Shandro Kennel

Having Fun!

2012-01-09T13:03:00.001-05:00

Everyone was rocking on this sunny Sunday.

Merry Christmas!

2011-12-19T16:29:00.002-05:00

Last years snow and missing my Bubba.

First Snow

2011-12-05T07:56:00.001-05:00

Ziva and Sully experienced their first snow today and went wild with fun!

So cute....and tired

2011-11-25T09:21:00.001-05:00

Dogs are having a fun Sunday!

2011-11-14T15:31:00.001-05:00

My daughter ,Sarah and her boyfriend Jamie dropped by for a visit and
the doggies did not stop playing all day long. Visitors!!

Kramer!

2011-10-31T12:41:00.001-04:00

Kramer is seen relaxing in these photos' -what it does not sho is the
12 puppies running around him!....at Lori's house.

The Herd

2011-10-19T14:49:00.001-04:00

I just thought I would try this fun feature of Picassa!

Another day!

2011-10-14T15:40:00.002-04:00

Kramer and Rosie are Bred!

2011-10-12T07:50:00.001-04:00

These pics were taken at the breedings of Kramer and Rosie over Thanksgiving Weekend.
Lori Dzingla is shown in one of the pics with her male,Kramer at Heronview Kennel.
So now we wait-until Dec. 9th to be exact...for their puppies!

Sunny Day

2011-10-04T14:59:00.001-04:00

Maggie,Rusty,Rosie,Ziva and Sully lounging on this sunny October
day.In the forest -hundreds of migrating birds are chirping.

Rosie's in Heat!!

2011-09-26T09:51:00.003-04:00

Dear Rosie is in heat and we will be breeding her in about 12 days.

Introducing --- Sully

2011-09-12T14:17:00.001-04:00

Sully, our little big boy imported from Bora Z Miloticek,a kennel in Czechoslovakia. Jarka
sent us this bundle of joy and fun! The rest of my doggies just think he rocks!
Sully is now 13 weeks old and it seems like he is putting on ten pounds a day...and it seems no matter what kind of bowl I buy for his food he thinks its important that it get dumped on the floor to eat. I have given up and just let him....I love him.

Cleaning the Van

2011-08-18T12:44:00.002-04:00

We ALL had a wonderful day cleaning the van!

Max 2 1/2 Years old---- AKA Peanut (D Litter)

2011-07-26T14:20:00.003-04:00

Max is from my D Litter and he is owned by Linda in Boston.
The happiest of boys!

Shandro's Bathseba Belle

2011-07-26T14:18:00.002-04:00

Belle was from my second litter and in this picture-11 years old.
She was owned by good friend Linda in Boston.Belle was a special girl-able to open fridges and
hunt out foam inside shoes and destroy the shoe. The best girl!

Ziva - six months

2011-07-22T15:35:00.002-04:00

Little Ziva is six months old and this week she has deciding to start chewing things in my house.
Mangled the same pair of reading glasses that Rosie did/chewed a sweater /and re-arranges the
foam inside the couch. ...yes and any clothes that are not folded and put away. She is special!

Too hot!

2011-07-21T13:39:00.002-04:00

It was too hot for me and my camera to be outside!

Rosie and Ziva and Mud

2011-07-14T12:52:00.003-04:00

This is the look that Rosie and Ziva go for every morning..and then
they transfer to the house to dry off and sleep then the dirt deposits
on the floor. I can't wait until it snows.

Swimmin' with Ziva and Friends

2011-07-04T10:44:00.002-04:00

We visited Ja Ja and Lad on Sunday. Their doggies Callie and Lockty(Junior)
invited Rusty,Rosie and Ziva for a swim in their pool.
Ziva won many swimming Badges that day!We had to eventually partition off the steps so she could rest!

Early morning Ziva

2011-06-21T11:51:00.002-04:00

Ziva- 5 months or so.....and very tired this morning!

Leokings got the Look(Rosie) and Corleone Huzard v. Huxley(Huxley)-Late summer Breeding 2011

2011-06-20T08:32:00.004-04:00

Corleone Huzard v. Huxley (Huxley) a very impressive male owned by Lucy Perron of Corleone Kennel,will be mated with my Rosie(Leokings Got the Look) late summer(August/September-2011)
They are a splendid match --- a strong combination of lovely temperments/strong physical match/healthy and happy!

