Pagency Leonbergers

2nd September
The time has arrived for our puppies to leave us so a very happy and sad time all mixed in to one. We have had some lovely happy children all excited to be taking their new puppies home. Not to mention the new owners lol! We wish our puppies well and hope they have a very long and happy life ahead of them in their new forever homes. More will be leaving over the next couple of weeks.

We have now taken the decision to withdraw Siska from the showring for the foreseeable future. Thank you to Lilian for her part in handling her over the last couple of years. She will be our pet and will stay at home with the other dogs who do not show.
In the meantime, we hope we will be able to attend the occasional show with our youngsters.

16th August
What a fabulous month we have had with our Sika/Faro puppies, we have enjoyed every second with them and wish we could stop the clock now lol!! Where on earth has the last 5 weeks gone?
We had a great weekend with lots of lovely puppy people here choosing their girls. Yet again we are very pleased with our prospective puppy owners and it is great to know that they will all be going to wonderful homes. This will be the Pagency Kisfa litter, an anogram of Siska & Faro and we are waiting for conformation of their pedigree names to come through from the Kennel Club.
We still have 2 females for sale but as we are rather stuck for our own choice, I think we may have to keep two? what difference is another one going to make to our growing Leo family lol! There really is so much choice with this lovely litter that everyone is finding it difficult to choose them. With only 3 boys, that wasn't so bad but 9 girls is quite different. Perhaps we should only get them out in threes to make it easier..
Neva is coming on well at 18 weeks old, she is golden red like her mum Elsa but still has the most wonderful laid back character. She is the best behaved puppy that we have ever had and has been so good whilst we have been busy with the puppies. She is soon to have her first outing at the LCGB Ch show where she will see her 2 brothers Nando & Josh and sister Eve, we can't wait to see them all and catch up on their news.......

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15th July
We are very pleased to announce that Siska had a lovely litter of 12 puppies on 12th July. We have 9 girls and 3 boys and both mum and babies are  doing really well. She was delivered of 13 puppies in total but very sadly, one of the boys was still born. The weights of all the puppies were quite even, ranging between 400g -550g and have continued to put on 50g per day since birth. With only 3 boys born it is not possible for us to fulfil our reservations and therefore we now have 3 females that are not reserved. We apologise to everyone who has been disappointed but wish them good luck in finding a male puppy.
Unfortunately, there has also been sadness with this litter due mainly, to the change in Kennel Club rules.  As Siska was on breeding terms, and came to us FOC, it was agreed that her first litter would be registered in the name of her breeder. Although she was origionally signed over to us in full, we agreed to keep her in joint names so that this could be done. This has not been possible due to kennel club ruling that the affix must match with the registered female.  As an agreement could not be met between both parties, the only way forward to ensure that the litter could be registered, was to pay the ammount of the agreed breeding terms in full before the litter was born. This was accepted and Siska has now been transfered again in to our sole names. The litter will now be registered in Pagency.
If anyone has an interest in our female puppies and could provide a loving forever home, then please contact us on 01782 519560.

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28th June
Another busy month has seen all our puppies settled in to their new homes, everyone is thrilled with their new additions. We had Duke (Pagency Primera Archena) rather longer as his new mum and dad were away on holiday.  We even had the opportunity to take him out with  us to the Leonberger Fete day in aid of welfare, where he was entered in to a fun cute puppy show along with his sister Neva, they met up with their bro Nando who left us only the week before. It was lovely to see all three of them together again and a super day was had by all and lots of money raised for Leo welfare.
Siska is now on the 46th day of her pregnancy and with only two weeks left to go, she is getting bigger by the day. She is coping well with the heat and having plenty of rest, all the signs are there that she is having a good sized litter. We have some lovely homes lined up already for these puppies and we just hope we are able to fulfil the reservations. We have had so much positive response that we think that all the puppies will be sold before they are born. Many thanks to everyone who has contacted us regarding this litter and we will be in touch very soon.
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22nd May
What a fantastic month we have had with our puppies, life has certainly been very busy, but we have enjoyed every second. We are very proud of this litter and very pleased that we had so many good quality pups from this mating. Elsa has really done us proud to produce so many lovely pups and I am certain that Lola feels the same about the lovely daddy Voule. Sadly, Voule has now retired from showing and breeding, he has bowed out at the height of his career and has produced some outstanding puppies, who we hope will be as successful as he has been in the near future. We count ourselves very lucky to have been the only breeders in the Uk to have had the privilege of using Voule at stud. Many requests have been declined and for this we  send all our love and thanks to Lola, Voule, Chembba and good luck with their new puppy from Voule/ Lemon (Finland).

