Our breeding dogs
Cybèle Du Haut de la Girauderie, Bristol Des Périgourdins Blancs and their son Fidélio are happy to announce the arrival of Jeais Du Plateau des Abeilles into our breeding family. Cybèle gave birth to 26 puppies with Bristol, and is now retired. Idem, from the Les Landes de Linas breeding line, has given birth to 10 puppies with Fidélio. Jeais and Fidélio have 9 puppies born the 14th of June of this year.
Picture, from left to right: Fidélio (son) , Cybèle (mother) , Jeais and Bristol (father).
Picture, from left to right: Fidélio (son) , Cybèle (mother) , Jeais and Bristol (father).
A little history on the name of our kennel
The kennel name “Domaine du Léopard d'or” is drawn from the medieval history of Aquitaine and its coinage. The leopard is the emblem of strength, courage and sovereignty. The coat of arms of Guyenne, whose capital was Bordeaux, carries a leopard, while the arms of the kings of England have carried three since Richard I The Lion Heart, the third son of Henry II Plantagenet and Eleanor of Aquitaine. The Gold Leopard is the first Anglo-Gallic gold coin struck in Bordeaux under Edward of Woodstok, the eldest son of the English King Edward III. Prince of Aquitaine (1362-72), he was called The Black Prince due to the colour of his armour. The left figure represents the obverse of the Gold Leopard coin with its crowned leopard facing forwards, towards the left, with raised right forepaw and overturned tail, while the right figure represents the coin's reverse with small angled leopards within the quatrefoil floriate christian cross (Collection Dr. Murray Gell-Mann, Roma AXI, 1098). The central figure corresponds to a 15th century stained glass window from the church of Saint-Seurin in Bordeaux that is today preserved in the museum of Aquitaine. It represents the arms of the city under English rule: the crescent moon of the harbour, the belfry towers from the Town hall (the present day “Grosse cloche”) and the three English leopards. At the end of the Hundred Years War, three lily flowers were added to the top of the coat-of-arms after the fall of the city in 1453, under Charles VII king of France.. In 1457, Bordeaux became a royal french city.