Breeding and showing Dogue de Bordeaux and French Bulldog

Our knowledge to the breed was established early in the year 2000. We where looking for a dog as a pet and was thinking about buying a Saint Bernhard. At the time we lived in an apartment, and we realized that it would not be so great for a Saint Bernhard to live like that, so we started to search for another breed. After buying a big book with a description of all kind of breeds, we finally found out what kind of a dog that played the lead role in the movie "Turner & Hooch" which he had seen in 1989. We had always been fascinated of Hooch in the movie, but never found out what kind of a breed it was. Well, now that we finally found out about the Dogue de Bordeaux, we started a lot of research on the breed, and the conclusion was, of course, that this was a spectacular and wonderful breed, which we just had to get. We decided to buy a pup from Alan and Kerry Bates, owner of Brandoux and Laruscade Kennel in the United Kingdom. Two great people who have given us a lot of help and advice whenever we have needed it. And breeders of real QUALITY .

In September 2000 we travelled to U.K. to pick-up the puppy we had never seen before;  When arriving at the Bates' residence it was love at first sight for all the three of us, I think. Troy was the most charming creature we had ever seen and I'll bet we where the happiest little family united at that moment.

In July 2001 we decided to enter Troy for his first show, just for the fun of it. As told earlier we mainly had him as a pet and we intended to have it like that. But the show was held in our town and we thought it could be interesting to see how it all worked. We had never been to a show before, any of us.  But we have certainly been to shows after the debut on that sunny sunday in July 2001.Troy became BEST OPPOSITE SEX and got a CAC and a GREAT CRITIC. We where bit by the show-mania and now we travel 1000 of miles each year only to go to the shows. But it's really interesting to meet all the different people and dogs and it is a lot of fun. In October 2001 we bought a house in the countryside, and moved from the apartment in the city. We where ready to start breeding this WONDERFUL breed....

We would like to thank everyone who has helped us in best possible way, given us advice and answers to everything we where wondering about and still wonders about...

A short briefing of the Molosse Antique breeding until 2022:

VETERAN WORLD WINNER 2012

CHAMPIONNE DU CLUB (France) 2012  and 2019

INTERNATIONAL CHAMPION X 7

NORDIC CHAMPION X 8

NORWEGIAN CHAMPION X 31

SWEDISH CHAMPION X 18

FINNISH CHAMPION X 10

DANISH CHAMPION X 5

SPANISH CHAMPION X 1

SWEDISH WILDTRACKCHAMPION x 1

NORWEGIAN WINNER 09-11-13-17-18- 20 x 2 - 21 x 2 - 22 x 2

NORWEGIAN JUNIOR WINNER 12-18-20-21

NORDIC WINNER 2010

NORDIC JUNIOR WINNER 18-19

SWEDISH WINNER 2007

Viking Winner 2022

Roskilde Winner 2022

Mostwinning DDB in Norway 15-18-19-20-21-22

MOSTWINNING DDBX BITCH (2006)

ATIBORDEAUX CAC X 21

1 x PLACEMENT AT THE POLISH CLUBMATCH 2006

4. BEST CHAMPION MALE AT THE FRENCH CLUBMATCH (2007)

BEST BREEDERGROUP AT WORLD DOG SHOW 2008

3. OG 4. BEST FEMALE IN CHAMPIONCLASS AT WORLD DOG SHOW 2008

3 X PLACEMENTS AT THE SWEDISH CLUBMATCH  2008

3 X EXCELLENT at the French  Clubmatch 2008

2 X EXCELLENT at the French Clubmatch 2009

4. BEST CHAMPION FEMALE  at  INT. SHOW in METZ, FRANCE 2009

BEST SENIOR FEMALE at the French Clubmatch 2010

2 X EXCELLENT at World Dog Show 2011

4. BEST CHAMPION MALE  at CHAMPIONNAT DE FRANCE in PARIS 2011

4. BEST SENIOR FEMALE at the French Clubmatch 2011

VETERAN KLUBSIEGER at World Club Winner Anif, Salzburg 2012

2.BEST VETERAN FEMALE at the French Clubmatch 2012

4. BEST CHAMPION FEMALE at the French Cubmatch 2012

BEST BABY at CACIB show in Geneve, Switzerland 2013

2. BEST CHAMPION FEMALE with RCAC at CACIB show in Geneve, Switzerland 2013

3. BEST INTERMEDIATE FEMALE at CACIB show in Geneve, Switzerland 2013

BEST BABY at  Europa Winner  Geneve, Switzerland 2013

3. BEST CHAMPION FEMALE at Europa Winner 2013 in Geneve, Switzerland

4. BEST FEMALE in intermediate class at Europa Winner 2013 in Geneve, Switzerland

BEST FEMALE in Fokkers klass at BDCN KAMPIONSKLUBMATCH  in Almere, Netherland 2013

