Ame Sauvage Beaucerons

24/12/2023

Merry Christmas from our pack to yours!

16/11/2023

New stats are out and Tarkan is making some moves!

After his amazing weekend in Belton last month, he’s now the #7 NOHS and #11 All Breed Beauceron!

BPIS Group Placing GCH CH Luctator Canis Mayrau CGCA CGCU TKI

I’m excited to take him in the Jr Sweepstakes in Orlando and see what he can do!

Rylee is holding on to the #2 Beauceron Jr handler spot with limited showing thanks to her rally achievements with Natchez. I’m also excited to watch her take Tarkan in for Jrs for the herding specialty in Orlando!

07/11/2023

I’m so very proud of these boys!

Natchez is co-owned with Robyn of Beaucerons des Vents, BDV has a new champion! He was handled exclusively by Jr Rylee Menard.
CH Natchez de l’Ombre Rouge de Phrygie BN RE FDC ATT CGCA CGCU TKI

Tarkan was our very first champion and now our first Grand Champion! He’s got two more shows this year then we will be pursing IGP training and sports while he grows up to come back out later!
Group placing, OH Group placing
BPIS GCH CH Luctator Canis Mayrau CGCA CGCU TKI

31/10/2023

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Happy Howloweeeeeen! 👻

Please enjoy the latest American Beauceron Club trading card!

Massive thank you to designer Cameron Alaniz with Howling Wild Studio for our exclusive design!

Please have a fun and spooky holiday. Be sure to make sure your dogs have collars on with owner contact information and/or their microchips are up to date!

Order here! https://national.beauce.org/store/store-merchandise/commemorative-items/halloween-trading-card/

P.s - for those that order the 4th of July card please know that there was a printing mishap and it has been corrected finally! Those orders will be sent out this month! So sorry for the delay.

21/10/2023

This weekend Rylee and I switched gears from the confo ring to the rally ring at the Calcasieu Kennel Club rally and obedience trials. It was so good to be back in the ring with Raya! We haven’t trialed since July (or trained much for that matter) and she never missed a beat! She took High Triple and High Combined yesterday and High Triple today.

Natchez started his RACH journey and scooped up his first two QQQs and 34 RACH points! If I’m not careful this team is gonna beat Raya and me, yesterday they tied us for High Combined!

Tarkan kept his boy brain together and got his first 2 legs of his RN title with scores of 98 and 93.

I’m so proud of these dogs and Rylee did an outstanding job navigating her first RACH entry! Today there were 5 beaucerons competing and I’m almost certain they all came out in placements!

28/09/2023

I’m way behind posting about results from Belton. Both Natchez and Tarkan showed really well and walked away with points!

Natchez was a rockstar all weekend, even though he didn’t earn a single point after taking WD on Friday, he showed the best I’ve seen him do and had fun doing it. He now just needs 5 points to finish.

Tarkan put on a show for me! He moved beautifully, landed a pretty free stack, and gave me a glimpse of what he can be once he’s mature. He was SD all the days. He took SD for a 4pt major in a nice line up of beaucerons under judge Ms Betty Nelson Po***ck.
On Sunday under judge Kerry Lee he again took SD for a 3 pt major and CH defeat. Mr Lee had lovely things to say about him and said he couldn’t wait to see him in another 6-8 months. He now has all of his GCH majors, 2 CH defeats, and 13 pts towards his Grand!

They get a couple of weekends off before heading to Humble, TX and picking back up with rally trials.

05/09/2023

Today is a special day at our house for two of our boys!
Happy 1st birthday Tarkan and Happy Gotcha day Natchez!
Rylee made them cupcakes to celebrate and well everyone took their treat nice and gently…except for Tarkan, he snatched it and ran so he’s a blur lol!

18/08/2023

Thank you Dr Kara for keeping these two feeling their best! They love coming to visit you!

28/07/2023

I was waiting on official win photos to update this page about the Houston show! Combined we brought home CH and GCH majors, 9 new titles, and a whole lot of memories!

Natchez showed well all weekend but definitely saved his best performance for the last day! On Sunday, he took WD over some lovely dogs for a 3pt major. He’s now just 7 points away from finishing his championship!

Tarkan was only entered on Sunday and he made it count. His first time in the ring as a special and he took Select for a 4pt major and a champion defeat towards his Grand. Thank you judge Charles Olvis for finding my boys in a great lineup of dogs! Texas sure has some nice beaucerons!

Loki showed his fluffy little heart out all weekend in the breed ring and juniors ring. He won his class everyday but was shown no love in the winners dog class. He got some wonderful compliments from other handlers and some hard looks from a couple of judges. His time is coming.

