At this time in our journey we are located in the scenic Land O' Lakes countryside just North of Belleville, Ontario, Canada.
Our quaint country setting with nearby lakes and rivers is heaven to us and our hounds. Our friends have affectionately nicknamed our home Camp RunAmok, because it is a busy place where friends and their dogs play, relax, and yes we can go fishing!
Please come in and have a look at our wonderful companions. We also encourage anyone interested in our breeds to visit us and meet our dogs, and see the environment in which we live and raise our litters.
We are members in good standing in the Canadian Kennel Club, Rhodesian Ridgeback Club of Eastern Canada, Great Lakes Whippet Club, National Whippet Club of Canada and the American Whippet Club. Laurie is currently a member and past executive of the National Whippet Club of Canada, Secretary and show chair for the GLWC, and a member and past director of the Belleville Kennel & Obedience Club.
We support and abide by the code of ethics and by-laws of our clubs and our breed rescue organizations. We have actively participated for many years in clubs in various ways such as holding executive positions, hosting picnics on our property, assisting and participating in events, chairing or co-chairing dog shows, including a World Congress. Laurie has also been the show chair for numerous Ridgeback and Whippet Club regional and National specialties, and a highlight being the co chair of a World Congress specialty show. She has always had a preference for specialty shows above all else driving countless miles to participate and see the current breeding stock exhibited at these specialty shows and interact with like minded peers in the breeding community. We have contributed to club newsletters, designed club websites, rehomed and assisted placing dogs in need for rescue and breeders in need...the list goes on. We truly enjoy being a part of our breed community and making a contribution over the last 18 years as we wind down to retirement.
Our hounds have the most recent annual health clearances pre-requisites to breeding set out by the Whippet Health Foundation and Orthopedic Foundation for Animals (OFA) prior to breeding and beyond. These yearly health certifications provide data for future, and guidance in our breeding decisions. We offer a 6 year written guarantee and lifetime support. We feel strongly that we are guardians of our breeds and expect the same level of commitment from our clients, many of whom over the years have become our extended Vrymeer family.
We began our journey in 2000, finding a mentor in Rhodesians in Diane Waters of Wheatenridge Kennel. We took time to learn our breeds and participate in breed clubs before adding our foundation dogs and eventually having our first litters. Initially breeding Rhodesians, as time went on Whippets evolved into our primary breed. Our whippet foundation came from Terry Taft's Baccarat programme from his co-bred litters at Wheatenridge and Cariad Whippets.
We do not expect now to have any Rhodesian litters in the near future, we do however have some frozen semen available from a valuable pedigree for which details can be found on our Rhodesian page.
For those wondering about Wheatenridge Kennel, a few years ago Diane Waters decided that after nearly 40 years of breeding and raising Rhodesian Ridgebacks and nearly 20 years breeding Whippets, it was time to retire from active breeding. Diane continues to be involved in the co-ownership and breeding of Rhodesian Ridgebacks and Whippets with us. Diane also decided to let her personal website lapse however she wished to remain available to all her previous friends and clients. We have added a page on our website for Wheatenridge updates, and a photo gallery. Diane remains active in the world of purebred dogs, including her breed clubs and as show chair for both all breed and specialty shows. Diane's grand-daughter Danielle is our junior handler and we all have a lot of fun as we continue on the tradition of breeding and showing quality dogs and attending events together such as specialties in the US and Canada. It is our hope that one day Danielle will carry on her grandmother's prefix of Wheatenridge. If you would like to reach Diane, her contact information is on the Wheatenridge Kennel page, she would love to hear from you.
Here at Vrymeer we can be reached by email at lauric99@hotmail.com or calling 613-478-1402. We look forward to hearing from you.
Your hosts Rick and Laurie Rusticus
Our quaint country setting with nearby lakes and rivers is heaven to us and our hounds. Our friends have affectionately nicknamed our home Camp RunAmok, because it is a busy place where friends and their dogs play, relax, and yes we can go fishing!
Please come in and have a look at our wonderful companions. We also encourage anyone interested in our breeds to visit us and meet our dogs, and see the environment in which we live and raise our litters.
We are members in good standing in the Canadian Kennel Club, Rhodesian Ridgeback Club of Eastern Canada, Great Lakes Whippet Club, National Whippet Club of Canada and the American Whippet Club. Laurie is currently a member and past executive of the National Whippet Club of Canada, Secretary and show chair for the GLWC, and a member and past director of the Belleville Kennel & Obedience Club.
We support and abide by the code of ethics and by-laws of our clubs and our breed rescue organizations. We have actively participated for many years in clubs in various ways such as holding executive positions, hosting picnics on our property, assisting and participating in events, chairing or co-chairing dog shows, including a World Congress. Laurie has also been the show chair for numerous Ridgeback and Whippet Club regional and National specialties, and a highlight being the co chair of a World Congress specialty show. She has always had a preference for specialty shows above all else driving countless miles to participate and see the current breeding stock exhibited at these specialty shows and interact with like minded peers in the breeding community. We have contributed to club newsletters, designed club websites, rehomed and assisted placing dogs in need for rescue and breeders in need...the list goes on. We truly enjoy being a part of our breed community and making a contribution over the last 18 years as we wind down to retirement.
Our hounds have the most recent annual health clearances pre-requisites to breeding set out by the Whippet Health Foundation and Orthopedic Foundation for Animals (OFA) prior to breeding and beyond. These yearly health certifications provide data for future, and guidance in our breeding decisions. We offer a 6 year written guarantee and lifetime support. We feel strongly that we are guardians of our breeds and expect the same level of commitment from our clients, many of whom over the years have become our extended Vrymeer family.
We began our journey in 2000, finding a mentor in Rhodesians in Diane Waters of Wheatenridge Kennel. We took time to learn our breeds and participate in breed clubs before adding our foundation dogs and eventually having our first litters. Initially breeding Rhodesians, as time went on Whippets evolved into our primary breed. Our whippet foundation came from Terry Taft's Baccarat programme from his co-bred litters at Wheatenridge and Cariad Whippets.
We do not expect now to have any Rhodesian litters in the near future, we do however have some frozen semen available from a valuable pedigree for which details can be found on our Rhodesian page.
For those wondering about Wheatenridge Kennel, a few years ago Diane Waters decided that after nearly 40 years of breeding and raising Rhodesian Ridgebacks and nearly 20 years breeding Whippets, it was time to retire from active breeding. Diane continues to be involved in the co-ownership and breeding of Rhodesian Ridgebacks and Whippets with us. Diane also decided to let her personal website lapse however she wished to remain available to all her previous friends and clients. We have added a page on our website for Wheatenridge updates, and a photo gallery. Diane remains active in the world of purebred dogs, including her breed clubs and as show chair for both all breed and specialty shows. Diane's grand-daughter Danielle is our junior handler and we all have a lot of fun as we continue on the tradition of breeding and showing quality dogs and attending events together such as specialties in the US and Canada. It is our hope that one day Danielle will carry on her grandmother's prefix of Wheatenridge. If you would like to reach Diane, her contact information is on the Wheatenridge Kennel page, she would love to hear from you.
Here at Vrymeer we can be reached by email at lauric99@hotmail.com or calling 613-478-1402. We look forward to hearing from you.
Your hosts Rick and Laurie Rusticus