This page has the links for information and humor that relates specifically to the Bouvier breed.   Information relating to dogs generally is found under other appropriate topics. Since Bouviers are dogs, general dog information usually applies to Bouvier.

BOUVIER topics

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• Bouvier Breed Information
• Bouvier Songs and Humor
• Bouvier Photos and Art (Bouviers in non-working context, especially Pam's dogs)
• Pam's Bouviers (material other than photos and art)

Bouvier Breed Information

• Don't Buy a Bouvier, full length updated version, updated to 2007. This is the great classic that I wrote nearly a quarter century ago.
• Don't Buy a Bouvier , single page version. This is the shorter version that I made to be given out at various public events. The Portable Document Format version is Don't Buy a Bouvier, PDF.
• Don't Buy links : links to translations of "Don't Buy a Bouvier" to other languages and other breeds.
• Bouvier Anyway : This is a companion piece to my classic "Don't Buy a Bouvier" : I will desscribe some of the ways to cope with some of the issues discussed in that piece. There are "work-arounds" or "coping strategies" for some issues, but NOT for others.
• Want a "Milo" Bouvier des Flandres ? by Judith Belsham Singer. Describes the disadvantages of the Bouvier breed in a humorous fashion.
• About the Giant Schnauzer, by Susan Daily (This is absolutely fabulous and applies equally well to the Bouv)
  http://www.blackangeldogs.com/dont.html. (note : unfortunately this page has light blue type on a white background and text in near-white type, so you may have to do a Select All then Copy and paste into a text editor that will let you change type color )
• Introduction to the Bouvier as a Stockdog (article on breed origen and character with emphasis on stockdog qualities)
• translation by Marjoleine De Waal Malefyt of some portions of the Dutch book "Bouvier Belge des Flandres" by G.F. van Gink - van Es
• Practical Grooming of the Bouvier (family companion or working dog grooming)
• Pet Bouv Grooming diagram. A pictorial guide to my own practice for practical grooming of pet or working Bouviers.
• "Summertime, and the Living Ain't Easy" (care of the Bouvier in summer heat)

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Bouvier Songs and Humor

• "If Lassie Were a Bouvier" by Jane Miller : a screamingly funny description of how a Bouvier might handle some of the classic Lassie scenarios.
• "Black Belt" Bouvier ? (ideal qualities of dog and human guardian).
• A Bouvie is a Girl's Best Friend (song).
• The Bouvier of my Boudoir (song about my beloved Chelsea and precious Bones).
• The Dirty Bouvier Song (song about qualities of the breed, including some that not everyone appreciates).
• The Dirty Bouvier at the Working Trial (song about what can go wrong at a working trial).
• The Bouv is my Shepherd (psalm).
• I am the Owner of a Bouvier song (bragging about one's dog)
• I Found a Bouvier (a rescue / adoption song).
• Return of the Bouvie (a Star Wars song).
• Shaggy Dog of Flanders (song about the Bouvier's origens).
• Star Trek Bouvie   (secret role of the Bouvier in origens of Star Trek).
• There is Nothing Like a Bouv !    (joyful song about breed character).

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Bouvier Photos & Art
(especially Pam's dogs)

(These are photos of Bouvier in non-working contexts; working Bouvier photos are found under the Working Dogs topic)

• Dirty Feet , me relaxing with Pixel (probably Giant Schnauzer) and Chris (a Yurgess).
• photo of me with Chelsea and Bones , the only photo I have where all three of us look good.
• me and Duke , photo of me with Duke , who was rescued with the help of many people accross the Internet.
• acrylic painting "Merry Christmas to All, and to All A Good Bite!"
• Portrait of Keya (Chiaroscuro) in front view
• Portrait of Keya (Bouvier puppy) in side view
• Portrait of Keya in three-quarter view
• Portrait of Keya , side view, colorized in Photoshop.
• Keya on Lynn's lap
• photo of myself and my precious puppy Keya in a rocking chair. Keya was my first Bouvier.
• "Dog Polo" , painting of two dogs, Bouvier and Basenji, playing with a ball.
• photo and Photoshop Impressionist art of Keya and me in Sunny's horse cart.
• painting of "The Goddess Chelsea creating Woman"    (warning : contains nudity ; may offend religious sensibilities.)
• Image of needlepoint of Grinning Bouvier (Chelsea), a cartooned Boouvier face, showing a Bouvier in a "go ahead, make my day" mood.
• Colonial Couple, a plaque showing an Early American couple with their Bouviers.

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Pam's Bouviers (ones who owned me the longest)

(material not fitting under the Art and Photos section)

my Trinity

• My Life Was My Bitch, the story of the final mortal days of Chelsea Queen of Creation.
• Chelsea's ResumÈ , titles and achievements
• Chelsea's Epitaph
• Bone's ResumÈ, titles and achievements
• Bones' Epitaph, a Cyranoesque epitaph in French and English
• Keya, the Eternal Invisible Puppy. see above under photos and art.
• My First Bouvie, verse about Keya (Chiaroscuro), my first Bouvier.

after the Trinity

• On Her Lost Dogs, dogs loved and lost to death. will include links to pages for the dogs named.
• My Very First Rescued Bouvier. The story of Ariane.
• Sweetie (Simone de Bouvier), my first rescue after Chelsea's death.
• Duke, a special rescue dog
• Hazel, a backyard puppy mill breeding bitch abandoned by her owner and rescued (4/13/06) by BCNC.   Warning : this story is not a pretty one !! But it illustrates loud an clear why you should avoid buying dogs from a backyard puppy mill or a large scale puppy mill.
• Velvet, updated. I had written her early history in 2009, but now it is a decade later.
• Shady, sweet and gentle but a food guarder
• Grover, the golden boy
• Annie & Murphy, senior Bouvs whose owner died. I don't have a page for them but their photo is included in I Have For Company

not actually Bouviers, but very dear to me

• Chris and Pixel, partners in crime, a photo at home. See also their photos herding in the Working Dogs section. Pixel was probably a Bouv or Bouv cross, Chris was a "Yurgess" (= your guess = your guess is as good as mine")
• Fox, the Wicked Queensland, a song about my adored (and wicked) Queensland Heeler bitch, Fox. I have added a MIDI karaoke file that includes a bit of added verse.
• I have started writing a page for Lady Bug, with some bits of songs for her and some photos.

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