The web site update is a bit late as two little princesses, who shall remain nameless, pulled the keyboard and a lot of wiring off the computer. It's taken a while to get it all replaced, restored and working again. We had only just got the computer working, when our home telephone line went down and took almost a week to repair.

Cher gained her Australian Championship title during October. Like many of our Dogues, she achieved it with no 6 point challenges. She has beaten other Dogues every time she was awarded challenge points (and not just those from our own kennel either).

We had a good evening (despite the thunder storms) at the two Ipswich Kennel Club Championship Shows in October.

Tobias took his 7th Runner-up Best in Group under Mr G. Kerr at the first show.

Darius then took Best Intermediate in Group under Mr Kerr.

Darius took Best of Breed at the 2nd show under Mr M Zidar (Slovenia) with his 8 month old son, Bordogue Gibson, taking Reserve Challenge Dog behind his father. We were delighted with how Gibson showed and with his development.

Imogen took Challenge Bitch and Cher took Reserve Challenge Bitch at both shows. There were 20 Dogues entered at each of the two shows.

New show results for Tobias, Darius and Imogen added to their pages. Cher's page has also been updated.

We are delighted with our Darius x Joelle babies. At this point in time the two red girls, Savanah and Safron, will remain in Queensland. The black mask girl, Beatrix, is now in Victoria living with, and being shown by, Brendan and Georgia at Amoureux kennel. We look forward to working with Brendan and Georgia to plan Beatrix's future. The three girls all now have profiles on Dogzonline.

At only her 4th show, little Safron takes Best Baby Puppy in Group at the Lockyer Valley Kennel Club Championship Show under Mrs J. Harvey, (Vic) in November. She won her class of three baby girls and then there were 7 baby puppies in the baby in group line-up.

Makayla finished December needing one (1) point to gain her Aust. Ch. title.

Ben gave us a huge scare over Christmas and he spent Christmas Day and most of Boxing Day at the emergency vet. Fortunately he is recovering well and is being very spoilt with lots of chicken fillets for his meals.

We lost our beloved Nate, on 30 September. The autopsy revealed his death was as a result of snake bite. He was 3 years and 4 months old. He has left us a fabulous legacy through his stunning son, Darius, and his beautiful daughter, Cher. We are also delighted with his grandchildren.

We have reinstated Nate's page in our "Memorial" section.

I said last month that Makayla finished August on a high note and some of our boys have continued the trend in September.

Ice took Best Puppy in Group at the Beaudesert Show Society Championship Show under Mr W. Chambers.

Darius took Best State Bred in Group at the Beenleigh Show Society Championship Show under Mrs E. Locke.

Tobias took Best Aust. Bred in Group at the Western Suburbs Kennel Club Championship Show under Mrs N. Zimmerle. He was also shortlisted for Group.

That is now the 4th championship show in a row that we have taken a class in group with 4 different dogs.

We have advertised Tobias' Best in Show and Grand Champion title in Dog News Australia. We are very happy with how the advertisement looks and thank them for their design work. The ad can be viewed here at Dog News Australia.

The main event in August was Brisbane Royal, and we did rather well.

There were 19 Dogues exhibited, 11 males and 8 females. The judge was Mrs M. MacBeth (Canada).

For the second consecutive year, Tobias took Challenge Dog and Best of Breed.

Tobias' litter sister, Imogen, took Challenge Bitch, over a boat load of imported bitches, including our own Niki. (Of the 8 bitches exhibited 4 of them were imports.) It was so nice to see our home-bred girl take Challenge Bitch as she has taken Reserve Challenge at two previous Royals.

Our youngster, Ice, then took Puppy of Breed. The judge also had a long look at him when she was choosing the Reserve Challenge Dog, but gave it to an older dog.

So we did rather well, with our home-bred kids taking Best Dog and Best of Breed, Best Bitch and Best Puppy.

Makayla finished August on high note taking Best of Breed and Best Aust. Bred in Group at the Redcliffe Peninsula Kennel Club Championship show under Mrs R. Henderson.

Tobias achieves the unbelieveable - BEST in SHOW!!