Our puppies are now leaving for their forever homes and while we are very sad to see them go, we are also very happy to see all the new owners excited to leave with their lovely puppies. It is so satisfying to know that we made excellent choices for our precious puppies, and we hope we have given them the best possible start in life. We wish all our puppies a wonderful long, happy and healthy life and thank all their owners for choosing our breeding.
With just a few left now, who will be leaving in the next couple of weeks, it seems so strange not hearing the joyous squeals as they all play happily together in the garden. The house is going to be very quiet indeed but we have kept a female from this litter who we hope will complement our existing squad, and an Elsa daughter. Hopefully, she will be out in the showring for the Autumn, but first, lots of training and ringcraft throughout the summer.
Al went to Belgium for the mating between Siska and Faro, so we hope this was a successful mating. We will not know for sure for a couple of weeks when she will be scanned and I will add the news as soon as we know. Thank you to his owner Raf, for allowing us the privilege of his lovely boy and for his hospitality and help.
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2nd May
What a month we have had, very tiring but very enjoyable, with all 11 puppies growing very quickly and keeping us busy and on our toes. They are now four weeks old and the time has gone so fast, if only we could stop the clock and enjoy them a little longer...... We are very pleased with this litter and the way that they have all progressed into chunky little puppies. The litter is very typey and at the moment, they seem to have Voule heads with a mixture of different shades of red coats which are very thick.   Unfortunately the pictures haven't been as good as expected simply as they just will not keep still for long enough.
They are now very vocal, especially when they want to go out to play or when they are hungry. It is lovely to see them outside playing with each other and having fun. They are loving their food now that they are weaned, but still like to have a suckle off mum on the odd occasion that she will lay down for them. They have very sharp little teeth and Elsa tries her best to keep out of their way as much as she can. lol!
We are now having lots of visitors to come and view them, so they are getting lots of attention and cuddles. They will certainly be well socialised puppies by the time they are ready to leave us, which will only be a few weeks away now.
Last week we went to WELKS where Siska gained a VHC in a very nice post graduate class. This may be her last show for some time as she has just started her season and so we are planning our trip to Belgium to have her mated with a very nice male. More info and pictures to follow.

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2nd April
We have puppies!!!! On 31st March Elsa had 11 strong and healthy Voule puppies after only 6hrs delivering them. They arrived on time and all puppies have good weights ranging from 400g - 500g. We have 6 males and 5 females and we are very proud of Elsa, who has been a fabulous mum to her babies as we expected, just like her own mum Ellie did with her litters.  Penny is a great grandma and Julie is a great great grandma so huge thanks, for without them we would not have had this opportunity. Also big thanks to Lola and Voule who now has a lovely collection of little voulettes throughout Europe, we are pleased to add the UK to your list of conquests.
Thank you everyone for your continued support and kind messages that we have received and we thank the good lord for taking care of our precious girl and her babies and this wonderful gift of life. We are looking forward to the following weeks watching them grow and enjoying every precious moment with them.
Will post news and pictures as often as possible for all our new puppy owners. If we haven't been in touch already, then we will be in contact very shortly.
This will be the only litter in the UK for this stunning male, we have had so much interest that all puppies are reserved at the moment. Our next litter will be in January 2011 with Siska and another European male. This will also be a total outcross as we do not line breed.
13th March
Balou is one year old today, how quickly time flys. Happy Birthday to all his litter mates, Elkie, Esme, Willow, Denni, Logan, Enu & Rocky, I am sure they were all spoilt and had a great day.
We went to Crufts on Thursday 11th and had a great time.  Siska and Balou both got placed in the Good Citizen classes, but Balou is still not happy in the show ring.
Many cogratulations to Paul & Kirsty of the Sancholees kennel who went on to get BOB with the lovely Zeus who looked fabulous on the day. Lots of celebrations there for a while...
We were very pleased to meet many of our prospective puppy people who came to support us on the day and It was great to see Julie, Lola and Francoise and of course our very special boy Voule who travelled from France for the event,  he was admired by everyone who met him.  A brilliant day meeting friends old and new and lots of Leos to boot. Can't wait for next year.
Last week at "le salon de l'agriculture 2010" Voule won the title of " Best Champion of Champions" for group 2 in Paris. He then went on to get 4th place for best in show. This is the French equivalent to Crufts. Congratulations to Lola and Voule we are very proud of you.
Our puppies are due in just over two weeks time, Elsa is blooming and doing very well so far and we are so looking forward to having our own puppy fix. We already have 8 puppies reserved for this litter.

