Sulandi Leonbergers
Last Updated 22 March 2022
Welcome to the home of Sulandi Leonbergers
ABOUT US
Sulandi Leonbergers is a small family run kennel owned by Diane & Lauren Whan, we are located in a small village in Northern Ireland called Parkgate.
We started showing dogs in 2002 and our first breed were Keeshonds. I showed in junior handling in the UK when I was seven and once I turned ten I began showing in junior handing in Dublin.
I saw my first leonberger in 2006 and I fell in love, this breed is spectacular and I begged for one ever since that day. I got my first leonberger in 2009; he is called Ozzie and I could not have asked for a better representative of the breed. He was truly a gentle giant, this just made my love for the breed increase.
After a few years we decided it was time to add another leonberger to the family, so we travelled to the club show in Leonberg. I couldn't believe it, there were leonbergers everywhere! We watched as many classes as we could, but one dog in particular caught my eye, Amicus Optimus Antonius. To me he was fabulous, his substance, type and movement, he had everything.
I then began my research and thanks to two very close friends I had finally found my Norris puppy.. After a flight to Norway, Vegard and Hilgjerd Nordmo welcomed us into their home to choose my puppy. We then waited for 8 weeks and embarked on our first drive though Europe to pick her up in Germany; that is the beginning of our story as we now had Nukva at home. Nukva is the foundation of Sulandi Leonbergers, she is the most titled Leonberger in Ireland. Nukva has produced a limited number of beautiful offspring and we are happy to have her children and grandchildren now in our kennel who are all following in her footsteps in gaining fabulous awards."
