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The parentals and I owned the De Belle kennels in NSW. We always got 100% on all elbow and hip dysplacia and haemophillia tests. Beautiful black & tan saddle backs with gorgeous temperements. The first bitch we had was the beautiful Bella (hence the name). I met her when I first came home from hospital as a baby. She came up to me in the pram and licked my face, let the others come up to me, sniff me, then she drove them away. She claimed me as her own pup! The other bitch's looked up to her.
Her daughter was Shern, and we bought the perfect stud dog to match her...Gus. He fell in love with Shern the second he met her (don't tell ME stud's just think below the belt!) He was so smitten. He died a from a twisted gut at 2 years old.
Shern nearly died from grief. But then she had the pups, and for the first time in three weeks we saw her smile. 4 beautiful pups. We sold two, Miss Bear and Tartan and kept two. Bandit (the other stud apart from Gus) died to pancrentitis and we put Citos down at 4 from a shattered leg (she fell down the river bank and landed awkwardly). Corral Star was the last left. Because she stressed too much at shows, we couldn't show or breed from her. She died at 12 years old (two strokes which eventually turned into paraplegia).
This was in April 2008. De Belle Kennels is officially gone.
I am sooooo sad. We are getting a new male pup in June (as much to keep the cat company, and to keep tom cats away as our own happiness) but we're not breeding from him. The passion's just gone now....
Anyway, that's the story of De Belle Kennels and I wanted to get it out there to tell someone.
Her daughter was Shern, and we bought the perfect stud dog to match her...Gus. He fell in love with Shern the second he met her (don't tell ME stud's just think below the belt!) He was so smitten. He died a from a twisted gut at 2 years old.

This was in April 2008. De Belle Kennels is officially gone.
I am sooooo sad. We are getting a new male pup in June (as much to keep the cat company, and to keep tom cats away as our own happiness) but we're not breeding from him. The passion's just gone now....
Anyway, that's the story of De Belle Kennels and I wanted to get it out there to tell someone.