This is the first time an Australian bred Dogue de Bordeaux has achieved a Best in Show at all breeds championship level, and only the second time a Dogue has achieved this in Australia. He is also the first male Dogue in Australia to achieve this.

We had an amazing weekend at the Brunswick Valley Kennel Club Championship show.

On the Saturday, Tobias was awarded Best Exhibit in Group by Mr Keith Cronchey (Vic). We were so not expecting anything in Group that we'd left Makayla, the Runner-up Best of Breed winner, in the dog trailer and Keith had to run to get her.

Mr Cronchey then awarded Cher Best Intermediate in Group.

Unfortunately, neither of them got anything in show on the Saturday.

On the Sunday Tobias again awarded Best Exhibit in Group, this time by Mr Wayne Douglas (Vic). This actually gave Tobias his remaining qualification for the Australian Grand Champion title. We were absolutely over the moon!

We then went in for Best in Show and the judge was Mr Cronchey (Vic). He ran all the seven Best in Group winners, took the rosette from the Steward, walked down the line and stopped in front of Tobias and said "the Dogue de Bordeaux".

I didn't know whether to laugh or cry (and I think I did a bit of both). We cannot thank both Mr Cronchey and Mr Douglas enough!!

Tobias achieved his Grand Champion title on 1184 championship points, and not a single 6 point challenge amongst them. This is an extraordinary achievement by an extraordinary dog!

When we first started showing Samantha and Scully almost 10 years ago, to win a class in group was an almost an unattainable goal. We never would have imagined that Samantha's son Benjamin would go on to win 2 x Best Exhibit in Group and that her grandson Tobias would go on to win Best in Show. It's something dreams are made of.....

Bordogue Angelique, whom we co-own with David O'Hara of Modavam Kennel, was awarded Best Minor Puppy in Group by Mr S. Munton (Tas) at the Combined CCC Clubs Championship Show. David's own boy, Rozeldogue Modavum (Imp UK) "Brodie" was awarded Best Puppy in Group by Mrs W. Baker (SA) at the Northern Classic Kennel Club Championship Show. Huge congrats to David and Amanda!!

There are new pictures of Tobias on his page, including the official Best in Show and Best in Group photos. New show results for Tobias, Cher, Niki and Imogen.

On Thursday 30 June we made the heartbreaking decision to have our only Enferno x Shelby daughter, Dancer, put to sleep.

We had been struggling with her for the past 8 weeks with the repeated bouts of tonsilitis and then repeated upper respiratory tract infections.   We had been struggling to get her to eat and she'd been gradually loosing weight.  We'd regularly had her at the vets and they thought she was still getting over the colds and was run-down, etc. She was on supplements, but they didn't seem to be working. I asked the vet to do a full body function blood analysis on her just to try and work out if something else was going on.  

The results came back and she was diagnosed with kidney failure on Tuesday morning 28 June.  The vets put her on a drip to flush the build up of toxins out of her body and see if her kidneys would kick start.  When Keith visited her Wednesday evening and again on Thursday morning she was bright and happy and was happily eating.  On Thursday morning the vet was very happy with her response to the treatment had taken her off the drip to give her a break. The plan was to do another blood test that morning and put her back on the drip in the afternoon.  Mid-morning I got a call from the vet clinic saying she had suddenly started seizing.  They had given her Valium to try and stop the seizure and it had worked and she was resting.  The advice was once they start seizing, then they usually continue to do so.  We didn't want her to suffer and we didn't want to see her having repeated seizures.

Keith went to the vets so he could be there when they put her to sleep.  She's always been daddy's dancey prancey little wiggle bum girl so he wanted to be with her and hold her.   When he got there she greeted him in her wiggle bum fashion as usual.  She had her head on his arm and he was cuddling her when she peacefully slipped away.  

Keith buried her under the trees at the bottom of the stairs down to the kennel, just near Hope, Scully and Samantha.

  We are absolutely devastated.  She was such a gorgeous happy little soul and I'm sure that wherever she is now she'll just keep on dancin and prancin.

We are currently having full body function blood analysis tests done on all of Dancer's brothers. To date the results for both Ice and Storm have come back clear.

