The affix ” Larcarea” is linked to the Border Collie breed, since it is formed by the combination of my name and the Castilian word ” Carea” which means sheepdog. The kennel was originally founded in 2006 (even when it was not until next year when I finally bred my first litter).
When I was a kid, there was a certain breed, often featured in English language movies, that powerfully drew my attention. But I couldn´t find them anywhere because back then the breed was rare in Spain. So I finally recognized the Border Collies on a foreign dog breed guide, and I first saw them at Madrid autumn show in 1998, where a Belgian breeder was showing a beautiful brace. Shortly after I knew about Lord ( Ch. Beagold Douglas ) through the magazines, he was the most amazing dog ever. Lord was conformation champion and very well known in the agility world, imported from the UK by Nicolás Garrido, my first mentor in the breed and owner of a famous agility club in Madrid.
The breed was scarce at that time and finding puppies was not easy, however I found a magazine advert with a Lord´s half brother as the sire of the litter. I called to request information and pictures from the only female of the litter, obviously at first they made fun of me being a child on the phone, but after some conversation and talking with my mom too, they sent us puppy photos by snail post. We just thought she was the cuttest puppy ever! Nicolás was on vacations nearby the breeder and offered to pick up the puppy and bring her to Madrid, so we finally met him and his dogs. That day was for sure one of the happiest in my life! After a few months I started training obedience with Fly at his agility club.
Fly was a once-in-a-lifetime-dog, she got the true breed temperament and herding instinct, she was a quick learner and would have done an earstand if such thing were possible! When she wasn´t training obedience or agility, she entertained herself herding my friends and/ or cats. We had some success at the agility competitions, but at some point we decided to limit her physical activity since she was diagnosed with a renal disease, this is the reason why she never had offspring. Nevertheless she lived a long and healthy life. Fly taught me a lot about the breed. She also attended conformation shows when she was veteran and quickly became Spanish Champion.
During those years I kept learning more and more about the breed, doing research of the breed situation all over the world thanks to the internet, which was a very useful tool to find breeders websites, pedigree/ health databases and forums. I also managed to visit some dog shows in UK during the summers and the European dog show in Barcelona 2004. Once I found the type of Border Collies that in my opinion represented the standard in the best possible way, with sound temperment and health tested, I managed to import a male and two females from Germany, Portugal and Mexico as foundation stock, you can read their information below at their own pages. They were quite successful in the shows, always handled by me, with limited showing, and without marketing. They were the first Border Collies of Australasian line in Spain, as well as first ones of their breed to win group placements in this country. Even though my dogs were mostly known in the show rings, they were actually obedience/ agility trained, and Star and Geo volunteered as theraphy dogs for obesity and neurodiversity associations too.
The First One
My Foundation Stars
Bred & Owned by Me
Bred by Me/ Sired by Our Studs in Co- Ownership
