A STAR! DELTA WON THE CLASS, WE WERE VERY PLEASED , AND HEADED BACK IN FOR THE CHALLANGE FOR BEST FEMALE......AFTER A LOT MOVE MOVING AND ALMOST FALLING , THE JUDGE DECIDED THAT DELTA WAS HER BEST FEMALE.....AND THE C.C. THIS WAS DELTA'S 8TH IN 2008 ...AMAZING , AND WE BELIEVE THAT SHE IS THE FIRST LEONBERGER TO GAIN 8 C.C'S IN ONE SHOW SEASON .... FANTASIC!! TO OUR AMAZEMENT SHE THEN AWARDED THE RESERVE BITCH C.C. TO "MIKA" HER FIRT SUCH AWARD ...WOW.!

THEN "THE CHALLANGE" AND KERRY AGAIN HANDLED DELAT REALLY WELL, AND VERY CALMLY. THE BEST DOG AND BITCH LOOKED GREAT ON THE STACK IN THE RING AND WRTHY WINNERS. THE JUDGE QUICKLY MADE HER FINAL DECISION....THE BITCH WAS BEST OF BREED....BRILLIANT !!

WE WERE SO HAPPY ....BUT HAD TO NW THINK ABOUT THE MILITARY MANOUVRE TO GET DOGS BACK TO VAN AND DELTA TO THE BEST IN SHOW RING THROUGH A "SWAMP" OF MUD!!

THANKFULLY WE DID MANAGE IT AND TO GREAT SUPPORT KERRY WENT ON TO TAKE WORKING GROUP 4 . WE WERE ECSTATIC...HER THIRD CHAMPIONSHIP GROUP PLACE THIS YEAR !

THEN THE WEARY TREK HOME , AFTER A GUT BUSTING EXIT THROUGH MAJOR MUD, AND HAVING TO BE TOWED OUT OF THE CAR PARK WITH A TRACTOR !!!

SPECIAL THANKS TO PAUL AND KIRSTY FOR THIER HELP DURING THE DAY IT WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE WITHOUT IT....AND LASTLY A HUGE THANKS

NERO, OUR "ZAK" SON TARKALEOS BLACK PEARL, PICTURED ON HIS FIRST BIRTHDAY ON THE 15TH AUGUST.

HE IS A BIG CHAP WEIGHING IN CLOSE TO 70 KILOS AND AT THE TOP OF THE HEIGHT STANDARD. STILL A BABY BUT WHEN HE MATURES WE HOPE HE WILL ENJOY THE SHOW ARENA.

SATURDAY SAW AN EARLY START AND OFF TO BUILTH WELLS A 2 AND A HALF HOUR DRIVE TO THE WELSH KENNEL CLUBS CHAMPIONSHIP SHOW . THE WEATHER AS USUAL WAS CHANGABLE WITH RAIN ON AND OFF ALL DAY , THANKFULLY WE GOT THE DOGS INSIDE BEFORE THEY GOT TOO WET!

WE ONLY TOOK THREE DOGS AS WE HAD DELIVERIES TO MAKE OF FOOD AND NUTRITIONAL SUPPLIMENTS FROM ANITA'S COMPANY LIONSLORD PET NUTRITION. "SHADOW" PUT ON A GOOD SHOW IN LIMIT BUT TODAY WAS NOT WHAT THE JUDGE WAS LOOKING FOR, AND "SAFFI" USUALLY ONE OF OUR STEADY PERFORMERS, SEEMED ALSO NOT TO FIT THE BILL TODAY FOR THE JUDGE, SO WE WERE A LITTLE BIT WORRIED ....WITH ONLY ONE MORE ENTRY...WHETHER THE DAY WOULD BE EMPTY FOR US.THANKFULLY MAGGIE BRYANT'S "BELLA" DAUGHTER "KENYA" LIONSLORD ALWAYS'N'FOREVER WITH PANELMA TOOK A SECOND IN JUNIOR BITCH TO STOP THE ROT :)

OUR STUD MALES OFFSPRING FAIRED BETTER THAN WE DID , TO THAT POINT, WITH JUDITH DAWES (KENSALROAG)TAKING BEST PUPPY IN BREED, WITH A "ZAK" DAUGHTER, AND "NERO'S" SISTER IN HER LAST PUPPY CLASS, AND PAUL AND KIRSTY (SANCHOLEES)WITH "ZAK" SON ZUES TAKING THE RESERVE C.C. WELL DONE GUYS !!

"DELTA" WAS OUR LAST ROLL OF THE DICE IN THE OPEN BITCH CLASS, AND TO OUR GREAT DELIGHT SHE WAS GIVEN THE FIRST PLACE, AND THEN AWARDED BEST BITCH AND THE C.C. , HER 6TH IN 2008! SHE THEN HAD THE CHALLENGE FOR BOB , WITH THE MALE C.C. WINNER "LANTA" A VERY NICE YOUNG CHAMPION DOG FROM THE KWENOBE KENNEL. A TOUGH ONE TO CALL BUT DELTA MOVED LIKE A DREAM AND THE JUDGE GAVE HER BEST OF BREED, HER 5TH THIS YEAR!

THE DAY HAD CERTAINLY IMPROVED , AND TIME TO RETIRE TO THE BAR , FOR REFLECTION ON THE DAYS EVENTS , AND OF COURSE A FEW SHANDIES !!!

WE WAITED FOR THE GROUP TO BEGIN, WITH MANY LEO PEOPLE STAYING TO GIVE THEIR SUPPORT, WHICH WAS GREAT. DELTA DID NOT DISAPPOINT , SHE CAME INTO THE RING LIKE SHE OWNED IT , AND DROVE ROUND THE RING WITH POISE AND PRESENCE. GROUP JUDGE MR ALBERT WHITE THEN SHORTLISTED , FROM A VERY STRONG WORKING GROUP, AND WE CHEERED AS "DELTA" WAS ONE OF THE LUCKY WINNERS TO MAKE THE CUT. THEY MOVED AGAIN , AND WE WERE SUPRISED AT HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE CLAPPING AS THE LEO WENT ROUND THE RING. THE BEST WAS STILL TO COME AS THE JUDGE AWARDED HIS GROUP PLACINGS AND " DELTA " WAS PLACED GROUP 3 !!!! FANTASTIC .....AND BEHIND A SUPER GIANT SCHNAUSER , IN 1ST PLACE , AND A TOP WINNING BERNESE IN 2ND . THE GROUP WAS ROUNDED OF BY A VERY POPULAR BULLMASTIFF.

