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Urdos and Blanchette
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The first Great Pyrenees Sire and Dam in America
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Mary Crane, Basquaerie Great Pyrenees, poses Ch. Urdos de Soum and
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Blanchette, the first breeding pair of Great Pyrenees in the USA.
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Photograph: February, 1933
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Blanchette
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Sire: Haro du Givre
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Blanchette
w. August 10, 1930
Breeder: Mme. Remier, France
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Dam: Pastoure du Givre
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Blanchette was the dam of the first Great Pyrenees litter born in the USA. She was also
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the second bitch imported to the USA for the purpose of establishing the breed in America.
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In Great Pyrenees literature about the breed's early days in the USA,
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this bitch may be cited as "Blanchette" or as "Blanchette du Givre".
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Blanchette was imported from France by Mary Crane as the replacement bitch
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for Anie de Soum. Anie was to have been the first Great Pyrenees dam in America,
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however she succumbed to distemper just weeks after her arrival.
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Blanchette was selected as the replacement bitch for Anie, as Pyrenees
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of her du Givre line were considered very sturdy and hardy dogs,
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as the line descended from "the dogs of the mountains".
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Blanchette was a blaireau bitch, with badger markings on either side of her
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head and a badger marking at the root of her tail; Urdos was an all white dog.
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Blanchette was a relatively large bitch who would mature to be both
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a bit taller and heavier bodied Pyrenees than her mate, Urdos.
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And to Blanchette goes the honor of being the first Great Pyrenees bitch
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exhibited in American Kennel Club competition, as well as the first
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bitch to be awarded American Kennel Club points.
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Blanchette was bred to Urdos and the long anticipated
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first litter in the USA was whelped June 20, 1933!
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When her puppies were only one week of age,
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a most serious infection nearly cost Blanchette her life.
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A bitch less hardy or less sturdy than Blanchette may not have survived
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the infection. Blanchette fully recovered from her very serious infection.
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Blanchette was also bred to the large import, Ch. Roland de Careil.
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Blanchette was a member of the Basquaerie team of dogs that pulled a
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sled along winter trails, as was Urdos, her historic breeding partner.
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In 1935 the Basquaerie foundation bitch was sold to Mrs. Faye of Maple Rest Farms.
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Blanchette was to be a brood matron for the second Great Pyrenees kennel in America.
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Her days at Maple Rest Farm were few; Blanchette ingested poison and died.
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Blanchette: the first dam in America and the foundation brood matron at Basquaerie.
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