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www.shandrokennel.com

Leokings Got the Look - Rosie- Dam of Upcoming Litter

2011-06-15T10:08:00.004-04:00

Rosie will be mated at the end of the summer with Corleone
Huzard v. Huxley(Huxley) This mating will combine two strong leos
of both pedigree and conformation.(And they are both wildly happy)!!!

The Long Green Grass Adventure

2011-06-01T16:49:00.002-04:00

It was a perfect Day -windy ,20 Celcius ,4 dogs.

Going Green!

2011-05-22T08:26:00.003-04:00

No more winter pictures. My back yard is now in full spring time
mode-complete with four billion mosquitoes and 4 very cute doggies!

Ziva's first Swim!

2011-05-22T08:15:00.002-04:00

Ziva and the pond were immediate best friends!

Taking a break

2011-05-09T16:19:00.004-04:00

Rusty, Ziva and Rosie snoozing-Maggie islying on someone's bed.

Bubba (Dec.2004- April 2011)

2011-05-05T17:35:00.004-04:00

Great saddness has been in our house for awhile as Bubba was diagnosed
with leg cancer about 2 months ago. All the dogs knew he was sick .
And now he is gone.......way too young. Bubba was the Walter Matthou
of Leos. He was easy going/a grumbler and an avid very slow walker!
I love him so.

Ziva and Rosie

2011-04-23T16:25:00.003-04:00

I love watching an adult dog play with a tiny puppy. They act
furious/they bar their teeth and make curdling noises -but The big
girl is being so gentle to not spoil the little ones thoughts of
winning the wrestle. Rosie and Ziva went at it non-stop for 20
minutes

Ziva-14 weeks

2011-04-21T10:33:00.002-04:00

Here is Ziva doing some investigation in the junk filled area-when the
snow melts it uncovers a really good mess!

Afternoon Promenade

2011-04-12T13:07:00.002-04:00

An afternoon walk on the path and to the sides-peepers chirping-ducks
flying and birds going wild. A spring day.

Kate,Bubba,Maggie,Rusty,Rosie and Zeva( I think I am changing her
name its too formal for me) I would like a nice one syllable name.

Intrucducing Ziva(pronounced Zeeva)

2011-04-11T09:15:00.005-04:00

This is Ziva and she hails from Randi Plesners' Kennel in Denmark.
She is the sweetest, cuddly little girl and she is now 12 weeks old.
All the dogs are very easy with her-Bubba grumbles every so often ..but he is Bubba!

The Hawk and the Dogs

2011-03-06T06:36:00.003-05:00

I took a picture of a Hawk outside my kitchen
window and then I took the dogs for a walk and fun was had by all!
I am sick of winter!

What else but more snow pictures!

2011-02-11T09:39:00.003-05:00

This cold snap makes the doggies crazy! Near the end of the camera shoot, the snow plow went by and after a furious dash along the fence line to catch that darn big machine....they did some posing.

Winter Wonderland

2010-12-14T15:02:00.003-05:00

For leos -it does not get any better than this-
Minus 15 Celcius and two feet of snow!

Rusty goes to a Dog show!!!

2010-12-12T16:45:00.004-05:00

Rusty and Mike's breakfast

2010-11-26T07:12:00.002-05:00

Every morning at 6:00 Am Rusty gets in position and lays his heavy
head on Mike's arm and gives him the look. I ,personally ,would give
him my whole breakfast and I think that is why he does not do this to
me.

Rosie

2010-11-09T14:44:00.003-05:00

A pic of Rosie - 14 months

Bubba

2010-10-21T15:06:00.002-04:00

Bubba. As always,he can pose!

Wednesday Afternoon!

2010-10-20T16:07:00.003-04:00

The wind was crazy wild out there and it was 20 C. and it was a
picture kind of day!
Rusty had complete charge of the bone/Bubba was solidly into posing
today/ and Rosie worked very hard and by the end of the walk she had
the bone! and I think the only reason was that Maggie just had the
bone for 2 hours.

Rosie and Rusty and a picture of the Moon

2010-09-29T15:18:00.003-04:00

A perfect Autumn Day and the moon was
in the sky.

Leo picnic pics

2010-09-13T06:33:00.002-04:00

So nice to see that our dogs "never beg for food" what a riot!
Yesterdays, Leopalooza was a swell easy -going time!

Leopalooza- Leongberger Club of Canada

2010-09-12T15:00:00.005-04:00

Here are some shots of the picnic-the Leopalooza held by the Leonberger Club of Canada
Rosie playing the party-girl
Lockty(junior)
Callie(Bubba x Maggie puppy)
Party of People (Rusty with Mike)
More party people(Bubba walking through the pic)
and only 10 drops of rain fell.
Wonderful fun.

