Berger des Pyrenees Dog Names

The Berger des Pyrenees is also known as the Pyrenean Shepherd and is recognized as the Pyrenean Shepherd by the American Kennel Club (AKC). However, breeders such as Princehouse family still call them the Berger des Pyrenees. The breed is not as well known as other Pyrenees breeds, but there have been a few that have demanded you take notice of them. Zed is one of the Berger des Pyrenees that shines in the show ring. Zed is more formally known as BISS AKC GCH Germinal de La Brise VP2 TCQ CGC TDI HIC PR RE, which is a very long name full of championships and titles. Zed’s father is BIS CH Nivose Sur La Brise CGC HIC VP1 CD RAE and his mother is RoseHaven Ariana de La Brise. Zed has had success in the show ring within the United States and abroad. He competed at the 2007 RACP Nationale d’Elevage in France. At the Pyrenean Shepherd Club of America (PSCA) National Specialty, Zed has won best in show in 2004, 2005, 2008, and 2010. Zed is considered one of the top Berger des Pyrenees of all time. Zed is the French word for the letter Z. Zed’s registered name, Germinal de La Brise was chosen because germinal is one of the months found on the French revolutionary calendar.

Zed comes from the La Brise kennel in Ohio. The Princehouse family began with the Great Pyrenees in the early 1970s. The daughter, Patricia, asked her parents for a dog that was as big as a horse and they found Soleil and Balibasque, two Great Pyrenees. Patricia and her brother, Stephen, started participating in 4-H projects that worked with sheep; they soon began using their Great Pyrenees to herd their flock of sheep. However, in 1979, Patricia was able to spend two months in France through a high school summer program. She went to the Paris championship dog show while there and fell in love with the Berger des Pyrenees. While in France, she joined the Great Pyrenees Club of France (RACP). She returned to Ohio with a dream of owning a Berger des Pyrenees. The Princehouses were able to import in Patoune du Grand Baou. Patoune and then in the course of several years imported in ten Berger des Pyrenees. The Princehouse family has produced several Berger des Pyrenees that have gone on to compete around the globe. Patricia continues to spend time in France learning more about the Berger des Pyrenees. She has become a lifetime honorary member of the RACP.