Thank you for your kind and thorough handing over of puppy
Debucher Toute Suite - she has duly been named by Florence and will be known as
'LILI' - hopefully pronounced with a french accent! Though since she has come to
live in Essex there is every chance the odd 'oi Lil' might slip out!
She has settled in brilliantly and is really very well adjusted and appears
content with all of us.
Naturally, should I have any concerns or queries, you will be my first point of
reference.
Thank you once more for such a gorgeous pup, I hope she will be very happy with
us.
Best Wishes from us all, Tanya .
An excellent, committed breeder of Bassets Griffons Vendeens. We would not have purchased our puppy from anyone else...
Puppy Buyer from Hampshire.
We were most impresssed by the good socialisation of our puppy at the age of nine weeks.
Puppy Buyer from West Midlands.
We were very pleased and impressed by the way the breeder handled things.
Puppy Buyer from Norfolk
Mrs. Phillips was very informative about the breed. Our puppy is very confident and a credit to his breeder.
Puppy buyer from Dorset.
Vivien has been absolutely brilliant. We have visited her regularly for the last four months and have always been made to feel welcome. She
has been very honest with all the information on the breed- good and bad - and now we have got our puppy she has said we can pop in any time
to see her. We feel confident that no matter what questions we have, Vivien will always be at the other end of the phone for us.
Puppy Buyer from Hertfordshire..
Just thought I would drop you a quick line to let you know how Zsa Zsa, we call her Bunty, is getting along after her first full week in the Deen household. First of all she is everything we wanted in a puppy, she is so full of character. She has eaten well this week and has had very few toilet accidents in doors. She really loves being in the garden and normally does her toilet in the same areas. We have given her lots of toys so, so far my furniture remains intact from chewing. She has been great with our children and immediate family and is so loved. In return she loves being with us and gives us plenty of licks. Clive has taken her to the local vet to be registered and she gave her a full bill of health and her jab!
She does cry at night when we leave her downstairs in her
bed which is upsetting. Will she get used to this? Other wise she has adapted so
quickly and so well. We have put a collar on her and a lead when we take her to
the car so she can get used to it and can’t wait to take her for little walks.
She can’t wait either, as soon as the front door is open she dashes to it to go
out! If someone knocks on the door she gets so excited to see them she is just
so friendly. We are both so pleased to have her and she is well loved and seems
very happy to be with us.
Pauline Carrick from London
Thank you for our lovely puppy Theo (previously Zebedee!) He's
been with us 3 weeks today and so far all is going well. A few whimpers when we
first go to bed and when we're in the house but not interacting with him, but
apart from that (which I'm sure he'll grow out of) he has been a delightful
addition to our home. We were particularly impressed by his even temperament
when playing with my 2 & half year old nephew, which we were thinking might be
down to him having some practice playing with your grandchildren! On your advice
we've joined the BGV club so hopefully we'll keep in touch with you and some of
Theo's brothers and sisters through that!
Many thanks again - he's a beautiful dog.
Caroline Dyer & Chris Tredwell
Debucher Danseuse (Darcie) Absolutely precious!!
She is life changing, a real treasure. Happy, happy hound! Libby and Tango have
produced a little star. She loves her crate, steers clear of the 3 cats and has
great respect for our aged cocker spaniel, Sky and thoroughly loves life. She
has made waking up in the morning worth while again. She goes through the night
without a murmur and is nearly house trained, in one week. She is such a part of
the family already and we are thinking about another one very soon. Thank you so
much Vivien for all your help and advice and the smooth passing over of Darcie,
We love her very much!
Rachel Oldershaw and family, Northampton (june
2008)
Just wanted to let you
know how grateful we are to have Kipuu. She is a really wonderful addition our
family. She loves the garden and going out for walks. We are constantly stopped
and asked about her breed. Everyone says how gorgeous and friendly she is. At
puppy school she was initially timid but now enjoys playing with the other
puppies and is slowly but surely responding to our commands. She is growing well
and has settled in beautifully. Best wishes,
Rozanne & Mike
I want to say
thankyou so much for our fantastic little GBV we picked up from you a few months
ago (born on 4th Feb). He has settled in really well and is beautifully behaved
and very affectionate and gentle. Everyone has fallen in love with him and
we’re very happy that he’s part of our family. Thankyou again for taking the
time and effort to breed such wonderful dogs. Kind Regards,
Ruth Davis (The woman from Wimbledon with
the Labradoodle!)