WE WERE OVERJOYED, AS THIS WAS HER SECOND GROUP PLACING THIS YEAR. THANKS MUST GO TO BREED JUDGE PETER ORIANI WHO HAD THE CONFIDENCE TO GIVE THE FEMALE BEST OF BREED, AND GROUP JUDGE ALBERT WHITE FOR THINKING SO HIGHLY OF HER.

IT SEEMS ONLY FIVE MINUTES AGO WE BROUGHT HOME "NERO" SON OF ZAK FROM DEVON...WOW...HOW TIME FLYS!

HE HAS CHANGED A BIT IN THAT YEAR, NOW TALLER THAN HIS FATHER AND ALMOST 65 KILOS OR SO ! IN THE YEAR HE QUALIFIED FOR CRUFTS 2009 IN HIS ONLY CHAMP SHOW OUTING. SO NO PRESSURE AS HE IS A BIG LAD AN NEEDS TIME TO MATURE ON NOW!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ALL THE OTHER LITTER BROTHERS AND SISTERS , INCLUDING "BOOMER" WHO IS NOW AN IRISH JUNIOR CHAMPION BEFORE HE WAS EVEN 1!! WELL DONE JO AND SINEAD.

THIS WEEKEND SAW OUR GLAMOUROUS GIRL - "DELTA" WIN HERE 5TH C.C. THIS YEAR ALONG WITH BEST OF BREED AT BOURNEMOUTH, FOLLOWING ONE FROM HERE VICTORY IN PAIGNTON. THIS IS A BUSY SHOW TIME AND WE ARE ECSTATIC WITH HER PERFORMANCES BOTH AT HOME AND IN EUROPE !

THIS MAKES "DELTA" LEVEL ON BITCH C.C. WINS , WITH ICONIC FEMALES, LIKE RAY AND CAROL BOLT'S CH. CABANDRAY WHO'S SORRY NOW, THE MOST SUCCESFUL CREAM LEONBERGER IN THE BREED, AND JOHN FEEHANS, CH.MANORGUARD PROUD MARY. WE ARE HONOURED TO BE IN SUCH COMPANY , AND STILL SOME WAY TO GO TO CATCH THE UK'S MOST SUCCESFUL LEONBERGER FEMALE "ELLA" CH.VANNROY KEEPSAKE TO MANDAZZ WHO HAS 11 TICKETS!!

WALES THIS COMING WEEKEND....RAIN FORECAST....BUT SURE WE WILL HAVE A LAUGH !

WE ALSO HAD LOTS OF FUN WITH 4 SETS OF FELLOW LEONBERGER BREEDERS AND GOOD FREINDS THIS WEEKEND , WHO STAYED OVER FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. YOU ALL KNOW WHO YOU ARE !!! WHAT A GREAT TIME...WE HAVENT LAUGHED SO MUCH IN A VERY LONG TIME.....THANK YOU ALL XX:)

THE 2ND AND 3RD SAW BALAZS AND NIGEL GO OF TO DO TWO SHOWS IN IRELAND , ONE IN THE NORTH , ONE IN THE SOUTH .

WE STAYED WITH FRIENDS, SINEAD AND JOE AND WE MUST SAY A BIG THANKS TO THEM, FOR WONDERFUL IRISH HOSPITALITY.

SATURDAY SAW THE NATIONAL SHOW, IN BELFAST, UNDER A GERMAN ALL ROUND JUDGE, MRS G.SCHICKER.I HAVE TO SAY BELFAST IS A GREAT PLACE BUT AFTER SEEING THE SAME BITS THREE TIMES AND ALMOST VISITING THE CLUB SECRATERIES HOUSE NOT THE SHOW GROUND WE NEARLY MISSED THE SHOW COMPLETELY , IT WAS SCARY STUFF, I CAN TELL YOU , A FEW CHOICE WORDS WERE SAID OF OUR IRISH TOUR GUIDES, WHOM WE WERE FOLLOWING. BUT ALL WAS GOOD AND IN THE END WE ARRIVED IN GOOD TIME, AND TO SUNSHINE AND SHOWERS. MIKA WAS 1ST IN OPEN BUT WAS BEATEN FOR THE GREEN STAR AWARD BY THE CHAMPOION FEMALE, AND PLUTO WAS BEST MALE AND TOOK BEST OF BREED, LATER GOING ON TO BE SHORTLISTED IN A TOUGH GROUP 2!

SUNDAY WAS THE BIG INTERNATIONAL SHOW IN DUBLIN AT THE SHOW CENTRE.MIKA AGAIN DID WELL WINNING OPEN FEMALE, AND THIS TIME WINNING THE GREEN STAR AWARD AND THE INTERNATIONAL CACIB."ZAK" SON "BOOMER" TARKALEOES ATLANTIC TED WAS ENTERED BY OWNERS SINEAD AND JO, AND HE WON JUNIOR AND BECAME AN IRISH JUNIOR CHAMPION, THEY WERE OVER THE MOON!! WE WERE SO HAPPY FOR THEM. PLUTO WENT ON TO WIN BEST MALE AND THEN BEAT MIKA FOR BEST OF BREED.

A BIT OF WAITING LATER AND THE GROUPS BEGAN INSIDE, WITH PLUTO TO OUR AMAZEMENT GETTING 2ND IN FCI GROUP TWO , LOSING ONLY TO A NICE ROTTWEILER WHO WENT ON TO BE BEST IN SHOW!!!!! NOT BAD !! AND A RARE PLACE FOR A LEONBERGER IN THE GROUP , WE HOPE IT STIMULATES GROWING INTEREST IN THIS WONDERFUL BREED IN IRELAND, AND THE WONDERFUL PEOPLE WHO ARE AT THE BEGINNING OF DEVELOPING THE BREED THERE, MUCH CREDIT MUST GO TO THERE EFFORTS AND WE ARE HAPPY WE COULD HELP IN A SMALL WAY.

