LaFamilia Pedigree Boston Terriers

25/12/2024

Happy, happy Christmas from 👀❤️⭐️ (Cuba has ‘plans’ for the Highland Cattle 😂)

13/12/2024

Keeping cool & enrichment with ice blocks 🍦

27/11/2024

As 2024 starts to wind down we’d like to thank everyone that has supported us throughout the year 🙏🏼

The Strand Vet for their fabulous veterinary services and care 🩺

TCI GlenBred for specialist breed support & testing ✅

Our breed supporters & partners Carol Wallington & Kinga Fabisiak 🐾

And of course thank you to our fabulous show colleagues Chad Kerapa, Beverly Dudeck, Lucia Franghetti-Tupaea, Nicole Harrison, Donna Griffiths, Debbie Bielby - we are grateful to show with a wonderful, knowledgeable, supportive bunch of show mates 💕

We’re very pleased to finish our year of showing with the announcement that CH Savendie’s April Son in Cuba has achieved Dogs New Zealand Gold Merit status 🏆

27/10/2024

We've had a balmy weekend showing in Katikati at the 8th FCI All Breeds CACIB Show & the Tauranga Kennel Association All Breeds Championship Shows at the lovely Uretara Domain 🌳☀️
Much respect & many thanks to our judges Mr Noppadon Chittiwan (Thailand), Ms Kari Harding (SA, AU) & Mr Zachary Tan (WA, AU ) for recognising CH Savendie’s April Son in Cuba worthy of 👇🏼

FCI All Breeds CACIB Show
🥇Best of Breed
🥇Best Dog
🎖️Best of Group 4th

Tauranga Show 1
🥇NZ Bred Dog
🥈Reserve Challenge Dog

Tauranga Show 2
🥇NZ Bred Dog
🥈Reserve Challenge Dog

🎉Congratulations to all our other breed mates on their much deserved wins over the weekend 🎉

Thank you to all of our dear friends Beverly Dudeck, Lucia Franghetti-Tupaea, Chad Kerapa & Debbie Bielby for an enjoyable weekend of showing & great company 💕

Some candid show photos of our best boy looking very handsome 😂 & a lovely professional shot by the talented Penny Brooks Photography 📷

17/10/2024

That one time that Friday & Cuba did some photos for Nana & Grandpa 👍🏼😂📸

Thank you to FUREVER Photography for such great shots of 🥰

11/10/2024

Love this photograph of our best boy
💙 CH Savendie’s April Son in Cuba 💙

We are both still very much novices in the show ring & it’s so hard to see how you look when you’re doing the work. So we were delighted to see this come up in the ring side gallery ☺️

Big thank you to Kirstie Bain for the photograph 📷

10/10/2024

If you don’t know the history of the breed this is a great read 🤓 Shared from our friends at Boston Terriers NZ - Devine & Rossdhu Boston Terriers NZ

Did you know?
Interesting quick facts on Early Boston Terriers

1. Although the Boston Terrier is touted as of American origin, the breed was indeed refined and standardised in America, but did not originate there.
2. In the late 1800’s the Boston was kept and bred as a fighting dog from English origin through various crossing of the Bulldog and Bull Terriers including the now extinct English White Terrier, along with some help from English Staffordshire Terrier.
3. It was believed that the various crossing of these breeds, ensured better gamer fighters.
4. Although originating from English stock, the first recording of matings was those done in America.
5. It was custom at the time to designate dogs, especially those used for fighting, by the owners’ names. This was confusing as when the dog changed hands, so did the name have to change to accommodate. Hence one of the earliest descendants of the breed was named Hoopers Judge- but previously he would have been O’Brian’s Judge.
6. Two litter brothers are touted to be the cornerstone of the breed – Bernards Tom and Atkinsons Toby (picture below). Tom was said to possess the fine quality that is present in good specimens of the modern Boston Terrier. Tom was also the first screw tailed specimen of the breed.
7. The first show with any record of a Boston being exhibited was Massachusetts KC in 1878 and was Atkinsons Toby at 10mths of age. He was entered and judged in the class for Bull Terriers.
8. Breeding to develop the breed was very intense and involved Bernards Tom being bred to his daughters and daughters of Toby. Then again the progeny of that mated together again. Even though it was deemed unethical.
9. Higgensons Belle when mated to Tom produced a dog that went on to produce Townsends Sprig (12 pounds/5.5kgs) who was an ancestor of the AL Goode dogs, the founder of the potent strain that did so much for the Boston Terrier helping to bring down the size of the breed.
10. The various names a Boston has been known by: Bullet Head, The Round Head Bull and Terrier. The breed fanciers set up the American Bull Terrier club with application to admission in the stud book in 1891 under the name American Bull Terrier. The Boston Bull name came several years later until it was decided that the official name will be Boston Terrier.
11. It wasn’t until 1895 that that the Boston type finally ‘jelled’ and those exhibited started to be a more uniform type.
12. The breeds first champion was Champion Monte.
13. The 2 dogs Goode’s Buster and his sire ‘Goode’s Ned were the nearest thing to a real strain that existed in the breed and the result of a lot of out crossing – bucking the original inbreeding trend.
14. One of the first early Boston's to have the markings, head, eye, body, quarters, front, quality and beauty was a dog called Yankee Doodle Did.
15. Boston's were also used at one time as ratters!

