Latest news, show results..........now featuring over 10 years of Rising Star history! Scroll down for events dating back to 1997.

06/01/08 - Zizi participates in her first AKC weekend at the Flatirons Kennel Club shows in Longmont, CO. She won Best of Breed and Best in Misc both days!

05/28/08 - Zizi's OFA results are in...she has passed her OFA Hips, Elbows, Shoulders, Patellas & Cardiac by a board certified cardiologist!!

04/27/08 - Shrek, Hugo & Zizi attended the DDBSA National Specialty in Loveland, CO. As well as 6 of Hugo's offspring! Shrek placed 2nd in the Top 10 competition and 4th in the American Bred class. Hugo placed 4th in the Bred-by class. Zizi had her first US show experience. The highlight of the weekend was Hugo's son, Evergreen's Big Bruiser, winning Best of Opposite Sex at just 12 months of age!! Hugo's other kids - Fiona, Bogie, Dolce, Gigi and Indy also did very well. It was great to see everyone again. Shrek & Fiona also won least original costume. Click HERE to view more pictures and results from this show.

* 04/13/08 - Shrek showed at the Terry All Kennel Club AKC shows. On Saturday he won Best of Breed and Best in Misc beating two other Misc Breeds! On Sunday he took Best of Opposite to Hugo's daughter, Fiona, owned by Gale Bandsma. Big Congrats Gale and Fiona!

04/08 - Our new girl Zizi is finally here! Special thanks to Arpad for sending us this wonderful girl!! Please visit ZIZI's page for more details.

04/08/08 - HAPPY 10TH BIRTHDAY RISING STAR'S DUNCAN THE BRAVE!!!

03/23/08 Happy Easter!! Great pics of Bella and Bruno - our favorite howliday dogues!!!

03/17/08 Happy Saint Patrick's Day from Bella & Bruno!

03/02/08 Hugo attended one day at the IABCA shows in Loveland, CO. He came home with two Best of Breed's and two Bred-by Exhibitor Group 2's.  Hugo also earned the highest possible rating in both shows!

* 02/10/08 Hugo showed at another B Match (local Boxer Club) and again took Best of Breed and Best in Misc Group with competition!

02/02/08 Hugo participated in the local Irish Setter club all breed B Match. He won Best of Breed and Best in Misc Group with competition!

12/27/07 Our D Litter turns five years old today. Happy 5th Birthday to Shrek, Diamond & Dominique! Wishing you many more!!

12/25/07 Happy Holidays from all of us at Rising Star Bordeaux!

12/24/07 Our H Litter turns three years old today. Happy 3rd Birthday to Hugo, Bruno & Hemi!!!

11/18/07 Shrek showed at the UKC High Plains KC shows in Aurora, CO. He won three Best of Breeds, a Group 2 and a Group 3 in a group of 12 Guardian breeds!! These wins earned him the last points needed towards his DDBSA GRAND Championship!! Congratulations Shrek on being one of the few dogues in the US to have earned this honor.

10/31/07 Happy Halloween! Another year of great pictures/costumes from the Pryor family. Bella and Bruno always make us smile!! :)

10/11/07 HAPPY 8TH BIRTHDAY TO OUR B LITTER!! Wishing you many more!!

10/09/07 The AKC Board of Directors approved the Dogue de Bordeaux to advance to the Working Group effective July 1, 2008. Please visit the DDBSA website for more information.

09/30/07 Shrek attended the UKC shows in Loveland, CO. He won three Best of Breeds, a Group 2, Group 3 and Group 4! It was a large group so we were honored to place in each show.

09/23/07 The boys showed at the ARBA Rocky Mountain Classic in Longmont, CO. Hugo came home with four Best if Breed's and two Group 4's, while Shrek took one Best of Breed and a Group 3. We were all still warn out from the long drive and TT test from the day before.

09/22/07 Shrek and Hugo passed their ATTS Temperament Test!! This completes the boys' DDBSA Working Dog Levels (1-2-3) and earns them the title of DDBSA Working & Conformation Champions of Merit!! We are very proud of both boys. We have now put TT titles on eight of our dogues!!

09/09/07 Hugo wins Best of Breed & Best Stud Dog at the DDBSA Central Regional Specialty B Match in Greeley, CO! Congratulations to Hugo's son and daughter on their wins at this show. Oak Hollow D'Star Bogilicious won the Best of Breed Puppy award and Evergreen's Prima Donna was the Best of Opposite Puppy winner. Shrek placed 1st in the Open class and he and Hugo were the Best Brace team. At the two AKC shows following (Evergreen Colorado Kennel Club), Hugo won Best of Opposite on Saturday, and Best of Breed and Best in Miscellaneous class on Sunday. We are very proud of Hugo and his kids!!!

09/02/07 Hemi attended the DDBSA NW Regional Specialty in WA and we are thrilled to have updated pictures of her!! See her page for more pics. She has matured into a beautiful young lady!

08/26/07 We have new pictures of Bella and Bruno from the Pryor family in MN.

08/19/07 Hugo showed at the Greeley Kennel Club AKC shows in Greeley, CO. Both days he won Best of Breed and Best in Miscellaneous Class WITH competition! He has won 6 Best in Misc in a row!!! Shrek took the weekend off, as he is recovering from an injury.

08/08/07 Hugo puppies arrive in New Mexico! 3 boys and 1 girl born out of Jackie owned by Cheryl Johnson & family.

07/22/07 Shrek attended the Twin Peaks UKC shows in Longmont, CO. In 4 out of the 5 shows he won Best of Breed and placed in Group each time. Shrek got one Group 2, two Group 3's and a Group 4.

07/07/07 The boys showed at the Rarities Rocky Mountain Classic. Shrek won one BOS, a Best of Breed and a Group 2! Hugo won two Best of Breed's, a Group 2, Group 1 and a Reserve Best in Show! Hugo's daughter (Evergreen's Prima Donna owned by Hil & Amy) made her show ring debut and won 4 Best of Breed puppy awards. It was a very fun weekend for all!

