ABOUT US
At
this time we are unfortanly not allowed to breed amstaffs in Norway.
In august 2004 the gournement in Norway choose to forbid this
wonderful breed. This is a true tragedy and make no sence at all. We
had one litter in cooperation with Anna Nåman in Sweden as she
co-owned a dog from us in 2005. A pick of the litter pup we had from
kennel Masterbolt, out of ch Geminero Thirtysomething.
Our
main goal is to breed healthy dogs, as close to the standard as we
understand it.
For us - many things
counts when selectin a dog for breeding. It is not enough that the
dogs confirmation is good and has done well at shows. It is also very
important that the dogs general health is good and of course has a
good temprament. Temprament, health and good confirmation are very
important factors to us and they all count the same - none of them
are to be penalized.
Our dogs are
confident and behave well in any kind of enviroment, such as city
streets with a lot of noise and people as well as the quiet
countryside. All of our dogs lives inside the house as familymembers.
We do not believe in keeping lots of dogs in a kennel. We belive in
quality not quantity.
All puppies are
of course born inside the house and we spend a lot of time
socializing and handling the puppies before they are given to their
new owners. We also think it is very important to find a pup that
suites the person who buys it, and we work hard to prefill all kinds
of wishes. It is very important for us that both the puppy and the
new owner get the best start we can give them. We do not breed often,
we only breed about one litter per year, but maybe two if a really
interesting combination comes up.
All
of our dogs are x-rayed and goes thru a health check before we even
think about breeding them. We will not use dogs that are not x-rayed,
neither would we breed a dog with such defects as hip dysplasia,
hearthproblems etc. All puppies are delivered with health
certificates and with all their shots. They are of course also
microchipped.
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Annette:
In
1999 Annette got Bob (Bergstaff's Daydreamer out of Mischa and Michl
R Nothing up my Steve). I dont think he has disapointed her in any way
in her impression of the Amstaff. After some months with such a dog
they where just sold! Dobermans and Golden Retrievers could not compete
with such a dog. A big extra bonus was also that Bob is a very nice
lokking dog that has taken many great wins in the showring with Annette
as a handler.
<-- Annette handling Geminero Mastermind to BIS at Swedish Amstaffspeciality 2004
Annette had several dogs in the past. The two first was also Golden retrievers, so I guess we have something in common. Annette is very soft hearted and several abused animals has found a home in her house. One of them is the doberman Toya. She is now a very stabil and nice dog, wich now lives with Annettes former boyfriend, Roger.
Besides Bob doberman female Ebony and our two amstaffs Mattis and Wilma lives together with Annette, Bråd and their little son Sondre.