They were running the 80s when we start devoting to the topic of the dogs seriously, in that epoch, together with a few friends we decide on the baby of the Mastiff of the Pyrenees and Mountain of the Pyrenees.
If we have had something very clear from always it is that we have liked them the big, rustic dogs definitively animal impressive.
The first years were a few very hard years, so very hard years, so then to saying truth though we were worrying for extracting a few puppies of quality, we had very little experience and bad luck since rare it was the litter in which we did not have problems, high mortality, premature weanings, mastitis were our allies the first years. For against those years they served us to learn enough on the baby, who was necessary to do that not etc.
In the spring of 1987 we were crossing the south of France in search of a puppy macho of Mountain of the Pyrenees, I remember that we were in Pou, in Lannemezan in Foix in Le Pertus, Argeles Gazos and in a small village next to Tarbes, so called Pontoux, in this village it is where began our interest in San Bernardo`s race.
In this place we visit to the fanily Rigolé that in those days they were dedidating to the baby of the Montaña of the Pyrenees.
Newfoundland and San Bernardo, under Cheminx Dex´s affix Preux.
On having entered that house of village we gave each other of noses with six San Bernardo`s precious puppies of two months, in the same moment remain delighted of this race, I remind the smoothness of hair, I who was accustomed to the rough hair of the Mastiffs and Mountains.
I remember that it was a thursday, of there we return to our house giving for our trip finished. There was such the enchantment of those puppies that on saturday I returned with my companion to buy the fact that serious our first San Bernardo.
We brought a macho of name Daykiry Dex Chemix Dex Preux.
The year 1998 in the summer I come to our house our first female, recollection was called Effy Du Val of the Tomiere, Beranger Claude brought the family Rigolé of the breeding one of name that tape-worm her breeding-place for the surrounding areas of Paris. From this moment is when we propose to produce San Bernardos, in the spring of the year 1991 we have our first litter in I make concrete on april 28, the mother certainly was Effy, the father was a dog that those years Julián Hernández and Paula Jiménez had in Madrid, it was a worn dog of Germany os the breeding-place Von Celler Schlob, was called Pascha (Napoleon).
We decide on Pascha since I joust a few months before our first San Bernardo had fallen prey of the strychnine.
In Those days I remember that we were going to many exhibitions and between them we were coming to our first Monographic one of the Spanish Club of the San Bernardo of which already we were associates.
Our first litter was 8 puppies four males: Gabai, Galtzagorri, Gaskoi, Gogor and four females: Garai, Garazi, Gau and Gero. Of these 8 puppies we remain with three in concretly Gabai, Gero and Garazi these were the base of our baby.
Assurance that you were asking yourself for that ? We begin for the letter G and not for the letter A to as it was the habitual thing, the explanation is, that as we were going away when he remained a male and we liked Gabai`s name, this it was the reason for which we decide to begin for letter G.
On January 22, 1993 and to previous request for our part the Royal Society of Promotion of the Canine Races of Spain by means of his commission of the book of origins Spanish L.O.E. gives us the authorization for the utilization of the affix "BAZTERREKO ETXEA".
In August, 1992, in I make concrete on the 6th we have our second litter of 7 puppies five males and 2 females.
February 9, 1993 is bom by the first litter that was going ours, in the day of today on April 22, 2004 we have had 29 San Bernardo`s litters with a whole of 189 puppies.
