Dr. Andre Le Lann handling Hosky in Brussel's, a famous man with a classic Bouvier.

Although not the best quality photo, for me it captures much of the spirit of the era. Le Lann was famous as a trainer of several of Justin Chastel's Bouviers in France, winning the Campagne Championship of France in 1968 with Ksar de la Thudinie and later an influential international conformation judge.

To see what is meant by "classic" look at the 6 generation pedigree below and notice the hand of Justin Chastel everywhere. Now go back to and look at the photos of Job or Tapin de la Thudinie. These dogs tended to get a little shorter and straighter in the back as time went on, and Hosky might be approaching the limit, you would have to be able to go back in time and compare the movement. Shorter and straighter in the back was a direction set down by Chastel, but there had to be a limit beyond which it becomes too much. Very difficult to judge definitively from old photos!

 
                         D Ch  Hoscy Kata v Dafzicht  HD.Tc '75 NHSB.812460
               D Ch  Hoscy Dukke Bianca fan it Hanenhiem  HD.Tc '79 NHSB.1081385
                         Bianca Angelique v Folkenhiem  HD+- NHSB.866560
      Ch.I.B.91(Belg.B.90,All92  Brasil Donna van't Hangijzer  IPO 3, CQN NHSB.1451007
                         Torre Antja v h Vonderke  HD +- NHSB.1045602
               Donna v Walton Hof   NHSB.1249451
                         Linda v Walton Hof   NHSB.1000244
Hosky Lio de Marvelyse   LOF.028651
                         Demon van het Lampegat  '79 LOSH.438654
               Ch Fr, Blg, Int  Farouk de la Thudinie  Ring I  '81 LOSH.461895
                         Arca de la Thudinie   LOSH.372517
      Ch. I. B. (Swisse)  Lio de la Thudinie   LOSH.0600028
                         B Ch  Rocco du Clos des Cytises   LOF.20088/1048
               Ch. (Belg.)  Gwendoline de la Belle Thudinie   LOSH.0474774
                         Daphne van het Lampegat  '79 LOSH.432124

Bouvier winner at the 1995 World Show 
Netherlands Champion 
Belgian Champion with working Cert CQN Pistage (tracking)
German and Luxemburg Champion
Select in Belgium and France 
Obedience Certification GG1 with 76/80 points

Regst:  	LOF.028651
Brdr:  	Mme.J.Maury-Gable, France
Ownr:  	Wim and Ria Boer