Entlebucher Sennenhund Dog Names

There are not many Entlebucher Sennenhunds that seem to make an impression on the general public. Until 2011, most people did not know what the breed was or where they had come from, that all changed when the American Kennel Club (AKC) fully recognized the Entlebucher Sennenhund as the Entlebucher Mountain Dog. While there was several of this breed competing in the AKC’s Foundation Stock Service Miscellaneous Class, none were able to achieve a conformation championship until they were fully recognized and assigned to a group. The Entlebucher Sennenhund was assigned to the herding group in 2011. The first AKC conformation Champion was Blue-Jay’s He’s A Hoss, or Hoss for short. Hoss’s kennelmate, Montana, Blue-Jay’s Wild Montana Sky, became the first female Entlebucher Sennenhund to earn an AKC conformation championship. Both Hoss and Montana went further and became the first two Entlebucher Sennenhunds to earn their AKC Grand Championships. Both dogs were handled by their owner who founded Blue Jay Entlys in 1995 and lives in Cleves, Ohio.

Hoss and Montana attended the National Dog Show in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in November of 2011. This was the first time the Entlebucher Sennenhund was seen on television at a dog show as a part of the herding group. Hoss and Montana also received invitations to the prestigious 136^th Westminster Kennel Club’s dog show hosted in New York City in February of 2012. This was the first time the Entlebucher Sennenhund was invited to attend the shows as a part of the herding group. Hoss attended a press conference prior to the start of the Westminster shows to introduce the new breeds that would be competing. Then, Hoss also was invited to be in a parade in New York City to introduce the new breeds and also the reining Best in Show winner from 2011. The new breeds were invited to ring the closing bell for the NASDAC and were photographed for the Times Square jumbotron. To top off their adventure, Hoss and Montana visited the set of Good Morning America to discuss the Entlebucher Sennenhund breed.

Blue Jay Entlys came into existence when a photograph in the Atlas of Dog Breeds of the World caught the attention of a very enthusiastic Paula Lacker. After researching the breed for two years, she finally made the leap and imported her first Entlebucher Sennenhund from Europe in 1995. Hanna, her new import, could only be shown at the American Rare Breed Association (ARBA) shows and the United Kennel Club (UKC) shows. Once the Entlebucher Sennenhund was recognized by the AKC, Lacker was ready to tackle the world of AKC dog shows. She finished the first four Entlebucher Sennenhunds in AKC history and is still devoted to producing quality, healthy Entlebucher Sennenhunds.