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Congrats to new Barbet CKC Champion Barbochos Murphy

stacy able — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 20:43:08 +0000

Murphy, from Quebec is a CKC Champion! He attended several shows in 2011 and received his last few points in January 2012. A HUGE thanks goes to the Joyce family for fostering him, Paula Ballak for helping groom as well as recommend shows, and handlers Sierra Joyce and Ivan of Fabina Shelties

Barbet puppies in great outdoors

stacy able — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 15:30:27 +0000

Barbet Lia welcomes us home

stacy able — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 16:26:53 +0000

After photographing a gorgeous Appalachian whimsical wedding in Andrews, North Carolina, we couldn’t wait to get home and pick up our Barbet Lia, who was staying at our in laws. Knowing how excited she’d be we had our flip video on deck to capture her glee.

Barbet are being used for Guide Dogs in France

stacy able — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 14:29:12 +0000

I can’t pretend I even begin to understand the beautiful French language, but you out there that do (or don’t) take a moment to check out http://www.chien-guide-paris.asso.fr/actu.html as you’ll see a Barbet who is being used as a guide dog. It’s such a beautiful and emotional thing to see my beloved breed helping others. The Barbet really is a wonderful, smart, and multipurpose breed.

Barbet puppy Bric in Wisconsin

stacy able — Sun, 21 Aug 2011 00:43:30 +0000

Lynn has been really great about sending me photos of Barbet puppy Bric. He has been growing steadily and is now up to 29 pounds. Bric lives really close to his sister, Bella, so the two get to Barbet romp frequently. The below photo really reminds me of Cinna and the Barbochos line. Thank you Lynn for brightening my day with updates!

Shake it like a… Barbet?

stacy able — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 01:42:56 +0000

I’ve been pretty preoccupied lately with weddings, house work, and heaps of life so it’s been hard for me to focus on blogging. Well, these last couple weeks as you’ll see in previous posts, we’ve been taking Isis and now Cleo out to the lake in Columbus, Indiana for dock dogs practice. Isis is becoming stronger and stronger in her swimming, and my sweet Cleo is somewhat jumping in after the toy.

This last visit I brought my new 70-200 NR II Nikkor lens as to practice high speed photography. My French Water Dogs aka Barbet Cleo and Isis did not disappoint with the myriad of photo opportunities they presented me. The ones I will share right now are my particular favorites as to see a dog shake in slow motion is priceless. Below you can enjoy Barbet Cleo getting her shake on.

The sheer determination of Barbet, French water dog, Isis

stacy able — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 16:34:39 +0000

Isis, my black beauty of a Barbet, is a force to be reckoned with especially when it comes to getting the frisbee. This determination has pleasantly lead her into dock diving and lending well to Rally O training class. She is almost 2 years of age and as I type this is sitting next to me with her Jolly Ball wanting to play.

These last couple of weeks we have been taking her to the lake to practice dock diving, and after a good 30 minutes of jumping and swimming she still had energy to burn so we tossed the frisbee for her on land a bit, too. Below is a video of Isis catching the frisbee while running down a hill– now that’s a talented dog!

Barbet Isis and Sister Cleo Dock Dive

stacy able — Sun, 07 Aug 2011 20:30:14 +0000

This past week we took Cleo with Isis to the local lake in Columbus, Indiana to see if we could get Cleo to dock dive. Isis is already well seasoned as hopping into the lake after a frisbee, but her less determined sister we were not sure it would be her thing. After a couple great leaps from Isis, Cleo went for it. We don’t anticipate Cleo to ever have the drive that Isis does which is quite alright with us as we’ll love her just as much. However, it is really cool to have both sisters hopping into the lake. Funny thing about Cleo is she’ll jump in the lake just to swim around with Walter and I.

Here is a video of both sisters in leaping action:

Barbet Alba having a anti-raincoat Frap

stacy able — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 11:35:37 +0000

My Barbet bunk mate in Zeist, Holland, Alba, has been ever so fun to get to know and love. She is your typical happy, funny, sweet, smart Barbet (French Water Dog) owned by my dear friend Anne Plomp. This morning I woke up to Alba next to me snoozing away happily. I return home to America today (July 19th) but I will fondly remember my time in the Netherlands with Alba, Anne, and Wouter and can not wait to return hopefully for better weather and bicycle riding.

This morning is raining again so in order to keep Alba dry, Anne put a rain coat on her. Well in typical Barbet fashion, Alba had to have a little anti-rain coat Frap (frantic running and playing) and I was able to catch a video snip it of her. Towards the end of the video Alba even fluffs up my bed.

Until next time Alba! Can’t wait to visit again xoxo Stacy

Barbet Harry in California running in a field of flowers

stacy able — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 01:34:25 +0000

Photos like these sent to me by my Barbet families are what make me get that warm and fuzzy feeling that having these Barbet and breeding them every so often is worthwhile. Not all my dogs have to be show dogs and even less to be breeding dogs as I’m really not in this for money/fame/glory. Nor am I in this to have 100s of puppies all the time. I’m in it because I love these dogs like family who although sometimes ruin my favorite shoes, jump all over our couches and bed– they are our furry family. Thank you Tricia for taking and sharing this photo. Cody’s floppy ears and happy frolicking look is priceless!