Finally and not to bore the one that has taken the trouble to read hitherto it will trat above the chapter of prizes. We can say proudly that we have raised a series of specimens that stood out in his moment having his our moment of glory, this way so we will begin with the one that has been our dog most rewarded of the whole Mantzur Bazterreko Etxea (Mozart) for his owmers: CH Spain 97, CH. international 98, CH. Portugal 99, SUB-CH. Europe 98, Catalunya`s CH year 96, BIS in 97 RBIS and 98, in the W.U.S.B. 99 (Oporto) Exc 1º class Champions, CH. of Monaco in 2000, 24 CAC, 23 CACIB, 44 Better of Race, 1 Better of Group 2º and 7 reservations of group. In the chapter of monographic in 96 in Burgos with the judge Werner Schmid BIS. Long hair.,Better head and Better dog born in Spain. In Carry in 96 with the judge Roland Hans EXC. 1º CAC-QC. In Faenza (Italy) in 97 in the brief Antonio Morsiani being of judge Reinold Weisch EXC. 1º CAC, Better absolute macho long hair, In Valencia in 97 being of judge Julián Hernández BIS long hair, Better head and Better dog born in Spain. In Soupes-Sur Loing in France in 98 with the judge C. Lafay EXC 1º CAC, BIS long hair, In Castello démpuries in the year 99 being of judge Giovanni Morsiani, Absolute BIS , Better born dog in Spain.
Likewise we can emphasize Leize Bazterreko Etxea, Champion of Portugal and Spain, Poztun Bazterreko Etxea Champion of Spain, Portugal and internationally to Gabai Champion of Spain, to Harro likewise champion of Spain to Dirudienez Bazterreko Etxea Champion of the World in young, Jentilarri Bazterreko Etxea Champion of Pôrtugal, Jo Bazterreko Etxea Champion of Portugal, to Kalakari Bazterreko Etxea Champion of Spain.
The year 1998 was one very special year for us we manage to do a trilogy of monographic since our dogs Leize Bazterreko Etxea was BIS in Portugal the following day Poztun Bazterreko Etxea was BIS in Spain and Mantzur Bazterreko Etxea was BIS in France.
Another motive of satisfaction also has been the times that we have managed to do to us with the first positions in the baby´s lots, for us one of the prizes mas important that a breeder can receive likewise we can say that in our record between the 94s and 99s we did ourselves up to four times with this so valued award, on the other hand in 96 we extract 1er baby´s lot in the monographic portuguese one. In 97 in Faenza (Italy) in the Brief Antonio Morsiani, we obtain the not despicable al all one 2º baby´s lot but the colophon as for prizes of baby´s lot was, rather those that we obtain in the CHAMPIONSHIP of the WORLD W.U.S.B. (World Union of the San Bernardo) in the year 99 in I carry 1º and 3º baby´s better lots obtaining champions of the world.
It is sure that we have stopped ourselves putting mas of a prize, before that nothing that there excuse to us the owners of the mentioned specimens.
With the new century for us also it began a cycle of bad luck of which we believe that we are going out, we have had time to thint and this way in this new epoch that we have initiated we are not going to curtail efforts in the improvement of the race.
As for the topic of displasia of hip, unfortunately disease that concerns a very high percentage of specimens. We in 2002 took the commitment not to cross specimens that are catalogued in X-ray photography as of degree C-D-E.
In this moment we can say that we have three exemplary females who are with that we are working that are in "B". We want to take advantage to encourage all the persons to have a San Bernardo, independently of that they are going to raise or not, that they X-ray his specimen and that they make the result public in the bulletin of the clun, belive that we all have to join, breeding and propietary if we want to obtain satisfactory results in the fight against the displasia.
Finally and as it is said that it is of born evil not to be been grateful we cannot close this chapter dedicated to our history without being grateful for Javi to Julián Hernández and Paula Jiménez, Josep and Rosa Blanca, Ruy and Delfina, to the family Pinedo to Luis Miguel Azebedo, Montse and Josetxo, Javier Sainz, José Luís Pazos, Ivan, Fran, José Luís and Mª Dolores and etc. Etc..., since without all of them close to us they are the human protagonists of this history, this call of spirit in a given moment, these past good moments.
Does a special mention in the baby´s chapter to the specimens Baron Von Fugerhof, Gabai and Takel Bazterreko Etxea in males and Garazi, Gero, Kezka and Sua Bazterreko Etxea in females.