THE HISTORY OF CUBILON:

Cubilon's A-litter was born 26.07.91. The sire was an import from England called Ch Carabrae Long Haired Lover - pet name Bjoerne. Owned by K. Ideborg in Sweden. The bitch was Lana - Ch Amatrise's Illyane. Lana gave birth to eight puppies, but only four of them survived. The remaining four were healthy and strong. Amica is still among us, at age of 12 years these days!(July, 2003)  I visited her and owner Liv-Berit early this spring.

No one from this litter have any progeny. Three of them became Champions. Alexander Ainet - pet name Silver - got his last Certificate, became a Champion and was placed second best male at the Norwegian Club Show for judge Mrs. Brenda Judson. She was very delighted when she after the show were told that Silver's father Bjoerne, was her own breeding!

THE FARM IN SKAUN

In the summer of 1991, Minimann became father to a litter in Hessdalen, the bitch was Aadalen's Fancie. One of the bitches from this litter, has two litters at Arctic White kennel in Bodø. From these litters there are at least two bitches having progeny.

Just before Christmas in 1991, we got our first Hungarian Puli. Her name was Kanikula's Bolla Punky Ohm-O, pet name Punky. In the spring of 1992, we bought another Puli, Ch Kutya's Szuszugo-Szivar, pet name Chivas. Punky was 2 years, and Chivas 4 years when they came to live with us.

PULI + SNOW = TROUBLE!

On the 4th of November 1992, our two Pulis became parents to Cubilon's B-litter; 5 males and 1 female! I can tell you, having Puli-puppies is quite different from having PMD-puppies! These little black fur-balls were running around as soon as their eyes opened! And they made this funny little noice as they were racing around, which gave them the nickname "Gremlins". Brumund and Bernhard became Champions. Four were x-rayed; all free.

In the summer of 1992, Sebastian sired a litter with Ada from Oppdal. Seven puppies were born October 3rd. One of the bitches, Vanzetta o'Cubilon - pet name Renate - came to live with us. She was a beautiful bitch, and in 1994 she became the Top Winning PMD in Norway - only 2 years old! Unfortunately she had slight HD, and a severe mentaltest, so she never had any progeny.

RENATE

February 1993 we went to K. Ideborg again. This time we mated Lana with another England-import; Ch Sketrick Accumulator - pet name Dollar. We fell in love with him the first time we were there, and now he had matured into a well grown male.

On the 18th of April, Lana gave birth to Cubilon's C-litter. 12 puppies were born, and 9 of them survived; 6 males and 3 females. Chrocus Collier - pet name Ester - stayed here with us. She has had 3 litters, and also passed her mentaltest with flying colours. Everybody in this litter were x-rayed, and one had slight HD. Ester and Claus - pet name Cormac - became Champions, 6 got CC/Certificates. Four of them are still going strong.

When we went to the PMD Club Show in 1993, we brought home a Swedish dog called Ch Ideborgen's Highland Illusion - pet name Rocky. Since we had so many dogs at home, Rocky moved to a family in Trondheim to live as a "lonely child". We bought him, of course, for future breeding.

Minimann sired a litter at kennel L'ambre Jaune in Sweden in 1993; their E-litter. One of the males, Egon, was exported to Moscow, where he became the founding dog of their PMD-kennel.

L'AMBRE JAUNE EGON,

SAYING GOODBYE TO SWEDEN!

Sebastian was mated  with a bitch from Hessdalen; Biba. She gave birth to 7 puppies in autumn 1993.

On the 18th of April 1994, Madikken gave birth to our D-litter. 9 puppies, 3 black males, 2 black females and 4 brown females. We lost one brown female, the others matured allright. As far as I know, there are no one from this litter having offspring. Madikken has lived with a friend of mine since she was 2-3 years old. She is still living there, a venerable lady at 12 years of age. She is an approved search-dog, the first Newfoundland in Norway!

MADIKKEN WITH HER OFFSPRING.

Hunto also sired two litters in 1994, one at Quashiwa's in Sweden, and the N-litter at kennel Kanikula. His offspring  are founding dogs at one kennel in Finland, and one in Sweden.

The 12th of November 1994, Lana and Rocky became parents to Cubilon's E-litter; 4 males and 4 females. This was Lana's last litter. All puppies had grey markings, a strong inherent from their father. 7 of 8 are x-rayed, all HD-free. Two of the males -Elliot and Ebbe - were exported to Sweden.

ME AND LANA TAKING A BREAK.

Elliot and Eugen -pet name Heike- from this litter, have competed in obedience. Elliot is even the second PMD in history with the title LP (an obedience title). Heike passed his mentaltest with flying colours, in addition to winning obedience-prizes. Four of the E-puppies are Champions, and two of the others have recieved CC/Certificates. Elliot sired a litter in Sweden in 1996, and one of this offspring is a founding dog at kennel Wonderwhite (Sweden).  Embla had a litter in 1999 here in Norway, and one of these bitches is the founding bitch at  kennel Sætra, and has a litter there.