Nose To Nose

2010-09-07T07:53:00.003-04:00

Bubba and Rusty!

Rosie and Water

2010-08-30T15:42:00.003-04:00

Rosie discovered the joys of the water sprayer today. I think she
would like them to be installed in the house!

Wild Dogs!

2010-08-18T07:02:00.003-04:00

Can you see the wild red eye girl bounding
around the corner?

Lockty(Junior) 14 weeks

2010-08-13T13:30:00.003-04:00

Here is a pic of Lockty aka Junior at 14 weeks. He has the devil-look in his eyes.

Lockty and his snake

2010-08-08T12:00:00.003-04:00

Lockty finally got the snake all to himself.

Lockty aka Junior

2010-08-03T15:36:00.004-04:00

Junior is 12 weeks old in this picture and 44 pounds! He is one happy puppy!
Maggie made good puppies!

Rosie's New Swimming Pool

2010-07-25T14:07:00.003-04:00

I got the doggie's a plastic swimming pool which Rosie claimed immediately as hers.

Summer's Day!

2010-07-19T14:33:00.002-04:00

The humidity went below creepy values so the doggies and I went pic
taking and stick chewing. Rosie is completely shaved on all feathers
plus she has no fur. I call her my 9 month old Brittany Spaniel.

Rusty

2010-07-08T13:12:00.003-04:00

Here is a shot of Rusty taken a couple of weeks ago at my friends house.

Another fun day!

2010-06-16T08:28:00.005-04:00

So much fun taking pictures of Junior as he charges towards you every time you go to take a picture.... and when he reaches you he takes a huge bite of your leg!

Family

2010-06-08T07:41:00.003-04:00

My friend, Ja Ja , was babysitting her little boy ,Lockty(AKA Junior)
and took this great shot of the doggies.

Little boy Bulldog has many friends!

2010-06-03T16:10:00.005-04:00

Junior plays with Rusty ,Maggie and Rosie.Bubba prefers
to grumble-its quite funny because Junior has set his sights
on winning Bubba over-so he irritates Bubba every chance he gets!
At 4 1/2 weeks he weighed in today at 14.5 pounds.
I put in a picture of my backyard. ...its a very big green Spring this year!

Guarding the Kitchen

2010-05-27T10:01:00.004-04:00

Junior(also called Bulldog) ,Maggie and Bubba
forever on guard for possible complete meals falling on the floor.

Pulp ,Paper ,Junior and two Moms!

2010-05-23T09:28:00.004-04:00

Fellow Breeder of Bernese Mountain dogs and Leonbergers,
June Ward came over yesterday with her two-4 week old Bernese
Mountain dogs to play with Junior-The Little One.
Maggie loved having more puppies and Pulp and Paper
were soon going to the Milk bar for some refreshment along with Junior. Then
Rosie came to see the action and soon joined the party in the Whelping box. Not bad for a girl that just got off a plane from Ireland 7 days ago. Bubba and Rusty also visited but my camera was on a break .

Sleepy Time

2010-05-22T08:49:00.003-04:00

Junior and Rosie had a busy morning sleeping
after they had everyone else up at 4 AM.

Oh ,that looks good!

2010-05-20T06:42:00.003-04:00

Little One was given a fine plate of food which he turned away from
and wobbled his fat little legs over to mom.

Introducing Rosie from Ireland

2010-05-15T07:40:00.003-04:00

Introducing Rosie. Yesterday Rosie arrived from Ireland. She is eight
months old and can she fly! Jacqui Stein in Ireland ,from Leokings Leonberger Kennel
sent her girl over here to me. She is an amazing Leo that runs like a greyhound and is keeping everybody on their toes. Jacqui calls her the EverReady Battery and she certainly is that.
Rusty and her can be seen right now barreling 90 K per hour around and around the Spruce
Trees. Bubba tries to join in but it is rather exhausting. Maggie is watching from the box as the Little One sleeps-quite oblivious to the newest addition to our family.

Day 13- A visitor/babsitter -Ja Ja drops by!

2010-05-13T15:09:00.006-04:00

Today Ja Ja came for a visit and also babysat her puppy...Known as the Little One... and she and Lad will call him, Lockton. Ja Ja took these pictures of Junior. Junior has the milk bar to himself and as you can see he just adds pounds daily.

