Let me introduce you Rocco, a son of Toy, who lives in Finland with Sari Nieminen:
– Sirocco de la Vallèe du Mouton, born on 10th december 2003
Sirocco is a already a very successful champion:
FIN & E & IE & PL CH
Finnish Winner 2005 & 2006
Nordic Winner 2005 & 2009
European Junior Winner 2005
European Winner 2006 & 2009
World Winner 2006 & 2010
Estonian Winner 2007
Poland & Poznan Winner 2006
He has done BH test, AHBA HCT ( herding capability test) and Finnish Character Test, where he got exellent result.
Rocco himself is already father of two litters.: first born litter in 2007 ( 5 males+ 4 females) and 2nd litter (2+2) only a few weeks ago.
Thank you Sari for your nice description of your Rocco and for the pics:
„…He has trained to be a search and rescue dog. In everyday life he´s really easygoing. He´s very social with people, but NOT with other dogs. (When he was young one German Shephard tried to kill him).
He´s absolutely one man dog more than other dogs I have had. But he won´t get nervous breakdown even if I´m not there. My working hours my dogs stay with my parents, and he´s really ok with them, too
He has guardian instinct and it´s very strong! Especially when I´m around…. When we are walking and there comes a person whom is behaving strange (like drunk or junkies), he starts to look that person. He does not make a sound but he looks really tight: tail up, head high etc. And You must be absolut idiot if You came too close. He´s really „telling“: don´t come closer. So it´s really nice to walk with him.
In the woods he always tells me if there´s bears around. He won´t panic but he becomes really aware. (In South-East Finland we have lot´s of bears; Russian border is so close; about 40 km from us).
He doens´t care about rabbits or elks or birds; they can go how ever they want. Rocco don ´t want to chase them at all.
In summertime Rocco loves to swim. That´s his favourite hobby! He can´t resist lakes or sea. Sometimes in winter we go to the Dog Spa, which is only 150 km from us. There he can swim in winter and he loves it.
Obedience is NOT so easy with him; he´s really stubborn! But we have managed to do the BH-test. I have said that in the same amount of time that I trained Rocco´s obedience to BH test level I would have trained 75 German Shephards. He´s not easy piece of cake but who need one?!!!
Rocco is such a character that he really is The Dog of my Life!“ – Sari Nieminen –
Description:
The Picardy Shepherds (Berger de Picard or Berger Picard) are thought to be the oldest of the French herding dogs, dating back to 800 AD. They are originally from the Picardie region of northeastern France. Intense fighting in the area during both the First and Second World Wars nearly caused the extinction of the breed, by killing so many reproductive problems, further complicated the problem.
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