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MOUNTAIN DOG CEZAR REACHES THE PEAK
Unlatched gate proves the door to success for top show winner.
Had it not been for an unlatched gate, Ch. Cezar of Esquire, aka Ch. Bonzo An-Ro-Ge would never have become the top winning Caucasian Mountain Dog in this country and ranked in the Top 10 among all rare breeds.
Six-year-old Cezar was whelped at a kennel in Poland and imported as a puppy to Toronto by a couple of Polish heritage.
For a few years, Cezar lived the good life, doing the job he was bred to do -- guard livestock. But his life changed drastically when the farmhouse was destroyed in a fire and his owners moved to the city.
Unaccustomed to city ways, natural predator control instincts took over. Cezar attacked and killed a small dog and landed in big trouble - in a humane shelter with a death sentence.
Stacey Kubyn of Painesville, a breeder, exhibitor, judge and rescuer of Caucasian Mountain Dogs learned of the incident and contacted the shelter, offering refuge and retraining for Cezar.
"I was afraid that the breed would gain a bad reputation," she said. These are not mean, vicious dogs, but because they have functioned as livestock guardians, they will protect the yard from a wolf, a coyote, a mountain lion and the neighbor's dog."