07/01/07 Shrek & Hugo showed at the Buckhorn Valley Kennel Club AKC shows in Loveland, CO. On Saturday Hugo won Best of Breed over 6 ddb and earned his third and final major towards his DDBSA Championship! He went on to take Best in Misc class with competition. Sunday he won both BOB and Best in Misc again. Shrek placed 2nd in the Open class both days. Congratulations to new DDBSA CH Rising Star's Hugo Boss!!!

06/05/07 New pictures of Bruno (H litter) are in. He is maturing into such a handsome boy!

06/03/07 Shrek & Hugo showed at the Flat Irons Kennel Club AKC shows in Longmont, CO. On both Saturday & Sunday Hugo won Best of Breed and Best in Miscellaneous Class with competition! He also completed two majors towards his DDBSA championship.

05/31/07 Happy 3rd Birthday to our F Litter - Doogie & Achilles!!

05/27/07 Hugo traveled to Mexico City for the 2007 World Dog Show. We only competed on the final day (Sunday). In an open class of 11 males, he made the cut of the top 5 dogs with an Excellent rating under FCI judge Karl Jarvinen.

05/16/07 Hugo's 2nd litter has arrived! Please visit Oak Hollow Bordeaux for details.

05/08/07 Our good friends at Oak Hollow Bordeaux have puppies coming from Hugo! Please visit their website for more information on this upcoming litter. We are so excited and happy to be working with someone who shares our same goals & ethics for this wonderful breed.

05/02/07 We are home from the 10th Annual DDBSA National Specialty weekend in Shelton, WA.  The highlight of the weekend was Rising Star's Diamond in the Rough wining 1st place in Open female, Best female and Best of Opposite!!! We are so proud of Angie & Diamond! Shrek placed 3rd in the first ever top 10 competition and he also passed his TDI test. Hugo placed 2nd in bred-by male with an Excellent rating. Hugo also received an award for the Most Best in Shows in 2006 in the DDBSA! Haley was 1st place Veteran female with an Excellent rating, and also Best in Show Veteran and Best Brood Bitch! The boys were 2nd place in the brace competition, and Rising Star's Feroz Achilles was 3rd place American Bred male. Thank you to Angie & Scott Reed and Hugo Lujan for showing your dogs and supporting this show! It was a very rewarding and fun weekend. Please visit our new 2007 Nationals page for pictures and more details.

04/15/07 Shrek & Hugo showed at the Terry All Kennel Club AKC shows in Brighton, CO. Shrek won Best of Breed and Best in Misc Group on Saturday, while Hugo won Best of Breed and his first Best in Misc Group on Sunday! We are proud of both boys, and had a great weekend with our special guest. :)

04/08/07 Happy 9th Birthday Duncan, Diddle & the other littermates. We are thrilled to be celebrating this day!!!

04/06/07 Hugo's first litter has arrived!!! Please visit Evergreen Bordeaux for details.

* 03/25/07 Shrek attended the IABCA Rocky Mountain Sieger shows in Loveland, CO. He has earned his next level of championship with this organization, and came home with 4 BBE Group 2's.

  03/17/07 Happy St Patrick's Day! Two adorable new pictures of Bruno & Bella owned & loved by the Pryor family in MN.

03/15/07 We are excited to announce our good friends at Evergreen Bordeaux have a litter coming out of Hugo! Please visit their website for more information.

* 03/10/07 Shrek showed one day at the High Plains Kennel Club UKC shows in Aurora, CO. He came home with two Best of Breed's.

02/19/07 Shrek and Hugo showed at the Plum Creek and Colorado Kennel Club AKC shows in Denver, CO. Shrek took two Best of Opposites, and a Best of Breed and Best in Miscellaneous Group!! We were happy to see Thiago & Zuka at this show & congratulate them on their BOB/Best in Misc Group on Friday. :)

12/27/06 Our D Litter turns four years old today. Happy 4th Birthday to Shrek, Diamond & Dominique!!!

Wishing everyone a Very Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!!!

12/24/06 Our H Litter turns two years old today. Happy 2nd Birthday to Hugo, Bruno & Hemi!!!

11/14/06 Hugo traveled to Poznan, Poland to attend the FCI World Dog show where he competed in the Intermediate class.  He also showed at the Polish ddb club match in Sierakow. The trip was a great opportunity to exhibit our boy on a new level, and we learned a great deal along the way.

10/31/06 Happy Halloween! We just love this new pic of the angel & devil... Bella & Bruno owned by the Pryor family in MN.

* 10/01/06 Shrek & Hugo showed at the Frontier Belgium club UKC shows in Golden, CO. Shrek won three Best of Breed's, two Group 2's and a Group 3. Hugo took one Breed and a Group 4. Way to go boys!

09/20/06 Rising Star's Dominique has passed her OFA Hips, Elbows & Patellas at 44 months of age! Domi, owned by Larry & Diane Miller, received an OFA Rating of Fair as well as a PennHip score of .44/.44 with NO DJD. Click here  to see her OFA results. Domi is a 3rd generation Rising Star female who has passed OFA hips! She also recently had an echocardiogram performed and was cleared for breeding.

09/10/06 The boys showed at their 3rd weekend of AKC shows with the Evergreen Kennel Club in Greeley, CO. Once again, Hugo took Breed on Saturday...and Shrek won on Sunday. There seems to be a pattern developing. :o)

09/08/06 We have new pictures of Rising Star's Feroz Achilles owned by Hugo Lujan of AZ. Achilles is now 2 years old and getting ready for his first AKC shows.