Dear Vivien, Happy New Year to you. Just a quick note to say
thank you so much for breeding "Badger". We love him so much and "Tarka" is
getting more and more used to him. They often lie near each other and she does
genuinely car if he has hurt himself, so it is lovely and we are thrilled to
bits.
Thank you again....Terrie
She has grown in to a lovely dog, so good natured and
friendly (I don’t think she has a nasty bone in her body). She can be let off
the lead and has been off the lead from 12 weeks, however, she does have her PSB
mode (psycho squirrel bitch) when there is no stopping her and she is off,
closely followed by my husband in chase!. She gets on great with the Grand (Sid)
that lives down the road and runs most dogs ragged playing with them, she has
hardly chewed anything through growing up, although a bit fussy with her food
(our fault!) and loves to play – she hates water with a vengeance and no amount
of coaxing will get her in there!. She is a joy basically!! Thanks for all your
help and guidance I am not too sure what we would have done without you and
seriously thinking of a friend for her!
Gill Fletcher
Dolly is really totally at home now. Hector is very
gradually coming around as I think he recognises a potential partner in crime!
She is eating well, sleeping well, we have had no accidents at all in the house
(even at night) and she is in the process of digging to Australia in the flower
beds. I will send some photographs for you to see as soon as the link to my
computer is repaired. We are absolutely delighted with her and thank you
for allowing us to have such an exceptional little pup.
Ted and Alex
All's
well with us and our mischievous Rufus, he is growing so quickly and his
character is coming out more each day. He is so confident about everything he
does and seems to have no fear about anything or any one. He is learning very
quickly what's right and what's wrong like not to swing on my nice clean sheets
when I put them on the washing line. He's learnt to sit and lie down, I am
working on the command to stay at the moment which he has not quite mastered
yet!
But we will get there.
We just want to say thank you so much for your advice and
we feel very reassured in the knowledge that you are happy for us to contact you
at any point. And, thank you for rearing such a super dog, Wilbur is a delight.
Justine, Mark and Anna
Hi, Lydia (Idylle) has settled in with us very quickly, she
has introduced herself to all the Jacmist cockers and they are enchanted with
her, has scoffed all her food, pee'd and poohed outside, and is now tucked up in
bed, Thank you for such a precious little darling.
Jackie
Hello Vivien, Archie is settling in so well that it seems
that he has been here forever; even the cats are adjusting to him (though Archie
has learnt quickly that they are the rulers of the house and treats them with
the appropriate respect for now). I attach a picture of him and one of the cats,
Stouffer, quite happily together. The blanket he is lying on is actually
Stouffers and who normally jealously protects it, placed as it is under a nice
warm radiator! He had his last injections on Friday and can go out for proper
walks at the end of this week. He is a joy to own, and has finally stopped
howling when he goes into his crate at night. He even goes into his crate during
the day by choice, if I am working in the kitchen. Thank you again for all your
support and advice.
I have just got back from a trip over to our home in Ireland where Archie was a huge hit and adored by everyone he met. One of the girls in the village christened him “the movie dog” (as in a Disney type film) and the name seems to have stuck. I was worried about the journey over there as for the first few months he did not travel well, and it’s a fairly long journey, including two hours in the bowels of the ferry, but he was an absolute star. The journey down caused him some anxiety, but a couple of weeks of getting in and out of the car going to the local beaches, playing with other dogs, trying to eat seaweed, jumping in and out of waves, and the ultimate pleasure, chasing seagulls at the end of it, persuaded him that car journeys are pretty good. After a couple of days, he was lifting his front paws up on the boot helping me to lift him in. The journey back was utterly painless and again he wowed people at the ferry port in Dun Laughaire.
I know I have said this so
often in my updates on his progress, but he is an absolute joy to own and live
with. Thank you so much for breeding such wonderful animals.
