The Puppet litter was a dream come true for both Darlene and myself. We tried for more than a year to make this breeding happen. George and Piper were British imports from litters that were the culmination of years
of careful breeding by Belamba and Bergeau kennels. Their pedigree cross includes many of Europe's best and most influential Belgians. Both of them have passed on but they leave quite a legacy behind.
The first time we tried for this cross, Piper reabsorbed all but one of the babies and we tragically lost that one early on. Because of George's age at the time (13), we used some of his very precious and limited frozen
semen both times, and did surgical inseminations. Luckily, we had lots of babies the second time around. The Puppets are all that we dreamed of and more! They are active in agility, obedience, rally, herding and
tracking, attracting fans wherever they appear. Four are AKC champions, with a 5th just needing her majors to finish. The Puppets bring together the temperament, working potential and beauty
that we strive so hard to achieve.
Am/Can. CH LandmarkMontage Puppeteer "Henson"
lives in New York City with me. He is co-owned by Montage and Landmark. Henson is very friendly and easygoing, with a happy, biddable attitude.
Henson earned his AKC Championship with 4 majors. He is an elegant show dog with lots of presence and style, and sound movement. In 2008, he earned his Canadian Championship in one 5 day show circuit
with wins over specials including a Group 2 and Group 4. This gave him 60 points, leaving him tied for the #10 spot in the Canadian Top Ten breed standings at year end! Henson is currently training in competition
obedience, agility and tracking. He loves to train and has a bouncy, upbeat working style with lots of attention and enthusiasm. Henson is the sire of the Landmark Correspondence Litter.
CH LandmarkMontage Dancing Puppet "Goldie"
is co-owned by Montage and Landmark. She is ultra feminine and very put together. Goldie is always on the go, looking for things to leap onto. She is a little agility dynamo with lots of drive!
With her gorgeous side gait and bouncy, super friendly temperament, she breezed through the breed ring, finishing her championship with an extra major. Goldie lives up to her name in the ring and is
quite funny to watch, she will dance and spin at the end of her 6 foot lead. She has all the characteristics we strive for. She has been bred to the gorgeous French male
s.r. Stavropol de la Clairiere aux Louves and we are looking forward to puppies in 2010.
CH LandmarkMontage Puppet Show "Punch"
resides at Landmark in No. California and is co-owned by Montage. He is a big, fun loving goofball, a mama's boy and the grey Darlene always hoped for.
Punch is a breed champion with a side gait to die for and will be specialed as time premits. He is also started in tracking.
LandmarkMontage Marionette "Judy"
resides at Landmark in No. California and is co-owned by Montage. Judy is a live wire, full of fun and mischief. She will do as many performance venues as Darlene can manage. Judy has 10 AKC
breed points and just needs her majors to finish.
LandmarkMontage Shadow Puppet MX, MXJ, MXF, EAC, EJC, TN-O, WV-O, TG-O, NCC, HP-N, CGC "Shadow"
is owned by Nancy Stone and Mark Johnson in Meridian ID. Shadow is very sweet and biddable, with lots of enthusiasm, high focus and working drive.
He is Nancy's first agility dog and is keeping her quite busy in her retirement with AKC and NADAC trials. Shadow and Nancy are now well along the MACH trail with 13 QQs and over 400 speed points to date!
Check out some of Shadow's video links on his page.
CH LandmarkMontage Puppet On A String HT, STDs "Roux"
lives with Pam and Stu Edgecombe of Elk Grove, CA, and is co-owned with Landmark and Montage. Roux has lots of working drive and is doing really well in herding. She is Pam's first herding dog.
Watch for this team in multiple herding venues to come! Roux is also a beautiful, elegant show champion.
LandmarkMontage Puppet Master CDX, RE, AX, OAJ, CGC, HIC, W-FDX/MF, W-FDX/HTM "Taz"
is the owner of Lynn Ungar and Kelsey Hartman in Castro Valley, CA. Lynn's goal is for Taz to be her next Obedience and Canine Freestyle companion. Taz began competing in Rally Novice at
8 months old for his first leg and went on to easily finish his titles through Excellent level, with many class placements and scores of 199 along the way. He began a career in Freestyle at 10 months old
and now has Open titles in Musical Freestyle and Heelwork to Music. He has multiple first places iand has won High Scoring Artistic Merit in Heelwork to Music, combining two scores per performance
for technical and artistic merit, which are then added for an overall score. Click here
to see Tazzie and Lynn's wonderful performance dancing to the music "Crazy Little Thing." Taz breezed through AKC Novice Obedience with 3 Q's in a row and did the same thing
in Open. He is also breezing along in agility. Last but not least, Tazzie is a fearless protector for Lynn's daughter Mattea, standing ready to consume any spiders that
dare to enter her room.
LandmarkMontage Sock Puppet "Nicky"
Nicky is owned by Al and Cheryl Binder, El Sobrante, CA. He is their first Tervuren and is a much loved, joyful companion.