4th March
Siska passed her Kennel Club Good Citizen Silver Award with flying colours and we are very proud of her.
Elsa has been confirmed in pup and the scan showed that she could be having a good sized litter. We have had lots of interest from some lovely people who want to give our puppies their forever homes. The pups will be due at Easter and so a busy time ahead for us. Elsa is certainly blooming, she looks lovely at the moment and is getting lots of her own way.
Ozzy has taken over her duties at Pet's As Therapy visits and is doing very well so far enjoying lots of fuss from staff and residents. It is so rewarding to see the impact he has on everyone he meets, still people are amazed at his size and most have never seen a dog so large and so gentle. We are now in monthly news letters so that relatives can come and see us and admire these wonderful dogs that they hear so much about.
Crufts is almost upon us and we are looking forward so much to this great event here in the UK. Voule will be there with his owner Lola and so all the prospective puppy owner's will be there to cheer him on and admire him. Siska and Balou's breeder from the Bavaruki Kennel will also be there to support many of her other dogs in the ring, so good luck to all of them. I think it will be a memorable and happy event for us this year.

1st February 2010
We have just arrived back in England after a very long journey to France. Elsa came in to season three weeks earlier than planned and so we took her to Paris for a rendevous with the stunning Voule. We plan to have her scanned in 4 weeks to see if the mating was successful so all fingers crossed here. We are very happy with our chosen stud and very impressed to see him in the flesh at last. He has the most wonderful temperament and he and Elsa fell in love at first sight... He will be coming to Crufts in March so we look forward to seeing him again soon. This will be the only litter from this male in England as he has only a few more matings in europe before he is retired by his owner.
Our heartfelt thanks to his owner Lola for allowing us this wonderful opportunity and to Julie Jones (Bavaruki) for introducing us to Voule and for her ongoing help and support over the last couple of years.  Her shared wealth of knowledge and experience has been invaluable to us and we are forever grateful.

16th January 2010

HAPPY NEW YEAR to all our visitors and many thanks for your visits over the last year.
We have had lots of interest from around the world and we hope you will keep coming back to see what's new here at Pagency.
What a great start to the new year, as this week, Ozzy passed his Pet's As Therapy Assessment and we are so proud of him. This is such an achievement for a young male who had some serious issues less than 2 years ago and with lots of training and hard work, he has overcome them. He still has his cheeky character and is very excitable but he just loves to be around people and animals and has adjusted superbly to lots of changes. He already has his first visit booked and they are looking forward to seeing him, having only viewed him in the car with the normal comments "OMG that is never a dog". I am still amazed at the Wow factor that these dogs seem to generate.
Lots of shows to go to this year starting with Manchester next week and then the big one at Crufts in March. Balou had a great critique from UK Leonberger judge Mr. John Feehan at LKA, only his 4th show and 9 months old. It is very pleasing that such a well respected gentleman in the Leo world thought highly of our young boy. We hope he continues to do well this year. Our visit to France is getting nearer and we are well on course with our plans so far...watch this space for more puppy news later on....

14th December 2009
At the LKA show, Balou was placed 2nd in his puppy class, while Siska was not placed on this occasion. A good day was had by all and it was great to catch up with lots of Leo folk and see all the new puppies out on their first outings having fun. This was the last show of the year with some very large classes.
Elsa has been busy lately with lots of Pet's as Therapy visits and has also received some Christmas presents in appreciation for her work. We are hoping to enrol Ozzy as a volunteer early next year  as he would also enjoy all the fuss that goes with this type of work.
A tiny Ragdoll kitten has joined our growing family, who we have called Yoda. In only two weeks he has been introduced to our five dogs and now plays quite happily around them. He has already realised that the most comfy bed for him is on the back of Elsa, who has taken him under her wing.
Siska is now ready to take her Good Citizen Silver Award and will do this in the New Year. We have changed our training school as previously, we felt that it was taking far too long in between each award.   This is the best thing we could have done as we have found a much better training school that takes smaller classes with no newcomers during any six week period. Balou will take a little longer to do his Silver but is doing very well  with his training sessions. He much prefers training to showing.
Soon we will be planning our journey to Paris for the mating of Elsa & Voule and we are very much looking forward to hopefully, having our own puppies. We have had lots of interest in this litter as not only is this a total outcross with zero inbreeding, but it will be the first litter from this beautiful proven French male here in the UK.  To bring in these new blood lines for our first litter is very exciting for us and we are extremely grateful to his owner Lola, for allowing us this wonderful opportunity and exclusivity to Voule.
Many thanks also to Lilian for her professional handling of Siska throughout the year and she was certainly missed yesterday. Get well soon lilian and hope you will be ready to join us again in the New Year.