A BUSY SHOW PERIOD SAW US TAKE SOME LEO'S TO ONE OF THE TOP SHOWS IN BELGIUM "THE GOLDEN TROPHY " IN LIEGE.

THE MALE LEO'S WERE FIRST UP UNDER RESPECTED JUDGE LISBETH MACH. WE ONLY TOOK "PLUTO" BUT HE WON A STRONG OPEN CLASS, AN THEN THE CACIB, CAC, AND BEST MALE.

MIKA, WAS NOT THE JUDGES CUP OF TEA ON THE DAY ALTHOUGH MOVED WELL, NEEDS A COAT AND TO MATURE ON IN BODY, WITH ONLY A VERY GOOD, BUT WAS ELL OUT OF COAT AND SHE IS A BIG GIRL!

DELTA WAS ON FORM , MOVING BEAUTIFULLY AND WINNING CHAMPION FEMALE CLASS, AND BEST BITCH, LOSING OUT TO "PLUTO" FOR BEST OF BREED.

THIS WAS HER 4TH CAC IN BELGIUM AND HER 6TH CACIB IN 5 COUNTRIES! (THIS ONE COMING AFTER HER UK CHAMPION TITLE WIN), SO SUBJECT TO CONFIRMATION SHE SHOULD BE A BELGIAN AND INTERNATIONAL CHAMPION!!

NO LOOK FOR PLUTO IS A VERY STRONG GROUP HEADED BY A SUPER UK MASTIFF OWNED BY GLYNN PAYNE, BUT DELTA AND PLUTO PERFORMED FOR THE FIRST TIME TOGETHER AND WERE 3RD PLACE IN BEST COUPLE IN SHOW !!!!

AFTER A BUSY SCHEDULE OF SHOWS BOTH HOME AND ABROARD , WE TOOK 2 LEOS TO EAST OF ENGLAND CHAMPIONSHIP SHOW , HELD THIS YEAR ON THE THURSDAY AND FINAL DAY OF THIS THREE DAY EVENT.

PLUTO WON OPEN MALE , BUT WAS PERHAPS A LITTLE TIRED FROM HIS EUROPEAN EXPLOITS, AND ALSO RESERVE BEST MALE., BUT DELTA WHO WAS IN FULL COAT AND FINE FORM, WON OPEN FEMALE, BEST FEMALE AND THE BEST OF BREED , UNDER BREED SPECIALIST BRIDGETTE BODLE.

SHE THEN WENT ON TO TAKE WORKING GROUP 2 UNDER RESPECTED UK JUDGE FERELITH SOMERFIELD. THIS WAS DELTA'S FIRST UK ADULT GROUP POSITION, A GREAT ACHEIVEMENT AND WE ARE VERY HAPPY FOR US AND THE PROFILE OF LEOS IN THE UK, GOOD TO BE SEEN FOR A CHANGE !

A WEEKEND OF TWO SHOWS IN PORTUGAL AND ENGLAND FOR LIONSLORD, BOTH WITH GREAT SUCCESS

IN ENGLAND THE SHOW WAS NWPBS IN MALVERN MIXED WEATHER BUT GREAT RESULTS. "NERO" IN HIS FIRST CHAMP SHOW QUALIFIED FOR CRUFTS, "SAFFI" WON THE YEARLING CLASS AND MOVED LIKE A DREAM, "SHADOW " A SUPER 2ND IN A VERY STRONG LIMIT CLASS.....AND HER CROWNING GLORY "DELTA" WINNING OPEN FEMALE , BEST FEMALE AND THE C.C. THAT MADE HER A UK CHAMPION. SHE ALSO WENT ON TO BEST OF BREED AND TO BE BE SHORTLISTED IN A BIG WORKING GROUP. THANKS TO THE JUDGES WHO THOUGHT SO HIGHLY OF HER IN THE LAST SHOWS. JOHN FEEHAN(SOUTHERN COUNTIES), BEN REYNOLDS-FROST (WINSOR) AND SPECIAL THANKS TO RICHARD KINSEY(NWPBS) FOR HER UK CROWN.

BALAZS , OUR GOOD FRIEND AND HANDLER HAD TAKEN MIKA AND PLUTO TO PORTUGAL FOR TWO MAJOR SHOWS, WITH AGAIN WONDERFUL RESULTS . "PLUTO" WAS BEST OF BREED IN DAY ONE WINNER OF THE LISBON WINNER TITLE AND SHORTLISTED IN THE GROUP, WITH MIKA WINNING OPEN FEMALE BUT ONLY THE R-CACIB, LOSING OUT TO HER SISTER FOR BEST FEMALE!

DAY TWO SAW "PLUTO "AGAIN BEST MALE IN BREED,CACIB, CAC, AND MALE - MEDITEREANEAN WINNER 2008,AND THE TITLE OF POTUGUESE CHAMPION !!! "MIKA" WENT ONE BETTER TAKING OPEN, CACIB, CAC AND BEST OF BREED, ON TOP OF BECOMING FEMALE MEDITERANEAN WINNER 2008 !!! BOTH TITLES IN ONE KENNEL ....FANTASTIC!!!

WHAT A PANEUROPEAN WEEKEND :)

AFTER A WEEK AWAY WE ARE FINALLY BACK FROM SWEDEN.

THE WORLD SHOW WAS A GREAT SPECTACLE AND ALONG WITH THE NATIONAL CLUB SHOWS SOME 35000 DOGS PARTICIPATED IN THE EVENT OVER THE WEEK.....AMAZING !!!

WE TO 4 LEOS, AND NIGEL TRAVELLED THE 2200 KILOMETETRE EACH WAY WITH PAUL, FROM SANCHOLEES LEOS.A GOOD ROAD TRIP WAS HAD SEEING THE SIGHTS OF THE 6 COUNTRIES ON THE WAY, WITH A FEW BEERS IN OUR STOP OVER IN DENMARK!

