HEREU D´ESPINAVESSA

MULTI CH. HEREU D´ ESPINAVESSA (16-06-95 CHE. Gip x Piula)

He won 41 times in Males with 32 different Judges (1 in Young Class, 22 in Open Class and 18 in Champion Class)

EUROPEAN WINNER 2000
INTERNATIONAL CHAMPION
PORTUGAL CHAMPION
FRANCE CHAMPION
TWICE BUNDESIEGER CHAMPION
POLAND CHAMPION
GIBRALTAR CHAMPION
LUXEMBURG CHAMPION
WORLDWIDE VICECHAMPION 2001
1 Best Young Male
1 Best of Breed in Young Class
25 CAC (10 in Spain, 5 in Portugal, 4 in France, 2 in Germany, 2 in Gibraltar, 1 in Poland and 1 in Luxemburg)
20 CACIB (9 in Spain, 4 in Portugal, 3 in Francia, 2 in Germany, 1 in Poland and 1 in Luxemburg)
15 Rappel of CAC (11 in Spain and 4 in Portugal)
16 Best of Breed (4 in Spain, 5 in Portugal, 3 in France, 2 in Germany, 1 in Poland and 1 in Luxemburg)
1 Excellent in Open Class in Spanish Monographic
1 Excellent second in Open Class in Spanish Monographic
2 Excellents in Open Class in Special Show of Spanish Breeds
8 Excellents in Open Class in Madrid (4 RCAC y 3 Excellent third)

Hereu was born in Espinavessa the 16th of June 1995, sun of CH Spain Gip d'Espinavessa and Piula d'Espinavessa. We were always in love with him, and more times we saw him in the Rings, we marvelled ourselves more at his extraordinary head, his expression, his glance, his eyes, his character, his movement, his rusticity, in sum, always had been for us one of best the Gos d'Atura Català of the History of our dear Catalan Breed.

What happened the 19th of April 1999? We participated in the Dog Show, that is organized annually by the R.A.C.P. (Reunion des Amateurs des Chiens Pyrénéens) which corresponds with the Monographic of the Great Pyrenees, of the Petit Berger des Pyrénées, of the Mastín del Pirineo and of the Gos d´Atura Català. That year was in Tarbes and, Agustí and Basi were here with their extraordinary Gos d´Atura: Blat. We had a very nice day and it was there when our friends wanted to us to make a magnificent gift: Hereu. Nobody can imagined the illusion that we had in that moment, just thinking that Hereu could come home.

When the Dog Show finished were almost the 7 of afternoon and we were very tired, after a long day. We had to return to house by a side of the Pyrenees and Hereu was in Espinavessa, just in the opposed side of the Pyrenees. Then, we did not doubt nor a moment in taking the opposite way with one of the greater illusions of our life, Hereu.

Indeed Hereu, arrived in silence at home the 19th of April 1999, and, until the past 25th of January 2002 that was us for always, he gave to us with their tenderness almost 3 years of their extraordinary affection.

This dog has marked to us for always and it has taught really to love to this wonderful Breed: the Gos d'Atura Català. He lived with Mavi the 24 hours on the day and was always pending of us.

32 Judges of great international prestige knew to see in him the big who was (in the Rings and still more outside them). In hardly the 3 years that were with us he obtained, always very humbly, to be Vice World-Wide Champion 2001, European Champion 2000, International Champion, twice Bundesieger Champion, France Champion, Portugal Champion, Luxemburg Champion, Poland Champion and Gibraltar Champion.

In Spain, our Hereu was 4 times RCAC in the Madrid Dog Show and 1 Excellent 2nd in open class in the Monographic of 2001. Still we had hopes of which he was Champion of Spain since we had inscribed him in the Granada 2002 Dog Show, since one was, in spite of its 6 years, at a splendid moment of form.

Hereu slept in our room, and still we are seeing him in his bed. Little that we gave him he gave back with his glance and his affection.

But a damn 25th of January 2002 our Love, just as arrived in silence, were to us abruptly for always.

We will never have a friend like him.
He is irreplaceable.
An enormous piece of us has gone away with him.
Hereu was our Love.
He was our life.
He taught everything to us on this wonderful Breed.
And God took Hereu with him.
Why?

Hereu we will never forget you.

Still today it seems to us incredible that their wonderful eyes have been closed for always and that he is not with us.

We would like to leave everything, but we knew that Hereu never would pardon us and we continue because we are sure that therefore he would want it, although when ever of our Gos obtains a prize we offer it to him where in the Sky he is.

Hereu always you will be for us the BEST ONE, and you will always be in our heart. Now you are in the Sky and we down, because therefore he has wanted the destiny to it, but someday we will see you again. Only we say to you: see you later and wait us in the sky and know that always we will be been thankful to you by everything what you have given us.