Kate
We collected Florence from you last week, and already she has settled into our home making friends with our two Standard Schnauzers, so far we have not had a bad night with her, she settles into the cage with our two Schnauzers watching over her, feeding has not been a problem in fact if we are a little late in giving her a meal she soon lets us know, she has had her first visit to the vet and she was giving a clean bill of health, in fact our vet was most impressed with yourself the breeder with the amount of information you had given us to pass on to the vet. As I am typing this, Florence has just come in from the garden obviously had a whale of a time as her face and paws are completely covered in mud,time for some grooming I think.
Will keep in touch with updates on progress and photographs,
which I am sure will be plenty.
Linda Swinden
Kous Kous who is now
officially called Biscuit is the absolute perfect puppy. He has settled in
really well with us and is very happy to be here. He really is a delight -
affectionate, playful and very clever. Almost housetrained after only a week,
can sit and do 'down' {almost!} and walk a bit round the garden on a lead. He
is very calm and nothing seems to faze him except being left alone somewhere.
He is getting on very well with our other dog and all is good. Thank you so
much for letting us have him. We are really thrilled. He is also extremely
handsome!
Chantal
Just wanted to give you a quick update on Yankee as he’s been with us for about 11 weeks.I think we totally underestimated how quickly he will grow – he no longer looks like a “small” Grand (I guess he wouldn’t at 23lb). He is a very handsome boy and a firm favourite of the entire family. The children adore him and he misses them on weekends where they are away. We have been taking him to obedience training and keep bearing in mind, the words of wisdom you shared with us, about making sure he knows he’s bottom of the pack – we notice his attempts at trying to climb up the steps of hierarchy. All attempts are unsuccessful – and we and everyone else Yankee meets (human or otherwise) is still greeted with a “belly up position”. Right now we are able to let him off the lead in the park and providing are pockets are full of treats – he comes back every time. Ian keeps commenting about how smart he is – yes he has figured out how to open the stair gate if not firmly locked, he is clean at home both day and night, and his teething so far (knock on wood) has been limited to bones and toys. He is absolutely lovely and a huge credit to you as a breeder. And hopefully in the next few years you may see – we haven’t done too badly as owners either. Thank you very much again for such a lovely hound.
Now that we have had Woody for a number of days I thought we should drop you a line to let you know how he is getting on....
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He is a delightful puppy - full of fun and very intelligent. He has already learned to sit and fetch in the past 3 days! The journey up to Glasgow was perfect. He slept most of the way and did not toilet in the car. He wet when we got home. We couldn't believe our luck when he slept throughout the first night without a peep. We got him a crate on the second day and he has adapted to that rather well. So far we have only used it at night and a few times to teach him to be alone for a little while. We are building him up on that. We visited the vet today with Woody for the first time. I took along all the documentation that you gave us and the vet was very impressed with all the information and advice we had already been given by yourself. Woody was given a clean bill of health with the vet commenting that he is a very 'lovely pup that is already well socialised'. He proved quite a hit in the waiting room! We have signed him up for a block of 4 puppy socialisation classes held at the vets starting in a couple of weeks. Woody is such a sweetheart - everyone in our families that has met him so far have adored him. He certainly isn't short of kisses and cuddles! |
Thank you for all your help and advice. We will keep in
touch to let you know how he is doing.
Victoria and Jim
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‘Chloe’. She is a bundle of fun and energy and VERY happy! She has a wonderfully rewarding waggy tail which is absolutely gorgeous to be greeted with! Chloe travelled home really well, sleeping for much of the journey. This made visiting the vet the next day very much easier, and she even greeted the vet with a little waggy tail! The first 2 nights were a bit traumatic but after a bit more crate practice she has slept through (until gone 6am today!) – a huge relief and we are very proud of her. We are both pretty worn out after 4 days (you did warn us that she can be a bit naughty but so far she has been very good most of the time.), and toilet training is going well. We are conveniently booked in for Chloe, Kevin and I to be trained at Puppy classes from the day after she is allowed out and about so that should also assist in moving in the right direction. Integration with our 10 year old cat (Ella) is going quite well and we are pleased at how well they are both coping. Amazingly, our nervy cat is coming into her own and has the upper hand at the moment – Chloe is being her usual friendly self, but knows not to get too close just yet (Ella has an effective hiss / growl it seems!). They are gradually getting closer and seem less threatened. I have high hopes! Anyway, just a little update to let you know that your adorable
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