WE WERE EXCITED AT THE PROSPECT OF BEEN JUDGED BY WORLD RENOWNED LEONBERGER JUDGE AND AUTHOR GUIDO PEROSINO , AND WE WERE NOT DISAPPOINTED , A JUDGING SPECTACLE AND WONDERFUL TO WATCH AND LEARN AS BOTH A JUDGE AND EXHIBITOR.

"MIKA" OUR YOUNG HUNGARIAN BITCH DID VERY WELL GETTING AN EXCELLENT AND A GREAT THIRD PLACE IN A LARGE AND VERY TOGH OPEN FEMALE CLASS. "ZAK" OUR CURRENT EUROPEAN WINNER DIDNT QUITE GAIN THE ULTIMATE PRIZE BUT FINISHED A WONDERFUL 3RD IN A 32 STRONG OPEN DOG CLASS, BEATEN BY THE EVENTUAL MALE WORLD WINNER, SUPERB. "PLUTO" FAIRED LESS WELL, GAINING HIS FIRST VERY GOOD, AND MAYBE DID NOT HAVE THE SIZE THE JUDGE SOUGHT IN A STRONG OPEN CLASS.

STAR OF THE WEEK WAS ZAK'S SON "ZUES". WINNING INTERMEDIATE MALE AND THEN GOING ON TO TAKE THE CAC, AND CHALLENGE IN THE LAST THREE MALES TO THE WORLD TITLE.....AMAZING AT 19 MONTHS OLD. !!!! THIS REPLICATED HIS FATHERS ACHIEVEMENTS AT THE WORLD SHOW IN POLAND IN 2006....KEEP IT IN THE FAMILY.

SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO NEXT YEAR AND THE WOLRD SHOW IN BRATISLAVA....CAN'T WAIT.

WHAT A HECTIC WEEKEND OF SHOWS, WEATHER AND WONDERFUL SURPRISES.

STARTING FRIDAY MORNING EARLY , WHEN OUR HOUSE GUEST "NORA" BERLJON NORANEREIDE, GAVE BIRTH ! SADLY ONLY TWO PUPPIES OF WHICH ONLY THE MALE WAS BORN ALIVE. A SINGLET , BUT WHAT A CRACKER, 850 GRAMS BORN AND A SMASHING MALE, BOTH MUM AND SON ARE DOING GREAT AND DAD "ZAK" IS VERY PLEASED WITH HIS NEW "JUNIOR" SADLY BALASZ WILL NOT BE ABLE TO FULFIL ALL THE MANY REQUESTS FOR PUPPIES , BUT IF YOU CONTACT ANITA ON 01635 273153 WE CAN DISCUSS ADDING TO FUTURE LITTER PLANS, OF BOTH NEWWIND AND LIONSLORD KENNELS.

BALASZ STAYED AT HOME HOUSE AND PUPPY SITTING , AND ANITA AND I WENT OF TO TWO SHCEDULED SHOWS IN SWITZERLAND , AND BELGIUM.700 MILES LATER AND NUMEROUS PUPPY UPDATES WE ARRIVED IN LUZERN FOR THE WEEKEND SHOWS.

SATURDAY SAW WONDERSFUL SUNSHINE AND 30 DEGREES, WOW.....TOO HOT FOR ME AND THE DOGS , SO ANY SHADY COLD SPOT WAS SOUGHT AND FOUND BY THE FRIENDLY EXIBITORS, WHO ,IT WAS SO NICE TO SEE AGAIN. WE HAD A GREAT DAY , "PLUTO" CONTINUING HIS GOOD FORM , WINNING OPEN MALE, CAC AND THE RESERVE CACIB . "MIKA" WON INTERMEDIATE BITCH AND HERE FIRST SWISS CAC TO ADD TO THE JUNIOR CAC'S SHE HAS. DELTA WAS OUR STAR OF THE DAY , WINNING CHAMPION BITCH CLASS, CAC, CACIB AND BEST BITCH ! THE BOB WAS WON BY THE CHAMPION MALE WINNER, SO WE HAD CHANCE TO SET OFF ON OUR JOURNEY TO BELGIUM A MERE 450 MILES AWAY !!!

DELTA SEEMED TO HAVE PICKED UP THE SWISS RUNS !! SO MANY UN-SCHEDULED STOPS AND LOTS OF INTERESTING SMELLS AND CLEANING LATER WE ARRIVED IN BRUSSELS. HOT BOTHERED AND RELEAVED.THANKFULLY NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT JUST THE WATER !

SUNDAY SAW THE LEO DAY AT BRUSSELS SHOW 2008 , THE LARGEST SHOW IN BELGIUM AND ONE WITH SOME PRESTIGE. WE BUMPED INTO IAN AND SHERRIE RICHARDSON WHO WERE SHOWING WITH ONE OF THERE GIRLS AND HAD A GREAT LAUGH IN A SOCIABLE ATMOSPHERE. SADLY OUR SCHEDULED JUDGE MRS PETRA JUNEHALL, WAS UNABLE TO ATTEND SO WE WERE JUDGED BY A POLISH JUDGE, MR PAWEL SZELREJ.JUDGING WENT AHEAD A LITTLE UNAUTHADOX BUT AT A PACE! AGAIN WE HAD A GOOD DAY AT THE OFFICE !

"PLUTO" GAINED AN EXCELLENT IN OPEN MALE BUT NO LAST FOUR PLACE TODAY, HE WAS A BIT TIRED FROM THE VERY HOT CONDITIONS OF TODAY AND YESTERDAY, SO ENJOYED LOTS OF WATER AND A WELL EARNED SLEEP WHILST OTHERS PERFORMED SOMEWHAT BETTER.

"MIKA" WON A STRONG OPEN BITCH CALSS WITH AND EXCELLENT, AND "DELTA " ALTHOUGH NOT 100% AT HER BEST WON THE CHAMPION BITCH CLASS, AND WENT ON TO WIN BEST BITCH, DOUBLE CAC, CACIB, BELGIAN WINNER 08 AND BEST OF BREED.