We'd also like to say a special thank you to our friend Lynn, whose support and prayers we greatly appreciated during these very difficult days.

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On some slightly better news, we've done well in the showring during June.

Tobias was awarded his 6th Runner-up Best in Group by Mr W. Chambers at the Mackay Show Association Championship show. He is also awarded Best State Bred in Group. He then went to Rockhampton were he picked up another Best State Bred in Group award, along with Best of Breed at all 3 shows.

Tobias was awarded Best Australian Bred in Group at both the Saturday and Sunday Queensland Kennel Council Championship shows. He was also 1 of 4 dogs shortlisted for Best in Group by Mr J. W. Thompson (Vic) at the Saturday show.

Bordogue Anglique was awarded Challenge Bitch and then Best Minor Puppy in Group at the Sunday show by Mrs J. Campbell (Vic). Dave was thrilled and so were we. Angie now has her own profile on Dogzonline and is coming 2nd in the DDB Dogzonline Rising Star Pointscore.

Angie takes her second Best Minor Puppy in Group the following weekend at the Western Suburbs Kennel Club Championship show under All Breeds Judge, Mr D. Eadie (Canada) from a big Minor Puppy line up.

Tobias and Imogen take Best of Breed and Runner-up Best of Breed respectively at the Ipswich Kennel Club Championship Show under All Breeds Judge, Mr A. Hsieh (Taiwan). Darius is awarded Reserve Male. There were 13 DDBx exhibited.

Niki takes Best of Breed at the Western Suburbs Kennel Club Championship show under All Breeds Judge, Mr D. Eadie (Canada). Imogen is awarded Reserve Female. There were 10 DDBx exhibited.

Young Bordogue Gibson is showing beautifully for Mal and was shortlisted for Baby in Group at only his second show.

Tobias now has over 1130 points and no 6 point challenges!

The little rescue boy, Zack, has found a new home. He and his new friend Roxie are keeping very busy playing and going to the beach and on walks with their dad.

Darius achieved his Australian Champion title on 8 May with a 12 point Dog Challenge and Runner-up Best of Breed. He did it in style beating our two Best in Group winning boys.

Congratulations to Kathleen and Ch. Bordogue Basile Tibor on taking Best Australian Bred in Group at the Ipswich Show Society Championship Show.

Congratulations also to Dave and young miss Bordogue Anglique who, at the tender age of 6 months and 1 week, took two Bitch Challenges at two recent championship shows giving her her first points towards her Australian Championship title.

Young Bordogue Gibson also commenced his show career this month. Mal had him trotting around the ring beautifully at the Esk Championship Show.

We did not realise it until last week, but Tobias actually achieved 1000 championship points when he took Best of Breed at Toowoomba Royal in March. In what we think is most likely a first for the breed in Australia, he has achieved this without being awarded a single 6 point challenge. When looking at his full results, he has only had 5 x 7 point challenges. Very few, if any, Dogues in Australia can claim an achievement like this.

For the past two weeks we have been fostering a 7 - 8 month old rescue boy called Zack. He is little sweetheart and gets on well with everyone. He was surrended by his owner to the pound and Jo at Dogue Rescue was notified. Since coming to us he has been desexed, microchipped, vaccinated, heartworm tested, wormed and had a visit to the chiro as his back was out. He has taken all of this in his stride. We are in the process of securing him a loving forever home.

As a result of this and after being contacted by another Pound saying they could not find any details for Dogue Rescue, we have created a "Rescue Page" and added it to our web site. There are both email and telephone contact details now available. There are also a couple of pretty graphic pictures of two rescue boys from a few years ago. If you are interested in a rescue or re-home Dogue or are able to foster rescue cases, please email Jo at Dogue Rescue on the email address on the "Rescue Page".

We have also added some new photos to the "Puppies Page". They are two of Darius and Makayla's sons. Thank you to their owners for allowing us to include the photos on our web site.

Our Darius x Makayla son, Gibson, has gone to live with our friend Mal and his family. Mal and Gibson will hit the showring in the coming months.

We were very pleased with this first litter from Darius. They were a very consistent litter both in overall soundness and breed type with them all having lovely heads.

