Tanner WC/I/X Champion

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Last Saturday at Mill Creek Retriever Club’s Working Certificate trials one dog stole the spotlight!!! and no this time it wasn’t a Barbet. LOL.

Jim Boomer’s 10 month old yellow Labrador ‘Prairiestorm’s Shoot to Thrill’ earned his WC/I/X titles in one day :D Jim and Tanner train almost everyday whether on their own, with MCRC, or with John Hamilton. Chris and I had the honour to watch Tanner accomplish such a feat. Possibly the youngest Canadian dog out there. Congratulations Jim and Tanner!

Chris caught Tanner on camera.




House guest

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We love it when our puppies come for a visit to play with their Barbet family while their human families are away on a trip. It gives us lots of time to get to know our puppies, like Guimauve whom left at 3 months old to go live with Kris and Reneé of countrydogcitylife. We haven’t seen this baby girl for 5 months. Boy has she grown up. It’s moments like these that are so preciously captured on film!

Reba’s outdoor adventures continued

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More stunningly beautiful photos of miss Reba were sent to us by Marc of Marc Davidson Photography and her life in Newmarket. When we get photos like these we are so touched by the connections we’ve made with our wonderful families and that these amazing homes belong to our grand puppies. Thank you!
I can’t help but share them with all of you……


Remnants of the All About Pets show

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I was just uploading the last batch of photos from the camera and realized how much fun this years All About Pets show was with good friends and a lot of Barbet. It was nice to see some of our families bring their puppy’s back to help promote the breed and share their stories about owning a Barbet :) Lots of fun! We got to see Ruby, Bodhi, Hugo, Brie, Koda, Brogan and Beanie all during this Easter’s 3 day stretch. YIPPIE!



brother and sister
all tuckered out

countrydogcitylife

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New Barbet blog – countrydogcitylife

Our beautiful Guimauve (Nappyroots Brin d’Amour) has her own Barbet blog called countrydogcitylife….The adventures of owning a Barbet (French water dog) in Toronto.
We are so thrilled Kris and Reneé will share their story and experiences with this unique Barbet girl and their new found adventure owning a Barbet ;) We look forward to updates and will have the link available to all once we have a Links page on our website. Mark this in your favourites :)

Some photos of Guimauve…..


Our new ‘The Friendly Barbet’ website

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After the last several weeks of piecing together a new website, we have finally got one we really like. Not all of our information is yet up from the old ‘Friendly Barbet’ site, so we will be doing that real soon. This new website is more user friendly to me, lol, so it will be easier for us to grow as our ‘Barbet family’ gets bigger :)

Enjoy the new site here The Friendly Barbet

“Helsinki Project” – Barbet Genome Research

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WE GAVE BLOOD!!! :D This past weekend, with the help of Carol Durham and Paula Ballak, we were able to draw blood from our 5 dogs to send away to Finland for the “Helsinki Project” – Barbet Genome Research.

This has been something we have wanted to do for quite some time and we’re so glad we can now be a part of the research to help find the epilepsy gene in the Barbet. Woohoo!

To find out more about the “Helsinki Project” check out their website www.koirangeenit.fi/in-english/

Planned litter summer 2012

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CH Satine Biscay’s Precious Pearl CGN WC X CH Nelum-Himalis Disque D’or CGN

Our friendly Madzia as she goes by, will be having her second litter this year. It has been about a year and a half since her Nappyroots ‘A’ litter and after taking a break rejuvenating, competing for her Working Certificate title and having some fun, she is ready to raise some kids again. Madzia is friendly, loving and a very caring mom.

This will be our Nappyroots ‘C’ litter, breeding to take place April/May  with puppies due end of June/beginning of July. Bred for health, structure, temperament, type and working ability.

Disque D’or owned by Biscay Waterdogs or Disco as he’s known is the brother to our Daphne. He has fathered two healthy and beautiful litters: Biscay’s ‘V’ litter and Gingko’s ‘C’ litter. He is a very mellow and laid back dude.

CH SATINE BISCAY’S PRECIOUS PEARL CGN WC (June 15, 2008)

  • Maroon brown
  • Height 19.25″ / 49cm
  • Weight 38lbs / 16kg
  • CERF – eyes tested NORMAL
  • OVC hips & elbows tested NORMAL
  • Titles: Canadian Champion, Canine Good Neighbour and Working Certificate

CH NELUM-HIMALIS DISQUE D’OR CGN (May 17, 2009)

  • Black
  • Height 22.5″ / 57cm
  • Weight 59lbs / 27kg
  • CERF – eyes tested NORMAL
  • OFA hips tested EXCELLENT (A/A) and elbows NORMAL (0/0)
  • Titles: Canadian Champion, Canine Good Neighbour

Puppies will be CKC registered, vaccinated, tattooed, temperament tested at 7 weeks, Pat Hastings structure tested at 8 weeks, health guaranteed on a Non-Breeding contract and come with a Barbet puppy care package from us. Puppies are lovingly raised in our home until 8+ weeks old, well socialized and come with our lifetime support.