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Cherrywood Kennels
OUR LEOS
    Keesha v d Heckenrose

    Keesha v d Heckenrose, (Ch. Alma v. d. Heckenrose X Uto v.
    Murrtal) our foundation bitch, was from Manfred and Sylvia
    Kauffman’s kennel. She produced our "A" and "B" litter which
    consisted of eight males and nine females. Of those, four attained
    their LCA championships (three of those also were World Wide
    Kennel Club Champions), One, LCA Ch. Cherrywood's Becka,
    became the first female to be awarded the LCA Top Leo award.
    Four of Kiersche's offspring went on to start families of their own.
    Kiersche, a world class fence climber, was a wonderful Leo, an
    avid fisherman, highly intelligent and started me on the road to
    developing Cherrywood Kennels. She lived to be 10 1/2 years old.
    Kiersche's pedigree
    LCA, WWKC Ch. Cherrywood's Ad Lib

    "Libby" (Keesha v. d. Heckenrose X Ch. Coomar Egon) was one of
    the pups we kept from our first ("A" ) litter. She was a multi Best
    In All Breed Show winner and had beautiful, fluid movement. She
    was our watchdog, keeping an eye on our home and those who
    came and went. She was very devoted to her family. She produced
     our "C," "D,", and "F" litters totalling five males and eight females
    during her breeding career, including the first LCA CH-UD titled
    Leo, Cherrywood's Cruise Control; Cherrywood's Fhenix TDI,  and
    Cherrywood's Funny Valentine LTA, TDIEVA, one of the top therapy
    Leos in the country. Libby lived to be 11 1/2 years old.
    Libby's pedigree
    LCA, RH Ch. Cherrywood's About Time

    "Barkley" ( Keesha v d Heckenrose X Ch. Coomar Egon) was our
    male from our "A" litter and the light of my life for almost 10 years.
    He was  a beautiful dog on the inside as well as the outside;
    wonderfully gentle, patient, and devoted. He attained his LCA
    Championship quickly and was a multi-Best of Breed winner as
    well as multi-placing Group and a Best in Regional Specialty
    winner. Barkley was the sire and grandsire of a number of
    Champions including our bitch, Stella. He was known for passing
    his wonderful temperament on to his offspring, many of whom
    ended up working as Therapy dogs.

    Barkley was named "About Time" because for years my husband
    had lived with not only a wife and daughter but 7 female dogs, a
    couple of female sheep, a few female guinea pigs and female
    rabbits. It was "about time" he got a boy to live with us! Barkley
    lived to be 9 3/4 years old.
    Barkley's pedigree
    LCA Ch. Zider v. Loh
                                               
    Zider (Wilhelmine v. Loh X Achat v der Hirschalde) was our German
    import from Herr Zerle's v Loh kennel. She was our funniest Leo,
    constantly smiling and wagging her tail, often waking us up in the
    middle of the night as her tail thumped against the wall! She never
    had a bad day and was a wonderful friend for almost eight years.
    Zider was Winner's bitch at the LCA National Specialty in '97
    from the puppy classes and grew up to take Best Opposite Sex at
    the LCA Nationals in NY and at a number of Regional LCA
    Specialties. Zider was the dam or our "E," "G," "H," and J litters
    and she produced not only a number of Leos who obtained their
    LCA Ch. but also some who are working in Therapy.  Zider helped
    our breeding program continue to be known for its wonderful
    temperaments. She died 10 days before her 8th birthday.
    Zider's pedigree
    LCA Ch. Slattvika's Mischief Maker                                
                                                                     
    Rave (Malarlejonet Pebbles X  Ch. Slattvika's Bobo Bear)  was an
    elegant bitch I imported from Slattvika's kennel in Norway in the
    fall of 1998. She was sweet, energetic, and a beautifully moving
    girl. She lived with her co-owner in MI. Rave is the dam of our
    Cherrywood's "L" litter sired by multi Best In Regional Specialty
    winner and BOS at a National, Ch. Darius v Alpensee. Rave is the
    dam of LCA Ch. Cherrywood's Lion Sleeps Tonight, sire or our "O,"
    litter, and Cherrywood's Lion in Winter, sire of our "Q" litter.
    Three of the offspring from our L litter showed in conformation,
    obedience and agility and did very well with Denver being the first
    Leonbergers invited to the AKC Agility Invitational in Dec. of  2009.
    Our youngest female, Sassy is one of Rave's grandchildren. Rave
    lived to be 7 1/2 years old. She was "clear" of the LPN1 genetic
    mutation.

    Rave's pedigree
    LCA, RH Ch. Cherrywood's Enough Already
                                                           
    "Stella" (Ch. Zider v. Loh X Ch. Cherrywood's About Time) was a
    great blend of the best traits that Barkley and Zider had to offer
    wrapped into a beautiful, funny, smart package. She was the Dam
    of our "I" litter with LCA Ch. Wannerlands Gallant Grappo and of
    our "K" litter with Rave's brother, Slattvikas Midnight Son, Sinbad.
    (Sinbad was diagnosed clear of Inherited Leonberger
    Polyneuropathy per biopsy.)
    Stella was an All Breed and LCA multi-Group placing winner and
    took  Best In Show at a Regional Specialty as well as multi Best
    Opposite Sex at LCA Regional Specialty show winner. We lost
    Stella on New Years Eve, '08, just 5 weeks before she would have
    turned 11.

