Xs and Os l’Ami de la Campagne Date of Birth April 6th, 2024 (8 months old) (Multi CH Solo L’ami De La Campagne BH IGP1 NHAT x Multi CH Uzelle le Bas Rouge Celeste NHAT) Bred By Johan Anno & Magali Debouver of l’Am de la Campagne
Looking Forward to the Future
We waited many years for Valentine to be born and head to the US. His dam, Uzelle, was such a promising puppy, we asked to be placed on her waitlist the day we realized she was going home to Magali. Then when she chose Valentine for our home, we couldn’t have been more thrilled! His structure and pedigree made him an easy choice to join our pack.
With a diverse pedigree focused on both sport and conformation, we were curious to see what this boy would want to do. He has very clearly said that he loves the show ring, especially the hot dogs and cheese that come along with it. The rest of the “work” will hopefully come with time and brain cells.
Our Journey
Valentine debuted in the show ring, picking up a lovely Group 2 against over a dozen stunning herding prospects. He’s training to continue his show career as his area of focus for the net year.
AKC Major Ptd Attaque Ozzmosis TKN HIT Date of Birth: June 8th, 2023 (1 years old) (CIE Multi CH Multi GCH Gucci l’Ami Noir ZZO ZOP BH-VT ZZO1 x CZ Jr CH Cochabamba Gitigaro NHAT) Bred By Květa Sockelová of Ozzmosis
Ugie joins the BDV family from the Czech Republic. He’s an absolute joy to live with, even with the amount of energy and engagement he demands. He wants to work, cuddle, and eat with the same zest most dogs reserve for a Starbucks Pup Cup. Like most baby beaucerons, he’s slow to develop focus, but we see excellent building blocks for this incredible boy!
Our Goals
Ugie’s pedigree tells us that the sky is the limit! He comes from lines that are well equipped to tackle bite sports as easily as herding as easily as the show ring. While he’s growing his big boy brain, we’re focused on conformation – just a few points away from his Championship after 4 majors in just a few weekends out.
When tested on stock, he showed great instinct. He focused on moving the sheep with subtle changes, rather than barreling in to create a fun game for himself. It’s the slowest we’ve ever seen that boy move – making sure to push the stock around kindly, but eagerly.
As not to conflict with his herding training, we’re continuing to let formal obedience fall to the wayside, focusing on functional obedience and “fun” sports such as dock diving and barn hunt. We’ll continue to dabble and learn what he’s best suited for.
For now… We’re letting him grow up and building a strong relationship with him
His Parents
CIE Multi CH Multi GCH Gucci l’Ami Noir ZZO ZOP BH-VT ZZO1 Date of birth December 1st, 2018 (Multi CH Hector Bleu du Serment des Brumes x JCH CR Barbaree l’Ami Noir) HD A/A, DM clear, Normal heart, Full detention
CZ Jr CH Cochabamba Gitigaro NHAT Date of birth June 24th, 2019 (CITR CIB Polish Herding CH Jadran Astra Canina HWT IHT3 HRDIIIs x CZ JRCh CZ Ch Slovenia Ch Arapiraca Gitigaro NHAT HWT IHT1-TS IHT2-TS) HD A/A, ED 0/0, Spine clear, OCD clear
AKC Major Ptd Vendetta Strong Willed Sun Date of Birth March 2nd, 2024 (8 months old) (LVA JCH Baltik Gardemarine Cerberus x Beloved Beast Vie Des Favoris) Bred By Tetiana Zhdaskova
Looking Forward to the Future
Vendetta joined the BDV family with a bang! She came over at 4 months old and immediately joined the chaos of dog shows and puppy parties without a stumble. She’s a fun puppy – endless amounts of handler engagement and enthusiasm. Velcro doesn’t even begin to describe her love of being with her people. Even when she’s all legs, she moves like a dream, and holds herself with confidence.
We can’t wait to find her “perfect” job and her “perfect” family. In the meantime, she’s enjoying hanging out with Nacho in Michigan.
Our Journey
She debuted in conformation at the 2024 National Specialty the day she turned 6 months old. She started off with a bang by taking a major against some lovely competition. It’s just the beginning!
