Grand Champion KingsCrest Suddanly Sunflower
Grand Champion KingsCrest Suddanly Sunflower, 10/01/2011
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How we got into Vallhunds-
We got our first Vallhund, Sunny, KingsCrest Sunflower, about 4 years ago. I had wanted an inside dog that had the temperament of a large dog and would not be intimidated by our larger Swissys.
When I was researching the breed, I really liked two Kennels, Castleavery Kennels, Irish, and Starvon Kennels, British. Imagine my surprise when I found out that Rebekah James had imported her girl Tia from Castleavery Kennel in Ireland and only lived about two hours from us in North Carolina.
We started communicating with Rebekah and we selected Sunny for my first foundation Vallhund. What a girl. She is fun, bright, and very mischievious. She finished her Championship before 18 months. Thank You Rebekah and Robert James for all your help and support... Could not have had such a wonderful experience without Sunny.
We have pictures of Sunny below and as you can see she is not a wall flower,,, she fits in with our Motto that "Our Dogs are into Everything".
According to everything I have read they are a primitive dog and can be hard to house break.
We went out of our way to get Sunny out as a pup and really expose her to a new place or experience every week up until she was a year old... All this work paid off with dividends... She is very self confident and outgoing.
In our experience she had to be let out during the night at least once until she was about six months old and then she stopped having to go out until morning. The other thing we did is that we NEVER left Sunny unattended in the house for the first year of her life... if we left the house she was put into a crate with a chew toy or left out in a secure yard. We never gave her the opportunity to use the bathroom in the house. Again this hard work paid off and we have had very little house breaking issues.
As you can tell we love her. She has the temperament of a well adjusted German Shepherd. She is eager to please, virtually unbreakable and is very athletic for those of us who like to do performance things with our dogs.
Look at the pics below of Mom- Sunny,,, Dad-Bo, and their beautiful puppies. I have 3 boys and 1 girl available.
Plan to do eye checks on the whole litter before they go to new homes.
Sunny's breeding soundness exam results are as follows:
Hips- OFA Fair
Elbows- OFA Normal
Eyes- Normal
For those interested in going further,,, please go to home page and fill out a puppy application (Under Apps/Contract) and send it to me at dccampeau@yahoo.com Please read all about our feeding and vaccine recommendations for our dogs. It is important for your dogs lifetime health.
All puppy health guarantees are contingent on new owners following conservative vaccine protocols and following feedings recommendations.
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Sunny Bunny
Sunny- Grand Champion-10-01-11
Sunny earning her Championship
Sunny is wondering why her Basenji Buddies won't come out and play- Jan.09
Sunny having fun. Jan. 09
Sunny is wondering what all this white stuff is. Jan. 09
Sunny- 2nd Xmas-15 months
Sunny- 2nd Xmas- 15 months old
Sunny- 2nd Xmas- 15 months- Playing in Toy Box
Sunny - 2nd Xmas- 15 months old- Playing in Toy Box
Sunny- 3-4 months old
Sunny- 3 months
Sunny- 3 months old
Sunny- 3months old- Too little for her collar
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You have already read about the Dam (Mom) of litter above,,, Sunny.
The Bo x Sunny litter was born on June, 25,2010... 4 Boys , 3 Girls.
Below I have included a Resume or Bio on the Dad-Bo
Bo's Bio
UK Ch. & Am GCh Starvon I'm The One
CERF, DNA & UK Hip Scheme scores 4-3=7
Born in England 3/13/2003
First UK & Am Ch SV
Best Puppy SV at Crufts 2004
BOB Crufts 2007 (earned 3rd CC & Ch title)
Imported to US April 2007
Finished AKC Ch Sept 1, 2007 w/4 majors
Award of Excellence Eukanuba 2007
First SV BOB winner at Westminster 2008
Best Stud Dog SVCA National Specialty 2009
BOS Westminster 2010
3rd SV Grand Champion June 2010.
Has sired only 16 puppies.
Only 4 are old enough to be shown. 1 was Best Puppy SVCA National Specialty 2009. 2 are AKC Champions, 1 is a UKC Ch and has 9 (1 major) AKC Ch pts.
See Bo's Pics below with his pups.
**** Special Thanks to Cheryl Rolfe for handling this breeding. Really appeciated her dedication and going above and beyond in getting this breeding done.
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Bo and baby pics
Dad- Bo
Dad-Bo
Dad- Bo
Dad- Bo
Sunny x Bo - Boys at 2days
Sunny x Bo- Boys at 2 days
Sunny x Bo- Girls 2 Days
Sunny x Bo- Girls 2 Days
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baby pics 2 1/2 wks
Pink girl
Pink girl
Pink- girl
Bluebelle-girl
Bluebelle-girl
Sailor-Navy
Sailor-Navy boy
Royal- Purple boy
Royal-Purple boy
Royal- Purple boy
Mounty- red boy
Mounty-red boy
puppy pool
Baby Pool
Daisy- Yellow girl
Daisy-Yellow girl
Hunter-Green male
Hunter- green male
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Baby Pics 4 wks
Royal-purple boy
Royal- Purpleboy
Mounty-redboy
Mounty-redboy
Hunter-Greenboy
Hunter-greenboy
Hunter-greenboy
Sailor-navy boy
Sailor-navy boy
Sailor-Navyboy
Pink girl
Pink girl
Daisy-Yellow girl
Daisy-Yellowgirl
Bluebelle
Bluebelle
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sunny pups six wks
Bluebelle
bluebelle
Bluebelle
Daisy-yellow
daisy-yellow
pink girl
pink girl
hunter-green
hunter-green
hunter-green
sailor-navy
sailor-navy
mounty-red
mounty-red
royal
royal
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baby pics 7wks
Sailor-Navy
Sailor-Navy
Hunter-Green
Hunter-Green
Hunter-Green
royal-purple
royal-purple
Mounty-Red
Mounty-red
Pink
Pink
Bluebelle
Bluebelle
Daisy
Daisy
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Herding at 9 wks
Sunny herding sheep
Sunny herding those sheep
Mounty herding ducks
Mounty herding ducks
Daisy waiting for shepard before she gets those ducks
Daisy herding those ducks
Sailor chasing those ducks
Sailor wants Duck soup.
Hunter- I just want to be a couch potato
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pups at 7 months
L to R- Pups 7 months
Flynt, Cowboy(Red), Daisy, Sunny
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