Raya and Natchez both were wonderful in the rally ring!
*Raya had placements in all 9 of her entries, earning her RM3 title and taking home a High Triple and High Combined awards.
*Natchez and Rylee earned the 1st and 2nd legs towards his RE title and took first in class both days.

Both Raya and Natchez passed their AKC Temperament Test (ATT) and also scooped up their CGCA and CGCU titles. Tarkan also passed his CGCA and CGCU titles.

We are home and resting up for some September shows we have scheduled, the dogs have earned a good break!

17/07/2023

It’s almost that time!
Houston World Series of Dog Shows is this Thursday-Sunday at NRG. There will be a pretty large group of beaucerons entered in a variety of events including conformation, rally, obedience, scent work, disc demos and Meet the Breeds. Beaucerons take over the MTB booth on Saturday at 10am so if you’re wanting to put hands on the dogs and learn more about them, that’s a great opportunity to do so!
Tarkan, Natchez, and Raya will be competing all 4 days so come say hi!

06/07/2023

We are so proud of Rylee!

04/07/2023

Raya and Tarkan were good sports! We would like to wish everyone a happy and safe July 4th!

Please put collars and tags on your dogs this afternoon and keep doors shut so your dogs can’t spook and run away when the fireworks start.

02/07/2023

Happy birthday to my best girl, chaos coordinator, queen of the house (and she knows it), my ride or die! Raya is 3 yrs old today and it seems like yesterday her brought you home!

20/06/2023

Official win photos from Lake Charles are in!
BPIS CH Luctator Canis Mayrau CGC TKI
Saturday - WD, 3pt major
Sunday - WD, 3pt major and new Champion

12/06/2023

Now that are we rested and mostly unpacked from the weekend, I have time to sit down and reflect on our amazing weekend in Lake Charles at the Cajun Cowboy Cluster dog show.

I think we had the largest entry of beaucerons in a Louisiana show, with 9 dogs entered in conformation, 10 including Raya in rally/ obedience.

There were 2 sets of siblings present so that was cool to reunite those dogs and watch them win together.

We had not one, but TWO new CHAMPIONS in the breed and one new GRAND CHAMPION!! In a breed who historically has low entries in this area, it took the cooperation of dedicated owners/handlers to all work together to build the majors each day. Every single one of those dogs entered deserved any points up for grabs, they were all that nice.

I’m over the moon excited to share that pending AKC approval Tarkan is now an AKC Champion and will be BPIS *CH* Luctator Canis Mayrau CGC TKI. We always knew he was special and he has such a bright future ahead of him in and out of the ring.
He took WD 3/4 days, collecting his last needed major and points to finish. On Friday he also took Best a Puppy in Breed and got to play in the puppy group ring! He showed like a seasoned pro all weekend! The icing on the cake was sharing the victory with friends and having his sister take WB/BOW/BOS along side of him for her very first major and 3 pts!

While Natchez played show dog, he wasn’t shown any love in the confo ring and that’s ok. He’s proven himself already. But he shined upstairs in the Rally ring! Rylee handled him beautifully (with little prep I might add) to earn his second and third legs of his Rally Advanced title and had placements both days! Pending AKC approval he’s now AKC major pointed, Serbian CH Natchez de l’Ombre Rouge de Phrygie BN RA FDC CGC TKI. The judges both days had lovely things to say about their teamwork.

Raya was on her way to a High Combined win in Rally on Friday but we ultimately had to scratch from Advanced in order to get Tarkan to groups. She had beautiful runs in Masters and Excellent. We ultimately ran into the same struggles in obedience on Saturday and I opted to do a “fix and go” when we NQed. We are going to take a step back from obedience and seek some help to hopefully get her performing as well in that ring and she does in rally. I know she will be a top competitor when she can get her head in the game.

All in all it was a weekend full of good friends and big wins to go around. I thoroughly enjoyed watching and cheering for friends when they reached their goals and looking out ringside seeing so many familiar faces who came to support us! It meant the world for friends and family to come see what it is Rylee and I love to do.
We are going to take a much needed break to regroup and train. Tarkan is going to continue training in IGP and obedience but he’s not going to see a show ring until he grows up some and we have nothing but time 😉

21/05/2023

Tarkan and Raya love club days!

30/04/2023

Happy birthday to our ball loving, demand barking, will crush you for love, clown Natchez! Our big guy celebrated his 6th birthday today in style earning his second rally intermediate Q and a 2nd in class!

30/04/2023

Today was kind of bittersweet…the facility where I started rally and obedience with Raya at is closing at the end of the year and it was also the German Shepherd Dog Club of Beaumont last rally/obedience trial there. To honor Carol, the owner, the facility was beautifully decorated and they presented her with a cake and gifts to thank her for 50 years of service! This was the very the first place we trialed at and earned our very first title at so it was nice to end on a good note. Super proud of these three today!

