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Ch. Calice de la Chaume de Bois Dieu
(BIS/BISS Fr/Lux Ch Talismanik de la Chaume de Bois Dieu x
Taboo de la Chaume de Bois Dieu)
CNSB Clear, OFA Good, DOB: 04/09/2007

Calice comes from a tight breeding half brother to half sister on "Just for Fun". Justie was one of the top producing bitches for Corinne de Brouwer, breeder of Calice. Having known Talis and Taboo since they were young and seen them at shows in France, I knew this was a combination I would hope to get a puppy from. So came Calice from France.

Calice is a striking bitch. When she moves, your eyes will not stop observing her floating gait. She has a magnificent reach, and a very balanced drive. Calice always stands perfectly on her own. She has a gorgeous coat. She is a very active girl, always looking for fun and play. We believe she has strong herding instinct and is very prey driven. Soon we will test her at the Raspberry Farm on sheep to see what she thinks of those creatures.

In the show ring, Calice is not the most excited as it is too much restraint for her. Despite that, she has been noticed time after time for her clean and beautiful construction and amazing side gait. She went Reserve Winners Bitch at her second show at the 2008 BCA Harrisburg Specialty Show. But the icing on the cake and the big honors came in September, at the 2008 US National Speciaty show, where she won an extremely competitive 12-18 month old class and then went on winning Winners Bitch and then Best of Winners. It is really sad that the show photographer took such bad shots…..

Calice finished her championship early 2009 and has stayed home for the most part, waiting to mature. She has an incredibly beautiful, rich, tawny color and is looking fabulous. In 2010, she was Selected at the US Rassemblement.

Her brother, Jag, and sister, Croq'epine, have been out and about at shows in Europe and both finished their French Championship, which is quite a tribute to that litter. Jag also won BOB at Crufts in 2011.

In 2011, Calice traveled to Paris with Sage and she too participated at the Championnat de France and the World Dog Show. She obtained RCACS at the Championnat de France for her first time in the ring in France, coming out of a very large open tawny bitch class. For the World Dog Show (WDS), males and females were judged in parallel in separate rings and as a consequence, I was unable to show her. A friend of mine took her in and Calice received an excellent rating. More importantly, she participated with her brother Jag, sister Croquepine and half-sister Baboo, at the breeder group competition of the WDS and…. their group won the 1st place in the herding group breeder group competition. They looked fabulous, forming a very homogenous family and presenting themselves in a very calm and coordinated manner. It was simply beautiful to see the tawny briards on the blue carpet.

Calice is a superior quality female and we most certainly hope she passes on her magnificent attributes. We plan on breeding her in the second half of 2011.