born 10/04/1997
Sire: Rec. Sél. DARTAGNAN des Monts d'en Crauzille, Elite A (France * grey born grey * HD clear * recommended for breeding)
Dam: ARWA Betkin dvor (Import from Slovakai * black ardoisée * HD 1/0)
whelped 0/1, raised 0/1 (grey born black)

BATIDA DE COCO - grey born black - the first grey born black girl in Austrian breeding - she came to a family which had had already two Briards that died one after the other within a short time.

After "Arwa" had made holiday together with "Batida" and her owners, she decided that she would more likely live together with her daughter than here in the horde. We did not take the decision of "Arwa" easily, but to see how she kind of suffered, forced us to let her go at the age of five and a half years. "Arwa" was always very happy when we visited her, but she avoided it to got with us to the car when we said good-bye - probably she was afraid that we would take her back home again. When she was here visiting us, she liked to come and felt comfortable, but she was also pleased when she could go. Only when a third Briard came to her house ("Einstein" out of our E litter), she suddenly wanted to get into our car when we were visiting her.

"Batida" is extremely intelligent, as we have got to know rather early from her owners. She tought herself tracking (just for fun in the forest when she was out for a walk), going up and down a narrow wooden spiral staircase, and lots of more things. Her owner and ourselves often said for fun that this might be caused by having the intelligence of all the other puppies which had not been born.

In the meantime "Batida" is the only dog in the house, because her mother "Arwa" and "Einstein" have unfortunately already gone over the Rainbow Bridge.