Cyrus and I would like to welcome you to our website. Cyrus, who's registered name is
Rarities ARBA IABCA LCA CH VLX Lion’s Share Leanellas Cyrus LRN CD WRD NDD DD CGC TDI,
is a rare German breed called a Leonberger. Heinrich Essig, wishing to produce a dog resembling the lion on the Imperial Coat of Arms of the town hall of Leonberg, Germany, used the Landseer, Newfoundland, St. Bernard, and Pyrenean Mountain Dog to create this distinguished breed. The Leonberger is a strong, muscular yet elegant dog whose body structure was originally built as a working dog but today he serves as a great companion. In my opinion they are the best dogs in the world to have, for more detailed information on them please visit the important link page.

I have been researching and involved with Leonbergers since 1999 and currently own one male, which is Cyrus. Right now I'm in the infancy stage of getting my kennel established and also plan in the near future to start my search for a female Leonberger. Cyrus is currently registered with the Leonberger Club of America and because I agree with their strong code of ethics I plan on registering my kennel with them as well. Please check back to see how my search is coming along and in the mean time enjoy our site.

On August 15, 2008 Cyrus and CH Dearbhail de Lemaitre from Alberta Canada have a healthy litter of seven darling puppies!

On May 17 & 18, 2008 Cyrus took Best of Breed out of the veterans class for two shows at the NCLC Spring Regional in Livermore CA.  His Daughter Rory took Best of Opposite on the Saturday show while his other daughter Tess won Best of Opposite for the Sunday show.  He may be a veteran but he still has it!

On April 12, 2008 Cyrus attended the Leonberger Club of America’s National Specialty in Estes Park Colorado.  He placed second in the veteran’s class with an excellent rating and also took Breeders Line with his five pups.

January – March 2008 Cyrus accompanies his mom everyday while she attended a dog training academy.  He loved going to school and has started his career as a demo dog for dog training classes I teach.

On October 7, 2007 Cyrus joined the Newfoundland Club of Southern California for their fall water trial in Castaic Lake CA.  He successfully completed the test and obtained his Water Rescue Dog title under well known judge Judy Adler.

On August 18, 2007 Cyrus and CH VLA Revem Up Ruby von der Lowenhohle NDD NAD delivered three boys and one girl for Flyin Lion’s A litter. We have no doubt this talented group of pups will be following in their parents paw prints and earning titles in no time!

On March 18, 2007 Cyrus earned his third Rally leg to obtain his first AKC Rally novice title.

On March 3, 2007 Cyrus and Bobev’s Fabulous FizziFina from New York had a record breaking 15 puppies with nine boys and six girls!  Fizzi and mom Bev have been doing a great job making sure all the mouths of the L litter are well fed.

On February 27 & 28, 2007 Tir na nOg’s D litter from Washington state finally arrived after a long delivery. Cyrus and CH Tir na nOg Awnnwn of Ravencroft, “Java” had a wonderful litter of five boys and two girls.

December 2006 I got the news that Cyrus joined the ranks of a handful of talented working Leos to earn his Versatility Excellent title.

On December 23, 2006 Blurune’s A litter from Montana arrived.  Cyrus and Hermonie v.d. Sanften Lowen had five big robust pups, four girls and one boy.

On November 12, 2006 Cyrus earned his Draft Dog title with the Newfoundland club of Northern California in Grass Valley CA.

On the Weekend of October 22 & 23, 2006 Cyrus participated in his first AKC Rally trial and earned two legs towards his RN title with a score of 186 on Saturday and a 193 on Sunday.

On September 6, 2006 the six pack from Grasslands Leonbergers A litter arrived. Cyrus and pretty girl Guinevere of Leoness von Jagen CGC TDI had four girls and two boys in North Carolina.

On July 8, 2006 arrived Great Northern’s A litter from Cyrus and CH Seelowens Cristy Minstrel, three big boys and three beautiful girls were born in Montana.

May 18, 2006 Cyrus obtained his Novice Draft Dog title with the Bernese Mountain Dog Club of Northern California in Vacaville CA.

March 25, 2006 Cyrus attended the National Specialty in Coeur d’ Alene Idaho and was rated excellent by judge Roger Van Hoenacker of Belgium.

I'm pleased to announce that Cyrus was named Top Leo #4 in conformation for 2005

On November 13, 2005 Cyrus participated in a Draft test with the Newfoundland Club of Northern California and came very close to obtaining his draft dog title. He passed most of the exercises but failed on the maneuvering course. Because there was a female in heat nearby he was not as responsive as usual and due to a handling error on my part I miss directed him through a section that caused him to fail. Cyrus has only been drafting since early spring and I'm so proud at how far he has come in the last six months I have no doubt that we will obtain his title next spring.

October 22 & 23, 2005 Cyrus participated in our fall LCA regional and placed first place in the Champion male class against some very nice boys on both Saturday and Sunday and obtained a nice critique and excellent rating from one of our very own top breeders and judges Alida Comtois.

October 1, 2005 Cyrus participated in the Rarities Inc. show in San Martin, CA., He had an incredible weekend with winning breed all four shows, group two twice, group once twice, Reserve Best in Show and Best in Show and coming home with 22 ribbons :) . His incredible wins also obtained him the Rarities Inc. Championship.

September 10, 2005 Cyrus participate in a water rescue trial with the Newfoundland Club of Northern California and I'm pleased to announce passed the test and obtained his Water Dog title. All of our hard work and practice from the summer sure paid off this weekend with 11 Newfoundlands and two Leos trying for their title with only Cyrus and one Newfoundland that were able to obtain it. Cyrus was focused and quick and completed each exercise in half of the time that is allotted. I'm so proud of my boy!

On the weekend of May 14 & 15 th 2005, Cyrus and I hosted the NCLC Spring Regional here in our hometown of Livermore, CA. It was great having everyone in town and meeting new Bay Area Leo folks. Cyrus participated in the his first draft test and although he didn't pass the test he did strut his stuff in the ring and won Best In Specialty Show for both shows.

The week of March 1, 2005 Cyrus was bred to a big pretty girl from BoBev's Kennel. We are hoping Cyrus and BoBev's Fabulous FizziFina has a nice healthy litter of "raw" puppies!

Our club held our fall Regional Specialty in Colusa, CA. on November 13 & 14, 2004. It was great seeing everyone since we didn't have a spring show I was also surprised to see how some of the pups from last year have sprung into such Big Dogs! Cyrus had a great show with winning the champion class on Saturday but when he was in the ring for best of breed he unfortunately started to limp and the judge called it so we didn't place. However with some rest and aspirin Cyrus came back on Sunday and won the show!!

After a summer training for his jr. title Cyrus participated in his first water rescue test on September 11, 2004. Unfortunately he only passed 3 out of the 5 exercises required to pass but I'm still really proud of how far he has come since we first started training in April. We were going to participate in the Oct. 2004 water test but due to Cyrus spraining his paw in practice I had to scratch him from the test and we will begin our training again next spring.

Cyrus had a fun weekend hanging out with his Leo buddies and seeing his special Leo girl Harmony at the American Rare Breed Association Show held June 19 & 20, 2004 at the Hayward State campus in Hayward California. He took Best of Breed three out of the four shows and placed Group four twice and group three once. It was great hanging out with old friends and seeing the new pups of the next generation.

The 2004 National specialty took place on April 8-11 at Strongsville Ohio and although I was unable to attend but was very surprised and pleased to learn that Cyrus received the #5 Top Leo Award for Conformation and the #2 Top Leo Award for Obedience and he was the only Leo to qualify for both Conformation and Obedience categories for 2003.