09/03/06 Shrek & Hugo showed at the ARBA Rocky Mountain Classic weekend. Hugo gave us our best show weekend ever!!! He won 4 Best of Breed's, one Group 3, THREE Group 1's, One Reserve Best in Show and TWO BEST IN SHOWS!! All of this earned him the "Best in Classic" award, which is given to the dog who earns the most points over the weekend. If all of that wasn't enough, Hugo also completed his ARBA Championship title. We were ecstatic with Hugo's wins at this show. Sunday's Best in Show was under an FCI judge from Sweden who has judge ddb all over the world. In addition, on Saturday Shrek won a Best of Breed, Group 1 and a RESERVE BEST IN SHOW!! To have both boys take Group under some very nice competition was awesome. This weekend was fantastic on so many different levels. We are so proud of both of our boys!!!

 08/26/06 Congratulations to Diamond on her Best of Opposite win at the DDBS NW Regional Specialty!!! Rising Star's Diamond in the Rough, owned by Scott & Angie Reed beat 6 females at the Rarities shows in WA for the 1st & 3rd shows (regional specialty). Also special thanks to Ryan & Mary Betz for showing Hemi at these shows! It was great to hear about both girls in the ring. Shrek & Hugo are proud of their sisters!!!

08/20/06 The boys showed at the Greeley Kennel Club shows in Greeley, CO. For the second weekend in a row, Hugo took Breed on Saturday and Shrek on Sunday.  We also did a Meet the Breed booth all weekend and had a great time introducing the AKC crowd to the ddb.

08/13/06 Shrek & Hugo attended their first AKC shows! Hugo won Best of Breed on Saturday and Shrek won Best of Breed on Sunday at the Buckhorn Valley Kennel Club shows in Ft. Collins, CO.

07/26/06 Happy 2nd birthday to our G Litter! It's hard to believe it has been two years already. Thank you to the Pryor family for sending these new pictures of their Bella (Gizi) celebrating her big day. :)

07/16/06 The boys showed at the Twin Peaks UKC show in Longmont, CO. Shrek came home with four Best of Breed's, a Group 3 & a Group 4.

07/10/06 Shrek & Hugo attended the Rarities show in Greeley, CO which hosted the DDBS Central Regional Specialty. Shrek placed 1st in Open Male, then went on to get Winner's Dog and Best of Opp for the specialty! This major win earned Shrek his DDBS Championship!! Also, Hugo and Shrek together earned the Best Brace award. On Sunday, Hugo received two Best of Breed's and two Group 2's. We are very proud of our boys!

06/25/06 Shrek & Hugo showed at an AKC B Match in Brighton, CO. Hugo took BOB and Shrek passed his Canine Good Citizen!

04/15/06 Happy Easter! These are two adorable new pics of Bella & Bruno.

04/10/06 Hugo attended the 2006 DDBS National Specialty in Charlotte, NC. He had a very good weekend! He passed his Canine Good Citizen and Therapy Dog Int'l testing earning him the first two DDBS Working dog titles. He also was the Costume Contest winner! For conformation he placed FIRST in the 12-18 month class with an EXCELLENT rating. Last but not least, Hugo received an award for being the DDBS #4 male in points for 2005 and the #5 overall for the year. We are extremely proud of Hugo and can't wait for his next show! Callisto also showed this weekend and placed THIRD in the Champion Male class. Bahama's daughter, Misty, showed this weekend too and placed THIRD in a large Open Class.

04/08/06 Happy 8th Birthday Duncan & Diddle! Looking forward to many more years with my boys. Also Happy Birthday to Beren, Phillipe and all the others!

* 03/20/06 Hugo showed at the IABCA show in Greeley, CO. He earned his third IABCA youth title with all Excellent ratings and critiques. He also received four Group 2 placements (amongst AKC breed competition) and finished the weekend with a BEST IN SHOW Rare Breed Puppy. Shrek came along for Sunday only and finished his adult IABCA National & Int'l titles, as well as receiving a Group 1, Group 2 and a RESERVE BEST IN SHOW Rare Breed Adult!!! We are very proud of both boys.

03/11/06 Hugo has earned his UKC championship! He showed one day at the High Plains Kennel Club UKC show in Kiowa, CO and completed his last major. This is Hugo's first "adult" championship title.

03/03/06 Diamond's first litter has arrived! We are the proud grandparents of 2 girls & 1 boy. Please visit EVERGREEN BORDEAUX for details.

02/06/06 We are excited to announce Rising Star's Diamond in the Rough is expecting her first litter! Diamond is owned by Scott & Angie Reed of WA. Please visit EVERGREEN BORDEAUX for details. We are anxious for these grandbabies to arrive!

01/12/06 We have new pictures of Bruno at 12 months old. We are very proud of how he is maturing!

Happy Holidays from Rising Star Bordeaux!

12/13/05 The AKC Board of Directors approved the Dogue de Bordeaux to advance to the Miscellaneous Class effective July 1, 2006. Please visit the DDBS website for more information.

11/19/05 Hugo attended a UKC show in Elbert, CO. He earned two Best of Breeds and two Group 3's. At just 10 months of age, Hugo defeated multiple adults in the working group competition and earned two out of three majors needed towards his UKC championship.

10/30/05 Achilles showed at the Phoenix UKC show this weekend and placed first in his class all 4 shows.

10/11/05 HAPPY 6th BIRTHDAY TO OUR B LITTER!!  Today is a very special day for Bella, Haley, Bahama, Beau and all the others.

10/09/05 Shrek & Hugo attended the NCA show in Aurora, CO. This was our first time showing with this organization. Shrek did very well this weekend! He earned three BOB's, one Group 2, two Group 1's and a SUPREME Group 1. We were fortunate enough to have some ddb competition this weekend which earned Shrek two of the three majors needed for his DDBS Championship. Hugo came home with 2 Reserve Winner's Dogs. This definitely was Shrek's weekend to shine!!

10/02/05 Hugo showed at the IABCA show in Greeley, CO. He earned his JA Championship and received multiple group placements with tough competition. Between the regular and bred-by working Groups he came home with three Group 1's, two Group 2's and one Group 3. He finished the weekend on a high note by winning a Reserve Best in Show Bred-by Puppy and a BEST IN SHOW RARE BREED Puppy!!! Shrek came for Sunday only and received a Group 2 and a Group 3. We were very proud of both boys this weekend!

