"Nothing Is Better Than The Original"
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"Nothing Is Better Than The Original"
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Biography of Our Master Breeder and Handler, Mr. Antonin Codino Our passion for the Breed goes back to the early 1980's when my wife and I purchased our very first Bichon Frisé for a family pet. I named him CUPIDON. We had him evaluated at his first show when he was just one year old. The judges rendered their decision to me--“Excellent…providing merit to the Breed!” We loved the sport and the judges encouraged us to take him to more shows. Through training and dedication, he became an International Champion, ELITE A. He was a very handsome, confident dog with unmatched charisma in and out of the ring. Although he went to Rainbow Bridge years ago, he will always be close to us, at heart. Also in the early 80's, we had another little dog named CENDRILLON that we also showed. She had made numerous Excellent 1st's, CACIB, CACS. We had our first litter and we kept for ourselves the very best female, named EVE du Mas de Mercués. EVE, who competed in numerous shows became Recommended, Champion of France and Champion International. By this time my wife became a professional groomer and handled all our Show Preparations. Show preparation is a lot of work and it takes her one full day to prepare three of the dogs for the ring.
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We traveled all over Western Europe by train to the major shows and our dogs really enjoyed being shown as much as we enjoyed the sport. We decided to purchase another male, GOLDFINGER who went on to become Champion (CH) of France, CH of Switzerland, CH of Monaco and Vice Champion of the World, ELITE A. From his first litter, we retained the best female. From another litter of CUPIDON and CENDRILLON came the male that my son named GUIGNOL du Mas de Mercués. GUIGNOL attained his Championship of France and we placed EVE with GOLDFINGER to obtain HIGGINS du Mas des Mercués. HIGGINS was equally charming, and as a result very successful in all his shows. He immediately took the Championship of France; after nationals, he became International Champion and Champion of Monaco. We had many lovely Bichons and our most recent purchase was NOKAIDO who by 2001 was titled CH of France. During the 80's and 90's I received multiple awards from multiple organizations for my years of quality contribution and dedication to the Breed. With much respect for the Breed and the Bichon Club de France, [which I helped to pioneer years ago], it was during this time that I began to be recognized internationally as a Master Breeder and Handler and was featured in numerous articles. It is from this multi-champion line that we are pleased to offer you the prettiest Bichon Frisé babies. Our Bichons grow toward an adult size of 26-27cm in height (10 ¼ - 10 ½ inches), the petite size, considered to be an important element of success within the Standard of our Breed. ……..with much sentiment….A. CODINO, Elevage du Mas de Mercués
Some Males in Our Pedigree |