CH Cotija z Farmy DarTKN HIT Date of Birth: March 26th, 2023 (1 years old) (Hun. CH Popeye des Bergers de l’Oiseau Jaune NHAT x Jewel z Babanovho vrška) Bred by Daniela Malovcová of z Farmy Dar
Nacho is owned and loved by the Collazo family in Michigan. She enjoys her role as Perfect Princess for game nights, and Feral Mud Monster on the hiking trails. She enjoys playing with her Malinois brother, Taco, and trying to cuddle the pug, Pickle. She makes friends easily with her goofy smile she inherited from her sire, Popeye.
Our Journey and Goals
Nacho is a very versatile young dog, just as easily able to tackle the conformation ring as a scentwork puzzle. As a gangly teenager, she achieved her championship under the expert handling of the Burrell family. Then she strode into the 2024 Journee final ring to win Best Female in Journee! While she could be a competitive special as a mature adult, she is unlikely to spend much time in the conformation ring anymore, focusing instead on her performance and working goals.
She shows promise in obedience, herding, and scentwork, and we hope to explore those venues as she matures.
Vit Mirren Zombie Arya Date of Birth: August 6th, 2021 (3 years old) (Vit Mirren Guff x Vit Mirren Barselona) Bred By Алена Горбунова of Vit Mirren
Looking Forward to the Future
While looking at potential puppies to add to our program, there were several dogs that continually caught our eyes while looking for a blended show and sport line. We were hunting beautiful movement, handler engagement, and drive. As always, we’re aiming for those truly versatile puppies who could take on the world. When a breeding was announced that combined many of those dogs including Shah (Multi CH Momento Mistika Pinkerton Argente BH IGP-3, Seven’s sire), we immediately began to research travel.
After much difficulty and many tears, our perfect puppies arrived!
While Sully landed in Texas, Shazi journeyed to join the Ohio family. However, she continued to charm everyone she met. Through a series of wonderful events, she’s landed back with the Salley family – recently relocated to Georgia. She spends time in Ohio with the Stephens family and Texas with the Crivello family.
Our Goals
Shazi has been a bit of a late bloomer, spending most of her puppyhood learning about the world around her. As she’s grown, her drive has blossomed. She’ll chase a toy for hours, adores the flirt pole, and happily jumps into the water for a bumper. Anything that involves moving and her people, and she’s up for the adventure!
We are looking forward to channeling that energy into dog sports, focusing on obedience and rally, though her love for water will be explored through dock diving. With her handler engagement and love for patterns, we expect to see her thrive in the upcoming year. Unfortunately, due to a bone spur on her shoulder, we do not expect her to spend much time in the conformation ring, despite her beautiful movement.
His Parents
Vit Mirren Barselona Date of birth July 28th, 2017 JCH RUS, JCH KAZ, CH KAZ, CH RUS, CH RKF, INT CH, GRANDCH RUS, CLUB CH (Alfa Sagittarius Jiscar x Abelia Vit Mirren)
Vit Mirren Guff Date of birth June 24th, 2019 JCH RUS, JCH RKF, CH RUS, CH RKF, CH KAZ (Momento Mistika Pinkerton Argente x Countryfoek Ulma)
Vit Mirren Zealous Tempo RN CGC TKN Date of Birth: August 6th, 2021 (3 years old) (Vit Mirren Guff x Vit Mirren Barselona) Bred By Алена Горбунова of Vit Mirren\
While looking at potential puppies to add to our program, there were several dogs that continually caught our eyes while looking for a blended show and sport line. We were hunting beautiful movement, handler engagement, and drive. As always, we’re aiming for those truly versatile puppies who could take on the world. When a breeding was announced that combined many of those dogs including Shah (Multi CH Momento Mistika Pinkerton Argente BH IGP-3, Seven’s sire), we immediately began to research travel.
After much difficulty and many tears, our perfect puppies arrived!
Sully joined the Salley family – charming everyone he meets. From his air snaps and head tilts to digging and demand barking, he’s a ball of energy and personality. Within months of entering the US, he took on a large Meet the Breeds event with a wagging tail and happy engagement – showing us that we had found another puppy ready to take on the world with us.
Our Goals
While still young, Sully has shown incredible promise in an odd combination of sports – obedience, rally, and herding. His focus is second to none – quickly building up duration in training as the foundations are laid. In a few short months of training, he breezed through his Rally Novice title with a wonderful eye contact-focused heel and a zest for showing off.