WONDERFUL RESULT AS SHE IS LOOKING GREAT AT THE MOMENT, SADLY THE HEAT WAS REALLY STARTING TO SHOW, AND SHE SEEMED A LITTLE TIRED, SO WE DECIDED TO WITHDRAW FROM THE GROUP AND MAKE OUR APOLOGIES . IT WAS NOT FAIR ON HER IN THE HEAT, SO WE PREFERED TO REST HER , AND THE JUDGE WAS VERY UNDERSTANDING AND COMPLIMENTARY, THANK YOU.

SO IT WAS TIME FOR THE GIRLS TO CATCH UP ON SOME WELL EARNED REST , AND PLUTO , HAD SOME MATING DUTIES TO PERFORM AT A TOP BREEDERS KENNEL BEFORE WE LEFT FOR THE REST OF OUR JOURNEY HOME.

WE HAD BEEN UPDATED ALL DAY OF THE BLACKPOOL SITUATION AND HOPE THAT THE TERRIBLE WEATHER DID NOT CAUSE TOO MANY INJURIES, AND PRAISE MUST GO TO THE SHOW ORGANISERS FOR A STERLING JOB OF TRYING TO ENSURE SAFETY FOR THE EXHIBITORS PRESENT.

WHILST NOT ALL JUDGING COMPLETED , THE LEOS DID. AND WE WERE SO VERY HAPPY , ANITA HAD A TEAR OR TWO IN HER EYES LET ME TELL YOU ! A WONDERFUL DAY FOR "ZAK" OFFSPRING FROM THREE DIFFERENT LITTERS, WINNING ALL THREE TOP HONOURS UNDER JUDGE MR ELLIS HULME.

BEST MALE AND CC, AND BOB- "ZUES" SYLBERT EMPEROR RIDGE FOR SANCHOLEES.

BEST FEMALE AND CC - "SUMMER" STORMCHASER ANOUSHKA

BEST PUPPY - "EVI" TARKALEOS ATLANTIC MAID FOR KENSALROAG

A HUGE CONGRATULATIONS , TO PAUL AND KIRSTY , SUE, AND JUDITH ......FAN.....BLOOMING.....TASTIC !!!!

AFTER ALMOST 10 AGONISING WEEKS , THE HIP AND ELBOW SCORES ARE BACK FOR OUR THREE YOUNG LADIES, MIKA,SAFFI AND TEABAG, THEY ARE AS FOLLOWS......

"TEABAG" - DEBBOLLINBY SHADOW DANCER FOR LIONSLORD- HIPS - 2:2 ELBOWS - 0

"SAFFI" - SYLBERT FOREVER FABERGE FOR LIONSLORD - HIPS - 2:3 ELBOWS - 0

"MIKA" - A BEAUTIFUL STRANGER OF NEW WIND FOR LIONSLORD - HIPS - 3:3 ELBOWS - 0

ALL REALLY EXCELLENT SCORES AND WE ARE VERY PLEASED AS THEY ARE ALSO VERY EVEN.WE CAN BREATH A SIGH OF RELEIF UNTIL THE NEXT ONES !

WE ARE ALSO PLEASED TO SAY THAT ALL LIONSLORD LEO'S HAVE CLEAR VALID BVA EYE CERTIFICATE AFTER THEIR RECENT TESTS.

WELL....WHAT A WEEKEND AT SOUTHERN COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIP SHOW, AT NEWBURY !!

WE HAD THE LIONSLORD PET NUTRITION TRADE STAND THERE WITH OUR BEST CHOICE FOOD ,SUPPLEMENTS AND PLUSH PUPPY GROOMING PRODUCTS , AND ON SUNDAY , A LITTLE WEARY AND TIRED WE HAD OUR DOGS ENTERED ON WORKING AND PASTORAL DAY.

IT WAS "SHADOWS" (BOLELEJONET CAZAR FOR LIONSLORD) FIRST CHAMPIONSHIP SHOW FOR OVER A YEAR AND WE WERE SO VERY HAPPY WHEN HE WON A VERY TOUGH LIMIT DOG CLASS , AND HE MOVED LIKE A DREAM ,FOR A LARGE MALE AT THE TOP END OF THE STANDARD GIVING HIM CRUFTS QUALIFICATION FOR LIFE AND HIS STUD BOOK NUMBER.HIS SON "ASBO" (DEBBOLLINBY SAINT OR SINNER) ALSO WON THE POST GRADUATE CLASS FROM 23 ENTRIES VERY WELL DONE DEBBIE.

NEXT WAS "PLUTO" IN THE OPEN MALE CLASS WHERE ALL THE ENTRANTS WERE QUALITY DOGS ON 2 TICKETS! HE WON THE CLASS AND WENT ON TO GET THE DOG C.C. HIS THIRD IN FOUR SHOWS ! MAKING HIM A UK CHAMPION (SUBJECT TO KC APPROVAL)WE ARE SO VERY PROUD OF HIM !!

"MIKA" DID WELL ALSO TO TAKE 4TH IN A VERY NICE LIMIT BITCH CLASS, SHE IS JUST 18 MONTHS AND NOW NEEDS SOME TIME TO MATURE AT THIS LEVEL , BUT WE ARE VERY PLEASED WITH HER DEVELOPMENT THIS YEAR.

LAST AND BY NO MEANS LEAST WAS "DELTA" (IR.CH DEBBOLLINBY VOGUE FOR LIONSLORD) IN A VERY STRONG OPEN BITCH CLASS OF 12 ENTRIES! SHE WON THE CLASS, AND WENT ON TO TAKE THE BITCH C.C., HER FIRST IN THE UK. AND GAVE "PLUTO " A BIG RUN FOR HIS MONEY IN THE CHALLENGE FOR BEST OF BREED , WHICH PLUTO WON, AND WENT ON TO BE SHORTLISTED IN THE WORKING GROUP .