09/20/05 We have new pictures through out our site of Bella (Rising Star's Gizi) and Bruno (Rising Star's Hamilton Bruno).

09/10/05 We have new pictures of Achilles at 15 months old.

09/04/05 Hugo attended the ARBA Rocky Mountain Classic. He came home with 5 Winner's dogs, 4 Best of Opps, 1 Best of Breed and a Group 4. This show weekend leaves Hugo over half way towards his ARBA Championship at just 8 months old! His sister, Hemi, also attended on Saturday and came home with 2 Reserve Winner's.

* 08/01/05 Rising Star's Diamond in the Rough is a new DDBS Champion! She earned her last major at the ARBA show in WA. She took three out of four Best of Breeds and multiple group placements. Congrats to Angie & Scott Reed on Diamond's latest title!

07/24/05 Here are the latest pics of Achilles at 13 months old.

07/17/05 Hugo attended the Twin Peaks UKC show in Longmont, CO and came home with 4 Best of Breed's! This was Hugo's first official show as an "adult" and we are already looking forward to getting him in the ring again.

07/05 New Health screens are in! Diamond is the first DDB in the OFA database to be recorded with a "normal" rating for Shoulders. Fruzsi also has a new OFA Shoulder certification on file. Shrek has passed his OFA Patella's and Doogie & Hugo are now CERF'd. Please visit the individual dogs' pages to view copies of the results.

04/17/05 Come and visit our Nationals page and learn all about our Rising Star results!! We are overjoyed to report we had 7 Rising Star dogues in attendance and 6 of them placed with EXCELLENT ratings under FCI licensed judges Madame Helene Denis and Monsieur Benoit Thevenon of France. The highlight of the show for us was Bella winning 1st place Champion female, Best Female and Best of Opposite sex!!! This win was a dream come true for us and we could not be happier with the results. Please visit our nationals page to read more and see pictures from the show.

04/10/05 Doogie (Rising Star's Ferdinand Le Bull) has received passing OFA prelim hip & elbow results! His hips have been evaluated as GOOD and elbows NORMAL at 8 months of age.

03/20/05 Hugo made his show ring debut at the IABCA show in Greeley, CO. He came home with multiple group placements and a Reserve Best in Show Rare Breed Puppy!! Against older AKC breeds he received two Group 1's, two Group 2's and three Group 3's. He also earned his IABCA BA champion title. We are very proud of the heffalump's first show! Bella came along for the ride and also came home with a Group 2 & a Group 3.

* 03/12/05 Shrek attended two UKC shows in Kiowa, CO and was awarded Best of Breed for both shows!!!

02/02/05 Come and meet our Heffalump. Check out his new page for updated pictures of our Rising Star's Hugo Boss.

12/27/04 Our "D" litter turns two years old today. Happy 2nd Birthday Diamond, Dominique, Diva & Shrek!!!

* HAPPY HOLIDAYS FROM RISING STAR BORDEAUX!!! *

12/24/04 Our 2nd litter from Haley and Ch. Laruscades Hugo has arrived!!! Click HERE for more info on this litter.

12/11/04 We have new pictures of our "G" litter girls. Click HERE to see them. :o)

11/28/04 Here's a new pic of Diva enjoying the Colorado snow. Check out our individual dog pages to see the other "snow dogues".

11/14/04 Hugo & Achilles attended the DDBS SW Regional Specialty at the ARBA Hollywood Classic. They placed 3rd in the puppy class. We are very proud of them both, and hope they keep up the good work!

10/31/04 Rising Star's Feroz Achilles attended his first show! Congrats to Hugo & Achilles for taking four Novice Puppy Best of Breed's at the Phoenix UKC show. We are very proud of them and hope they had a wonderful time!

  10/10/04 Bella and Doogie attended the IABCA show in Loveland, CO. Doogie came home with two Group 3's, one Group 2 and a Reserve BEST IN SHOW Rare Breed Puppy!! He did great this weekend and we are proud of how he is maturing. Bella had a rewarding weekend as well. Not only did she get a Group 3 in a very large, impressive working group (akc & rare breeds) but she won BEST IN SHOW Rare Breed Adult. Bella continues to be our absolute pride and joy.

09/18/2004 Doogie debuted his show career at the ARBA Rocky Mountain Classic which hosted the DDBS Central Regional Specialty. He came home with four BOB Puppy wins, two Group 2's, two Group 1's and two Reserve Best in Show puppy awards. He is the 2004 DDBS Central Best of Breed Puppy Winner!! Congratulations to MJ and Doogie on their first show!!! Bella came along for the ride and became the BOS winner for the regional. She also received three BOB's, a Group 1, a Group 2 and a Group 4.

09/05/04 Bella goes to France!! Bella attended the 2004 SADB National Specialty held on Sept 5th in the HAM region of France.  She received an EXCELLENT rating in a large open class and passed the TAN test. It was a dream come true to show our girl at the world's largest ddb show!!!

08/01/04 Bella & Shrek showed at the Rarities show in Denver, CO.  This was Bella's first regular show of the year and she proved she is not yet ready for retirement! She came home with three Best of Breeds, a Group 3, two Group 1's and TWO RESERVE BEST IN SHOWS!!!  One of her Breed wins was under DDBS Sanctioned judge Stuart Rogell.   Shrek came home with one Winner's Dog & Best of Opposite, and a reserve winner's.           

07/26/04 Fruzsi has whelped her first litter! Click HERE for more info.

07/25/04 We just received the news that Rising Star's Diamond in the Rough is the 2004 DDBS NW Regional Specialty winner!! Not only did she take Best of Breed at the regional but she went on to win a Group 1!!! We are so proud of Diamond, and cannot thank Angie Reed enough for all of the hard work she has put into this girl.

07/18/04 Shrek participated in the Twin Peaks UKC show in Longmont, CO. We are pleased to report he earned two out of the five points needed for his UKC Grand Championship title!

