Mai Tai and Hermes are expecting Briard pups on May 6, 2017
We are very excited about this breeding! Mai Tai has proven her ability to produce lovely pups with great temperaments. Hermes has matured into a truly gorgeous boy. The combination should be stunning. We expect very outgoing, exuberant, friendly pups with great heads, lovely structure and correct coat texture. If you would like any more information about Lebec Briards, l'Hermitage Briards, or Briards in general, please email or call us."Mai Tai"
Ch. Lebec's It's Five O'Clock Somewhere de l'Hermitage
OFA Hips Good
Bred / Owned by Jeanne Lorang & Claude Marie Cooper
Mai Tai is a lovely tawny girl who easily finished her AKC championship. She is smart, energetic, a little bossy with her housemates, and absolutely loves her people. She is friendly with strangers, and does well in new situations. With her beautiful head and great coat quality, she definitely catches your eye!
Mai Tai's pedigree is a mix of European and American, and on her sire's side goes back to the great Beardsanbrow lines, as well as to a girl I loved when I saw her in Europe, Charming Charisma. She is a granddaughter of my beloved Burlington, and I love her dearly.
"Sasi"
Ch. Odysseas Nadina-Sis
Hips OFA Excellent
OFA Eyes 2014
CSNB Clear by Pedigree
Owned by Jeanne Lorang and Sarka Klimes
Bred by Nada Stralkova, Nadina-Sis
Sasi is an import from the Czech Republic. His mother "Kennedy", a Champion in multiple countries, won Best of Breed at both Crufts and the World Show in 2009. His father "Tchibo", is very well known and successful as both a show dog and stud in Europe.
Everyone loves Sasi. Adults, kids, complete strangers love Sasi. He has a magnetic personality - energetic yet easy-going, loving, and so happy to please. Sasi loves playing, girlfriends, and food! He's not much into toys - he prefers people and is 105 pounds of lapdog - just ask anyone who has visited here! He easily finished his AKC Championship, despite being a "crop and drop", with his ears failing to stand due to a poor crop.
Sasi has produced two litters, and what amazing litters they are, gorgeous pups who inherited his wonderful temperament. Sons Hermes and Gamble are working on their Grand Championships, Daughter Reglisse, in her first two days of showing won Herding Group 2 placements both days at under 7 months of age!
We deliberated whether to breed Sasi again after his first litter. He is an OFA hips excellent, carries a tawny gene, is drop dead gorgeous, produced gorgeous puppies, and he has that combination of personality and temperament that makes him a pleasure to be around. He has everything we have ever wanted in a Briard, except that he bloated during the excitement of his first breeding (he was really, really excited - Sasi is definitely a ladies man). In the end, with lots of research and the enthusiastic agreement of several reproductive vets, we decided to use Sasi on carefully selected bitches.
For more about bloat, visit our bloat page. As a deep chested breed, Briards are at medium risk of bloat.
How we raise our puppies
The quality of a puppy is determined by both genetics and environment. How they are raised before you ever meet them is a major influence! Lebec and l'Hermitage believe in several things:
1) Mom knows best. We don't try to override or interfere with a bitch raising her pups. We add the human element, but Mom is in charge. Unless health issues interfere, she has complete access to her pups from day 1 to the day they leave. At 3 weeks, we start adding our food to the puppies diet, but Mom is always allowed to feed as long as she wants. And she is in charge of discipline!
2) Socialization begins at birth. We handle all the pups daily. Once eyes are open, we try to introduce new items and experiences regularly. In raising pups, doing things "later" is too late. "Now" is always the right time. Visitors start young, with friends handling pups within the first week.
3) At 3 1/2 weeks, pups are moved into the puppy pen in the living room, with all the activity of living. Pups get turned loose several times a day to explore and broaden their world. The outside is added at about 4 weeks. The puppy pen has play and poop areas, to begin housebreaking. The play area is continually enhanced with toys, obstacles, and an environment to stimulate the puppies. Mom can hop in and out. The older dogs get to visit through the pen bars, and gradually get to meet pups in person.
4) Outside exposure to new places is the key. Starting at week five, we do field trips every weekend, to friend's houses, to puppy parties - anywhere a car ride and a new (safe) place can be experienced. We try for different surfaces, different ages of people, even different temperatures, at each new place. Thanks goodness for good friends!
5) We continually encourage visitors, be it the kids from around the neighborhood, prospective buyers, friends - anyone we can get! The more people the puppies meet, the better.
6) Starting at 7 weeks, pups are fed in crates to prepare them for new homes. They spend several nights in their crates before leaving, giving puppy buyers a head start on house training.
7) Puppy buyers are provided with books on puppy rearing and Briards, a long document giving our take on raising Briards, a puppy crate, collar and leash, a scented toy, and ready access to us for help and advice at any time. Pups are microchipped before leaving.
Pups from Lebec and l'Hermitage are raised with love and experience - it's a winning combination.
Welcome to Mai Tai's World
Webcam!
We run a webcam for all our litters, please come back and watch Pups grow and learn.
We use Ustream to broadcast our webcam, and ads will show up. If you'd like, you can go to https://www.ustream.tv/ad-free-viewing, and sign up to watch Lebec Briards ad free on ustream.tv. It costs $3.99 / month.
The two black girls are Pink and Yellow, the tawny boy is naked.
We have added a second camera at eye level. Enjoy! Due to time lags, you may not see the exact same picture on both cameras, but both are live webcams.
Jeanne
Email Jeanne
Cell 661-618-8798
Claude Marie
Email Claude Marie
Cell
925-337-0830.