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December 26, 2008:

Finally she has arrived ...... our yearningly expected new family member, a kennel enrichment, an offspring of a great blood line came over from the United States and arrived in Munich today. She was already expected one week earlier, but the weather circumstances in Chicago did not allow the airline to fly her out. Last night we drove to Munich to get her home. Little Gucci (Daretobebare's GUCCI, TAKE MY BREATH AWAY) has already her own part here in the homepage and some photos of her puppy and youngster time are also online (new photos to come soon).

Thanks to her breeder Mary Ann for giving us the chance to have one of her puppies here in Europe, and thanks for her trust in us. We are grateful for all the information as well as the photos, which were sent during the time while we were waiting for our new family addition.

Secondly, we thank Kiko, one of the three further breeders of the kennel Daretobebare, for having taken so much effort over several weeks to find the best way for having the girl shipped to Europe, and for having taken Gucci to her home the moment we decided for this girl, so that our little Gucci could turn to be friend with another Daretobebare girl (bred by Kiko), which also came to Austria and was shipped in the same kennel box. Kiko did not hesitate to drive the long way from her home to Chicago last week, hoping for the small chance, that the weather does not turn bad and the two girls could be shipped. Unfortunately all the miles were in vain. Still, at the airport in Chicago, Kiko continued to find the next chance for a direct flight and arranged already there, that the girls are shipped from Atlanta/Georgia a week later. Once again many miles .......... Actually we cannot put into words how very grateful we are for all this. We hope that once we can return the favor! We are pleased that we found this kennel, breeding high quality healthy dogs, and we are proud that we are one of at present only three Europeans having a Daretobebare offspring. As for the time being, we can say that we will not hesitate to get another dog from these serious and helpful breeders!

Now take a look at our little girl: Gucci.

December 24, 2008:

Today we celebrate birthday: The F litter (out of Sél. Ch. NESCAFE des Pierrailles x Sél. JCh. LOULOU dite YAZOO des Cèdres de la Montagne Noire, CGC) is eight years old.

Our warmest congratulation to Ferre (Ferre Fuego Noir), Fendi (Flic Fendi Noir), Miro (Figaro Miro Noir), Falco (Fetiche Falco Nero), Fleury (Fleury d'Aude Noire), Fleury (Foudre Ferrari Noir), Saskia (Femme Fatale Grise) and our Frizzy (Frizzante Furioso Gris). And our special wish is that all of them please their owners for many more years being healthy and lucky.

For Ferri (Foudre Ferrari Noir) we have lit a candle, and we send dear thoughts over the Rainbow Bridge where he has been called to this year in July. With our thoughts we are of course also with his owners Ruth and Hanspeter, who miss this great boy very much.

December 14, 2008:

December 11, 2008:

Our wishes for the upcoming holidays this year:

December 9, 2008:

Since today we know for sure: The mating of Ula (Champ. Family Song's ULA) worked. We are expecting puppies in the second week of 2009 (around January 9) after Ch. ONE TO REMEMBER "Remy" de GabriTho.

Now lets have fingers crossed for a healthy great litter!

November 29/30, 2008:

The past weekend was again show time for two of our dogs: Ula (Champ. Family Song's ULA) and Courage (Champ. KAHLUA de la Maison du Garde-Barrière) attended the two days International Show in Zagreb/Croatia. Ula was shown on both days, Courage only on Saturday, as the time schedule for Sunday was having to be in the show rings with both girls at the same time. Since Ula is going to have a longer show rest in case she has puppies, we decided to show her. The results of the two girls can be seen at Ula's Show results and Courage's Show results. Anyway, with the result on Saturday Ula fulfills all conditions for the International Championship and received her qualification for the Crufts 2009. As everyone can imagine, we are very proud of our girl.

November 25, 2008:

Today our D litter (de la Maison du Garde-Barrière) celebrates 10th birthday. A very HAPPY BIRTHDAY to these furry ones in Slovakia, Czech, Poland and Canada.

