Rising Star Bordeaux

Where dogues are family members too!

Finally after all these years we have created a "family" page to pay tribute to those wonderful families who have kept in contact with us as promised. We take pride in our screening process of potential homes for our pups, and could not be happier with how they have become a part of our family forever. We always look forward to new updates and pictures of our pups as they grow.

We have years of photos to go through and scan to make this page possible. Please be patient as we update it properly.

We have extended this page to contain some of our close friends as well. Many of our dogue friends have become family too!

04/08/07 - Happy 9th Birthday Duncan & Diddle!!!

This is "Beau" who is owned and loved by Liz and Dennis Allen of Florida. Beau is from our "B" litter and is now 5 1/2 years old. Beau's puppy name was "Clifford" (as in the Big Red Dog) and we can still remember the day he shipped out to his new family. He could not be in a more perfect home. The love they have for him is so obvious and every time I hear how he is doing it brings a huge smile to my face. Thank you Liz for being the best dog mom ever!

Here are two more pictures of Beau.

Beau and his ladies.

Here's a great pic of Hemi (Rising Star's Hemi Tough) and her dad, Ryan Betz, at a local ARBA show. Is this adorable or what?

Grandma Winnie with Simba & Mufi

Rising Star's Runaway Freeway & Rising Star's Philipe Mon Amour

We wanted to recognize these special boys from our first litter and their wonderful family:

owned & loved by Gale, Hans & Terra Gabathuler and Olivia Steele in Livermore, CA

Olivia Steele with a young Philipe & Freeway from our first litter

Jen & Simba with Denise Vaughan & Thor at a Meet The Breed Booth in Sacramento, CA 1998

Jen & Mufi with Kornél & Karo at the 1997 World Dog Show in Puerto Rico ~ Kornél & Mufi

Mrs. Scott Bonder & Killian, Jen with Duncan & Mufi, and Mary Reeves & Hooch at the 1999 DDBS Nationals in Atlanta. Killian & Hooch were from our first litter.

Simba and his best friends - Koji & Keno

Mom & Jen with Simba & Duncan at the Scottish Highland Games

A beautiful collage created by Anne Pryor of Bella (Rising Star's Gizi) and Bruno (Rising Star's Hamilton Bruno). This great family resides in Minnesota and have done a wonderful job with these two! Mike Pryor has attended several obedience courses with both dogues.

Bruno at 7 months and Bella at 13 months old enjoying a summer day.

Best Friends - Bella & Bruno

This handsome boy is Rising Star's Callisto, owned & loved by Raj Weerakkody and family

Here is Doogie (Rising Star's Ferdinand Le Bull) at 8 months old pictured with his brother Sam, and dad Dr. MJ Hamilton DVM...they now reside happily in Las Vegas, NV.

This is Maritime's Mystic owned & loved by Marilyn Homer of NC. "Misty" is a daughter of Rising Star's Bahama Mama bred by our friend Paul Sunseri. Marilyn has been a friend of ours for years and we always enjoy hearing about Misty.

Congratulations on Misty's 3rd place in the Open Female class at the 2006 DDBS Nationals!!!

This is "Hooch" from our very first litter. He was raised by the Reeves family in FL, and now resides in GA. He is pictured above with Ashley Reeves.

Grandma with Simba, Mufi & Koji at a Bark in the Park festival

Bella as a puppy with our friend Joaquin Fernandez

Duncan & his half-brother, Hidden Valley's Famous Amos owned by the Reed family

Here we have Tanakajd Szepe Kolas (Romeo) & Hunter Borland. Janet and Justin Borland of CA were good friends of ours for years and even helped us raise our "B" litter.