Niki has continued to do well in the showing and has taken several more Best of Breeds.

Until this month we did not realise that dogs could get tonsilitis. However, Dancer has had repeated doses of tonsilitis and our vet ended up taking her tonsils out. No ice-cream and jelly, but she has been enjoying big drinks of warm milk and being hand fed little soft meatballs.

On Friday 29 April I flew down to Sydney to attend the Pat Hastings seminar "Structure in Motion" hosted by the Dobermann Club of NSW the next day. We have been following Pat Hasting's "Puppy Puzzle" philosophy for a number of years now to ensure that we choose not only the best breed type puppies, but the best structured puppies to include in our show team and our breeding program. The seminar was absolutely fantastic! Pat went through the theory of the Puppy Puzzle philosophy and outlined the impact that poor structure has on dogs. She then assessed a litter of puppies. The day wrapped up with assessments of some adult dogs.

When you viewed some of the photos of dogs trying to do tasks that they were structurally incapable of doing, then it added more truth to the saying "a dog cannot run on it's face". However, Pat also pointed out that if you look at a dogs head and you cannot tell what breed it is, then breed type is not being maintained. The key is to breed a dog that is an overall package of type and soundness, which is what we have been endeavouring to achieve for a number of years.

The 2nd of April was an extremely sad day for us as we lost our big loveable lad, William. He passed away in his sleep in the early hours of the morning. Although he was 4 days off turning 9 years old, it came as quite a shock as he hadn't been sick, he'd eaten his dinner the evening before and gone our for a pee walk at 11.30pm and came back in and lay down on his bed. He was in the same spot on his bed when Keith found him the next morning.

In his younger days he gained his Australian Champion title and achieved over 350 championship points, so officially he was Aust. Ch. Doguerouge William. He did obedience and introductory agility. He was Shelby's best mate and they loved to play. He was the last of our "x-files" kids, and he, his mother Scully and aunty Samantha are all very sadly missed.

There are new photos of Darius, Cher and Niki on their pages. New show results for Darius, Tobias, Niki, Ben, Sian, Imogen and Joelle.

We had a great weekend at the Beaudesert Kennel Club championship shows. On the Saturday, Tobias took Best of Breed under Mr E Fillipini (Argentina). Darius took Runner-up Best of Breed. Joelle took Challenge Bitch. Storm took Baby of Breed. Ben, who is now 7 years old, took Best Veteran in Group.

On the Sunday, Darius took Best of Breed under Mr T. Alexander (Canada) with Tobias taking Reserve Challenge Dog. Joelle took Reserve Challenge Bitch. Little Bordogue Anglique was shown by Dave and took Baby of Breed. Ben then took his second Best Veteran in Group for the weekend.

At the Open Show, Darius took Runner-up Best in Group and Best Junior in Group under Mrs J Ireland (Qld). We were absolutely thrilled with his achievements over the weekend.

Niki took her first Best of Breed at the Warwick Agricultural Championship Show and was then awarded Best Junior in Group by Mr P Cousins. This is Niki's first class in group and it was her last show in Junior class. Her breeder, Libuse, was very happy with her show results as this is the first time a Z'Orisku dog has taken a Class in Group in Australia.

We also had great results at Toowoomba Royal. Once again, 4 dogs all carrying our prefix took both Challenges and both Reserve Challenges. This is the second time we have achieved this and the same 4 dogs were involved.

Best of Breed - Tobias
Runner-up Best of Breed - Sian
Reserve Challenge Dog - Reggie
Reserve Challenge Bitch - Imogen

This is Tobias' third Royal Best of Breed.

Not only did we have great show results, we had a very nice day with our friends.

The web site has undergone a few changes with new pages for Ice, Storm and Dancer. New photos of Niki. New pictures on the Puppies Page. Show results for Tobias, Darius, Cher and Joelle.

We are absolutely devastated as we lost Arthur and Joelle’s daughter Hope to snake bite.

Niki gains her first points towards her Australian Champion title taking Challenge Bitch and Runner-up Best of Breed.

