Welcome
Chovatelská stanice Kennel
Substantia
Nigra FCI
Dear schnauzers` friends,
Welcome to the web pages of our
kennels breeding giant black schnauzers.
The whole history of our schnauzers began in the spring 1986 when
I brought my first female schnauzer Clea {Clea od Slavníkova
Hradiště} from Poděbrady. Approximately at the same time my
schoolmate Stanislav Křivan took an interest in searching for
his dog to be. My Clea convinced him of the fact that schnauzer
was the best breed. He acquired a female called Batyra Marat and
our fate was sealed.
At that time we were mainly involved in training and both of the
female dogs had their efficiency trials done. Clea ZM and ZVV1,
and more successful Batyra passed ZM, ZVV1-2, IPO1-3, ZPO1, ZZP1,
ZLP1-2, and international RH-Fla. She was an ideal all-round dog.
She brought up four litters of puppies and her descendants have
been successful working dogs.
After having finished university we planned to devote ourselves
not just to training but also to exhibitions so that we obtained
two new female schnauzers Bena Neiro (Ogar v. Bartenwetzer +
Cindy od Slavníkova Hradiště), the later champion of the Czech
Republic, and Erika od Slavníkova Hradiště (Fausto v.
Freifensee + Benny Ladior). Above all there was Claude Neiro, a
son of the legendary Assan v.d. Rois. Unfortunately, Claude`s
exterior was not absolutely perfect, on the other hand he was a
great working dog. He passed ZM, IPO1, SchH 1-3, and SchHA tests.
He represented the Czech Republic at the World Championship of
Schnauzers twice {in 1995 and 1996}.
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World Championship 1995 Eschweiller | World Championship 1996 Louny |
The year 1994 started
very sadly. Our old female Clea and Batyra died, and what is
more, we were heart broken at Erika`s tragic death. To get over
this misery we acquired another giant female coming from an
interesting parents {Free de Pichera and Hella v.d.
Trollenhorst}, Brenda Radinie, the founder of my kennels. Brenda
was successful at exhibitions (the national winner, the champion
of the Czech Republic, CACIB), but notably she was very smart at
training. During her short “working career” she passed ZM,
ZVV1, BH, and SchH1. The following training was interupted by an
insidious illness – lymphosarcom. She became a mother of three
litters of puppies and most of her 19 descendants have presented
themselves at exhibitions with success.
In 1999 I managed to get a puppy of the most successful breed of
giant schnauzers recently – of the Russian kennels Gloris
owning by Olga Seliverstova. Gloris Quelle, home called Natasha,
has not just an outstanding origin but also a good-looking
exterior and, mainly, an excellent working character. This
predetermines her to be a perspective breeding female.
Regrettably in the last few years we have been too busy at work
to train hard. Even our activities at exhibitions are
concentrated on the nearest surroundings because our vet
profession does not allow us to abandon our patients for a longer
period of time.
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Alberto Uno Substantia Nigra + Brenda Walsh Substanti Nigra |
In view of our work duties we breed puppies just occasionally.
The puppies grow up in care of the whole family, including our
children, therefore all our dogs are very friendly to children.
We observe future owners to provide our puppies with a nice home.
In return we try to give advice on puppies` education or
training, and to share our experience advanced in years.
Giant black schnauzers are my lifelong love and I am interested
in anything that concerns this kind of schnauzers. I take an
interest in pedigree, photographs, results of exhibitions,
breeding books,…If you are willing to share any materials about
giant schnauzers` breeding with me, I will be very pleased.