Kennel Caipirinha's (formerly de la Maison du Garde-Barrière) is located about 25 kilometers eastern from Vienna.

Love for animals, especially the love for dogs, was laid into my cradle. Since my earliest youth dogs had always been part of the family besides some smaller animals - first mix breeds and then German Shepherds. My heart was attached to this breed for a very long time, and today I still admire the one or other most dignified representative of that breed, but years ago I have decided for another breed, the BRIARD, and I have never regretted it!

When this house was built in July 1989 a 15 months old German Shepherd joined us, Marko. The foundation-stone of the dog mania was laid. After having been without a dog for about nine years, I was finally owned again by a four pawed friend.

Marko was very devoted - nearly "pathological": until the time he came here he had had four different owners - too many for such a young dog. At the training place I could watch that when Marko was joined by other dogs he did not continuousely search for me, and so I made up my mind: a second dog was needed, so off to see and find one. I intended to take a Dobermann, but at an international all breed show in Vienna my eyes were caught by a breed that I had not known until then: the BRIARD. Addresses of breeders in the country and also from outside were asked, information from lots of countries were caught and finally I decided for an Austrian kennel: von Anitzberg. In October 1990 the S-litter was born there and in December the second dog came to this home, SÁNDOR von Anitzberg, a male.

Marko was with me in the office from beginning on and naturally it happened that also Sándor joined us when going to work with train and subway. Marko was - some might think this is incredible - a dog without any mistakes. So Sándor could only learn good things from him, at home as well as in the city.

In summer 1991 I had to put down my cat (a British Blue) because of an indefinable virus - I had her since seven years. Both dogs searched for her everywhere in the house, so I decided that another cat had to come here. Within 3 days I found a rescue cat, a three year old Persian male, who had lived together with a Rottweiler and a German Shepherd. Remo stepped into our lives - from beginning on there were no problems between him and the dogs.