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About Us
We
live in Coppercliff(Sudbury), Ontario in Canada. My husband
Mike is an undeground miner and musician on the side. I am a certified
pet groomer and I own my own grooming salon called PuppyLove Pet Salon
& Spa. We are very proud of our Irish heritage which is why we
chose the name Boru. The last name O'Brien mean of Boru . Brian Boru
was the last high king of Ireland . Boruuuuu..... is also the sound
that bloodhounds make , so we thought this was the perfect name.
I have always wanted a bloodhound. I come from a
long line of animal lovers. My grandfather Ken was a horseman having
numerous horses come and unfortunately go through his hands, his
favourite breeds were the Percheron and the French Canadian. My mom was
also a dog groomer that grew up with many different breeds of dogs and
actually showed poodles long before I was born. I grew up being taught
proper "dog ethics" and also knew someday I would find the breed for
"me". I thought long and hard about the bloodhound for almost 10 years
and the more I read ,the more I was interested in the breed. I knew they
required a lot of patience, determination and time so I thought about
following in my mother's footsteps. The reason I chose to be self
employed was to be able to take my dogs to work everyday and be one on
one with them as often as I could. I made sure our life was secure and
ready before we brought a dog into our lives.
My
first bloodhound Odin
was purchased in 2006.Odin's breeder taught me many things such as;
make sure you buy from a reputable breeder. Luckily for myself Odin has
been a wonderful introduction to the breed. I wanted to be able to show
Odin but looking at his pedigree and the bloodhound standard, I decided
to have him neutered and not start off on the wrong foot. I purchased
my second bloodhound Anya in Jan 2007 from our friends Patrina
& Dave McBride of Cufola kennels. I finished Anya's Canadian
Championship quickly all owner handled. Anya placed in the top 10
for breed points in Best dog in Canada. When Anya was 2 1/2 after
I completed her Ofa testing I bred her to CH Tracersown Hyllbillies
Arlo who was born in 1988. This breeding was a surgical insemination
with forzen semen. There were 10 beautiful puppies born June 10th 2009.
Most of the puppies were placed in companion shomes with wonderful
Families. Anya's son Boru's gin soaked boy won 2 best puppy in
group! Esme the puppy bitch I kept finished her championship quickly
winning Breed/Best of winners over more mature dogs, winning puppy
group group placements and finally Best Puppy in Show! We are so Proud
of Esme and have Susanna Anderson , Joan Atkinson, and Patrina
Mcbride to thank!
We
have Also had much success in the ring with our young Prince Jereth.
Jereth is Major pointed in the U.S winning at a speciality show. He
finished his Canadian Championship with all Majors and Group placements
including a Group 1st!
Our Long term Goal in this breed
is to be involved with the breed is all aspects for the rest of
our lives. We hope to preserve and protect the best breed of dog by
careful selective breeding, proper placement of puppies and educating
others about the Bloodhound. while continuing to learn throughout our
days, as learning never stops!
We breed for all important
qualities ; Correct Conformation( structural quality and breed type),
Temperament, Health, Longevity and Genetic integrity. Our Goal is
to breed the standard for a true bloodhound that has a
beautiful head , correct noble dignified epression,sound
temperament with a structural sound well muscled body that can
not only float around the ring but stay on a trail all day.
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