With grateful thanks to the book ‘The Complete Boston Terrier’ by Ethel Braunstein for this great information.
Pictured below - Atkinsons Toby

07/10/2024

We had a lovely weekend showing in Cambridge at the Huntly & District Kennel Association Championship Shows ☀️

Much respect & many thanks to our judges Mrs Heather Morrison (Tasmania, AU) & Ms Julia Jones (Victoria, AU ) for recognising Cuba worthy of 👇🏼

Show 1
🥇NZ Bred of Group
🥇Best of Breed
🥇Challenge Dog

Show 2
🥈 Reserve of Breed
🥇Challenge Dog
🥈Reserve Challenge Dog

🎉Congratulations to all our other breed mates on their much deserved wins over the weekend 🎉

Thank you to all of our dear friends for an enjoyable weekend of showing & great company 💕

Photo of our best boy looking slightly nonchalant 😂 & a lovely professional shot by the fab Kirstie Bain 📷

12/09/2024

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07/09/2024

We attended our second Dogs New Zealand National Dog Show this last week in Feilding 👍🏼 As always we are proud of CH Savendie’s April Son in Cuba’s achievements, we are both still learning so every show is good experience for us both.

Much respect & many thanks to our judges Mr Antonio Oliveria (Brazil), Mr Doug Bowe (Australia) & Ms April Clyde (USA) for recognising Cuba worthy of 👇🏼

Prelude Show
🥇NZ Bred First Class Dog
🥈Reserve Challenge Dog

National Dog Show
🥈 Reserve of Breed
🥇NZ Bred First Class Dog
🥈Reserve Challenge Dog

Non Sporting & Utility Dog Society
🥇NZ Bred First Class Dog
🥈Reserve Challenge Dog

Congratulations to all our other breed mates on their worthy achievements over the week 🎉🎉🎉

Thank you to all of our dear friends for an enjoyable week of showing & great company 💕 Debbie Bielby, Chad Kerapa, Lucia Franghetti-Tupaea Josh Aaron Fagan Beverly Dudeck Carol Wallington

And thanks to Trina Far from Glitter & Tumblers for our fab LaFamilia tumblers, we love them!

04/09/2024

We’re in Feilding for the Purina Pro Plan National Dog Show (Official Event) 🐕 Definitely weather, fingers crossed it improves for us tomorrow 🤞🏼

16/08/2024

❤️❤️❤️ P U P P I E S ❤️❤️❤️

We are delighted to share CH Savendie’s April Son in Cuba & Bellissimo’s Summerday’s fabulous puppies with 🤗

This wee Boston gang are just starting to get busy and explore the world 🌏 And are the easiest way to waste time!

There is one puppy available in this litter for the right family, so if you’d like to be considered as the perfect home 🏡 for this puppy please complete the Puppy Registration form on the link 🔗

https://forms.gle/2oiuDbhFJoGHXjcu7

11/07/2024

Today our OG Princess, Friday, is 7 years old 🎂 She is the matriarch at LaFamilia Pedigree Boston Terriers and is still fit & fabulous 💕 We look forward to her growing older & greyer for many years to come 🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷

We hope you enjoy this portrait of her birthday as much as we did having it 🥰 Aged BBQ Eye Fillet & cake was enjoyed by all the guests 🎉

26/06/2024

The Boston Terrier, a stylish dog for discerning owners 👌🏼

1920s Boston Terrier fanciers in Pasadena, California.