Séance

UKC CH AKC Major Pt Barracuda Von Den Hütern Asgards PT BN RN TKI
Date of Birth January 30th, 2021 (3 years old)
(Hirgon Yvain de la Bonhardiesse x Bibiane L’Epice De La Vie)
Bred By Constantin and Yvonne Renz of Von Den Hütern Asgards

Looking Forward to the Future

Where to begin on our excitement for this little lady…

Séance traveled all the way from Germany to join Erika in Ohio as of April, 2021.

I am forever thankful to Constantin and Yvonne for entrusting me with this lovely puppy. She is everything I could have wanted, and a fantastic first prospect for our kennel dreams. While I can take no credit for the careful planning of her breeders, her pedigree is full of potential and dogs I adore. Constantin and Yvonne gave her the best start in life I could ask for, and so many updates as the little ones grew! I hope to make them proud with our accomplishments as a team, and show them my love for her here in my home.

Our Goals

For the moment, Séance is just a growing pup and we’re doing a lot of foundation work for our goals. If she is anything like her parents the world will be ours for the taking. We’ve seen it proven time and again how her parents have such a joy to work, confidence of character, and the drive to give anything a go. Her Sire Homme is a Search and Rescue dog with an accomplished show career, her Dam Lilo is a proven herding dog who has shown similar aptitudes for search work, with a strong showing career behind her as well.

We hope to shape that drive in many ways, with Herding, Obedience/Rally, and Scent work at the forefront. Dock diving, bikejoring, and more will also be thrown in there if she shows she enjoys them.

A sweet and thoughtful puppy full of potential, but above all she is joining us as a member of the family. We hope she will not be quite the devil of a puppy her mother was! Though we did ask for one who was ready to take on the world.

As we’ve gotten to know her, she has shown to be a sweet, social, and kind puppy. She is bold and open to all, has never met a stranger, and always has energy for more games and more learning on any given day. While not vocally demanding, she is persistent in her wants, and gives clear signals with intention for everything she wants to see, do, or have. She is incredibly observant and calculating, and will sit and watch something for a moment and dive into it with full confidence. I am so thrilled to watch her learn and offer new behaviors, and love watching her mind work through a problem.

Seance’s Three Year Update

Time flies when you’re having fun right?
It’s hard to believe I’ve had nearly three years with my little beauceron with a big attitude.

To sum up her personality now she is a serious girl with a feral child side in there too. You know you have been accepted as one of her close friends when your greets switch from a bump and enthusiasm to a full contact sport tackle. She is just as likely to clown it up and do her best to make her people laugh as she is to focus on her livestock despite anything going on around her and think through problems.

She has grown into the well rounded dog I hoped she would, moving seamlessly from home, to the city, to the farm. She loves to show off and make sure Robyn and I to crack a smile in the Obedience and Rally ring, hang out at the cafe, or remind me just how much of a powerhouse she is when we bikejor.

Her show career in AKC has had it’s ups and downs as she isn’t the biggest fan of the show ring and would much rather be up to something fun. She has placed Best of Breed though for her first major and points in AKC from the classes, and every once in a while remembers how much I love it and gives me her all.

At the 2024 American Beauceron Club Nationals Seance tagged along with one goal in mind – entering the herding trial for our first title. Aiming straight for our PT test, even if it was on the notoriously difficult stock at Purina Farms.

It was not our prettiest run, or our best look, I am the first to admit. I was flustered as a handler by the sheep, and promptly forgot so much of what I was doing. But in the end, by the skin of our teeth, we did it. Earning the highest title awarded at the National Specialty, as well as the Nationals Versatility award for Herding.

I will be forever proud of our journey together, though it has it’s ups and downs.
The newest adventure as of Winter 2024 for Seance has been bringing our
very first litter, the 2024 Video Games into the world.

Next year we hope to continue our herding journey, and keep moving forward.
Please enjoy a video of our practice PT run shortly before Nationals on our home turf with our friends at Hado-Bar Farms in Ohio.

For now I leave you with the same message as when she was a puppy…
We have so much learning, bonding, and exploring to do.
So many adventures to take, and so many places to see.
We hope you will follow us on the journey!
Enjoy a snippet of watching her grow in pictures, just as I did.

“Homme” Multi Ch. Hirgon Yvain de la Bonhardiesse
Date of birth December 3rd, 2012
(Corver Yan du Domaine du Bois de Chartres x NK. NJK Dianthe de la Noe d’ Oriënt)

Cotation 4 Recommandé, CANT,NHAT, MAG test
Tracking: Basic, level 1, level 2, level 3 Mantrailing: GAK9 level 1
NL JCh, German JCh, Lux JCh, Eur. JS ’14, BWNL’14, BWNL’15,
Dutch Champion, German Champion, Belgian Champion,
Norwegian Champion, International Champion (CIB), Winner ’15, Clubwinner 2017