Houzard boasted a beautiful blue-gray coat and caught the eye and admiration of many dog fanciers with his striking appearance and his energetic personality.
One writer, quite taken with the young French import, affectionately referred to him as "Paddle-paws".
Houzard had received an enthusiastic response by the American dog public and his selection by Mons. Senac - Lagrange as an "ideal" specimen to launch the breed in America was upheld.
In 1935 the future of the Pyrenean Sheepdog breed in America showed bright promise.
Fate in the form of distemper, that taker of dogs and the scourge of breeders, was to break the
bright promise of the Pyrenean Sheepdog future in America.
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Distemper claimed Houzard just a few months after his heralded arrival in America.
Although Mary Crane had her bitch Susie (Soumise, imported to be bred to Houzard) and later in 1940 her puppy Berger, Mary did not pursue a true breed launch and AKC recognition for the breed. |