Vivant et Lisse Belgian Tervuren
News Flash!!!
July 2025
*Fizz (Soda Pop) earned points toward an ELT-S nosework title.
*Dyna (Board Games) earned her herding instict certificate and points toward a conformation championship.
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June 2025
*Maizie (Dance litter) finished her SBE and SWE scentwork titles.
*Victor (Blessings litter) earned a leg toward an MXP7 agility title.
*Cash (Sonata Show Tunes) finished his RI rally title and CD obedience title.
*Dyna (Board Games) earned points toward a conformation championship. She also finished her SEN and SCN scentwork titles and earned a leg toward the SBN scentwork title.
*Ticket (Board Games) earned legs toward the SIAE, SEAE, SCA, and SBA scentwork titles.
*Bruxo (Beartooth's Hex litter) finished his SCN and SIN scentwork titles.
*Colette (Willy Wonka) finished her SBN and SEN scentwork titles and earned legs toward the SCN and SIN scentwork titles.
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May 2025
*Shine (Classic Musicals) earned points toward a NADAC Touch N Go agility title.
*Dyna (Board Games) earned points toward a UKC and an AKC conformation championship and legs toward the SCN, SIN, SBN and SEN scentwork titles. She also finished her RN rally title.
*Bruxo (Beartooth Hex litter) took BOB for a major win towards his conformation championship.
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April 2025
*Dyna (Board Games) earned legs toward the SCN, SIN, and SEN scentwork titles.
*Colette (Willy Wonka) finished her STR STAR puppy title.
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March 2025
*Maizie (Dance litter) earned a leg toward an SBE scentwork title.
*Finn (Blessings litter) finished his FCAT3 fast cat title. He also finished his LI-I NASDA title and earned points toward his UL-II and TL-II NASDA titles. He also won two best of breeds at the IABCA conformation show and earned his title.
*Cash (Sonata Showtunes) earned a leg toward an SEM scentwork title.
*Ticket (Board Games) finished her SIA and SEA scentwork titles and earned a leg toward an SCA scentwork title.
*Bruxo (Beartooth Hex litter) earned legs toward the SCN and SIN scentwork titles.
*V (Willy Wonka) finished her STR STAR puppy title.
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February 2025
*Finn (Blessings litter) finished his RATCHx14 and CZ8P6B barn hunt titles and earned legs toward an REMx4 title.
*Shine (Classic Musicals) earned points toward the TGS-E-V, TNS-E-V, GRS-E-V, and WVS-E-V agility NADAC titles.
*Ripple (Legacy litter) earned a leg toward a CDX obedience title.
*Bisbee (Copper N Gold) finished his SBN scent work title.
*Dyna (Board Games) earned a leg toward an RN rally title and points toward a conformation championship.
*Bruxo (Beartooth's Hex litter) earned points toward a conformation championship.
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January 2025
*Finn (Blessings litter) finished his UKC conformation championship.
*Ripple (Legacy litter) finished her RE rally title and earned legs toward a GN obedience title.
*Cali (Copper N Gold) earned legs toward a CD obedience title and an RE rally title.
*Dyna (Board Games) earned a leg toward an RN rally title.
I began in Belgian Tervuren in the early 1970's, when there were only a few in Arizona.
We obtained a female puppy and she became the love of my life and very soon, I became hooked on obedience training, showing in conformation and the whole dog show atmosphere. I loved the look of the breed and what they had to offer.
As time went on, we acquired more and more dogs and became very interested in this beautiful and versatile breed and met so many wonderful people along the way.
I believe that the Belgian Tervuren has the ability to do whatever you want them to do. They have an inherent desire to work with their humans; they like to stay busy and also enjoy learning.
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As the years have passed, I've noticed some changes in our breed - some exciting and some that concern me. Our breed standard calls for a moderate dog, and many of the more European dogs are showing up with extreme heads that sometimes are quite lovely; however the part that really bothers me the most is the structure and what is lost when you move away from moderate to extreme. I always keep in mind that if the BT cannot herd sheep all day long, then it is not put together properly.
It is of utmost importance to me to keep Form & Function at the forefront of my breeding program, so my goals are to produce healthy Belgian Tervuren who are structurally sound, could do the work they were intended to do if asked, and to have sound temperaments so that they can move around in public places with the confidence of an animal who is aware of his surroundings, but not over vigilant to the extent that they draw attention to themselves.
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- Jo Fain
Jo Fain
Phoenix, Arizona
Elizabeth Hlavaty
St. Louis, Missouri
