FRIZZANTE FURIOSO GRIS de la Maison du Garde-Barrière

HD 0/0, CSNB clear (by parentage) * BGH-A * full breeding confirmation

born Dec. 24, 2000
Sire: Ch. Sél. NESCAFE des Pierrailles (France * grey, born black * HD clear, CSNB clear * Champion Germany (VDH), Selected France and Italy)
Dam: Sél. ÖJch. LOULOU dite YAZOO des Cèdres de la Montagne Noire, CGC (Import from France * black * HD 1/0 * CSNB clear * Austrian Junior Champion, Pre-Selected USA, Selected Slovakia, USA and Italy, breeding confirmation France, Austria, Slovakia, USA and Italy * Winners Bitch USA 2000)

Frizzy was the first born of our F litter. He and his sister Femme Fatale had already at their birth a lighter color than the other ones, so we assumed that he would be grey which is why on the one hand we decided already shortly after birth that we would eventually keep him, and on the other hand that he would have the addition "gris" being part of his name. Frizzy always remained lighter than the other ones, but he was black ardoise and (unfortunately) not grey. Only now, after we have clipped his coat completely he looks like our grey girl Oh-Lala, his hair completely grey.

The deciding factor that we kept him was certainly, that after a surgery at the age of four months we could not be sure that he would not have problems in the future: while playing with both his brothers Ferre and Fendi he swallowed three stones, which unfortunately did not come out naturally, so his stomach had to be opened. Luckily Frizzy had no negative aftereffects because of this operation.

Frizzy is a very funny, vivacious, social, proud and cuddly boy. There were and are never problems between him and any other stud here in the house: with the older ones he always accepted their status in the pack, the ones of the tiny breeds are his friends and he does not see any concurrence with them.

Frizzy has been shown several times and got excellent results. But as he does not like to travel with the car, we stopped showing him. Since that time, he was kept with his hair cut a bit shorter in summertime, as he feels more comfortable this way, and since 2008 he is completely clipped.

Once Frizzy was mating: he bred our Oh-Lala but unfortunately she had a miscarriage and our dream to have a Yazoo grandchild out of a very interesting breeding was gone with the wind. Frizzy's sperms were tested and they are fine, so it was not his fault. We had some other inquiries for him to be used as a stud, but we declined, as on the one hand we prefer line breeding with our Briards, on the second hand we would for sure never use a dog out of a grey line for matings with a fawn and on the third hand, we prefer quality but not quantity.

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