About Us We are Steve & Sue Renno of (Sereno Spirit)
Steve and I have had dogs and various other animals (including horses) in our lives for over the 30+ years we have been together amongst raising our six children who have all flown the nest, (the majority having families of their own) so we have plenty of Grandchildren! I wanted the same life for our children as I myself had as a child. I had been fortunate enough to have spent a lot of my childhood on my Grandparents farm. Our dogs on the farm back then were Border Collies.
In our professional lives I worked within the community, employed by a charity for nearly 14 years offering specialist support to families caring for relatives suffering from either Alzheimer's Disease or Dementia and my husband Steve's profession a Plumbing & Heating Engineer.
I decided in 2004 I wanted to do more with dogs so over the period of one year I took one week a month off work to do a 3 months professional dog grooming course at the very busy and top training grooming salon in Cheltenham (London Academy of Grooming) being trained by the reknowned Dog Grooming Guru Gill East who has recently been seen on Channel 5 TV 'The Boss is Coming to Dinner' The Syllabus also covered First Aid and General Care of dogs.
In our professional lives I worked within the community, employed by a charity for nearly 14 years offering specialist support to families caring for relatives suffering from either Alzheimer's Disease or Dementia and my husband Steve's profession a Plumbing & Heating Engineer.
I decided in 2004 I wanted to do more with dogs so over the period of one year I took one week a month off work to do a 3 months professional dog grooming course at the very busy and top training grooming salon in Cheltenham (London Academy of Grooming) being trained by the reknowned Dog Grooming Guru Gill East who has recently been seen on Channel 5 TV 'The Boss is Coming to Dinner' The Syllabus also covered First Aid and General Care of dogs.
Steve at home with one of our Sereno Great Dane puppies
We moved to the countryside of Ontinyent in the Valencia region of Spain in November 2007 from our smallholding in Pembrokeshire in Wales although we still have a home in the UK. With us came our five Great Danes - three fawns - Cleo, Monty and Troy and two Harlequins - Xena and Lancer. In October 2008 Monty (our own home bred 'Sereno Montana Mayhem') took Reserve Best in Show when we entered our first show here in Spain but two months later we had devastating news when he was diagnosed with DCM and unfortunately we now have only one remaining Dane after sadly losing him, Lancer & Cleo (his mother) during 2009 & 2010 and Xena more recently towards the end of 2011. At this time we decided due to health issues in the breed and their short life span, not to continue breeding with our Danes and to look for another breed to show.
We have been hobby breeders for many years but aquired our Kennel Club affix Sereno in 2000 when we were showing our Great Danes in the UK (including at Crufts). We had in our home on average only one litter in a year. You can see all our dogs including our Great Danes on the Champdogs website (http://www.champdogs.co.uk/breeder/8666.html)
25+ years ago, before and along with our Great Danes we owned and hobby bred long coated German Shepherds.
2008 - White Swiss Shepherd - the breed for us!
In 2008 we attended some dog shows in the Valencia region and had noticed that White Swiss Shepherds (long and short coats) were being shown in the show ring at Championship level.
The White Swiss Shepherd are a breed that have been built on White German Shepherd foundation stock and had become recognised *provisionally* by the FCI in November 2002 as a seperate breed with the new name of Berger Blanc Suisse. Switzerland were the first nationl kennel club to recognise the White Shepherd as a breed in 1991 and this is the reason why the name has been attributed to them. In July 2011 at the World Dog Show in Paris the Berger Blanc Suisse were given full breed recognition by the FCI.
Lines of the Berger Blanc Suisse appear to have kept true to the original type of GSD's with a straighter topline. They are also known for having a softer temperament making them ideal as a family/companion dog. (see WSSD breed standard page)
We are members of CEBBS a White Swiss breed club here in Spain.
February 2009
We decided to purchase our first White Swiss Shepherd long coated girl puppy called 'Ideal Impulse de Conquistadores del Azahar' from the show winning kennel 'Conquistadores del Azahar' here in Spain. We would like to thank Mathilda for entrusting Asha into our hands and long may her own kennel's success continue!
Asha's sire is 'Multi Champion Ice Cool of Haely's Future' from the Trebons Berger Blanc kennel. He has a long record of successess in the show ring in various countries. Asha's dam is 'Gib CH Horsebo Rennaessance' who also had a great career with many CAC's / CACIB's to her credit before taking on her motherly duties and who has also won her title 'Champion of Gibralter' in 2008.