We had no intentions of working him in herding, but with Seven having such a positive assessment, we took him to our herding instructor in Nevada. When introduced to a packed pen of goats, his instincts kicked in immediately and he worked like he’d had months of exposure. We can’t wait for him to finish growing so we can continue in the sport with more duration.
His conformation career is our current focus – picking up a major his first weekend back out. Look for him with the Burrell family as he tackles the ring.
For now… We’re letting him grow up and building a strong relationship with him Enjoy a snippet of watching him grow in pictures.
His Parents
Vit Mirren Barselona Date of birth July 28th, 2017 JCH RUS, JCH KAZ, CH KAZ, CH RUS, CH RKF, INT CH, GRANDCH RUS, CLUB CH (Alfa Sagittarius Jiscar x Abelia Vit Mirren)
Vit Mirren Guff Date of birth June 24th, 2019 JCH RUS, JCH RKF, CH RUS, CH RKF, CH KAZ (Momento Mistika Pinkerton Argente x Countryfoek Ulma)
Finesse in Fugue Valley of King’s Date of Birth: April 6th, 2022 (2 years old) (Natchez de l’Ombre Rouge de Phrygie x N’Blue de l’Ombre Rouge de Phrygie) Bred by Mico Ilic of Valley of King’s Kennel
Health Testing None completed as of yet
Looking Forward to the Future
When your breeder tells you he has the perfect match for you after he’s already matched you beautifully before, you listen. When Mico told us that this little man was going to be everything we dreamed of, even with already having Reaver in the program, we listened. The Salleys fell in love with him the moment they picked him up, but he was quickly snatched up by Morgan – one of the newer members of our collaboration. He spends time with both families between Texas and Ohio.
After a short evaluation period, he really embodies everything we love about Reaver, Natchez, and N’Blue. He shows beautiful conformation potential as well as a calm, steady engagement that promises a wonderful sport career as well.
Our Goals
The sky’s the limit with Terror. Currently, his focus is in exploring the world of dog sports with his owner, Morgan. They have dabbled in rally, obedience, disc, coursing, barn hunt, and conformation. He has shown off his happy demeanor and willingness to please in every venue.
As a young pup, he finished his UKC Championship including group placements, as well as snagging his first AKC Major. We expect him to continue to shine in the conformation ring as he matures, just as his brother, Reaver, has.
As he grows, we will focus on him enjoying being a puppy and laying strong, versatile foundations for him to blossom into an incredible dog.
CH Natchez de l’Ombre Rouge de Phrygie BN RM RAE BCAT ATT FDC CGCA CGCU TKI Date of Birth April 30th, 2017 (7 years old) (Furtif des Alexines x Jody des Habits de Feu) Bred by: Belinda Eylettens Previously Owned by: Mico Ilic of Valley of King’s Kennel
As a group, we fell in love with Reaver and, when his sire became available, we couldn’t pass up the opportunity to add him to our lives and program. Natchez joined the Beaucerons des Vents pack in September of 2022, making the long trip from Serbia to Louisiana to live with the Menards (Ashleigh, Zach, and their 13 year old daughter, Rylee). He settled in immediately, charming everyone that he met including a senior dog in her household who doesn’t warm up to many. In a wonderful twist of events, he weaseled his way into Rylee’s heart to become her first juniors dog!
Our Journey
Since coming to the US, he earned his:
AKC Championship
Beginner Novice (Obedience)
Rally Masters
Rally Advanced Excellent
Rally Advanced
Rally Excellent
Rally Intermediate
Rally Novice
BCAT (Coursing)
ATT (Temperament Test)
FDC (Farm Dog)
CGCA (Temperament Test)
CGCU (Temperament Test)
CGC (Temperament Test)
Trick Dog Intermediate
Trick Dog Novice
Best Veteran in the Regional Specialty
Best Opposite Veteran in the National Specialty Sweeps
2nd Best Veteran Male in the National Specialty
EXC Temperament rating
EXC+ Morphology rating
Best Male Veteran in Journee
Enjoy some pictures of Natchez before he came to us!
