On Friday, April 23,1999 Mom got several e-mails and a phone-call - it was Pauline "two puppies are born......"
- as Mom rung up about 3 hours later, just at the time she spoke to Pauline, "No. 8" was on it's way..........

The report from Yuta we got somewhat later ......but this is the place it belongs to best .....and therefore please enjoy
"Yuta's report":

It started on thursday with a worrying Yuta....going to the kitchen asking to go outside.....
back to living room....and start again....and again the whole night long...
Louise and Jean were with me, explained to her that" this is normal ...you will have your "15 babys".....
but she was looking at us and thought somewhat like "they are completely wrong......they don't understand me..
I just want to go outside and make myself a nest....are they coming from another planet or whatelse?..
they think I will have puppys in that big box..? only my beloved Teddy can go in a big box (crate)

I do'nt want it!!.....they want me to go in the kitchen..NO!! NO!!...
I want to stay in the living room....and today I prefer the couch.......
Ouch!! something is pushing inside of me.....I will lay down on the couch...it's more confortable for me.....
Ouch!! something is coming.......My mom look at me and said NOW..
I don't know why she is nervous....she put something soft under me.....
.and then a little thing comes out of me......
YARK!...what's that? This little thing was moving from one side to the other.....funny!!......
Now they try to bring me in that box....O"K" I will go but don't push!!!
Please, I can go alone.....not too bad for a bed...soft....smells nice too......I lay down....Hum!
Comfortable like the couch...better than the carpet.....I am looking to everyone
and they are crazy about the funny thing who is still moving on the scale.....they bring me this funny thing
and I discover "that is my first puppy....." .He! .puppy..look at me! I am your mother....I am Yuta....!
Yes take a cup of milk....she is a female like me.....
Ouch!!! something push again.....Oh! nothing....I think, I will sleep.....
Hey! mom is that another one again....
Oh! this one smiles at me.....He you! I am your mother....look at me....
Wow! it's a male and he looks like Teddy, that guy from Germany....I remember him....
Ouch!!! I think another one is coming now.....I am doing a great job....but I want to sleep..
Mom let me sleep please!!......she does not listen to me ....humans are terrible...all the time the same:
..we have to listen and do everything they want..but they don't listen to us....
Wow!! another male.....do we have enough for a baseball game?
......now I am no member of the Trade's Union but I want a break and sleep a bit......
Ouch! not again.....is there is something to do to stop that? Please mom let me sleep!!!....
.I want to drink!!.......this one is a female......Now I take a brake no matter if you want me to do or not..
These small things called puppies are still crying all the time.......?don't no why?
Well Mom, say: why do they cry?.....She didn't listen....she just looks under my tail.......don't no why!
......she never did that before.....He! my face is here, not there....I want to eat.....I will go out of this box and eat a bit.......everybody is crying about me......I didn't do anything....just want to eat and drink......
Please relax Louise and you too, mom .....I just have some puppies....nothing to worry about......
I will play a trick on them......I just wait a bit longer before giving birth to another one ....ah!...ah!..ah!....
They will think that I have finished........o.k. I lay down......but give me some water......
Hum! delicious this fresh water......Ouch!!! I think another one is coming......hope it's the last one.......
Shame on me, when mom tried to teach me math...I was always just to play outside......
as math was not very interesting and it didn't smell nice.....and now I cannot count how many puppies
I have.......shame on me......a mother without math can loose a puppy and she doesn't even know.......
but I will try to smell them, make a bundle of smellings and try to remember all .....and then I will find all my
puppies that way........Where are my puppies?...Mom! please, where are they? I want to smell them.......hum!
This one is a female.....smooth like flowers....hum! nice too, it's another female.......now I have to remember this big boy.....hum! shaving lotion not too bad and this one with his nice head smells like this german guy I loved.....
As I see they are all different.....Ouch!!! Say! mom! is that finished now?..... I am tired...what happend?.....
it looks like???........they are funny!! Louise is playing doctor and Jean-François is her assistant.......
I think they are making a movie....
Wow!! Can I be there too??.....
they give artificial breathing to the one small puppy....now cardio- massage..interesting!!
They are playing Emergency Hospital like at TV....Can I play with you ?.....
Nobody listen to me, as usual.....He!...I am here!!.....Can I play too?....
Hum!! they look sad.....I think it's not a nice game ....Who is the looser?....
I know...always no answer!!!.....I am a poor dog.....nobody understands me.....
They just want me to go in that big box, listen to them, but be a nice dog, don't ask questions......
Where is the last puppy?...they probably put in this nice warm blanket where the other are....

Now it's finished for me......I don't want to give them some more.....they even never listen to me......
they speak all together but never to me.......Hum! nice to be cuddled by my mom!......again, yes!
near my ear......Oh! I love it.......please don't stop!
Sometimes humans are charming......
they brush your coat, cuddle you,
take you outside to walk.......Oh! I love them..

Ouch!!!....there seems to be another one on the way !..
Listen to me, Humans, this is the last one......I don't want to give you any more puppies...
I am not a puppy's factory!!!...Remember that!
.....Now.......Yes!...Yes!
I want to shower myself......with warm water.....I love water!!.......
but this small bathroom is a problem, to go inside and outside,
I will have to squeeze myself........unsqueeze..and squeeze again......humans are special,
instead of putting a real lake inside the house,they just use a small bathroom...
not very comfortable for me
......but the water will be warm and nice.....Ouch!!......say! mom!
another one?.......nice to give birth in a bathroom.......
poor little puppy....on his CV he will have to answer the question:
Where are you born? " in the bathroom".... instead of " on the couch in the livingroom"
like the first one.......Mom! is there is an Award for being born in the bathroom??
......No answer....always no answer......

Now they wash me......I feel fresh... what is this funny smell from the soap.....
Yark! I smell like blueberry......
I don't like that smell......it's not a doggy-lady's smell.....again squeeze.....unsqueeze......
and squeeze ......
Ouf!...it's done.....again back to that big box.......Oh! wonderfull !!
All the puppys are there......they look terrific.......I love them......Yes!!

I am a mother now!......I can have all my puppyies around me.........I will teach them how to play,
how to speak to humans, how to be charming and ask for cuddles, how to take care of children,
how to love all humans and being loved by them.....all things I learned when I was little girl........

I will show them how cheerfull their father was with everybody....how charming he was...and ...one day
when they will leave for their new life, they will remember how to be a wonderfull Léonberger..

Photos from "de l' élevage von Linderhof - of the pack.....
presents you proudly

"le grand bébe´ TEDDY"

and again ....the A - A - A - A - A - A - A - A - A -A - A's

Message from your Daddy from Germany

" To my very beloved Children "

I felt in Love with your Mom, my beloved Yuta, at first sight
- and therefore I crossed the ocean to see her and to love her - and together,
with the help of our beloved humans, we made possible that you all were born
- and our humans had already found the very best homes for you - before you were born -
therefore the first step "for a good dogs life was done"

Even if I am far away - even if I can't see you and watch you growing -

I am very convinced that your Mom and all the beloved human friends I have found in
Valcartier - Quebec -Canada - will let you feel and know how much you where desired,
how much you are loved - and this is important to become a "real good Leonberger".

I wish you all a healthy happy and long life
- your Mom will teach you how to become a "real Leonberger"
and she will surely do this onher best and I just want to remind you

"be all the time a good girl / good boy
- love your human friends and you will be loved by them -
please them and you will get the pleasure back -
and try to show all your life, in all situations the qualities of a
"real good Leonberger" !!!