06/04 Congratulations to Rising Star's Diamond in the Rough (owned by Angie & Scott Reed) for her 4 Best of Opposite wins at the Rarities show in Washington!

  05/31/04 Puppies have arrived from Haley and Ch. Laruscades Hugo. Click HERE for more info on this litter.

05/04 Callisto is a new DDBS Champion!! He earned his 3rd major at the April UKC show in Southern CA. He took Best of Breed and a Group 3 at this show. HUGE congrats to Paul & Raj for all of their hard work with this boy.

05/01/04 Duncan is recovering wonderfully from his scary ordeal with Inflammable Bowel Disease & Salmonella. He has been very ill for 6 months, but we are happy to report he has recently gained back 15 lbs! We attribute his improvement to weekly acupuncture treatments as well as some wonderful supplements from B-naturals.com. We are grateful for all of the support we received from our ddb friends during this difficult time.

04/28/04 We have received confirmation via ultrasound that Haley is pregnant!! Puppies are due June 1st. Please click HERE to learn more about this exciting and much anticipated litter. Please note all puppies from this breeding are spoken for.

04/25/04 Shrek attended the UKC show in Loveland, CO and is a new UKC CHAMPION!! He earned his 3rd and final major at the weekends first show, and then debuted the remaining two shows in the Champion class by earning two Reserve Champion of Champion placements. Way to go Shreky Bear!!!

03/28/04 DDBS National Specialty Show in Henderson, NV with judges Giuseppe Novaresio & Rolando Balestrini of Italy. The Rising Star's shined bright! Bella received multiple conformation awards at the annual meeting including #1 female for the year 2003 and #2 female overall in the history of the club!! Fruzsi was not far behind with #2 female awarded for 2003 in conformation points. Yeah girls! Shrek made his momma proud by placing FIRST in the 12-18 month class and receiving an EXCELLENT rating. We are so thrilled with his placement at the nations largest ddb show! His sister Diamond also did great by placing 3rd in her class (congrats Angie & Scott Reed!), AND she passed her CGC & TDI earning her the DDBS WD1 & 2 working titles! Dominique showed beautifully, and received 2nd place in the costume contest (Yeah Diane & Larry Miller!). She looked GREAT! Bella participated in the first ever Regional Best of Breed class, and placed 4th in the Champion Female class under TOUGH competition. It was a beautiful line up of the countries top bitches, and we were honored to place and receive an EXCELLENT rating. Callisto moved beautifully and strutted his stuff to a 2nd place in the HUGE open male class, also receiving an EXCELLENT rating. This boy is just 2 years old and has placed in the top two of the open class at nationals 2 years in a row (the largest class at the show)! Fruzsi received a wonderful critique and many compliments throughout the weekend. She is looking forward to redeeming herself at next years show!!! Simba's son Beasley was also in attendance and received an EXCELLENT rating in the Champion male class. It was great to see Pam Smith & Beasley again!! All in all it was a wonderful weekend and I'd like to thank the Rising Star family for their wonderful support & hard work. See above for a few pictures from this show.

03/21/04 Shrek has earned his first championship title! He showed at the IABCA show in Greeley, CO and completed his IABCA jha Championship. He also earned two Group 2's this weekend.

* 03/07/04 Shrek attended the UKC show in Kiowa, CO. He earned 3 best male placements, and received his second major needed for his UKC championship.

03/04 Come see us at the 2004 DDBS National Specialty being held March 27-28 in Henderson, NV. Please click HERE for more info on the nations largest ddb show! 

01/10/04 Check out this beautiful drawing of Fruzsi we received as a gift from the Dragovics family in Hungary (Fruzsi's breeder). Awesome!

12/27/03 Our "D" litter turns one year old today. Happy 1st Birthday Diamond, Dominique, Diva & Shrek!!!

11/15/03 At the USBC Nationals, Fruzsi placed 1st in the Open class! She also took Winner's Bitch at two of the weekends ARBA shows including under Madame Ann Marie Class of France. Both French judges rated her as EXCELLENT. 

11/15/03 Rising Star's Dominique owned by Diane & Larry Miller won Best of Breed Youth at the USBC National Specialty under FCI judge Madame Christine Lafay!! We could not be happier for Diane & Domi and were thrilled to be there to cheer them on.

11/15/03 Rising Star's Callisto owned by Raj Weerakkody showed at the USBC Nationals and rated EXCELLENT in a very tough Open Male class.

11/12/03 It's official! Our very own pride & joy Rising Star's Bella Donna has been awarded the highest honor of the DDBS Supreme Grand Championship!!! Bella is the FIRST female to hold this title, and is only the third dogue ever in the history of the club. We could not be more thrilled to see all of our hard work pay off in this way, and the bond that Jen & Bella share makes it all the more worth while. Awesome!!

11/09/03 Rising Star's Diamond in the Rough owned by Scott & Angie Reed earned her IABCA JA (Youth) Championship at the Enumclaw, WA show this weekend. Diamond also took two Best of Breeds with competition earning her first two majors towards her DDBS Championship! We are so proud of Angie & Diamond!!! 

10/03 We are in the process of relocating to Boulder, CO. We will be unreachable until mid-November. We will return all calls & emails at that time. Thank you for your understanding. 

10/15/03 We just received confirmation that Bella is a new ARBA Master Champion! This is Bella's 12th conformation title.  :)

09/28/03 Bella & Fruzsi attended the UKC dog show in Loveland, CO. Bella took two Best of Breed's and two Group 2's, while Fruzsi took one BOB and a Group 3. The girls also won two Best in Show Brace awards and one Reserve BIS.  The highlight of the weekend was both girls passing their Therapy Dog International certification on Sunday afternoon! This makes them both "TDI" dogs and completes all of their DDBS Working Dog level championships. Once the paperwork is final, this will also make Bella the FIRST and ONLY female to become a DDBS Supreme Grand Champion!! We could not be prouder of our Bella Donna. She truly is a shining star!!!

09/25/03 Callisto has sired his first litter! Check out Maritime Bordeaux's website for more info and pictures. 