IT WAS A WONDERFUL AND QUITE EMOTIONAL DAY , BEYOND ANY OF OUR EXPECTATIONS!! AFTER THE SUCCESS WE REFLECTED AND OUR THOUGHTS TURNED BACK TO OUR BEAUTIFUL BABY BEAR "SOX" IR.CH. DEBBOLLINBY VALHALLA'S LORD FOR LIONSLORD WHOM WE SADLY LOST , HE WON THIS SAME SHOW IN THE BREED LAST YEAR 2007 AND GAINED HIS ONLY UK C.C., BEFORE HE PAST OVER THE RAINBOW BRIDGE.

HIS SISTER DELTA'S C.C. AT SOUTHERN COUNTIES 2008 WAS MADE ALL THE MORE SPECIAL FOR THIS AND WE ARE SURE HE WAS LOOKING DOWN GIVING A BARK OF APPROVAL FROM HIS PEACFUL RESTING PLACE.WE MISS YOU BOY................

THANKS MUST GO TO THE JUDGES WHO HAVE MADE "PLUTO" INTO OUR FIRST UK CHAMPION(subject to kc approval)BREED SPECIALISTS MRS JOAN RUSHBY(JOCOLDA), MR JOHN FEEHAN(MANORGUARD) AND ALL ROUNDER MR GEOFF DUFFIELD, WORDS CANNOT FULLY EXPRESS OUR GRATITUDE ...THANK YOU ALL FOR YOU AWARDS AND KIND WORDS!

ON A SEPARATE NOTE , WE MUST APPLAUD AND THANK THE TWO STEWARDS THIS WEEKEND BILL AND GERALDINE CRAWLEY , FOR A FUN AND LIGHT HEARTED APPROACH THAT HELPED CREATE A WARM AND FRIENDLY ATMOSPHERE AROUND THE RINGSIDE, ALL SHOWS SHOULD BE THIS WAY !

WHAT AN AMAZING WEEKEND , FIRSTLY A SUPER SHOW AT THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP SHOW, SEEING "PLUTO" TAKE BEST OF BREED FROM AN EXCELLENT QUALITY OPEN CLASS, AND HIS SECOND C.C. IN SUCCESIVE SHOWS, HE WAS ALSO SHORTLISTED IN THE GROUP AND A SUPER LEONBERGER PUPPY BITCH TOOK WORKING PUPPY GROUP 2 , HER NAME "CLUNKAMOOR KISS N TELL FOR MANDAZZ", WELL DONE DARREN AND MANDY SPENCER AND BREEDER JANET NASH ON A GREAT SUCCESS. WE JUST LOVE IT WHEN LEOS DO WELL !!

SO AFTER A HOT BUT WONDERFUL DAY WITH PLUTO AND OTHER LIONSLORD DOGS HANDLER BALAZS THURSO TOOK THE DOGS HOME TO PREPARE FOR ANOTHER TRIP TO TWO SHOWS IN EUROPE, THE FIRST IN SAARBRUKEN, GERMANY UNDER SPECIALIST JUDGE ROLAND OGORZELSKI (D) "PLUTO" WON OPEN DOG, BEST MALE AND THE CAC, AND CACIB ,AND TITLE "SAARLAND WINNER" BUT WAS BEATEN TO BOB BY A NICE LEONBERGER FEMALE.ON TOP OF THIS THE CLUTCH FLUID LEAKED ON THE VAN AND HAD TO BE REPLACED , THANKS SO MUCH TO OTMAR ,WHO WAS FANTASTIC AND HELPED BALAZS GET MOBILE ONCE AGAIN,YOU WERE A STAR!!

BALAZS THEN HAD TO DRIVE 4 AND A HALF HOURS TO HOLLAND FOR A LARGE FCI INTERNATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP SHOW, THE PINKSTERSHOW IN ARNHEM. JUST GOT NEWS THAT "PLUTO" KUMAMATATA AWESOME BOY FOR LIONSLORD, WON OPEN DOG, BEST MALE, BEST OF BREED, CAC, CACIB , WAS BEST IN GROUP UNDER ROMANIAN JUDGE MR P MUNTEAN, AND THEN WENT BEST IN SHOW UNDER DUTCH JUDGE DHR E. WIELDRAAIJER.....WOW !!!!

TO ADD TO OUR PLEASURE "MIKA" PICKED UP SECOND PLACE IN HER FIRST OPEN FEMALE CLASS AT 17 MONTHS....BRILLIANT!

WE ARE STUNNED AND ELATED AS THIS IS HIS SECOND BEST IN SHOW IN EUROPE THIS YEAR .....LIVING UP TO THE NAME...A TRULY AWESOME BOY !!

WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE TWO SHOWS AT "ANIMALIA" IN ST GALLEN , SWITZERLAND THIS WEEKEND, INCLUDING THE 125TH ANNIVERSARY SHOW OF THE SKG ON SUNDAY, THE JUDGE IS GERMAN LEONBERGER PRESIDENT - WILLI GULLIX, SO WE WILL HAVE TO SEE , BUT IT WILL BE FUN!!

WE RETURNED HOME TODAY TO THE GREAT SHOW NEWS THAT "PLUTO"- KUMAMATATA AWESOME BOY FOR LIONSLORD, HAD WON BEST OF BREED AND THE DOG C.C., HIS FIRST IN THE UK AFTER A SUCCESFUL WINNING START IN EUROPE AND THE RESERVE C.C. AT CRUFTS!

THANKS AGAIN TO HANDLER AND FRIEND BALAZS THURSO,STILL NEW TO THE UK SHOW SCENE BUT LEARNING EACH SHOW.IMMACULATE PREPARATION AND PRESENTATION WELL DONE.

ALTHOUGH PLUTO WAS OUR ONLY DOG ENTERED ,BECAUSE MIKA HAD PICKED UP A LEG INJURY WHILST WE WERE AWAY , AND SHE WAS NOT FULLY SOUND SO RIGHTLY DID NOT GO TO THE SHOW .THE PERFORMANCE OF OFFSPRING FROM OUR STUD MALES WAS EXCEPTIONAL IN THE YOUNGER CLASSES. NO FEWER THAN 6 FIRST PLACES , IN BOTH MALE AND FEMALE CLASSES, IN MINOR PUPPY, PUPPY AND JUNIOR 5 OF THEM GOING TO "ZAK" CHILDREN AND 1 TO A VERY NICE"SHADOW" DAUGHTER, AS WELL AS A FURTHER 5 FINISHING IN THE TOP 3 WITH QUALIFICATION TO CRUFTS 2009, 1 FOURTH PLACE , AND A 2ND WITH OUR HOME BRED BELLA DAUGHTER KENYA IN JUNIOR BITCH.THE BEST BEEN STUNNING "ZAK" DAUGHTER TARKALEOS ATLANTIC MAID AT KENSALROAG WINNING BEST PUPPY IN BREED!! WELL DONE TO JUDITH DAWES HER OWNER ON YOUR TWO WINS, A VERY SPECIAL DAY FOR YOU!!

