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The passion for Belgian shepherds. The kennel "Van de Hoge Laer" was founded in 1979 by Jean-Louis Vandenbemden. Together we "Van de Hoge Laer and High Clearings", breed a maximum of four litters a year . Two litters of ' van de Hoge Laer' and two litters of 'High Clearing's'. The main goal has always been to breed typical Belgians with good temperaments and good health. During the past years many puppies were born. Some became show winners, others lived quieter lives with their owners. The most important thing is that dogs get the love and life they deserve. |
Jean-Louis Vandenbemden founded the kennel Van de Hoge Laer. He works for an insurance company and is married to Pauline. His first Belgian was Zed of the Two, but his father already owned Malinois. Jean-Louis started breeding with Beggy of the Two bred by our friend Eric Desschans. Later he bought Elinda-Boris (bred also by good friends Jaques and Nanou Heraly), Elinda-Boris was placed with Jean and Leontine. These two bitches founded the kennel and live on in the dogs we own today and are found in many pedigrees all over the world. In the past Jean-Louis was president of the Belgian club. Besides dogs, he also loves cycling (he can make the bikes himself) hifi, music, food wine, etc.. Jean Sempels worked for a company that makes industrial sewing machines, he is married to Leontine and they have two sons and four grandchildren. Jean is also a big lover of music and hates gardening. They live in the town of Malines. In a way they are two Malinois who are breeding Tervueren. Most of the time the house is full of children and dogs. During the week the children often stay with Jean and Leontine and the children love the dogs so we hope to have a new generation of doglovers. Leontine Lansloot used to be one of Jean-Louis colleagues from work. She now takes care of her grandchildren and is a great chef in the kitchen. Leontine loves to collect recipes and handbags. Pauline Stern-Hanf is a show judge and has judged Belgians all over the world. She trained one of her dogs to the IPO 3 level and used to teach puppieclasses. For many years she was been a member of the Dutch committee and a working group committee. She also enjoys scuba diving and reading and making this web site. Everything on this site is her work. |
Our dogs are mainly house dogs who spend little time in kennels. A lot of our dogs live with other people on breeding terms. If you see "owned by us", it doesn't have to mean that the dog lives with us. Furthermore; a dog that lives with us will only be bred if we think they are suitable for breeding ( in our opinion not all are ). So we also have pet dogs and couch-potato's who we love as much as our big time winners. During weekends we often go to dog shows. We also have a small training group together with some friends and other breeders. Whenever we can, we go out to do some tracking, obedience and fun stuff with our dogs. |