Tobias is awarded Best Australian Bred in Group by Mrs A Holman at the Redcliffe Peninsular Championship Show.

Time just got away from us during the past 6 months and I haven’t had the time to do the monthly updates or much else, so the past 6 months will simply be included in the review of 2010.

Niki arrived out of quarantine at the end of July. She didn’t have an easy time there with an ear infection and a staph infection causing her to lose a lot of coat. We were relieved to get her home and out of that environment.

We’ve had a fabulous year in the showing.

Tobias was the No. 1 DDB for both Group and Breed wins on the Dogzonline Pointscore.

Darius also finished as the No. 1 DDB Rising Star for 2010 on the Dogzonline Pointscore.

Tobias was awarded 1 x Best in Group, 4 x Runner-up Best in Group and 2 x Intermediate in Show.

Tobias was Best of Breed at the Royal Brisbane Show (from 22 DDB exhibited) and Darius was Puppy of Breed.

Tobias was also Runner-up Best of Breed at Canberra Royal.

Huge congratulations to Bordogue Basile Tibor, whom we co-own with Kathleen Byrne, on gaining his Australian Champion title. Our sincere thanks to Kathleen who has done all the hard work showing Basile.

Basile, Tobias and Imogen's sister, Bordogue Hannah, also gained her title. That is now 4 puppies from Bridget's litter that have gained their Australian Champion titles.

Shelby gave us a lovely litter of 5 puppies by Multi Ch. Enferno van de Paterhoek at Emberez (UK). We have had the frozen semen from Enferno in Australia for almost 2 years waiting patiently to use it. Three of the babies, Ice, Storm and Dancer now have their own web pages.

Joelle gave us a genetically split litter to Arthur and Nate. We have kept two of the girls sired by Arthur.

Tobias has had some fabulous achievements in the showring in recent weeks. In 12 weeks of showing he has achieved:
1 x Best in Group
4 x Runner-up Best in Group
2 x Best Intermediate in Show
6 x Best Intermediate in Group

Few, if any, Dogues in Australia have achieved these sorts of results in such a short space of time.

Niki has arrived in Australia and is currently in quarantine. She will arrive home at the end of July.

Joelle's litter is confirmed as being a successful genetically split litter, with one puppy being Nate's and three puppies being Arthurs.
Joelle has re-entered the showring after having her babies and at her first show took Challenge Bitch and Runner-up Best of Breed taking her over 600 championship points.

Cher takes a 7 point Challenge Bitch at Kalbar and gains her first championship points.

New pages for Darius, Cher and Niki. New photos of Nate. Show results for Tobias, Ben and Sian.

May has commenced with a fabulous start as Tobias is awarded his first Best Exhibit in Group/Intermediate in Group by Mr D. Staines (Qld) at the Burnett Kennel Club Championship Show.

This makes him our second Dogue to win Best in Group at a Championship Show. We are the only kennel in Australia to breed 2 Best in Group winners at Championship show level. Sian also has a Best in Group at an Open Show, making her our 3rd BIG winner.

Tobias also takes Runner-up in Group at the Burnett Kennel Club Open Show under Mrs J. Ireland (Qld).

Not to be outdone by Tobias, Darius takes Best Minor Puppy in Group at the South Burnett National Kingaroy Championship Show under Mrs R. Hartmire (Qld) and then again at the Burnett Kennel Club Open Show under Mrs J. Ireland (Qld).

Not letting the boys have all the fun that weekend, Cher takes Best Minor Puppy in Group at the Burnett Kennel Club Championship Show under Mr D. Staines (Qld).

What a weekend it was!

Tobias takes his 3rd Runner-up Best in Group/Intermediate in Group in the last 8 weeks at the Blackbutt Agricultural Society Championship Show under Mrs B. Balaam (Qld). Mrs Balaam then awards him Best Intermediate in Show.

Benjamin is also awarded Best. Aust. Bred in Group by Mrs Balaam.

Sian is awarded Best Open in Group by Ms M. Starkey at the Waterloo Bay Kennel Club Open Show.

Joelle's babies are doing well, but unfortunately we lost 2 of them. The remaining 4 are doing well and putting on weight.