09/21/03 Rising Star's Empire Strikes Back (owned by Lenard Clayton & Paul Sunseri) takes Best of Breed Puppy at the DDBS South West Regional Specialty! He also went on to take two Reserve Best in Show puppy awards. Congratulations T-Bone on your show debut!

09/20/03 We traveled to Peyton, CO to participate in an ATTS Temperament test held by the Pikes Peak Obedience club. We are very happy to report that both Fruzsi & Haley passed and now hold the "TT" title after their names. Way to go girls!

09/13/03 The first annual DDBS Central Regional was held in Colorado at the ARBA show with judge Ms. Linda Sparks. Best of Breed went to our very own Rising Star's Bella Donna! Bella also won Best Brood Bitch and was part of the Best Brace team (Fruszi was the other half). Shrek won Reserve Winner's Dog, and Fruzsi won Reserve Winner's bitch.  The 2nd show Fruzsi went on to take Best of Breed and a Group 3! Bella ended up taking the rest of the weekends BOB wins and group placements. Last but not least Shrek received 4 points towards his ARBA Championship. 

09/07/03 Bella, Callisto & Tommy (Rising Star's Cactus Jack) went to the Rarities show in Anaheim, CA. Callisto took his first Best of Breed and a Group 2 at the Sat AM show! Then he went on to take Best of Opp the 2nd show earning him two DDBS majors that day.  Bella ended up with 4 BOB's a Group 2 and a Group 3. She also passed a Rarities sponsored temperament test which makes this her 3rd TT title!

09/04/03 Bella and Callisto attended the Club Canofilo Caliente FCI show in Tijuana, Mexico.  Bella received an "EXCELLENT" rating both days and earned two Reserve CACM's.  Callisto also earned one R.CACM.

08/04/03 Bella is a pin up girl! She is featured in the 2004 Brown Trout Calendar for the month of May. A very young Bella (13 months old) was photographed two years ago by a local photographer at a dog show, and we have just learned her picture was chosen!

* 08/03 Bella has passed her seventh and final health test (VonWD screening), which makes her the newest seven star dogue for the DDBS! Rising Star now has TWO seven star dogues produced by US!

07/28/03 Bella's OFA Hip results are in, and she has scored a FAIR rating at 45 months of age. This is the 3rd dog from our "B" litter to pass her OFA hips. This qualifies her to receive her Healthy Star for hips AND makes her one step closer to being the first ever female of the breed to receive the DDBS Supreme Grand Championship. We are only one working dog test away from this major achievement. 

* 07/25/03 Congratulations to Haley for being the newest SEVEN star dogue in the DDBS Healthy Stars Program!!!

07/20/03 The three day annual UKC Western Premier Classic has wrapped up in Longmont, CO.  Out of 5 shows, our dogues came home with 4 Best of Breeds, and Bella received two Group 2's! Fruzsi won her first ever adult Best of Breed on Saturday morning, earning her first DDBS major win! Shrek made his debut appearance in the adult classes by taking Winner's Dog and Best of Winner's on Friday. Way to go Shreky Bear! Diva managed to get some good ring experience as she bounced around the ring commanding everyone's attention on her. She is a true DIVA! 

07/05/03 Haley's OFA results are back and she has scored a GOOD rating at 44 months of age! This makes her our 2nd "Rising Star" to have an official OFA Good rating.  She also has passed her OFA elbows, patellas, cardiac and thyroid exam.  

06/29/03 Congratulations to Rising Star's Diamond in the Rough on her first show weekend as an "adult".  At the Rarities show in WA she took 4 Best of Breed's (with competition) and FOUR Group 1's in a large working group. Diamond is owned by Angie & Scott Reed. I am so proud of both Diamond and Angie on this awesome weekend!

06/24/03 Bahama and Red's puppies have arrived! 2 males and 2 females. Click HERE for more info.

06/12/03 Bella travels to Michigan to compete in the UKC Premier Top 10 invitational competition. We could not be prouder with how she did. First she took Best of Breed in the top 10, and then went on to the semi final round. Out of 19 dogs, she made the top 4 which sent her to the final round. The final round consisted of the top 20 dogs in the show, and they only awarded placement to the overall top 10. We are honored to report that Bella placed 9th overall!!! This is a first for a bordeaux to place in this stellar event!!! There were 393 of the UKC's top all breed dogs participating in this event, and Bella beat 385 of them. On top of all that she made the local news that day. Bella is our pride and joy and certainly did us proud on this day! 

06/03/03 Fruzsi returns from Europe! We are proud to say that our Fruzsi participated in the World Dog show in Dortmund, Germany. She received an EXCELLENT rating, and out of 26 dogs in her class, she made it to the top 6. The following day, at the German Club Match in Essen, Germany, she took 2nd place in the youth class beating the female who won the World Youth CH and the French Nationals Youth class!! The judge for this show was president of the SADB, Sylviane Tompousky. We are so thrilled with how Fruzsi placed at this show!

05/24/03 Callisto is a new ARBA Champion! Big congrats to Raj and Paul for getting this boy his first adult title at just 18 months old.

05/19/03 Bahama is expecting puppies sired by Ch. Quercus Rubra de Legeane. Check back for updates when the litter arrives! For more info on these pups click HERE.

05/03 We're off to Europe! Fruzsi will be attending the World Dog Show in Dortmund, Germany. Her breeder is anxious to see her again and has great hope for her at this show. She will also get to participate in the German Molloser club show in Essen, Germany before coming back to the US. We plan to take a lot of pictures and to see some potential stud dogs up close and personal. 

05/03 Congrats to Rising Star's Diamond in the Rough (owned by Scott & Angie Reed of WA) on her new IABCA BA title and her TWO group 3 placements at the show in Hillsboro, Oregon.

