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>>Even now many years later there are Danish breeders
who uses the word french as a negative. <<
This has been my experience also with my Belgian import
Ursette de la Griffe d'Ours. Very few appreciate her lovely type and I have been
criticized even to my face, by other breeders. I was once told "but this isn't
France - it is North America". However, I
can see less resistance now than when I first brought her over, five years
ago. So there is hope :) - and her puppies which are being shown now are
just one year old (tomorrow!) - and are doing quite well in the ring "despite"
their strong French type - which I don't believe could have happened a few years
ago.
Like Bonbelle, she was very slow to mature - both
physically and mentally - but now at age five, she is a serene, poised,
devoted - but strong willed bitch. Finally she has filled out and
developed a lovely coat. When she left Henri's kennel at six months of age, she
had already developed a deep bond with him - and he with her - and it took more
than a year for me to break down that barrier - she simply did not want to be
here, with me - and she made that very clear! She was a lot of work - but worth
every minute.
Geraldine
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