November 24, 2008:

We have designed a new homepage for our Chinese Crested - it's a second page for them, as the previous site is still online and will be continued to be updated at least for some more time. The new homepage gives the visitors the possibility to decide between the old well known design and the new design, built with a CMS (Content Management System). If you are interested, take a look at Chinese Crested at Caipirinha's and choose New Site. Any feedback about the second Internet presence is welcome - easiest by using our guestbook (see top menu).

November 12, 2008:

We have received new photos of offspring from here: Irene sent us nice pictures of her Chili (KANDIS de la Maison du Garde-Barrière) from last week. They have now been added to Chili's slide show. Thank you very much Irene, and please excuse the belated update - thanks for your patience.

November 7, 2008:

November 5, 2008:

At the Nitra International Dog Show last Sunday, our friend Franta took pictures of all the dogs. We have received them today. Thanks so much to Franta and Magda for having kept their promise and for having sent them so fast! Some of these pictures have now been added to the Photo Gallery (see link above) and can there be found in the slide shows Shows Ula, Shows Fidji and Shows Jaris.

We have also been expecting photos of the Slovakian National Specialty (September 6, 2008) by the breeder of three of our Chinese Crested. We waited in vain, although they have been promised to us several times. All the other ones have the pictures already since quite a long time in their homepages. What a pity, as we had really been looking forward that our photo galleries are updated. Well, we could maybe understand that we receive no photos of Ula and Voodoo, as they were not bred by this breeder, but the other three ...... ?

She completely ignored Fidji and Jaris at the show last Sunday, did not even look at them. Why??? We can't understand it, as she always says that she loves the three dogs so very much. The only explanation for us is, that the breeder of our three black and white girls does not want to have the dogs she bred being presented in public, as in her opinion they are of bad quality; her own dogs are "more successful". Were we cheated??? Were we sold respectively given dogs of bad quality, although we asked for show and breeding quality???

November 2, 2008:

Today three of our Chinese Crested attended the International all breed dog show in Nitra/Slovakia: it was Fidji, Ula (Champ. Family Song's ULA) and Jaris. All details are in the corresponding show result pages.

October 31, 2008:

We wish everyone a Happy Halloween!

October 31, 2008:

If things turn to be as planned, we should have our first Chinese Crested litter beginning of January 2009: Ula (Champ. Family Song's ULA) has come into season and will be bred in the next couple of days. Details about the stud will be announced when the breeding has taken place.

October 25, 2008:

Two of our Chinese Crested attended the National Specialty of the Austrian Toy Breed Club today, the first ones who were shown vor the very first time in Austria: Ula and Jaris. Ula was in open class and got Exc. 1 CACA. Jaris had her first appearance in Junior class (she was only yesterday nine months old) and got very good 3. Her judgement is excellent, no fault (except her coat which is not finished yet, but this is normal at this age), still ...... the judge says she is too small. This result is a pity, as Jaris has an excellent standard size.

Unfortunately most of the photos did not turn out well, only some few pictures are fine. They have of course been put into the Photo Gallery to the slide showa Shows Jaris and Shows Ula.

Let's see if we have more luck with Jaris next weekend, as she will then be shown again - together with Ula and Fidji.

A great surprise was that our friend Sylvia had also entered, and finally after many months we could see each other again. Her Giny is related to our Jaris (she is a granddaughter of our Jaris' mother). It was great to chat for some hours. Thanks for your coming, dear Sylvia, and big congratulation for your second place in Junior class! You two have done a perfect job! We really look forward to our next reunion.

October 25, 2008:

Today we celebrate another birthday: our absolute personality is 10 years old. HAPPY BIRTHDAY, dear Gizmo!!!

Carry on being healty and with us for many, many more years - this is what we sincerely wish, little mouse!

October 24, 2008:

Our little Jaris is nine months old today and, therewith, from now on in Junior class at shows. A new period in the life our our youngest girl.

October 20, 2008:

October 4, 2008:

October 1, 2008:

Today there is again a candle burning for an unforgotten family member: Sándor (Rec. Champ. SÁNDOR von Anitzberg) would have birthday. In our thoughts we are with him, the founder of our kennel de la Maison du Garde-Barrière - and of course all others from here, who join him on the other side of the Rainbow Bridge. ......