Mink decided the middle of the night was the right time to produce pups! 3 beautiful Briard babies boys, born on 4-27-2017. 2 black males, 1 tawny male. Sadly, I lost the little girl, who had had problems from birth. I love what I'm seeing so far, and Mink is being a great mom. All these pups are spoken for, but enjoy our webcam!
Mink is a very social girl. She makes friends with new people very quickly, and thinks she is a lap dog. Mink has a beautiful head, great coat, and very nice proportions. As a smaller girl with natural ears, showing her has been a battle. Judges just don't seem to notice the girls with three strikes - black, natural ears, and moderate in size.
Pups from Mink's first litter are just hitting the show ring now. They are living up to the promise they showed as babies!
"Mink"
Lebec's I'm Stepping Out In My Fur Coat
OFA Hips Good
OFA Elbows Normal
OFA Cardiac Normal (Cardiologist)
OFA Thyroid Normal
OFA Eyes Normal Oct. 2015. 2017 is pending.
CSNB Normal
Bred and Owned by Jeanne Lorang
Mink is a mixture of European and American lines, and has taken the best from both. She goes back to both imports and the classic Beardsanbrow lines.
Everyone loves Sasi. Adults, kids, complete strangers love Sasi. He has a magnetic personality - energetic yet easy-going, loving, and so happy to please. Sasi loves playing, girlfriends, and food! He's not much into toys - he prefers people and is 105 pounds of lapdog - just ask anyone who has visited here! He easily finished his AKC Championship, despite being a "crop and drop", with his ears failing to stand due to a poor crop.
Sasi has produced three litters, and what amazing litters they are, gorgeous pups who inherited his wonderful temperament. Sons Hermes and Gamble are working on their Grand Championships, Daughters Reglisse, Ohno, and Panache are gorgeous Champions. Son Fate, from his last litter, inherited beauty and personality.
We deliberated whether to breed Sasi again after his first litter. He is an OFA hips excellent, carries a tawny gene, is drop dead gorgeous, produced gorgeous puppies, and he has that combination of personality and temperament that makes him a pleasure to be around. He has everything we have ever wanted in a Briard, except that he bloated during the excitement of his first breeding (he was really, really excited - Sasi is definitely a ladies man). In the end, with lots of research and the enthusiastic agreement of several reproductive vets, we decided to use Sasi on carefully selected bitches.
For more about bloat, visit our bloat page. As a deep chested breed, Briards are at medium risk of bloat.
"Sasi"
Ch. Odysseas Nadina-Sis
Hips OFA Excellent
OFA Eyes Oct 2015. 2017 is pending.
OFA Cardiac Normal (Cardiologist)
OFA Thyroid Normal
CSNB Clear by Pedigree
Owned by Jeanne Lorang and Sarka Klimes
Bred by Nada Stralkova
Sasi is an import from the Czech Republic. His mother "Kennedy", a Champion in multiple countries, won Best of Breed at both Crufts and the World Show in 2009. His father "Tchibo", was very well known and successful as both a show dog and stud in Europe.
How we raise our puppies
The quality of a puppy is determined by both genetics and environment. How they are raised before you ever meet them is a major influence! Lebec and l'Hermitage believe in several things:
1) Mom knows best. We don't try to override or interfere with a bitch raising her pups. We add the human element, but Mom is in charge. Unless health issues interfere, she has complete access to her pups from day 1 to the day they leave. At 3 weeks, we start adding our food to the puppies diet, but Mom is always allowed to feed as long as she wants. And she is in charge of discipline!
2) Socialization begins at birth. We handle all the pups daily. Once eyes are open, we try to introduce new items and experiences regularly. In raising pups, doing things "later" is too late. "Now" is always the right time. Visitors start young, with friends handling pups within the first week.
3) At 3 1/2 weeks, pups are moved into the puppy pen in the living room, with all the activity of living. Pups get turned loose several times a day to explore and broaden their world. The outside is added at about 4 weeks. The puppy pen has play and poop areas, to begin housebreaking. The play area is continually enhanced with toys, obstacles, and an environment to stimulate the puppies. Mom can hop in and out. The older dogs get to visit through the pen bars, and gradually get to meet pups in person.
4) Outside exposure to new places is the key. Starting at week five, we do field trips every weekend, to friend's houses, to puppy parties - anywhere a car ride and a new (safe) place can be experienced. We try for different surfaces, different ages of people, even different temperatures, at each new place. Thanks goodness for good friends!
5) We continually encourage visitors, be it the kids from around the neighborhood, prospective buyers, friends - anyone we can get! The more people the puppies meet, the better.
6) Starting at 7 weeks, pups are fed in crates to prepare them for new homes. They spend several nights in their crates before leaving, giving puppy buyers a head start on house training.
7) Puppy buyers are provided with books on puppy rearing and Briards, a long document giving our take on raising Briards, a puppy crate, collar and leash, a scented toy, and ready access to us for help and advice at any time. Pups are microchipped before leaving.
Pups from Lebec and l'Hermitage are raised with love and experience - it's a winning combination.
Jeanne
Email Jeanne
Cell 661-618-8798