Joelle has 6 puppies on 6 April. All puppies are reserved.

We are only half way through March and we are delighted as Tobias is awarded Runner-up Best in Group/Intermediate in Group at the Tweed River Canine Club Championship Show by All Breeds judge, Ms Y. Smith (TAS).

Darius is awarded Best Baby Puppy in Group at the Tweed River Canine Club Championship Show by Mrs J. Hocking (VIC).

Tobias does it again! He is awarded Runner-up Best in Group/Intermediate in Group at the Goomeri & District Show Society Championship Show by All Breeds judge, Mr W. Chambers (QLD). This is Tobias' third Runner-up in Group award.

In his first show in Minor Puppy (age 6 months and 2 days), Darius is awarded Runner-up Best of Breed behind Tobias at the Goomeri & District Show Society Championship Show.

Joelle is confirmed pregnant. She has been bred to both of our imported males, Nathaniel and Arthur. Puppies are due mid April.

Tobias takes Runner-up Best of Breed at the Royal Canberra Show.

Joelle takes Reserve Challenge Bitch at the Royal Canberra Show.

Apart from Canberra Royal, we have only attended one other show in February and our show highlights are:

Darius is awarded Best Baby Puppy in Group by Mrs E. Locke (Qld).

We only attended one show in January and our show highlights are:

Darius, at his very first show, is awarded Best Baby Puppy in Group by Mrs J. Watts (Qld).
Tobias is awarded Best Intermediate in Group by Mrs J. Watts (Qld).

We are very much looking forward to this year.

We look forward to Niki arriving this year. Niki will give us the opportunity to line-breed back to some very old lines. Her pedigree will work very well with our Shelby sons.

We look forward to showing Shelby’s babies. Darius has the most stunning head already. We hope that he will be valuable addition our kennel.

We will continue to show Tobias and Joelle to see what both can achieve this year, although we probably won't show as often as we are interested in pursuing other areas within the dog showing community.

Wishing all visitors to our web site a very Happy New Year!

The 2009 Dogzonline DDB Pointscore is finalised and once again, we have done very well.

Tobias is the No. 1 DDB in Australia for 2009 on the "Dogzonline Best of Breed Pointscore".
Tobias is also the No. 3 DDB in Australia for 2009 on the "Dogzonline All Breeds Pointscore".  
For a dog that only turned 2 years old on 12 November, his achievements in his short show career have been amazing.

Joelle is the  No. 2 DDB in Australia for 2009 on the "Dogzonline Best of Breed Pointscore" and the No. 1 DDB Bitch.

Reggie is the No. 4 DDB in Australia for 2009 on the "Dogzonline Best of Breed Pointscore".

Like 2008, we have finished 2009 with 3 of our home-bred dogs in the Top 4 nationally.  Once again, not a bad effort, if I do say so myself.

In addition to the Dogzonline results, the highlights for the year have included:

A clean sweep at Toowoomba Royal with 19 DDB exhibited, bred by 9 different kennels.  
Tobias BOB at only 16 months old.  
Reggie Reserve CC Dog and Runner-up Best of Breed.
Sian CC Bitch and Imogen Reserve CC Bitch.
Tobias Junior of Breed, Joelle Intermediate of Breed, Sian Aust. Bred of Breed and Reggie Open of Breed - a clean sweep!

Reggie take Challenge Dog and Runner-up Best of Breed at  Brisbane Royal, under Mrs B. Banbury (UK).

Tobias wins Runner-up Best in Group under Mrs H. Beasley (NSW)

Ben is only shown 5 times, but takes 3 Classes in Group from those 5 shows.

Tobias finishes 2009 on 523 championship points, and in what must be some sort of breed record, there is not a single 6 point challenge amongst them.

Joelle finishes 2009 on 590 championship points. She only has four 6 point challenges, usually because her competition didn't turn up.  

After nearly 2 years, we finally breed another litter. Shelby has a genetically split litter of 5 puppies to Nate and Arthur.  We must thank Ron Newland at Frozen Puppies and Carolyn Pearen, owner of Fur Kids Vet Clinic, for their combined efforts and amazing achievement. We never thought we would have another litter from Shelby due to silent seasons and an ovarian cyst.  These are our miracle babies.

