Barrie Kennel & Obedience Club

 

I have been a breeder of Pembroke Welsh Corgi since 1978 under the Joska Perm Reg’d kennel name. 
I graduated from Veterinarian school in Montreal in 1977.  I practice small animal medicine full time in Quebec City, Clinique Maguire Médecine Vétérinaire, and I just sold all my shares to my partner Marie-Christine Lefrançois, DMV. The Clinic specialize in reproduction, and is split approximately 60% dogs and 40% cats.

I owned my first Corgi in 1978 from Polruan Kennel (Rosalie Harvie), who was my mentor in
the breed.  I have bred many Canadian and American champions, and have competed in obedience and rally.  Although I am not breeding as much lately, I still own 5 Corgis.  I co-own also 2 whippets
with Forgetmenot kennel (Joanne Boudreault).  In the past, I also have bred 2 litters of English Cocker Spaniels.

I began judging in 2000, and I have been a licensed All-Breed judge since 2017.  I love judging, travelling, meeting new friends, and seeing some very nice dogs all over the world. It gives me faith in purebred breeding.

My husband, Sylvain Deschamps, loves to show our dogs. He works as an event manager with La Fondation Cité-Joie, which provides camps for disabled people.  My son Samuel is 36 years old, and is an engineer.  I also have two beautiful granddaughters, Alicia and Olivia, who are 10 and 8 years old.

My hobby is horse-back riding, specifically in the hunter ring.  I compete and show both in Quebec, and in Florida during the winter.  Horses and dogs are my passions. 

Yvonne’s start into the dog world was walking into the show ring as a Junior Handler with a big male Bouvier des Flandres at the 7-day benched Sportsman Show in Toronto, Ontario in 1969.  The love for bouviers and dog shows remained with her from that day forward.  Breeding bouviers under the prefix “BARBU Perm Reg’d”, JBB and BARJEN, she has had the excitement of winning BOW at the American National Bouvier Specialty 5 times and being the owner of the Top Dog all Breeds in Canada in 1984. Yvonne has bred and shown multiple Best in Show winners both in Canada and the US. Although her main focus was Bouviers she has owned and shown Irish Setters, Doberman Pinchers, German Shepherds, and Pekingese.   Yvonne handled and trained various breeds in her career with dogs.    Yvonne’s professional life has always involved animals in some way from Veterinary Medicine to Animal Welfare.  Yvonne served on the ABdFC- Health Committee, is an approved Breed Mentor and is a 25+ year member ABdFC as well as Past President of the Canadian BdFC. She is one of the founding members of the Bouvier des Flandres Club of BC.  Currently she is a Territory Manager for a Veterinary Pharmaceutical Company.  She is an approved All Breeds Judge.  She has had the great honor of judging both the American National Bouvier Specialty, the Canadian National Bouvier Specialty and the New Zealand Bouvier Specialty.  She has had the pleasure of adjudicating in Canada, USA, Ireland, New Zealand, Australia and the Philippines.  She is a member of the CKC, A Breeder of Merit with the AKC and is a member of each the CDJA, ADSJ and DJA. (Dog Judges Associations).