6:00 A.M.

2010-05-09T07:09:00.003-04:00

Little One Sends a Card!

2010-05-09T07:01:00.003-04:00

Junior send Maggie his wishes on Mothers Day.

Leos know how to find pillows!

2010-05-06T17:00:00.003-04:00

Pictures of Junior...Day6

Maggie and Little One-Day One

2010-05-03T14:28:00.004-04:00

Saturday afternoon, May 1st,Maggie gave birth to Junior. ...1 pound 6 ounces.
He is a fiesty guy as he survived when all the other puppies were absorbed.
He is a miracle.....so I don't mind when he screams when he wants something!

They are so happy! Day Three

2010-05-03T14:18:00.004-04:00

Maggie and the Little One enjoying sleeping and eating and snuggling all day long.

Four Days to go!

2010-04-26T15:12:00.005-04:00

Pics of Maggie- four days until she delivers.
Rusty and Bubba were ripping around with each other as I tried to get these shots of Maggie and The Blurred Shot is of me falling and taking a picture as they wiped me out... it was pretty funny!

Maggie is having Puppies!!

2010-04-01T14:28:00.004-04:00

Maggie had an ultrasound on Monday and it showed that she is nicely packed with puppies.
So May the 2nd or 3rd is the date of arrival. Mags is lying on a bed at the moment
as she should be.

Having Fun

2010-03-27T15:02:00.002-04:00

Afternoon fun on an unexpected day of sub-zero temps!

Above Freezing!

2010-03-17T09:11:00.004-04:00

Bubba watching the action on the hill/Rusty trying to deek out Maggie,
so he can retain the bone. She takes everything!
In the end she went into the woods and came back with a deer leg.
He was crushed.

Ekinox

2010-03-05T07:46:00.006-05:00

France,owner of Ekinox, sent me this photo of Ekinox,Maggie's mate,
taken a few weeks ago.

Maggie and Ekinox

2010-03-05T06:49:00.003-05:00

On Sunday, my friend and fellow Leo Breeder,June Ward
and I drove to Quebec City with Maggie to breed her to
Ekinox. Everything was perfect. The happy couple had a good time playing as these pics show.
and now we wait.....Puppies!

Walk in the Woods

2010-02-20T15:33:00.003-05:00

Mike,Bubba,Maggie Rusty and myself headed back into our woods
today and you could feel the sun's warmth...what a day.
the doggies went after every smell.

Rusty -15 months old

2010-02-12T14:16:00.002-05:00

Rusty posed for some pictures today.

Yofi gets a brother!

2010-02-03T07:27:00.003-05:00

Yofi,daughter of Bubba and Maggie has a new brother. His name is Kaiser and he is part Great Pyr and Boxer. He has the happiest face..and Yofi looks pretty thrilled with the addition to the family.

Goofing and Standing Around

2010-02-01T16:16:00.004-05:00

Maggie, Rusty and Bubba think -20 C is just swell.

Bubba stands guard

2010-01-15T06:43:00.003-05:00

Bubba sits tall .

Very lazy Dogs

2010-01-15T06:40:00.002-05:00

Rusty went and took a sock out of the basket.

Winters' Day

2009-12-30T06:47:00.004-05:00

Blue,Bluest sky,fresh snow, post-Xmas energy.
Bubba,Rusty and Maggie let it rip!

Play time

2009-12-13T16:15:00.002-05:00

It has been awhile since I posted some pictures and not much has changed...but as you can see-the doggies are still up to goofing-and of course Rusty has grown taller.

Shandro's Belkira

2009-11-04T06:42:00.003-05:00

Kira,out of my second litter, seen here at 10 years old. Sharon wrote me today with a picture of the beautiful Kira. Kira passed away just recently.
What a wonderful life she had with Sharon.As you can see by the picture of Kira she has the trademark birthmark( on her tongueof Rachel),her Grandmother...Rachel Dunazska Lunza from Slovakia.

Rusty is One Year Old

2009-11-02T12:45:00.002-05:00

I found a high quality stick under the Spruce Tree and gave it to Rusty for his birthday! He was thrilled.

Early Morning Photo shoot

2009-10-26T12:34:00.002-04:00

The early morning photo shoot was very difficult
as a coyote had visited the night before and there were GREAT!
SMELLS TO BE HAD.

MacKenzie

2009-10-26T12:24:00.003-04:00

Kenzie-seen seated in the center celebrates her ninth birthday.
She is out of Shandro's C Litter.She lives with 2 boys that are oh so handsome
as the picture show! Thanks Linda for sending this shot.

