WELCOME !
We want to take you on a journey in the Pyrenean,- and Cubilon world. We live about 30 km south of Trondheim, which is 520 km north of Oslo, Norway. This is on the countryside, and fits well for the dogs.
Today my little breeding is just the Pyrenean Mountaindog, but earlier it was both the Hungarian Pulis and the Newfoundlands.
The first litter was born in 1991, and up till now it's born 44 Pyreneans, 13 Pulis and 8 Newfoundlands.
THE VERY FIRST BORN PUPPY AT THE KENNEL;
CUBILON'S ALEXANDER AINET
In the menu you will find guidelines to the tour. The first page is where you are now. It's about Cubilon today, where the name come from, the main theme for the breeding, and some results for the kennel.
Then follows the History (of Cubilon), that is shortly about all the dogs and litters, what's happening, written chronologically.
Dogs Today, from an index you will find a presentation of the dogs I keep today.
Dogs in the Past are a tribute to those dogs who are not among us any longer.
Litters, contents a short presentation of all the born litters, and you can choose from index.
Showresults is mainly for my own dogs, but also other Cubilon-dogs.
Album (or In the Nature) - photos taken when we are enjoying the nature, alone or with other dogs and their owners.
I hope you will put down a few words in the Guestbook after you have been travelling in this dog-world! Tell me about it.
Of course it's Links to take you further into either the Pyrenean-world, or other breeds world.
Finally you will find different ways to Contact us. I will try to answer questions as far as I can, and I am very pleased with a dog-chat anyhow!
I WISH YOU A NICE TRIP INTO THE CUBILON,- AND PYRENEAN-WORLD!
Here is what the literature says about my kennel-prefix:
The legendary dogs of the shepherds who followed their masters to gaze at the infant Christ in Bethlehem were named Melampo, Cubilon, and Lubina. Modern dogs named after them will never go mad, according to legend.
Source: Leach, Maria. God Had a Dog : Folklore of the Dog. Rutgers University Press, New Brunswick, N.J., 1961. (398 L46)
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THREE CHENESPACE-DOGS IN THE PYRENEAN MOUNTAINS
PHOTO: VESA SALONEN
We decided that the litters should be in alphabetic order. Also that all Cubilon-puppies shall have two names, which starts with the same letter. The first name is the one that can be used on daily basis - a name the buyers can pick themselves as long as it starts with the given letter. The second name says something about the breeds native country. That's why the PMD's have French words/names as a second name, the Pulis have a Hungarian name, and the Newfoundlands have a Canadian name.
Kennel Cubilon has so far bred 44 PMD-puppies. The main target with breeding, is to always improve the breed - based on the ideal. The breed standard sets the standard for the exterior. At shows the dogs will be judged according to this standard. It must be mentioned, however, that it's the judges and breeders subjective interpretation of the breed standard that creates big differences in a breed. But that doesn't mean that one view is better than the other! We simply have different "taste".
CHATEAU DE FOIX
Exterior can, to a certain degree, be measured against the standard at a dogshow. And health can be measured in, among others, HD,- and AA-x-rays. The PMD in Norway today, is a breed with a very good statistics on HD. 78% of the Cubilon-dogs are x-rayed, and only two of them have weak HD. Only 40% of the dogs nationwide are x-rayed, and the HD-percentage of these are about 9%. This is over a 10 years period. It's a little more difficult to tell about AA. The majority of the Cubilon-dogs are x-rayed both front and rear, but this is unfortunately not too common among the other breeders. Only one of the Cubilon-dogs has slight AA.
Good mentality should be the most important feature in a dog. A big dog, such as the PMD, with weak nerve constitution or severe aggressive features, has no place in our modern society. A lot of this can be seen in a mental-test. But it isn't common to test PMDs in Norway today. Most people know how their dog will react when they meet people, other animals and cars in daily life. But very few know how the family pet would react in a tensed situation. If breeders takes such testresult under consideration, one can avoid, among others, mentally weak dogs or severely aggressive dogs.
GAUS - A HEAD-STUDY
Mentality will always be the most important feature in Cubilon's breeding and our breeding animals. The pups we sell, are ment to be suitable and stabil family dogs. The second most important feature in a PMD from Cubilon, is the essential Pyrenean-expression. But the dogs shall, of course, be fysically healthy, too! One can't improve everything at once... one has to give priority to a few things at a time.
Over the years, kennel Cubilon has achieved many good results at dogshows. (See also "Dogs Today" and "Showresults") There have been some highlights for some of our individual dogs, and for Cubilon's breeding,- and progeny-classes as well. We got the first winner-title in 1994, when Lana became BOB and NorwegianWinner at the Norwegian Kennel Club's (NKC) International dogshow. The following year, Lana also became SwedishWinner - at the age of 7 1/2 years old! Her complete name with titles was then: INT N S CH NW-94 SW-95 AMATRISE'S ILLYANE. For many years she was the bitch in Norway with the most titles ever.
BOB & NW-94: AMATRISE'S ILLYANE -"LANA"
BOS: IDAVANGEN'S CORNELIUS
While Minimann "ruled" the showring, he often got both Group,- and BIS-placements. In 1993, for example, we entered him at 10 dogshows, and he got 10 BOB! That includes BOB and BIS at two Swedish Speciality Shows that year! We counted his ribbons and prices once, and I seem to remember that he alone had 36 BOB and 12 BOS out of 56 entries...
We have - and have had - many Int Champions, but the Winner-titles are somewhat special. And it was fun when Ester became Best Bitch and BOS at the Norwegian Speciality Show/PMD-club Show in 1999 for judge Eliina Hapaniemi. Lana, Ester's mother, was three times 2nd best bitch at the Club Show, so it felt good to finally get the first place! But I haven't forgotten that Sebastian became Best male dog and BOS for a French judge at the Club Show in 1996 neither.
ESTER - THE BIS-GIRL!
I also remember a very special day at Rissa dog show in 1999; Ester won the Group and became BIS-2! It isn't often a bitch manages to "fight her way" to the top! A few weeks later, she became BIS-4 at "Show of Winners"!
Ester didn't enter the showring as a veteran before the age of 9 years . At her first try, she became BIS-veteran! She also got one BIS-4 as veteran, and one BIG-3 the same year. Out of 8 entries, she got 7 BOB-veteran!
During the last couple of years, our dogs got even more titles; Gaus is JuniorWorldWinner-98, NorwegianWinner-02 and NordicWinner-02. His sister Bodil, also became NordicWinner-02. So BOB and BOS at the NKC's NordicWinner Show litter brother and sister, and both owned by me. The Cubilon breeding-group was placed 1st in the breed. What a day!
CUBILON'S BREEDER-CLASS
The year 2002 was also a good year for my breeding- and progenyclasses. At the NKC's International Show in Trondheim, Ester's progenyclass became BIS! The very same day, Cubilon's breedingclass got a BIS-3, we got BOB and BOS, BOB-veteran, and two new Cubilon-Champions! Another great day at dogshow!
We also did very well at National Shows; at Otta, Ester's progenyclass got another BIS! We repeated that in Trondheim later on. At Steinkjer some weeks later, our breederclass got a BIS-2. Ester didn't enter the shows for the autumn season, due to a totally lack of coat. Ester got 8th place at NKC's TopWinningList for progeny-classes - all breeds - through the year 2002! Gaus was placed BIG-3 in Orkdal in November.
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