The strong
inbreeding combinations behind Quinn is no doubt responsible
for the family prepotency. Quinn being inbred on Elisir and
Elisir being inbred on the afore mentioned Aldo v. Ferrolheim.
The Dutch breeder, Ferdinand Demonkoe, had bred Aldo from his
outstanding German foundation bitch, Amanda v. Stifthub/1971
(Chico v. Forell x Hesta v. Ellendonk), a physically substantial
bitch of truly excellent character. She virtually put Ferrolheim
kennel on the map with her numerous champion and Sieger progeny,
producing great bitches like DV Siegerin Gwendolyn v. Ferrolheim/1977
(by Jürgen v. Hagenstern) and impressive males like Bundessieger
Keegan v. Ferrolheim/1979 (by Pinemeade's Independence).
| NB:
Ferrolheim's "A" litter was probably Amanda's
best result with siblings Arram, Astrid-Amanda,
Axel, Alma, Abbas and Armin v. Ferrolheim all exhibiting
many superior qualities. They were tall, strong,
deep-chested animals with with extremely robust
characters. My husband felt Armin and Aldo were
the two best in the litter, and said both had well
above average characters and conformation. He felt
Armin, with her more correct front and rear angulation,
was the most typey and beautiful of all the siblings,
but because of his size he was never awarded a Sieger
title. Something that would not stand in his way
today. |
| Being brown made many
breeders reluctant to use Aldo, although he did
leave some worthy progeny when given access to good
bitches. Like when he was mated to Reserve (x 2)
Bundessiegerin Zarina v. Norden Stamm/1976
(Guys Hilo v. Norden Stamm x Guys Heidi v. Norden
Stamm, producing the Europa and DV Siegerin, Anna
v. Allgäu/1979 for example. |
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Zarina v. Norden Stamm |
Caienna di Villa Castelli
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| Aldo's sturdy, masculine
lines were particularly well suited to fit sleek,
elegant bitches, like Zarina, and many of the Italian-bred
females. One of the best examples was the Bundesjg.Siegerin,
Champion and Reproductive Champion Caienna di
Villa Castelli/1977 (Aldo x Rada del Verdiano)
who was bred by Pierre Caliandro, a good friend
of Gabrielle Prosperi of the Campovalano kennel.
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| NB:
Caienna's mother, Rada, was sired by Droll die
Piani di Praglia/1972 (Earl v. Forell x Anuska
dei Piani di Pragilia). Bred by Dr. Mauricio Marchetti,
Droll was a highly influential individual in developing
the breed in Italy, so the continuing generational
successes enjoyed by this family group has not come
about piece-meal, or accidentally. |
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In Caienna Italy not only had
another conformation champion, but also a "Reproduction"
Champion of markedly superior type, quality and nobility.
Caienna shared the beautiful head typical in her line, although
she too could be faulted for light eyes, which (along with
missing teeth) were amongst the negative features Elisir and
Quinn threw in common. Through her son's dominent powers of
hereditary transmission Caienna exterted an inordinate influence
on Italian breeding and her place in their breed history is
assured.
So not a fluke of fate, her grandson, the tall, elegant Quinn,
was your consumate showman. He could be criticized for being
too straight in front, a legacy of his mother, Tairy, and
for having a croup that was slightly short and rolled, a legacy
of his grandmother, Caienna. But he was an imposing dog in
the sum of his parts all the same. Character-wise he had an
enormous prey drive, and a useful portion of natural courage
and protection instinct to support this. Something I can vouch
for personally when I discovered you don't really know you're
alive until you're bailed up in a dark hallway in the wee
hours of the morning by a very angry 72 cm, 45 kilo Dobermann
- paws on each shoulder, staring straight into your eyes.
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