20th September
A fabulous day at Darlington champ show when Balou got 2nd place in MPD class and it was his very first show at only just 6 months old. He is now qualified for Crufts 2010 so we are very pleased indeed. He also passed his Bronze award at the showground so will now be working towards his silver over the next few months.   Siska was placed 2nd in her class superbly handled by Lilian as always, who again gave her time up to come with us to the show. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts to Lilian for the handling and also the excellent rincraft classes that we attend weekly.
Elsa has started her work as a pet's as therapy volunteer and has embraced her role very well. At last we have found something that was made for her and she enjoys every minute of her visits. It is quite overwhelming to see how elderly people respond to her and her to them and she is so gentle and seems to be able to sense that this is something very special. I feel very proud of her and honoured to own a dog that is so capable of giving so much love to everyone she meets.

6th September
Elsa has now been approved as a registered Pets As Therapy dog and we also have our first appointment. so will begin our visits in the next couple of weeks. We have also decided to have our first litter with Elsa next year, subject to good hip and elbow scores, she will be mated in spring and so puppies should be on the ground for the summer. We await approval from a European stud dog owner and details will be added on litter page as soon as this is confirmed. We are very excited about having our first litter and would like to express our gratitude to Penny her breeder (Vectiseleon) for helping us to make this possible.
Siska had a third place at the Birmingham show, a big thank you to Lilian for handling our girl.

5th August
Elsa passed her Pat Dog Assessment today with flying colours. We now await conformation from Pets As Therapy and look forward to taking her to visit people in homes etc. She will certainly bring joy to the lives of everyone who meets her, and this is just the perfect role for Elsa.

23 rd July
Siska had a 2nd place at NW&PBs Championship show. My first time showing her as well, as Lilian was on holiday. Our weekly visits to lilian's ringcraft classes paid off for us. She is looking good at the moment but still needs more coat. Thank goodness she has levelled up as her topline was letting her down as is clear in her critiques.
Our next outing will be at the Birmingham show 5th September, so we look forward to that.
Balou is growing bigger every day but seems to be growing at a nice even pace, he enjoys his weekly training and ringcraft. On 12 th July we went to a leonberger fun day in aid of LP/PN and both dogs enjoyed all the fun and games. It was great to meet lots of new Leo folk and see all the new puppies on their first outing. Many thanks to Penny for making it  a successful day for everyone and raising money for a good cause.

1st July
Siska had a third place at the Blackpool show but poor Ozzy did not get placed at his first Champ show. At least we got around the ring without a scene, in fact, he was on his best behaviour as I was dreading having a good old sledge ride off him lol! Al was waiting close by ready to catch us both. I think he enjoyed the show scene and he was certainly impressed by the ringside pretty Leo totty. Our sincere thanks to Lilian for her handling of Siska at Blackpool and also the Three Counties Champ show earlier in the month where she was placed 2nd in her class. We all had a great day out and although it was my first time in the ring, I enjoyed every minute. Can't wait for next time, I have the bug now.

23rd May
All the pups have now been sold from the recent Bavaruki litter. What a delight to see them all go to wonderful homes and they are all settled and doing well. After much deliberation, we decided to keep Sailor from the litter. He was always my favourite from the start but it was just meant to be that he stayed with us. He has been around our other dogs from about 4 weeks old and so he had already bonded with them and is a very happy puppy. It's hard to believe that in only 3 years we have accumulated 4 fabulous Leonbergers and we are thrilled to bits with them all. So, puppy training begins again in two weeks time when he has had all his injections and we are looking forward to putting him on the show scene from September onwards, all being well. Thank you Julie for this lovely little boy, who will be loved and treasured for the rest of his life.

29th April
Elsa passed her Good Citizen Gold Award. She is now having a well earned break from training and will start again at the end of this year. We are very proud of her indeed.

27th April
At WELKS on Saturday, Siska was placed 3rd in her last puppy class. Thank you Lilian for showing her so well and giving up your free time for us. Sorry to all the puppy people who are patiently waiting for new pics of your little bundles of fluff. Can't get the little tinkers to keep still for long enough. They will be on ASAP....promise.