Chief

2009-10-26T12:07:00.004-04:00

Chief celebrated his ninth birthday last week also along with his littermates from Shandro's C Litter..... but oh so sadly the story turned as I got a call from Cathy Midwood this morning and
out of the blue- Chief past away last night.Cathy got this picture of Chief last week.

Tess

2009-10-26T06:25:00.003-04:00

Tess,out of Shandro's C Litter, celebrated her ninth birthday last week and Lisa,
her owner, sent me some birthday Pictures. Tess also lives with 2 Newfoundlands,her very best friends.

Tess is nine Years Old!

2009-10-26T06:23:00.003-04:00

Tess, also from Shandro's C Litter of twelve.

Liddle, Shandro's Canadian Caboose

2009-10-21T06:26:00.002-04:00

Emily, the owner of Liddle sent me birthday pictures of Liddle,
nine years old on October 16th. Liddle was number 12 of that litter of twelve.

Shandro's Canadian Caboose-She's 9 years old!

2009-10-21T06:23:00.003-04:00

Liddle, seen here is from my 3rd litter .A Happy Birthday as the litter is nine years old.
Liddle was number 12 of that litter. She looks so much like her mum,my Sheba,Bubba's great Aunt.

Rain and Rainbow

2009-10-07T09:00:00.003-04:00

It is raining every day. I caught these shots on Sunday.
My camera was collecting dust waiting for a sunny day
so I decided to take it out for a spin and photograph the rain.

Picnic pictures from Holland

2009-10-07T06:43:00.003-04:00

The gathering of Rusty's brothers and sisters in
Holland on Sunday included the best pictures of
"A romp on the Beach" Wilma took these fabulous
pictures and it was a riot to see the mirror images of Rusty.

Rusty and Me

2009-10-03T13:41:00.004-04:00

Rusty's littermates in Holland are having a picnic
in Holland on Sunday so I told Wilma (the breeder of Rusty in Holland)
that I would get some shots of Rusty and I ,send
them to her /she could print them and tack up the pictures at the picnic .

Pic of Callie and her best Friend

2009-09-24T07:40:00.003-04:00

Ja Ja wrote that they were exhausted after playing with a pine cone
in a potted plant.

Maggie has an eventful weekend!

2009-09-18T06:30:00.004-04:00

Maggie and Buddy were bred this weekend ...
I think she looks preggers already!!
The last picture here is of Maggie-hiding from the
Rusty and Bubba who really teamed together and got to know each other
in a whole new way while Maggie was being bred.They are completely nuts when
they play..sounding like two seals with high pitched barks.

Callie and Kasper

2009-09-03T09:52:00.003-04:00

Callie and her new friend Kasper are the best of friends.
Callie another member of "D" Litter is a year old. Happy Birthday to them all.
Maggie is in heat and next week we will breed her and Callie's half brothers and sister will be born two months later. It will be a jolly Autumn!

Jake's First Birthday

2009-09-03T07:04:00.004-04:00

Jake-son of Bubba and Maggie-lookin' like a happy one year should.

Duchess-One Year Old

2009-09-03T06:43:00.003-04:00

Duchess-daughter of Bubba and Maggie is one year old today.
She is seen here with two of her very good friends!

Duchess-More Birthday pics

2009-09-03T06:42:00.004-04:00

Buddy -Maggies' Mate for her upcoming litter

2009-09-03T06:37:00.003-04:00

Buddy,Leodania's Buster Keaton, lives in the Catskills(New York State)
with Bev Travis of BoBev Kennels.Buddy is from Denmark ,bred by Leodania
Kennels.Maggie and Buddy,a swell combo.... they are sure to have good strong pups.

Posing Pictures

2009-08-24T09:28:00.004-04:00

I went on a little photo shoot yesterday and got some shots including Mike on his gator -he is about to go across the road to the field,pictured above. Rusty is ten months old minus 6 days and we are still awaiting Maggie to have her heat cycle so we can breed -she is doing exactly what she wants..so we wait.

The four minute photo shoot

2009-07-25T07:05:00.002-04:00

Every mosquitos in the county was at my house yesterday.
I took pictures very fast which made the dogs pretty
excited-as I was screaming as I was being attacked by thousands of
mosquitos. Rusty is molting and his fur resembles a sheeps coat /Bubba's fur is waiting to fall out/Maggie lost all of her fur.