Natchez and Rylee earned their first leg of Rally Intermediate with a score of 96 and 1st place! He heeled beautifully for her. The team also earned his last leg of his Beginner Novice title and now pending AKC he’s:
Natchez de l’Ombre Rouge de Phrygie *BN* RN FDC CGC TKN

Raya rolled right back into Rally even though we haven’t trained for it and earned QQQ #1 for towards her RACH2 and grabbed some points as well. She had some tuff luck in Open but other than her 1 mistake, was working beautifully.

Tarkan even came home with a ribbon! He navigated a very congested trial and earned his CGC. Pending AKC he’s now BPIS Luctator Canis Mayrau *CGC* TKN

20/04/2023

I’m late on sharing how the Brazoria County Kennel Club show in New Caney, TX went, I came home not feeling my best.

Tarkan had a lot of firsts last weekend. First hotel stay, first patio restaurant dinner, and his first points towards his AKC championship!
On Friday under judge Mrs Patti Neale, he was awarded WD for his first 2 points! She was surprised to hear he was only 7 months old and said he was a lovely boy.
But he wasn’t done. On Saturday under judge Dr Steven Keating, he awarded Tarkan WD and BOW against some nice mature major pointed dogs for his first 4 point major!
On Sunday he acted like a puppy and bounced around and wasn’t found but that’s ok. He came home with 6 points and a major, he’s now AKC major pointed BPIS Luctator Canis Mayrau TKN

Natchez was super consistent all weekend and showed well. He was awarded RWD all 3 days. He helped Rylee in the junior showmanship ring as well and in Friday they walked out Reserve Best Junior in Show and was second in their Jr class on Saturday.

We have a couple of shows planned over the summer but we will be moving our focus to rally and obedience in the next couple of weeks.

06/04/2023

Got in some time for a walk down to the park and to snap some pictures of Tarkan, Natchez, Raya, and Gardy before the rain moved in!

27/03/2023

The boys’ win pictures from the National Specialty are in!

Rylee handled Natchez to a few junior wins in Kentucky but winning Best Junior in Show in her first National is pretty special.

Tarkan shined all week with expert handling from David Scheiris and Galina Marconian Bullmastiffs.
David handled him to First place wins in his puppy class in both the National Sweepstakes and the National Specialty.

21/03/2023

We are home from a whirlwind trip to the Beauceron National Specialty in Louisville, KY. We traveled through 5 states and over 1700 miles round trip and the effort was worth it. I can’t put into words how proud I am of these dogs, not only while in the ring but out of it as well. They never met a stranger and kept happy wagging tails the whole week and traveled well. We also got to meet up and cheer on our Beaucerons des Vents family (Natchez’s co-owner) and their dogs.
It was great finally meeting the people and the dogs who we’ve only interacted with via fb and watching a record breaking entry for our breed go into the ring each day. It’s a trip I won’t soon forget that’s for sure.
We had the pleasure of having David Scheiris and Galina Marconian Bullmastiffs expertly handle some BDV dogs and Tarkan during the shows and together they made them shine!
Here’s a breakdown of each day:

Thursday (3/16) - All Breed
•Natchez placed 2nd in Open to his son Reaver (owned by BDV). Seeing them both in the ring together was pretty special
•Tarkan was a happy puppy in his first big boy show
•Rylee then took Natchez to the obedience ring where they earned their first leg to his Beginner Novice title
•Rylee handled Natchez to 2nd place in her Juniors class
•Natchez completed his health testing *OFA pending

Friday (3/17) - ABC Regional Specialty under breeder judge Cindy Hartwell
•Tarkan was 3rd in Sweepstakes 6-9 month puppy
•Regional Tarkan was 2nd in 6-9 month puppy
•Rylee handled Natchez to a Reserve Best Jr in Show in the regional
•Natchez got no love in Open but looked great
•Natchez participated in the Stud Dog showcase and met everyone with a wagging tail and happy boof

Saturday (3/18) - ABC National Specialty under judge Gloria Kerr
•Tarkan took 1st in his Sweepstakes 6-9 month class and finished 3rd in Best Puppy in Sweeps
•Tarkan took another 1st in the National in 6-9 month puppy! While he got no love in Winners, it was cool seeing him in the line up with some of the best dogs in the country!
•Natchez wasn’t found in Open and that’s ok, he was saving his best performance for later.
•Rylee handled Natchez in juniors and he helped her secure the 2023 BEST JUNIOR in SHOW at the National!
•Back in Obedience, Rylee and Natchez picked up their second leg in Beginner Novice and won the class with a beautiful run.
•Raya had some tuff luck in obedience but she really showed off probably some of her best work and I’m thrilled with her. She was later honored during the Parade of Titleholders for her stellar 2022 year.

