Perhaps the most prominent post WW II Bouvier in the Belgian ring was Eddy Ten Grootenhuysen's Itarsan, competing in the Ring finals several times in the early 1960s. Itarsan was on the sire side of the pedigree out of dogs from the de la Gendarmerie line of Ferdinand Nijs. This old style working kennel, located at Deinze in West Flandres near Ghent, does not seem to have survived WW II, but remnants apparently persisted. The dam was out of old style Dutch working lines with kennel names such as Baakenstein. This seems to have marked the end of an era, for as Eddy commented to me, he simply could not find a competitive successor. Eddy went on to be a prominent canine journalist and activist; two lengthy pamphlets on the history of Belgian Ring (in Dutch) are included on my web site.

 
                         Quick Star de la Gendarmerie  '42 LOSH.107309
               Siam  '44 LOSH.116080
                         Rosalina   LOSH.109798
      Yvan van Waterschei  '49 LOSH.151862
                         Bruk de la Gendarmerie  '38 LOSH.98734
               Sara de la Gendarmerie  '44 LOSH.114760
                         Kina de la Gendarmerie   LOSH.63850
Itarsan  '59 LOSH.188407
                         Lindos  KNPV '46 NHSB.101932
               Brestonico   NHSB.156987
                         Margo   NHSB.139011
      Sami  '57 NHSB.197935
                         Brestonox  '49 NHSB.137473
               Astraa   NHSB.165113
                         Erna  '52 NHSB.152293

Itarsan  '59
Sire:	Yvan van Waterschei  '49 LOSH.151862
Dam: 	Sami  '57 NHSB.197935
Regst:  	LOSH.188407 
Born:  	Jun 26, 1959
Brdr:  	A. Hurkmans
	Lindelsebaan,112
	Overpelt
Ownr:  	Eddy Ten Grootenhuysen
Color: 	zwart
Belgian Ring Finalist several times