And since he’s been home…
His Parents
Furtif des Alexines Date of Birth June 18th, 2010 (Chok des Alexinesx Arzik du Moulin des Trois Rivieres)
Jody des Habits de Feu Date of Birth October 5th, 2014 (Eros de la Grange Colombe x Bouba Dite Bellone des Habits de Feu)
Sylas Kompania Braci Date of Birth July 1st, 2021 (3 years old) (Jeans de Euskal Herria x Arlen Rus Amazonka) Bred by: Kamil Szczęsny
Sylas joins Melissa in Cincinnati, Ohio – close enough to enjoy play dates and visits with his co-owner Erika and the Beauceron friends in her household. I am extremely excited to have my lifetime sidekick and friend in my home. I hope to involve him in every aspect of my day and life that I can, letting him get the most out of the world and our lives together. We have many goals, and as my first well-bred dog, I am so excited to embark on this journey with such a lovely puppy. I cannot thank his breeder, Kamil, enough for the care he took raising this litter, and for trusting us to bring him all the way to the U.S. to be part of Des Vents.
Goals
For the moment, much like all prospects, Sylas is a growing puppy whose focus will be on seeing and learning about the world. With Melissa’s careful guidance, we hope to see him thrive in his home, enjoying a lifetime of new experiences, exploring, and growing into the well rounded, social, stable male we hope he will be.
He’ll be learning the foundations for a future in obedience and conformation, and giving him a start to encourage playing in many different sports. With so many options locally to try their hand at (herding, dock diving, coursing, agility), as well as becoming the best hiking and travel buddy of Melissa he can be, boredom will never be on the table. We will find what he loves to focus on for his future.
Overall, we hope to see him thrive and excell in his home as well as becoming a strong example of the versatility the Beauceron breed can hold.
We are thrilled to have Sylas join our group of hopeful foundation prospects, his dam’s litter is one some of us have followed since they were born, and one of us even considered importing her sibling at one point if it had been better timing. Prado’s strong type and accomplishments, as well as his own stellar pedigree compliment our goals well and we are so excited to watch our little guy mature into a stunning combination of his parents.
Now that he’s here, we’re excited to watch him grow together! Enjoy some pictures of the cutest puppy!
His Parents
“Prado” JEANS de Euskal Herria Date of Birth June 12th, 2014 (ATOUM des Assiers x HADA de Euskal Herria) Junior Club Winner 2015 – Polish Junior Winner 2015 Beauceron of 2015 in the “Young Dog” category Junior Champion of Poland – Polish Champion – Lithuanian Champion Polish Winner 2017 – Polish TOP DOG Beauceron 2017 Club Winner 2018 – CIE International Beauty Champion Winner of the Show Ranking – Best Polish Beauceron 2018 – European Winner 2018
“Prada” Arlen Rus Amazon Date of Birth July 31st 2019 (Graal de I’ame du loup x Arlen Rus Fansy Sansa)
Defiant Duet Black Pearl Date of Birth April 22nd, 2021 (3 years old) (Momento Mistika Pinkerton Argente x Black Carambas Zora) Bred By Baiba Kapeniece
Looking Forward to the Future
Seven joined des Vents from Latvia in August of 2021. She will begin her sport career with our friend Yana in Michigan. From the moment Seven was born, she was the first to the milk bar, the first to walk, the first to explore. Given the accomplishments of her parents, we’re excited to see that drive and instinct channeled in her as well. We are so grateful to Baiba for selecting her for us, and lucky to welcome little Seven not only into our program, but into our hearts and home.
As she has grown, we have learned so much about her confident temperament and desire to be with her family. She spends her days on the farm or at the grooming salon with her owner – always enjoying the small adventures in life. While she is no longer a breeding prospect, she holds a special place in our program as our wild child. Enjoy some pictures of her growing up!
Seven
Her Parents
“Zora” Black Carambas Zora Date of birth April 1st, 2016 BH, OBD National Class, LV JCH, LV CH, LT CH (U’Hugo bas Rouges des Lisica x Black Carambas Orange Jaffa)
“Shah” Momento Mistika Pinkerton Argente Date of birth August 22nd, 2015 BH, IPO3, JCH LAT, CH LAT, CH LT (Credo Z Dorky x Momento Mistika Hera)