Sunday (3/19) - All Breed under judge Brian Meyer
•Tarkan took 2nd in 6-9 month puppy while being handled by myself
•Natchez saw no love in Open, the boy was tired and we are ok with how he did
•Rylee handled Natchez to another Juniors class win though she didn’t make the cut in the Best Jr class
•Rylee took Natchez to the Rally ring at the end of the day and they earned the last leg needed to finish his Rally Novice title and took 3rd place

If we look like exhausted the next few days this is why lol! A huge congrats to all the winners! We saw friends finish their dogs this week and shared lots of happy tears during those moments. All in all we learned a ton and got big compliments from fellow competitors and judges, and I think that’s all we could ask for, the wins were just super sweet icing on the cake! We are already planning for next year! Enjoy the photo dump while we wait on official win pictures. Thanks Kara Staroski for capturing my boys so beautifully!

14/03/2023

We made it to Kentucky yesterday evening to prep and relax a few days before the chaos of The Kentuckiana Cluster and the American Beauceron Club’s National Specialty. Today and tomorrow they can be swamp creatures. Wednesday they have to turn back into show dogs for a day of grooming, health testing, and conformation and obedience matches.
If you are in the Louisville area and are interested in meeting the breed, there will be close to a 100 dogs of all ages and lines in attendance to meet.

06/03/2023

We are home from Humble and I’ll be riding this high all the way to Kentucky next week! To say I’m proud of my dogs is an understatement. They all took some very big wins in their respective classes so I feel extra special having them all under one roof!

Raya started the weekend off in the Rally ring by finishing her RACH and working really well in the Open Obedience class!
She’s now *RACH* ARC’s Replique Warrior CD BN RM2 RAE2 CA DCAT SWN FDC CGC TKN

Natchez and Rylee had a big day yesterday! Yesterday he took WD/BOW for his first 5pt major and she handled him to a Novice Intermediate Junior win, her first win with competition!

Tarkan also had a big day yesterday! This was his very first show experience and I’m super impressed with how cool and level headed he stayed during the chaos that comes with a show. Tarkan was entered in the 4-6 month Beginner Puppy class where he took a Herding Group 1 then went on to WIN BEST PUPPY IN SHOW!
He is now *BPIS* Luctator Canis Mayrau

We have a week to rest up, these 3 leave for the American Beauceron Club National Specialty in Kentucky next Sunday! Congrats to all the winners this weekend, see y’all in a week!

14/02/2023

Happy Valentine’s Day!

07/02/2023

Our National Specialty is right around the corner and it will be Tarkan’s, as well as mine, first show. Not gonna lie, the closer it gets I get the feeling I want to pass him off to someone else to handle lol but I need to learn this game too so we are gonna do the dang thing! Like all good beauceron puppies he rarely has his feet on the ground but this afternoon he gaited nicely.
As a treat we got a nice walk around the neighborhood before it got dark and Raya and Natchez came with us.

22/01/2023

This weekend Rylee stepped in the rally ring for her first trial with Natchez in the Novice A class at the German Shepherd Dog Club of Beaumont trial. To say I’m proud of them both is an understatement! Over the weekend, they earned the first TWO legs of his RN (rally novice) title with scores of 98 and 90 and first class placements both days! Their future is bright and I’m glad I have a front row seat to watch!

Raya got to play in the Open Obedience ring today and though we NQed, she worked beautifully and I couldn’t be happier with her first attempt and we will get it right next time!

Tarkan also came along to see the sights of his first trial and he traveled, crated, and worked nicely in the busy crating area. We did some obedience, practiced stacking, and met some new friends and he handled the noise and chaotic show environment like a seasoned champ.

15/01/2023

It was a cold windy day to hit the beach but the dogs didn’t care! Raya and Natchez love the beach and this was Tarkan’s first trip and he agrees with them! Nothing brings me joy quite like watching them run free and being happy.

09/01/2023

Prien Lake Park has the best sunsets! We took the dogs for some training. We worked on obedience and some stacking/gaiting in preparation for some upcoming shows and the NS.

23/12/2022

We want to wish everyone a Merry Christmas!

23/12/2022

While Rally has been our main focus with Raya this year, we’ve been training for a Open Obedience. There’s still some stuff that needs work, but last night she put all the exercises together and I think I may enter her soon.

23/12/2022

Rylee took Natchez through his first Rally Novice course at training tonight. These two are such a great team. They will be debuting in the Rally ring soon!

16/12/2022

Never pass up the opportunity to take a cute picture! Tarkan was just happy to get snacks for his efforts!