SLEDGING WITH PMDS AND NEWFOUNDLANDS.

Sebastian was mated with the bitch S Ch Escalier's Aritca. This litter was born in January 1995, in northern Sweden, 4 males and 5 females. At least two of the females have litters.

Punky and Chivas became parents again in February 1995, to kennel Cubilon's F-litter. This time 6 males and 2 females. The F-litter wasn't as healthy as the B-litter. Many of them died rather young. One female - Fanny - became a Champion.

PULI-PUPPY

Sebastian moved to Nina, in springtime 1995. He was a "lonely child" with her untill he died in 2001, 11 years of age.

We had a lot of dogs at the kennel, and since none of us were at home all day, we hired a kennel-assistant. I feel I almost have to mention them, since they have become a part of kennel Cubilon's history. The first one was Hilde Stenstad. She was 18 years old when she delivered the first puli-puppies. But it was the PMD she fell truly in love with. She often came with us at DogShows, and began to handle some of our dogs from early on. So Hilde S also got a big interest in DogShows, and have been seen in the ring quite a lot over the years. When she came to look at the E-litter, Hilde and Eugen fell instantly and mutually in love with eachother. The fact that she was set on naming him Heike, was something we had to live with. Heike was Hilde's first own PMD - but now she has two other males in addition to Heike.

HILDE S AND HEIKE

Tone succeeded Hilde, and worked for us for about 6 months. She couldn't resist the PMDs either, and bought Claus - pet name Cormac. Janne also worked for us some months, didn't stray far from the path - she bought a Leonberger from kennel Sjøbjørnen in Sweden.

The girls did a good job, but the next assistant was a young man. Arve worked for us for about 6 months, and he didn't blunder. I lent him some dogs from time to time over the years, and today he is a co-owner of the dogs with me.

The fall of 1995, was in many ways a division in my life. Friday 13th of October, Punky died in my arms. Later the same month, I left Harald and the farm in Skaun. Lana, Ester and I, plus a couple of cats, moved to a beautiful farm in Kvål. During the next six months, Embla, Chivas and Balder and the rest of the cats followed.

ONE OF THE CATS; LASSE

Renate moved to live with Vivian and Tore, the Puli Futhrik and Newfoundland Idefix. She didn't get along to well with other bitches, so it was the best for all parts that she lived with the boys.

On the 1st of March 1996, another epoch was over. Minimann died on his 8th birthday. Soon after that, Harald and Hunto moved to the Northern Norway.

HUNTO

We settled in well at the farm - Stensaas - it's a great place to live when you have dogs. Specially PMDs, who can bark at almost anything or everything sometimes... With the wood just outside the frontdoor we can enjoy the Norwegian wildlife at the doorstep.

Balder became a bit "bossy" over his old father Chivas, so he got a new home at a farm in Romsdal, January 1997. I wanted Chivas to have a quiet and peaceful retirement together with "his ladies".

At this time Ester was almost 4 years old, and it was time to look for a suitable male for her. The choise fell on Multi CH Beachbear's Aneto Silver Snowman - pet name Marius- owned by Mette & Gunnar Jensen. It was early quite obvious  that Ester was pregnant.

But just before the puppies were born, I had to take the long and painful trip to the vet. with Chivas, to put him to sleep. He got a dislocated disc in his back, which paralised his hindquarters. So Chivas, who really loved puppies, never took part in the upbringing of this litter.

Before the pups were born, Sølvi and the puli Brumund moved in with me for a period. The G-litter was born 5th May 1997; 9 large puppies - 6 males and 3 females.

A short time after they were born, one of the males kind of "called for me". So even though I wasn't suppose to keep a male, I ended up with both Gaus and his sister Gave - pet name Bodil - from this litter. Sølvi also bought one of the pups; Guttorm. Unfortunately he died only 4 years old. Gulliver was exported to Sweden, to Carina and Lars at kennel Wonderwhite.

ESTER AND GAUS.

7 of 9 are x-rayed, all free from HD. One of them have slight AA, the rest of them are free.

At the WorldDog Show in Finland 1998, Gaus became JuniorWorldWinner and 4th best of the males. The winner of Open Class and 3rd best of the males was Cubilon's Ebbe Emigrant. BOB and WW-98 was Marius, Gaus' dad. Bodil didn't do too bad either, she was placed 3rd best JuniorBitch out of 10 or 12 entries.

After this experience, everything seemed possible. Gaus and Bodil quickly acchieved their Championtitles, but Gaus needed time to mature. He was shown from time to time, and he likes it in the showring, contrary to Bodil, who never quite got the point with DogShows. If she had been willing to "show herself" well - noone knows how far she might have gone. She has an exterior most only can dream about! Gulliver also became a Champion after 4 shows in Sweden.

JUNIOR WORLD WINNER '98

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