TO TOP ALL THIS "ZAK" SON AND TOP PUPPY 2007 "ZUES" - SYLBERT EMPEROR RIDGE AT SANCHOLEES TOOK RESERVE C.C. FROM JUNIOR BEHIND "PLUTO"!! WELL DONE TO PAUL AND KIRSTY FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK AND EFFORT WITH THIS WONDERFUL BOY!!

WELL DONE ALSO TO ALL OTHER CLASS WINNERS AND SEE YOU AT THE NATIONAL !!!

VERY INTERESTING ROTTWEILLER MATING NEWS FROM FAMILY FREIND, TOP CC GIVIN JUDGE AND LEADING ROTTWEILER BREED SPECIALIST FOR ALMOST 40 YEARS , MAGGIE BRYANT (PANELMA), SEE MATING/PUPPIES" FOR MORE DETAILS......

WE ARE PLEASED THAT VERY GOOD FREIND BALAZS THURSO HAS RETURNED TO ENGLAND WITH THREE DOGS, WORLD WINNER 2006 LANCELOT VOM MATTHIASBERG, EUROPEAN WINNER 2007 BERLJON NORANEREIDE, AND THEIR DAUGHTER "MAGIC", SISTER TO OUR OWN "MIKA".

THEY HAVE KINDLY AGREED TO HELP LOOK AFTER OUR KENNELS WHILST ANITA AND i ALONG WITH THE FAMILY ENJOY A NILE CRUISE, OUR FIRST HOLIDAY FOR SOME YEARS.

THEY WILL STAY WITH US UNTIL AFTER THE WORLD SHOW THIS YEAR IN STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN. WE HAVE SOME MATING PLANS SO FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT ANITA WHEN WE ARE BACK OR EMAIL.

LIONSLORD PET NUTRITION HAS LAUNCH ONE OF THE WORLDS LEADING GREEN LIPPED MUSSEL PRODUCTS, THROUGH ITS FOOD AND SUPPLEMENTS CLIENT BASE. THIS NEW ZEALAND PRODUCT IS IN COLLABORATION WITH UK COMPANY MAXAVITA, AND PRODUCT DETAILS CAN BE DOWNLOADED FROM THEIR SITE www.maxavita.com . THIS NATURAL PRODUCT SOOTHES STIFF,SORE AND ACHING JOINTS AND HELP MAINTAIN FLEXIBLE AND PAIN FREE JOINTS IN OUR CANINE FREINDS.

DUE TO ITS PATENTED "COLD PROCESSING" PRODUCTION TECHNIQUE (SUPERNA) A MUCH GREATER VALUE OF THE OMEGA 3 FATTY ACIDS ARE RETAINED IN MANY CASES UPTO 5 TIMES MORE THAN SOME OTHER PRODUCTS AND TECHNIQUES.

THIS IS A GREAT PRODUCT ESPECIALLY IN GIANT BREEDS LIKE LEONBERGERS WHERE FAST GROWTH IN YOUNG DOGS PARTICULARLY, CAN LEAD TO STIFFNESS AND MOBILITY ISSUES

PRODUCT WILL BE AVAILABLE AT THE LEONBERGER CLUB SHOW IN APRIL AND BRIDGEWATER AND DISTRICT CANINE SHOW IN MARCH

TWO SIZES AVAILABLE

60 CAPULETS ( @ 30 DAYS) L19.95 inc vat 180 CAPULETS (@ 90 DAYS) L49.85 inc vat

FOR FURTHER DETAILS CONTACT ANITA 01635 273153 OR EMAIL - NIGEL@LIONSLORDPETNUTRITION.COM THIS

WE HAVE JUST RETURNED FROM SWITZERLAND, AND THEIR ANNUAL SHOW WEEKEND IN FRIBOURG.

WHAT A TIME WE HAD ! "PLUTO" - KUMAMATATA AWESOME BOY FOR LIONSLORD, WAS BEST OF BREED UNDER JUDGE MRS S.RADJUK FROM BELARUSSIA, AND THEN TO OUR AMAZEMENT WENT ON TO WIN B.I.G. 1 IN FCI GROUP 2 UNDER FINNISH JUDGE MRS S. BISTER. FANTASTIC FEELING BUT WE HAD TO WAIT NERVOUSLY FOR THE BEST OF SHOW .

BEST IN SHOW WAS JUDGED BY VERY RESPECTED JUDGE LISBETH MACH FROM SWITZERLAND, AND WHAT AN EXCELLENT LINE UP OF TOP WINNING DOGS , AND TOP HANDLERS SHE HAD TO CHOOSE FROM. WE WERE JUST SO HAPPY TO BE IN IT .....A FIRST AT AN FCI INTERNATIONAL SHOW FOR OUR KENNEL.

JUDGING COMMENCED AND ONCE THE JUDGE HAD SEEN ALL DOGS THEY WERE ASKED TO LEAVE THE RING OF HONOUR , WHILST THE JUDGE GAVE HER PLACES. B.I.S.3 WAS A SUPERB GREYHOUND THAT WE LIKED VERY MUCH.....B.I.S.2 WAS A STUNNING CHOW CHOW FROM ITALY........THEN THE BEST IN SHOW ...WAS...THE ....LEONBERGER !!!!!

WE NEARLY FELL OVER, WHAT AN AMAZING FEELING AND FANTASTIC TO WATCH "PLUTO" STRIDING OUT AROUND THE RING TO GREAT APPLAUSE TO RECEIVE HIS PRIZE.