3rd April
Ozzy and Siska have both successfully passed their Bronze in the Good Citizen Scheme at our local training school.
The whole class of 14 others also passed and so well done to everyone for the hard work and effort involved.  A very enjoyable night was had by all and many thanks to Lilian for helping us achieve our goal. A miracle has surely happened for Oz lol! and it has all been worth it in the end. Thanks also to our good friend and behavourist, Di Ellor, for all the useful advice and her very valuable training knowledge that she has provided us with. Her services come highly recommended. Next in line is Elsa for her gold at the end of this month. She has been in training for the last year and is very confident, so we will not be biting our nails like we did for Ozzy's exam.

10th March
Crufts 2009 was a fabulous event to attend here in the UK, but unfortunately Siska did not get placed on this occasion. There was a super line up of 13 puppies and she did her best and enjoyed all the attention. Congratulations to all the worthy winners on the day and and it was great to be amongst our many friends. For us as relatively new to the breed, we were in Leo heaven!!! and enjoyed every minute. A big thank you to Lilian for her superb handling as always.
Siska has already qualified for next year and so we look forward to attending again then. First though, we have many more shows to do and also next month, Siska and Ozzy both take their Bronze, while Elsa is going for gold in the Good Citizen Scheme. A very busy and exciting year ahead for all of us here at Pagency.

12th February
At the Lichfield and canine society, Siska and Ozzy both had a second place and Oz went on to get RBB. Our lovely big boy has really come on in the last couple of months, as we thought it was never going to be possible to show him at all. He is soon to take his Bronze and we are very proud of him. Thank you Lilian for handling Siska, so much better than I can! This was the last open show for a while as we need to concentrate on Siska and get her ready for her big outing at Crufts. This will be our big day too, as it will be our first time at this fabulous event. Can't wait!!!

January
This month we said a sad farewell to two very special leos. Elsa's mum Ellie who was the first leo we ever met and such a lovely caring girl who will be very sadly missed. Also Ozzy and Siska's dad, the magnificent and adorable Nio, who captured our hearts so much that we just had to have one of his puppies. Their memory will live on and they will be forever in our hearts.
Many Thanks to Lilian for handling Siska at the Manchester show.

14th December

At the LKA, Siska was placed 1st in MPB and went on to get Best Puppy Bitch. She has now qualified for Crufts at only 7 months old. This was her first Championship show and she was up against some good competition. Our sincere thanks to Lilian Poulson for handling her for us on the day.

22nd November

Today, Ozzy and Siska were entered in their first show at the Sedgley and Gornal Canine Association open show, held at Staffordhire County Showground. Oz was on his best behaviour and got 1st place in his class. He went on to get Best in Breed. Siska got 1st place in her class, Best Puppy and Reserve Best in Breed. She was handled by Lilian and showed like a dream. A massive thank you to Lilian for all her support. They both went on to the group but were not placed as by this time they had both had enough and wanted to get some sleep. We all had a great day out and can't wait for the next show.

10th November

Siska is now 6 months old and weighs in at 40 kg. New picture added on her page. We have her litter sister Ida staying with us for a short holiday and they are having loads of puppy fun between them. Ozzy has come on very well with his training and is getting ready for his first open show soon.

6th October
Siska is now 5 months old and weighs in at 33kg. New pictures of her on her page. She is now booked in for her first shows both open and Championship. We are so looking forward to showing this lovely little girl off to everyone. She has excelled in her training classes and also ring craft. She is so enthusiastic to please us and we can't wait to get her in the ring which she will enjoy. Fingers and toes all crossed.Lol.

14th September
We attended the first Leonberger Temperament Assessments held by the Leonberger Club of Great Britain. Elsa was given a pass. Ozzy will have to be re assessed when he is two years old as he is not eligible for a pass certificate until then. The assessor was Mr Ian Dunstall.

3rd September. Siska has successfully passed The Kennel Club Good Citizen Scheme Puppy Foundation Assessment. She is only 17 weeks old. She will now join her brother Oz in the Bronze class. Many thanks to Wendy and Di and Lilian.

27th August 2008. Elsa has successfully passed her good Citizen Silver Award. She will now begin training towards the gold for later this year.She is just two years old. We are so very proud of her. Above is the group photo of all the class who also passed their silver. Examiner was K C Judge Mrs Lilian Poulson.