    Stella's pedigree
    LCA Ch. Cherrywood's Had To Be You

    "Sally," (Ch. Zider v. Loh X Ch. Angus v. der Sanfter Lowe)  at
    under two years, had finished her LCA Championship with limited
    showing, with all majors and was a multi Best Opposite Sex at  
    LCA Regional Specialty shows winner.

    She was a sweet, sensitive Leo with wonderful dark red color and
    fluid movement. Sally loved to swim and was one of our three Leos
    who retrieved! (the other two are her offspring!) She was very
    affectionate and willing to obey and our resident muskrat hunter.

    Sally produced our "M," "O," and "Q" litters and gave us
    "Cherrywood's Mannheim the Steamroller" aka "Manny" who is the
    first male we have lived with since Barkley, as well as our youngest
    girl, Cherrywood's Quick Study. Sally lived to be 8 years old. She
    was "clear" of the LPN1 genetic mutation.

    Sally's pedigree
    Kabala v Sissy-Haus
                                                                    
    Kati ( Gaia v. Sissy-Haus X Huszar v. Sissy-Haus) came to us from
    Hungary in the Spring of 2003. She is a big, well boned female with
    tremendous coat, good color and a fun,  sweet, affectionate and
    devoted temperament. She is very obedient and willing to please.
    Katie lives with us here in Ohio, but is co-owned with a good
    friend, Kathleen Bisbee who lives in Va.

    Kati is major pointed and judges' comments include "Good breed
    type, nice size, beautiful substance, free and balanced movement"
    and  "Impressive, very good proportions, gorgeous, dense coat,
    beautiful color, very lovely head with great proportions,  beautiful
    forechest, very nice and balanced angulation"

    Kati is the dam or our "N" and our "P"  litters
    Kati's pedigree
    Cherrywood's Mannheim the Steamroller

    "Manny" (Ch. Cherrywood's Had To Be You X Vanguard's Absolute)
    is the boy from our "M" litter who stole our hearts and stayed at
    Cherrywood. He continues to be a great companion and makes us
    smile every day.

    The judge's comments from the NRLC '05 Regional Specialty; "very
    well built, rectangular ........ beautiful color, excellent coat, very
    nice bone structure......Dark brown eyes, beautiful expression....
    well sprung chest... front angulation - excellent, very nice spring
    .... very good rear angulation - strong pasterns- well muscled.....
    excellent movement... very good push and excellent reach....
    excellent....lovely, sweet temperament."

    Manny's pedigree
    Cherrywood's Not For Sale

    Nadia (Kabala v. Sissy-Haus X Ch. Mountain Vista's Ancho (He was
    "clear" of the LPN1 genetic mutation.)  is another of our
    homebred girls, from Cherrywood's "N" litter.  Very gentle, loyal
    and full of fun, Nadia is a large girl with a lot of coat and
    wonderful type. Nadia lives here in Ohio with us and is co-owned
    by good friend, Susan Grosslight .
    Nadia is the dam of our "R" litter and our "T" litter.
    See "Puppies."                             
                                 
    * Best Female Baby Puppy NRLC Regional Specialty
    10/22/05             
    * Best of Winners and Best Opposite Sex Rare Heirs
    2/11/07
    * Best Bred by Exhibitor Bitch LCA National Specialty
    4/14/07
    We are proud that Nadia's photo was included in the "The
    Leonberger, an Illustrated Breed Standard ."
    Nadia is "clear" of the LPN1 genetic mutation

       Nadia's pedigree     
    Cherrywood's Quick Study

    Sassy (Ch. Cherrywood's Had to Be You  (She was "clear" of the
    LPN1 genetic mutation) X Cherrywood's Lion In Winter)  embodies
    what we strive for at Cherrywood; type, temperament and health
    and we hope she will provide the link with our past and future. In
    the 16 years we have been breeding Leonbergers, Sassy is from
    only our second Cherrywood to Cherrywood breeding. It takes a
    long time and a lot of planning to get to this point.

    Sassy's maternal grandmother was our German import, Zider and
    Sassy resembles her a lot in beauty and sense of humor. She is one
    of the happiest dogs I've ever met. (as a matter of fact she keeps
    injuring the tip of her tail from smashing it against things!)  She
    seems to have pulled the best from a number of her ancestors.

    Sassy is the dam of our "S" litter. See "Puppies"
    Sassy is "clear" of the LPN1 genetic mutation

  • GLLC 2nd place in 9-12 mo under Ms.Diane Anderson
  • Medina KC 1st in 9-12 under Mrs. Mareth K. Kepp
  • Medina KC BOS under Mr. Robert H Slay

Sassy's pedigree
THE
PAST
THE
PRESENT
Sassy at 5 weeks
Nadia at 2 years
Sassy at 21/2 years
Barkley MALC
Regional BISS
Zider National
Specialty BOS
Stella GLLC
Regional BIS
Sally GLLC
Regional BOS
Libby PBDFA
All Breed  BIS
Kati GLLC
Regional WB
Nadia Nationals
Best Bred By Exhibitor
THE
PRESENT
The
Future