Louis Cèze -
or how our Bergamasco-love started
Everything began with him: Louis Cèze, how we called him according to our annual summer residence, the little river Cèze in the south of France, was a Bergamasco-Giant Schnauzer - Mix and simpla a unique personality. He loved and adored his family - by especially my, his mistress, with a touching excluciveness.
Louis was absolute incorruptible - he disdained cookies from other people, he tolerated their pettings but didn't like them, and EVERYBODY, who came on our property, also people coming every day because they work for my husband - was cornered and barked at. In addition he refused to show people any signs of recognition, only to his family and some VERY close friends. It really was like that!
Because there were no flock to herd, he watched and guarded us and all kind of groups, in which we where moving: bycicle tours, ski groups, school trips, walking-tours.
Out of our property Louis was always a very calm, friendly and well-balanced dog, towards other male dogs absolute "cool" and souerior, and he used to ignore raging attacs of little enemies such as Jack Russell terriers completely.
But lifelong he was a incorrigible lothario and philanderer - here a naive painting of an deeply impressed campside-neighbour:.
If I only had known then, that it's dispensable to brush the fur of a Bergamasco!