October 2009
A new male came to our kennel, his name is 'Justice Sereno of Buscin's Love'. His sire is 'Multi Ch. Dragon La Blankpapilio' and his dam is 'DtCh. Ivaine-Tabea of Beautiful White'. This time we would like to thank Claudia Ehringshausen (Buscin's Love Kennel) for allowing us to have this sweet, handsome boy and for accepting to give him a name of our choice. (Justice Sereno)
December 2009
After visiting Mathilda (Conquistadores Kennel) on behalf of a friend in the UK we ended up purchasing another male called 'Chai de Conquistadores del Azahar'. Chai's sire is GrandCh Ares Das Dunas Brancas (Brazil) and his dam is Spanish Ch. Vivid Daydream Belle's Beach Babe. His Grandfather was the reknowned, world's all time top winning White Swiss -GrandCh Alhambra's Fox Mulder.
Thank you yet again Mathilda - what a beautiful litter!
April 2010
We now have a fourth member to our growing family, this time another girl pup called 'Cova la Gebrada'. Cova's father is Horsebo Cau and her mother is Ch Branca of Trebons Berger Blanc. Thank you Ramon & Victoria (La Gebrada) for allowing us to have this beautiful girl to enhance our kennel.
We have been hobby breeders for many years but aquired our Kennel Club affix Sereno in 2000 when we were showing our Great Danes in the UK (including at Crufts). We had in our home on average only one litter in a year. You can see all our dogs including our Great Danes on the Champdogs website (http://www.champdogs.co.uk/breeder/8666.html)
25+ years ago, before and along with our Great Danes we owned and hobby bred long coated German Shepherds.
2008 - White Swiss Shepherd - the breed for us!
In 2008 we attended some dog shows in the Valencia region and had noticed that White Swiss Shepherds (long and short coats) were being shown in the show ring at Championship level.
The White Swiss Shepherd are a breed that have been built on White German Shepherd foundation stock and had become recognised *provisionally* by the FCI in November 2002 as a seperate breed with the new name of Berger Blanc Suisse. Switzerland were the first nationl kennel club to recognise the White Shepherd as a breed in 1991 and this is the reason why the name has been attributed to them. In July 2011 at the World Dog Show in Paris the Berger Blanc Suisse were given full breed recognition by the FCI.
Lines of the Berger Blanc Suisse appear to have kept true to the original type of GSD's with a straighter topline. They are also known for having a softer temperament making them ideal as a family/companion dog. (see WSSD breed standard page)
We are members of CEBBS a White Swiss breed club here in Spain.
February 2009
We decided to purchase our first White Swiss Shepherd long coated girl puppy called 'Ideal Impulse de Conquistadores del Azahar' from the show winning kennel 'Conquistadores del Azahar' here in Spain. We would like to thank Mathilda for entrusting Asha into our hands and long may her own kennel's success continue!
Asha's sire is 'Multi Champion Ice Cool of Haely's Future' from the Trebons Berger Blanc kennel. He has a long record of successess in the show ring in various countries. Asha's dam is 'Gib CH Horsebo Rennaessance' who also had a great career with many CAC's / CACIB's to her credit before taking on her motherly duties and who has also won her title 'Champion of Gibralter' in 2008.
October 2009
A new male came to our kennel, his name is 'Justice Sereno of Buscin's Love'. His sire is 'Multi Ch. Dragon La Blankpapilio' and his dam is 'DtCh. Ivaine-Tabea of Beautiful White'. This time we would like to thank Claudia Ehringshausen (Buscin's Love Kennel) for allowing us to have this sweet, handsome boy and for accepting to give him a name of our choice. (Justice Sereno)
December 2009
After visiting Mathilda (Conquistadores Kennel) on behalf of a friend in the UK we ended up purchasing another male called 'Chai de Conquistadores del Azahar'. Chai's sire is GrandCh Ares Das Dunas Brancas (Brazil) and his dam is Spanish Ch. Vivid Daydream Belle's Beach Babe. His Grandfather was the reknowned, world's all time top winning White Swiss -GrandCh Alhambra's Fox Mulder.
Thank you yet again Mathilda - what a beautiful litter!
April 2010
We now have a fourth member to our growing family, this time another girl pup called 'Cova la Gebrada'. Cova's father is Horsebo Cau and her mother is Ch Branca of Trebons Berger Blanc. Thank you Ramon & Victoria (La Gebrada) for allowing us to have this beautiful girl to enhance our kennel.