05/03 Bella has completed the requirements for her DDBS GRAND CHAMPIONSHIP!!! This makes her the second female EVER to obtain this title! Way to go Bella Donna. :-)

04/27/03 Bella, Fruzsi, Haley, Diva & Shrek participated at the UKC St. Vrain Dog Club show in Loveland, CO. Haley is a new UKC Champion! Fruzsi earned her first point towards her UKC Grand Ch. Bella took 3 Best of Breed's, 2 Group 3's and her FIRST ever Group 1 at an all-breed show! Shrek made his debut with 3 Best of breed Puppy awards, while Diva came home with one.  

04/13/03 DDBS Nationals Results. It was a GREAT weekend for the Rising Star's! Diva placed 2nd in the 3-6 female class, while Diamond placed 3rd. Dominque showed great also in that class and made us proud. Callisto placed 2nd in Open Male with some HUGE competition. Haley placed FIRST in the Novice class. Fruzsi placed FIRST in Open female and went on to win RESERVE Best Female in Show!!! Bella placed 2nd in the Champion class with some VERY tough competition as well. Diddle placed 2nd in spay/neuter (what a site that was!) and Bella & Fruzsi took Reserve Best Brace in Show. Prior to this event we had never placed higher than 3rd at a National Show. We left Texas with two 1st's, six 2nd's and one 3rd place. OUTSTANDING! Fruzsi also passed her Canine Good Citizen test at the show.

April 12-13 * Come see us at the 2003 DDBS National Specialty in Hutto, TX! Callisto, Bella, Haley, Fruzsi, Diddle, Diamond, Dominique, Diva, Shrek & Beasley will all be making an appearance at the nations largest ddb show.  For more information about this show please click HERE.  We are looking forward to a great weekend and hope to have lots of news and pictures to post soon after!

** 03/03 Bella, Fruzsi & Haley participated at the IABCA show in Greeley, CO.  All 3 girls earned their IABCA championship titles. Fruzsi came home with 3 Best of Breed Puppy awards, while Bella took 3 Best of Breed Adults. This was Bella's first "postpartum" show debut and she ended the weekend with a bang by taking a Reserve Best in Show Rare Breed! Bella is back and ready to shine some more.

* 03/03 Fruzsi & Haley competed at the UKC show in Kiowa, CO.  We are proud to announce that Fruzsi is now a UKC CHAMPION! We hope this title is the first of many to come.  Haley earned her first points towards her UKC CH as well out of the bred-by class.

02/03 Bahama's final OFA hip evaluation is back and the rating is GOOD !! We are very excited and proud of our first home bred OFA Good rating.

* 01/03 Callisto begins the year by earning 4 points towards his ARBA Championship at the Golden Nugget Classic in Claremont, CA.

12/02 Puppies have arrived out of Bella and Orloff de L'etang de Mirloup. Click HERE to see their page.

* 11/02 Bella and Fruzsi compete at the UKC show in Kiowa, CO. Bella won three Best of Breeds, a Group 2 and two Group 4's.  This last UKC show of the year for us put Bella at the #1 Dogue de Bordeaux in the UKC for 2002!  She is the first female to hold this honor.  

11/02 Bahama and Callisto attended the DDBS South Central Regional in Claremont, CA.  Bahama came home with Reserve Winner's Bitch, while Callisto took Reserve Winner's Dog! 

09/02 Callisto became an IABCA JA Champion at the Vallejo, CA show. Bahama achieved her UCICB Adult IABCA title and won Best "Zuchtgruppe" (Breeders Group). 

*09/02 Duncan, Fruzsi and Bella competed at the UKC show in Greeley, CO.  Duncan completed his UKC Championship!  Fruzsi became 2/3 of the way closer to her first championship.  And last but not least, our Bella Donna earned her UKC GRAND CHAMPIONSHIP!

09/02 Bella competes in the ARBA Rocky Mountain Classic and reaches new heights! She won her first BEST IN SHOW! In addition, she took a Reserve Best in Show, two Group 1's and three Group 2's. As if all of that was not enough, she also completed her ARBA championship and became the #1 female ddb in ARBA for 2002! This best in show win was a dream come true for us at Rising Star!!!

09/02 Callisto travels to France to attend the SADB National Specialty. He passed the T.A.N. test with an EXCELLENT rating at only 11 months old. He also received the highest possible rating for a puppy and got a great critique. Callisto handled the traveling abroad like a pro! We are so pleased with his easy going temperament and cannot thank Raj enough for the great job he has done in raising him.

* 08/02 Bella is currently the #1 female Dogue de Bordeaux in Rarities! She is also the #3 for the breed with them.  Way to go Bella Donna!  Click HERE to go to the Rarities show points for 2002.

07/02 Bella and Fruzsi traveled to Hutto, TX for the Rarities show.  What a weekend it was for the girls!  Bella received four Best of Breeds, three Group 2nd's and one Group 3rd.  In doing so she earned her Rarities International, American and Canadian championships!!!  Fruzsi received two Best of Breed Puppy's, two Group 1st's.....and a BEST IN SHOW!  In addition, she won Best of Opposite sex for the DDBS South Central Regional show!  We are EXTREMELY proud of both girls.  They really were shining stars this weekend.

07/02 Bella and Fruzsi competed in the UKC Western Classic in Longmont, CO.  Fruzsi won six Winner's Bitch placements...while Bella took six Best of Breeds, three Group 3rd's and one Group 4th.

* 05/02 Callisto gets his own page!  Click HERE to see it.

04/02 Bella competed in the UKC show in Loveland, CO.  She took two out of three Best of Breeds and two 2nd places in the Guardian group.  Bella is two more points closer towards her UKC Grand Championship.  Only one more point to go...

04/02  Bella and Callisto attended the DDBS National Specialty in Carlisle, PA.  Bella received an EXCELLENT rating and placed 3rd in the Bred by Exhibitor class.  Callisto placed 3rd in the 3-6 month puppy class.  For a list of complete show results click HERE. 

* 03/02  Bella competed in the UKC show in Kiowa, CO.  Bella took a Best of Breed over seven dogues and placed 3rd in the Guardian Group.  She also earned 2 of the 5 points needed for her UKC Grand Championship.