2009 was also a very sad time as we lost Samantha to bloat. Most of the achievements in our kennel are due to her and the wonderful children and grand children she has left us.

Shelby's litter is confirmed by DNA testing to be genetically split.  Darius, Braith and Cher are sired by Nathaniel z'Orisku.  Lucinda and Jaxon are sired by Camelots Caerleon.

We are delighted to secure a beautiful black mask daughter from the much sought after litter of Multi Ch Moby de Legeane and Chiara de Ruisseau de la Noue - "Unique z'Orisku".   We had reserved a female from Chiara's next litter earlier in the year and were delighted when Libuse advised us that she was breeding her to Moby. Niki's pedigree is full of the world's elite, Moby, Felson, Cetje, Brando, Rano and Chene.

The Dogue de Bordeaux Club of Australia is launched and we are one of the founding members.  The web site is:  www.dogueclub.com   The aim of the Club is education and protection of the breed.  

Keith was elected Vice-President of the new Queensland All Mastiff Breeds Club.  It is hoped that the Club be a source of information and  will raise awareness of the Mastiff Breeds in Queensland.

Benjamin is awarded Best Open in Group by Ms L. Niemann (SA)

Benjamin's Class in Group brings the total to 75 Classes in Group won by dogs we have bred carrying the "Bordogue" prefix. (This is in addition to 3 Best in Group (Group 1st) awards and 7 Runner-up in Group (Group 2nd) awards.)

Tobias is awarded Best of Breed by Mr S. Simm (Phil)
Joelle is awarded Runner-up Best of Breed by Mr S. Sim (Phil) and Mr H. Tast (Fin)

At age 2 years and 2 weeks, Tobias now has over 500 championship points (and not a single 6 point challenge amongst them).

New photos of Nate.
Pictures of Shelby's puppies on the Puppys Page.

News from the World Dog Show.
Nate's litter sister, "No Fear z'Orisku" is awarded Junior World Champion Female.
Huge congratulations to Libuse at kennel z'Orisku on this fabulous result.

Pictures of Shelby's puppies on the Puppys Page.

New pictures in the Photo Gallery page.

Shelby has 5 beautiful puppies - 2 girls and 3 boys.

At 22 months of age, Tobias is awarded Runner-up Best in Group/Intermediate in Group by All Breeds judge, Mrs H. Beasley (NSW), at the Allora Kennel Club Championship Show.

Imogen gains her Australian Champion title with not a single 6 point challenge amongst them.

New photos of Tobias and Imogen on their pages.

Reggie takes Challenge Dog and Runner-up Best of Breed at the Royal Brisbane Show, under judge Mrs Brenda Banbury (UK) from 26 DDBx entered. We are so proud of our home-bred boy!!
Reggie now has over 550 championship points.

Congratulations also to our friends Cassandra & Randal on their Kangal Dog, "Jessica", taking Best of Breed and Troy & Peta Grennan on their Neapolitan Mastiffs with "Elmo" taking Best of Breed, "Indy" taking Challange Bitch and "Fern" taking Puppy of Breed.

At 21 months of age, Tobias now has over 400 Championship Points (with no 6 point challenges).

Arthur's mother, Artemis des Gladiateurs du Guesny, gains her AKC Championship title. Huge congratulations to Kris and Tony at Camelot Bordeaux.

Shelby is confirmed pregnant to our two imported boys, Arthur and Nathaniel. The puppies are due late September. See the Puppies Page.

At only 20 months old, Tobias now has 375 Championship Points (with no 6 point challenges).
At 2 years and 7 months, Joelle now has over 540 Championship Points (with only two 6 point challenges).
Imogen is now 3/4 of the way to her Australian Champion title (with no 6 point challenges to date).

Web site updated. Our new boys Arthur and Nathaniel added, along with Imogen. Pictures added to the Puppy Page New pictures of Benjamin, Reginald, Tobias, Joelle and Emily. Show results updated.

