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Arundall Lady Belludona for Crakebrie

Pet name 'Madison'.

The Lady of our Manor: Madison is a Black Briard. Bitch, born October 2004. She is a small, feminine, pretty bitch with the most amazing temperament. She was shown as a puppy and qualified for Crufts 2006/2007. She is not shown much due to being trimmed when nursing her puppies.

Madison has had three litters, Ruby from Litter One and Fleur from Litter Three have stayed with us here at Yardbury. Madison is a natural mum and has a strong bond with Ruby, she allows anyone to cuddle and handle her puppies when they are young, Madison truely is one in a million.

Arundall HRH Mr Tumnus for Crakebrie

Pet name 'Archie'.

Archie is a Fawn Briard. Male, born December 2005. He is a stunning looking dog with an outstanding love of life, having a very playful attitude toward dogs and children alike. He was very successful as a puppy and junior in the show ring, qualifying for Crufts at every Championship Show he was shown at in 2006 and 2007.

Archie has doing agility and is loving that too, he also takes his job as farm dog very seriously indeed. Archie has been retired from the show ring as he is now trimmed off.

Liebaros Mighty Zeus at Crakebrie

Pet name 'Max'.

RIP Maxi - we all miss you so much.

April 2000 - September 2009

Sadly missed by all of us

Crakebrie Country Rebel

Pet name 'Ruby'

Born June 16th 2007,

(from Litter One)

Ruby was bred here at Yardbury and she is such a delight to live with, she oooozzes character and has typical briard traits. She qualified for Crufts 2009 at her first outing at WELKS under Kathy Green. Before that she won Best Puppy in Show at the British Briard Show at 6 months old under Barry Croft. (In his critique Barry said Ruby was the one dog at the show he wanted to take home, 'no way Barry')

Ruby has a wonderful, cheeky character living up to the 'gay and lively' breed standard. She is not a great lover of dog shows, so we are not showing her much at the moment. We are expecting to breed from Ruby later in 2010

Aslan, Pagan and Tia relaxing on Seaton Beach.

They are owned by Shani and Julian Lunnon and live closeby in Chard, Somerset. Both Aslan and Tia have qualified for Crufts numerous times. Tia and Aslan often stay with us here at Yardbury.

Congratulations: Puppies born May 2009 from Aslan and Tia, they have all gone to wonderful new homes. Aslan is also dad to Madison's third litter.

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photo taken June 2008LC

Crakebrie Cotswold Boy Blue

(from Litter One)

Blue has only been shown once, at WELKS Championship Show and qualified for Crufts 2009 under Breed Specialist Kathy Green in a large class of puppies.

Blue lives in Gloucestershire, close to my parents with Martin and Jo Brown, he is a wonderful pet with an amazing temperment with both humans and animals, it is a pleasure to have bred this wonderful boy, Blue is not shown anymore but he will be attending the briard-a-thons local to his home. Check out this lovely lad.

Blue has now been joined by Nico a lovely black boy bred by Kay Graves

Crakebrie Dancing Daisy

(from Litter One) wins:

Best Puppy in Breed and Puppy Group 4 at Exeter & County Canine Society Open Show under Chris Bithell and Maggie Foreman on 14th June 2008. Maggie liked her so much she has added her younger brother Acer (Litter Two) to her home and is actively showing him around the country.

Daisy qualified for Crufts 2009 at Bath Championship Show under Breed Specialist Yvonne Briscoe. Daisy and Archie are play pals and can be found romping around the land most days, getting up to as much mischief as possible. She has a wonderful temperment and is definitely one to be watched in the showring.

Estelle and Ruby.

Enjoying a playful morning in the glorious sunshine on Axmouth Beach on 15 June 2008. Estelle is owned by Steve and Jenny Griffiths who live near Birmingham with other briards Magoo and Tara along with Wallace the St. Bernard, they have recently added Bisto too, one we are looking forward to watching in the showring in 2010. Estelle was imported from Belgium. I loved Estelle so much her younger half brother Ikkon is joining us at Yardbury when he is 10 months old. (July 2010)

	Dark Adolphus at Crakebrie Pet name 'Dillon' Dillon was a wonderful puppy, I rescued when he was four months old, after settling down with us here at Yardbury he was rehomed with my sister in Cheltenham, running a Pub. Where he is definately King of his Castle, he now has a new playmate in the name of Bailey, who is a Pyrenean Mountain Dog x GSD. Dillan has had a number of wins so far in the showring his best to date being Best of Breed at Exeter & County Canine Society 2008.
Crakebrie HonFleur Pet name: Fleur Fleur is the girl from our litter three we have decided to keep with us here at Yardbury, she is genetically CSNB clear and will be joining Ikkon in the showring. She is from Arundall Lady Belludona at Crakebrie and Stablecourt Dream of Pewsey at Luellesha born 14th October 2009
	**Ikkon des Nez Mouillés for Crakebrie Pet name: Ikkon 'Ikkon'** is currently living with Pascale and Filiep in Belgium until he is old enough to join us in the UK. (Thanks to you both for caring for him so well). We can not wait for him to join us, I am so looking forward to showing a male dog of my own again. He is from Sél Caresse des Nez Mouillés X Ch F, Lux Sel Fr, Es, Twiny de la Tour St Genin (elite A). We are very gratefule to Valerie Degeeter for breeding this lovely boy.
Ikkon wins Best Briard Baby and 3rd Best Baby in show (all breeds) at Hoogstraten (near the Netherlands).and also 4th best baby in show in Gent, (Belgium). RESULT!!!!
	3rd April 2010: Maubeuge (F) Judge: Mr Blasselle (F) Ikkon wins puppy class: 1st VP - Best Puppy & 2nd Best Puppy in Show!!! and still only 7 months old. We are super proud of this once again fabulous result!!!
Michelle having a cuddle with the puppies from Madison and Ditto's litter one before they went to their new homes` Ruby stayed here with us at Yardbury, Daisy is closeby in Musbury and Blue went to my parents hometown in Gloucestershire.
	All our dogs enjoy paddling and swimming in the local rivers and the sea.