* 02/02  We would like to announce our newest addition...FRUZSI...a female import puppy from Europe.  Click HERE to see her new page.

01/02  Rising Star's Callisto (owned by Raj Weerakkody) competed in the ARBA Golden Nugget Classic and won a BEST in Show Puppy and also a Reserve BEST in Show Puppy.  Callisto was handled by Paul Sunseri.  Awesome job Raj and Paul!  What a way to start a show career.  

12/01  HAPPY HOLIDAYS from Rising Star Bordeaux!!!!

* 11/01 Bella attended the ARBA Hollywood Classic in Claremont, CA.  She won the Open Class 3 out of the 4 shows and earned two Winner's Reserves and one Winner's bitch...taking her one point closer towards her ARBA Championship.  She also passed the CGC test at this show.

10/01 PUPPIES HAVE ARRIVED out of Bahama and Int'l, Multi Ch. Taro de L'aube Rouge.  Click HERE for more information.

* 09/01 Jennifer travels to France to attend the SADB 2001 French National Specialty.  Stay tuned for pictures from the show.

07/01 Bella competes in her first UKC show in Colorado.  Over the weekend she won 4 Best Female awards, 4 Best of Winners and two Best of Breeds with a Group 3 !  Competing against 8 other bordeaux she earned enough points to complete her UKC championship AND her DDBS Championship!  Congratulations to our newest CHAMPION!  

07/01 Rising Star Bordeaux has relocated to Colorado!  See our Contact page for new phone number.

06/01 Bella earns her first three points towards her ARBA championship at the Goldengate Classic in Hayward, CA.

04/01 Duncan, Simba, Mufi, Bahama and Bella all participated in the DDBS National Specialty.  For a complete list of all results click HERE.  Congratulations to Simba for his Best Veteran title!  He rated EXCELLENT at 6 1/2 years old!!  Mufi, also rated Excellent, received the Best Female Veteran Award and her daughters Bella and Bahama also got EXCELLENT critiques in the Open Female class.  Bella placed 4th with some really tough competition.  Simba's sons Beasley and Barry also earned Excellent ratings.  We are proud of all of our dogues accomplishments at this wonderful event!

04/01 Duncan, Simba, Mufi, Bella and Beasley all passed the ATTS Temperament test.

  02/01  We proudly announce that Hidden Valley's Red Wing Calypso has completed his DDBS championship at the young age of 16 months old!  Congratulations Pam & Vic on this wonderful accomplishment.  Simba is very proud of his son!

* 01/01  Bella completes her IABCA JHA Championship in Vallejo, CA

10/00 Bella places 4th in her class at the USBC National Specialty and receives an EXCELLENT rating under judges Raymond Triquet, Anne Marie Class and Bas Bosch.

10/00 Duncan completes his ARBA Championship and places 3rd in Working Group at the Micro Classic in Seattle, WA. 

09/00 Hidden Valley's Red Wing Calypso (Simba son owned by Pam and Vic Smith) completes his IABCA Youth International Championship.

06/00  Duncan earns 3 more points towards his ARBA Championship at the Golden Gate Classic in Hayward, CA.  Bella earned one Reserve Winner's Bitch at the same show.

05/00 DDBS National Specialty - Bella receives a PROMISING rating under French Judge Andre Leblond, and places 4th in her class at the Puppy Sweepstakes.

* Duncan and Bella both pass the ERBDC Temperament test and earned their TT titles.  Duncan completes his DDBS Working Dog Level 3 certification.

  05/00 Bahama places 3rd in her class at the DDBS National Specialty under French judge Andre Leblond.  She also completed her WD1 title by passing the Canine Good Citizen Test.

* 04/00 Bahama receives an OFA prelim rating of FAIR and a PenHip score of .56 ranking her in the top 10% of the breed.  In doing so she earned her DDBS Health star for hips.

   3/00 Duncan earns two more points towards his ARBA Championship at the Sun Ray Classic in San Diego.

*  Yet another Congratulations to new IABCA BA Ch. Rising Star's Bahama Mama (owned by Paul & Shannon Sunseri - CA).  

2/00 Another champion in the family!  Hidden Valley's Famous Amos (Simba son) completes his IABCA BA championship.  Amos is owned by Scott and Angie Reed - WA.  Way to go!!!

    * Simba receive's his 2nd DDBS Health Star for having his Elbows certified free from dysplasia.

1/00 Bella completes her IABCA BA championship.  While her 1/2 brother Duncan completes his UCICB title (adult International IABCA championship).   Click here for Bella's first Show Critiques.

    * Congratulations to Simba's son, Hidden Valley's Red Wing Calypso (Beasley), for also completing his IABCA BA Championship.  Beasley is owned by Vic and Pam Smith - CA.  

  11/99 Duncan and Simba participate in the DDBS SW Regional Specialty with judge Ann Marie Class from France.

* Duncan and Simba pass their TDI (Therapy Dog International) Certification

10/11/99 Mufi whelps 11 beautiful healthy puppies - see puppies page for more info...

9/99 Duncan completes his IABCA JHA Int'l and Nat'l championship

Simba and Mufi are the first DDBS Healthy Star's Recipients for having their hips certified free from dysplasia!

*6/99 Duncan and Mufi travel to the World Dog Show in Mexico City

4/99 Duncan and Mufi attend the DDBS National Specialty in Atlanta, GA

* 9/98 - Duncan completes his IABCA BA Championship

8/98 Duncan wins Best Rare Breed in Match at SC Kennel Club 

Duncan wins Best in Show Puppy at CKC - July 19, 1998

Duncan wins Best in Show Puppy at CKC - July 18, 1998

4/8/98 Mufi and Simba are the proud parents of 11 healthy puppies

6/97 Mufi participates in the World Dog Show in Puerto Rico. Over the weekend she earned her Puerto Rican Championship, won her first Best of Breed and came home with the Reserve Winner for the World Show.