Roche
Photo by Rob Gould
Roche has a huge amount of natural ability and is exceptionally ‘driven’. She is a hard-running dog and ranges far on open ground, but she remains in contact with her handler over these distances.
She has a beautiful natural panther-like point and will hold (if the bird holds) and flush on cue.
She retrieves to hand reliably with both game and dummies and has quite a lot of experience picking up on shoots.
Roche is shot over regularly throughout the season and also picks up. She was graded ‘Very Good’ at her first ever Spring Pointing Test and she passed the KC Working Gundog Certificate (for Pointing Breeds) on the North York Moors.
She has only run in two trials so far, as we focused on picking up last season to give her a lot of experience retrieving. Once her first litter has left us, we will be focusing on trials more.
The traits Roche has are much-needed amongst Weims, since a lot of the hunting and pointing ability has been bred out of them, by people breeding for the show and pet markets.
We are very committed to preserving and prioritising working ability in the breed.
We favour US field lines because they excel in the areas the breed needs. However, the US field lines also need careful outcrossing to the best European lines to keep COIs down.
KC name: UTwo Roche Des Brumes Des Bois Galody (IMP BEL)
DOB: 25/03/21
Breed: Weimaraner
Sire: (French) FTCH & Trialer Southpaw N Regen’s Farm Boy TST, RST, BCE
Dam: Or Excelle Des Brumes Des Bois TST, RST, BCE
DNA: HUU (SLC2A9) (hyperuricosuria) - Clear
HYM (FNIP2) (hypomyelination & tremors) - Clear
DM (SODA1A) (degenerative myleopathy) - Clear
Hips: 13/7
Weight: 29kg
COI: 0.08% (breed average 7.3%)
Roche was bred by Eleonore Lequime at the Des Brumes Des Bois kennel in Belgium. There is no UK Weim blood in her pedigree, so she represents new lines for the UK.
During Covid, we took an epic trip to Belgium to collect her at 9wks. We lived in Europe with her until her Pet Passport allowed her to travel with us to the UK at 15wks.
Roche’s dad (West) is 100% US field trial lines (Southpaw). He has many outstanding US field Weims behind him. He was imported from US to Belgium by Roche’s breeder and is now a French (Autumn) field trial champion.
Roche’s mum is from highly successful French/Belgium trialling lines, eventually going back to German dogs.
As a result of this outcross, Roche’s COI is incredibly low at 0.08%. This is far below breed average of 7.3%. She brings considerable genetic diversity to the UK, combining some of the best US and European working lines.
Roche is a very cuddly and affectionate dog around the house and she gets on well with other dogs.
Photo by Rob Gould
Photo by Rob Gould
Photo by Rob Gould
Photo by Rob Gould
Spring Pointing Tests
28.2.23 - Junior - Very Good - GLPC at Emblehope (Steve Kimberley & Sue Wagstaff - judges)
KC Working Gundog Certificate (Pointing Breeds)
30.3.25 - KC Pointer/Setter weekend on North York Moors (Coshy Kimberley & Lester Anderson - judges)
“J. Laurens’ Weimaraner bitch showed an incredible turn of pace, but after a minute settled well into a good pattern and put up snipe which she had scented. She covered the ground with a good pace and nice head carriage. She pointed a cock pheasant in reeds, was asked to flush and moved forwards quickly to produce the bird that was trying to get away. She was rock steady to flush.”
Roche at 18 months
Roche at 2yrs, in Yorkshire
Photo by Rob Gould
