About Fastbreak:
We have had the privilege of owning and loving Tervuren since 1972. Lisa is a 28 year member of the American Belgian Tervuren Club; Gale and Lisa belong to the United Belgian Shepherd Dog Association. Lisa is also a member of the Belgian Sheepdog Club of Canada and the Club Francais du Chien de Berger Belge (the French club for all 4 varieties), and the URCBB (Belgian Shepherd Club of Belgium). Gale is a member of NVBH (Belgian Shepherd Club of the Netherlands)
In 1988 we established the Fastbreak line of Belgian Tervuren, and are just produced our 5th generation puppies. We have long studied the pedigrees of the dogs of Europe, and in 1994, we started to import individuals from what we think are the best of those lines. Our goal is to linebreed to the best of Europe, and to incorporate this into our original line.
Although our breeding program is small, and we breed on average about once a year, we have produced multiple champions, obedience titles through UD, tracking titles, herding titles, and agility titles. Dogs of our breeding have placed in and won the Herding group; have gone Select at National Specialties; and have won specialty sweepstakes. Fastbreak dogs have been ranked in the top 10 nationally in Conformation, Agility, and Herding. Most important of all, we breed for dogs that are loving family companions.
We have had a variety of training and showing experiences with our Tervs since 1972, in both conformation and performance areas. We have shown and finished multiple conformation champions; trained and trialed in obedience, earning degrees up to and including UD; trained ,trialed and have earned herding titles on ducks, sheep, goats, and cattle; trained and shown in agility; trained in tracking. We both have a strong background in learning theory and behavioral intervention through our graduate training in school psychology. This has been of great benefit to us in problem solving and in using a creative, positive training approach with our dogs.
The goal for our breeding program is to produce versatile Tervs who are family companions with correct type, sound structure, and working temperament. Our puppies are well socialized and raised in the home. All of our dogs are house dogs. We strongly feel that our puppies should be placed in homes where they will be a part of the family and not be left out in a kennel or backyard. Both pet and show puppies are guaranteed through a contract. Pet puppies are sold with a spay-neuter provision in the contract.