Our show highlights for June have included:

Benjamin is awarded Best Aust. Bred in Group by Mrs B. Balaam (Qld).
Tobias is awarded Best of Breed by Mrs L. Betts (Canada).
Joelle is awarded Challenge Bitch and Runner-up Best of Breed by Mrs L. Betts (Canada).
Reggie is awarded Challenge Dog by Mrs S. Verhulst (Canada).

May has been a month with a huge high and an absolutely shattering low. The high point was Sian winning Best Exhibit in Group and the terrible low was loosing Samantha to bloat. We just can't believe our naughty little lady is gone.

Our show highlights for May have included:

Sian becomes the first Australian bred DDB bitch to be awarded Best Exhibit in Group at any all breeds show!
She is also the first black mask DDB to be awarded Best in Group.
We would sincerely like to thank the judge, Mrs A.C. Holman (Qld).

Tobias is awarded Best Intermediate in Group by Ms Y. Smith (Tas).
Tobias is awarded Best Junior in Group by Mrs A.C. Holman (Qld).
Imogen is awarded Best Junior in Group by Miss C. Ryan (Qld).

Hip and elbow score results back for Arthur, Tobias and Nathaniel. All 3 boys come back under the Australian breed average for hips and all have perfect 0:0 elbows.

Our show highlights for March have included:

A clean sweep at Toowoomba Royal Show!
There were 19 DDB exhibited representing 9 kennels.
Tobias is awarded Challenge Dog and Best of Breed by Mr R.B. Jenkins (South Africa) at age 16 months.
Reggie is awarded Reserve Challenge Dog and Runner-up Best of Breed.
Sian is awarded Challenge Bitch.
Imogen is awarded Reserve Challenge Bitch.
Joelle is awarded Intermediate of Breed.

We believe this may be the first time in Australia dogs bred by one kennel have taken both Challenges and both Reserve Challenges at a Royal.

Benjamin is awarded Best Aust. Bred in Group by Mrs V. Schneider (Qld).

The 2008 Dogzonline DDB Pointscore is finalised and we have done very well.

Tobias is the No. 1 DDB Rising Star for 2008.
Joelle is the No. 1 Australian Bred DDB, the No. 1 DDB Bitch and No. 2 DDB nationally for 2008.
Sian is the No. 2 Australian Bred DDB, the No. 2 DDB Bitch and No. 3 DDB nationally.
Reggie is the No. 3 Australian Bred DDB and No. 4 nationally.

Finishing 2008 with 3 of our home-bred dogs in the top 4 (plus the No. 1 Rising Star) is not a bad effort, if I do say so myself.

Web site updated. Our "divine Miss Em" Emily added. New pictures of Joelle, Sian, Tobias, Reggie and Ben. Show results updated.

No shows planned until March as it's just too hot!

Our show highlights for November have included:

Sian is awarded Best of Breed by Mr T Eerola (Finland).
Tobias is awarded Challenge Dog and Runner-up Best of Breed by Mr T Eerola (Finland).
Reggie is awarded Best of Breed by Ms J. Quiros Kubas (Argentina) and wins the lovely decorative collar donated by Randal & Cassandra Beecham. See the picture on Reggie's page.
Tobias is awarded Best Puppy in Group by Mrs A.C. Holman (Qld).
Tobias is awarded Best Puppy in Group by Mrs D. Jovanovic (Qld).

Our show highlights for October have included:

Reggie is awarded Best Open in Group by Mr J. van Daalen (Qld)

Tobias attend the Queensland Puppy of the Year Final and does us proud!

Our show highlights for September have included:

Tobias is awarded Best Puppy in Show by Mr P. Warby (NSW) and qualifies for the prestigeous Queensland Puppy of the Year Final! This is a first for the breed in Queensland and Australia!

Tobias is awarded Best Puppy in Group by Mrs J. Mannell (Qld) and is then awarded Best Puppy in Show by Mr C. Woodrow (Qld).

Tobias is awarded Best Puppy in Group by Mr P. Cross (NSW).
Tobias is awarded Best Puppy in Group by Mr G. Kerr (Qld).
Joelle is awarded Best Intermediate in Group by Mrs J. Mannell (Qld).