4. BEST PUPPY at the Bullmastiff and Mastiff Speciality show in Järvenpää, Finland 2014

2. BEST PUPPY at the WORLD DOG SHOW 2014

4. BEST BABY at the Clubshow in Milan, Italy 2015

4. BEST CHAMPION FEMALE at the Clubshow in Milan, Italy 2015

4. BEST BABY at the WORLD DOG SHOW in Milan, Italy 2015

2. BEST CHAMPION MALE at the Dogue de Bordeaux Speciality Show in Norway 2015

2. BEST CHAMPION FEMALE at the Dogue de Bordeaux Speciality Show in Norway 2015

2. BEST FEMALE PUPPY at the Dogue de Bordeaux Speciality Show in Norway 2015

3. BEST MALE PUPPY at the Dogue de Bordeaux Speciality Show in Norway 2015

4. BEST MALE PUPPY at the Dogue de Bordeaux Speciality Show in Norway 2015

BEST BREEDERGROUP with HP at the European Winner Show 2015

BEST PUPPY at the European Winner Show 2015

BEST MALE PUPPY No 1 - No 2 - No 3 at the European Winner Show 2015

4. BEST CHAMPION FEMALE at the European Winner Show 2015

BEST SENIOR at National d'Elévage Chatel-Guyon, France 2016

3. BEST JUNIOR FEMALE  at National d'Elévage Chatel-Guyon, France 2016

3. BEST PROGENY GROUP  at National d'Elévage Chatel-Guyon, France 2016

4. BEST BREEDER GROUP  at National d'Elévage Chatel-Guyon, France 2016

5 X EXCELLENT (of 5 dogs)  at National d'Elévage Chatel-Guyon, France 2016

KUNSTLER CUP WINNER 2017

BEST SENIOR at National d'Elévage Coursan, France 2017

2. BEST OPEN FEMALE National d'Elévage Coursan, France 2017

2. BEST CHAMPION FEMALE at Benelux Winner Amsterdam, Netherland 2018

2. BEST CHAMPION FEMALE at WDS Speciality Show Amsterdam, Netherland 2018

2. BEST FEMALE PUPPY at National d'Elévage Tilques, France 2018

2. BEST DEBUTANT MALE at National d'Elévage Tilques, France 2018

BEST DEBUTANT FEMALE and BEST DEBUTANT at National d'Elévage Tilques, France 2018

BEST CHAMPION FEMALE  at National d'Elévage Tilques, France 2018

4. BEST JUNIOR MALE at ATIBORDEAUX SHOW Tilques, France 2018

BEST CHAMPION FEMALE at ATIBORDEAUX SHOW Tilques, France 2018

BEST JUNIOR FEMALE at ATIBORDEAUX WORLD CUP Tilques, France 2019

4. BEST INTERMEDIATE MALE at ATIBORDEAUX WORLD CUP Tilques, France 2019

4. BEST CHAMPION FEMALE at ATIBORDEAUX WORLD CUP Tilques, France 2019

4. BEST BREEDERGROUP at ATIBORDEAUX WORLD CUP Tilques, France 2019

BEST INTERMEDIATE FEMALE at National d'Elévage Tilques, France 2019

2. BEST JUNIOR FEMALE at National d'Elévage Tilques, France 2019

2. BEST DEBUTANT FEMALE at National d'Elévage Tilques, France 2019

3. BEST DEBUTANT MALE at National d'Elévage Tilques, France 2019

4. BEST BREEDERGROUP at National d'Elévage Tilques, France 2019

BEST CHAMPION FEMALE with CAC at World Dog Show Madrid, Spain 2020 (2022) 

3. BEST OPEN CLASS FEMALE at World Dog Show Madrid, Spain 2020 (2022)

BEST BREEDERGROUP at World Dog Show Madrid, Spain 2020 (2022) 

2. BEST CHAMPION FEMALE with RCAC at Special CAC Show Madrid, Spain 2022

3. BEST CHAMPION FEMALE at Special CAC Show Madrid, Spain 2022

3. BEST CHAMPION MALE at Special CAC Show Madrid, Spain 2022

4. BEST OPEN CLASS FEMALE at Special CAC Show Madrid, Spain 2022

2. BEST CHAMPION FEMALE with RCAC at RSCE WINNER Madrid, Spain 2022

3. BEST CHAMPION MALE at RSCE WINNER Madrid, Spain 2022

4. BEST CHAMPION FEMALE at RSCE WINNER Madrid, Spain 2022

3. BEST OPEN CLASS FEMALE at RSCE WINNER Madrid, Spain 2022

BEST BREEDERGROUP  at RSCE WINNER Madrid, Spain 2022

2. BEST CHAMPION FEMALE at Raduno C.I.M XXXIX Bergamo, Italy 2022

2. BEST CHAMPION FEMALE at ATIBORDEAUX WORLD SHOW Bergamo, Italy 2022

4. BEST CHAMPION MALE at ATIBORDEAUX WORLD SHOW Bergamo, Italy 2022

2. BEST CHAMPON FEMALE at National d'Elévage Cabris, France 2022

3.BEST CHAMPION FEMALE at National d'Elévage Cabris, France 2022

4. BEST CHAMPION MALE at National d'Elévage Cabris, France 2022

BEST BREEDERGROUP (Trophee Raymond Triquet) at National d'Elévage Cabris, France 2022

BEST CHAMPION FEMALE at ATIBORDEAUX SHOW Cabris, France 2022

2. BEST CHAMPION MALE at ATIBORDEAUX SHOW Cabris, France 2022 

"Dogue de Bordeaux - A faithful giant"