OUR GREAT THANKS GO TO ALL THE JUDGES WHO THOUGHT SO HIGHLY OF HIM IN FRIBOURG, AND TO OUR FREIND AND "PLUTO'S" HANDLER BALAZS THURSO FROM HUNGARY FOR PREPARING AND HANDLING TO SUCH A HIGH LEVEL.

WE HOPE TO RETURN TO THIS BEAUTIFUL CITY NEXT YEAR ...

SADLY TONIGHT WE HAD TO SAY FAREWELL, AND GOODBYE TO OUR BEAUTIFUL BOY "SOX" - DEBBOLLINBY VALHALLA'S LORD FOR LIONSLORD. HE PASSED PEACFULLY OVER THE RAINBOW BRIDGE AND INTO A HAPPY PLACE IN LEO HEAVEN.

"SOX" WILL BE SADLY MISSED , AND WAS A HUGE PART OF OUR FAMILY AND OUR LEO LIFE, HERE AT LIONSLORD.

HE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH DILATED CARDIOMYOPATHY IN LATE 2007, AT THE YOUNG AGE OF THREE. MORE COMMONLY KNOWN AS "DCM" THIS HEART CONDITION BROUGHT SHORT A WONDERFUL LIFE, AND SADLY "SOX" WAS NOT ABLE TO FULFIL AND ENJOY A FULL AND FUN FILLED LIFE.

"SOX" LOVED THE SHOW RING AND EVEN AS A YOUNGSTER ENJOYED BEEN THE SHOWMAN AND CENTRE OF ATTENTION. HE STARTED TO FULFIL HIS POTENTIAL AS HE MATURED , BECOMING AN IRISH CHAMPION IN 2007, AND WINNING SEVERAL PRESTIGIOUS "CACIB" INTERATIONAL AWARDS, AS WELL AS HIS FIRST UK "CC" AT OUR HOME TOWN SHOW OF SOUTHERN COUNTIES IN NEWBURY.

HIS PEACEFUL PASSING WAS A BLESSING, AND WE KNOW THAT HE HAS MOVED ON TO A BETTER PLACE, SO GOODNIGHT SWEET BOY......WE MISS YOU WITH ALL OUR HEARTS , BUT YOU WILL FOREVER REMAIN IN OUR HEARTS......YOU WERE A TRUE LION , SLEEP WELL MY DEAR FREIND , SLEEP WELL XXXXX

I WAS A VERY LUCKY MAN THIS CHRISTMAS , AS MY WIFE, ANITA HAD COMMISIONED A PAINTING OF OUR EUROPEAN WINNER"ZAK".IT IS TRULY FABULOUS AND FOR ONCE I WAS SPEECHLESS! IT CAPTURED HIS EXPRESSIVE HEAD WONDERFULLY.

THE ARTIST IS FORMER LEONBERGER CLUB CHAIRPERSON - JENNY KENNISH -KINGHERN, VERY FAMILIAR AND WELL KNOWN IN THE WORLD OF LEONBERGERS AND A FABULOUS ARTIST OF NOT JUST DOGS BUT EXCELLENT POTRAITS OF WILDLIFE.

FOR FURTHER DETAILS ON THE ARTIST VIST HER WEBSITE

WWW.JENNYKENNISH.COM

THANK YOU SO MUCH JENNY FOR THIS SPECIAL PICTURE XXX

WE ARE VERY PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THAT OUR PET FOOD COMPANY "LIONSLORD PET NUTRITION " WILL BE ASSISTING IN THE DISTRIBUTION AND SALES OF THE TOP QUALITY "PLUSH PUPPY" AUSTRALIAN GROOMING PRODUCTS RANGE IN THE UK.ORDERS ARE NOW BEEN TAKEN AND PRODUCT WILL BE AVAILABLE FROM EARLY TO MID JANUARY AND DISTRIBUTED VIA OUR EXISTING BEST CHOICE FOOD NETWORK . NEW CLIENTS ARE VERY WELCOME AND FOR FURTHER DETAILS , PRODUCT INFORMATION AND PRICE LISTS , PLEASE EMAIL ANITA@LIONSLORDPETNUTRITION.COM OR CALL HER ON 01635 273153.

WE ARE PLANNING A NEW LIONSLORD MATING IN EARLY 2008, THIS WILL BE FROM OUR RUSSIAN IMPORT "BELLA" BELLA DONNA IZ POSELKA SOKOL FOR LIONSLORD, AND THE MALE WILL BE A SUPER DOG FROM HUNGARY WHO WAS WORLD AND EUROPEAN WINNER 2006 - INT.CH.LANCELOT VOM MATTIASBERG.HE IS ALSO THE FATHER OF OUR YOUNG LADY MIKA. FOR FURTHER DETAILS ON THIS COMBINATION , TIMEFRAMES , PEDIGREE'S AND OUR RESERVATION LIST PLEASE CONTACT ANITA , ON 01635 273153 OR EMAIL ANITA@LIONSLORD.COM

WE HAD GREAT NEWS TODAY , FROM OUR DOGS CANINE NEWSPAPER, THAT OUR RUSSIAN IMPORT AND EUROPIAN WINNER 2007 - "ZAK" - BALTIZAR IZ POSELKA SOKOL FOR LIONSLORD IS PET PLAN TOP SIRE 2007 , FOR THE LEONBERGER BREED.THIS IS BASED ON THE WINS AND PERFORMANCE OF HIS OFFSPRING UNDER 12 MONTHS OF AGE AT CC CHAMPIONSHIP SHOWS IN 2007.THANKS TO ALL LEONBERGER OWNERS OF ZAK'S PUPPIES FOR DOING SO WELL IN 2007 , FATHER IS PROUD XX

CONGRATULATIONS TO "ZAK" SON SYLBERT EMPEROR RIDGE FOR SANCHOLEES - ZUES , FOR BECOMING PEDIGREE TOP PUPPY 2007 - LEONBERGER. WELL DONE TO OWNERS PAUL AND KIRSTY FOR YOUR GREAT RESULTS AND HARD WORK IN 2007.