We are located in Strasburg Colorado and the care takers of Van D Mastiffs are Shannon & Nick Van Duren. We got our first Mastiff in January 2002, our wonderful boy Bogart. When we picked up Bogart he stole our hearts. From that day on he was known as our "Sweetie Boy".
Due to Bogart's charm we knew we had to get another Mastiff. In the summer of 2003 we started looking for our new addition to our family. Needless to say we didn’t get one but 2 puppies to add to our family. Those 2 puppies are our foundation girls Dagney & Gia. We would like to thank Charles and LaVerne Williamson for our two beautiful girls.
We are super proud of all of our puppies, of the puppies that we have bred 10 are AKC Canine Good Citizens (CGC), 2 has their Canine Good Citizen Advanced (CGCA), 4 Have their Therapy Dog International Title (TDI), 4 have their Rally Novice Titles (RN), 1 has their Rally Advanced Title (RA) 1 has their Rally Excellent Title (RE), 1 has their Beginner Novice Obedience (BN) Title, 3 have passed Temperament Testing (TT), 1 has their Novice Jumpers Title (NJP), 1 has their Novice Standard Agility Title (NAP), and 15 have their AKC Championship.
Nick & I pride ourselves on showing our dogs ourselves. Of those dogs that we either own or co-own 10 of them finished their championship owner handled.
Mastiff Club of America – Shannon - formerTreasurer & former Board Member, Historian, 2014 National Specialty Show Chair
Rocky Mountain Mastiff Fanciers – Shannon - President & former Treasurer, Show Chair 2012-2015
Arapahoe Kennel Club – Shannon - former Vice President, Secretary & Assistant Show Chair
Plum Creek Kennel Club – Shannon - former Treasurer & 2008 Show Chair
AKC Breeder of Merit – Both Shannon & Nick
As you can see Mastiffs are our life, if you have any questions or just want to talk about Mastiffs please feel free to contact us.
Due to Bogart's charm we knew we had to get another Mastiff. In the summer of 2003 we started looking for our new addition to our family. Needless to say we didn’t get one but 2 puppies to add to our family. Those 2 puppies are our foundation girls Dagney & Gia. We would like to thank Charles and LaVerne Williamson for our two beautiful girls.
We are super proud of all of our puppies, of the puppies that we have bred 10 are AKC Canine Good Citizens (CGC), 2 has their Canine Good Citizen Advanced (CGCA), 4 Have their Therapy Dog International Title (TDI), 4 have their Rally Novice Titles (RN), 1 has their Rally Advanced Title (RA) 1 has their Rally Excellent Title (RE), 1 has their Beginner Novice Obedience (BN) Title, 3 have passed Temperament Testing (TT), 1 has their Novice Jumpers Title (NJP), 1 has their Novice Standard Agility Title (NAP), and 15 have their AKC Championship.
Nick & I pride ourselves on showing our dogs ourselves. Of those dogs that we either own or co-own 10 of them finished their championship owner handled.
Mastiff Club of America – Shannon - formerTreasurer & former Board Member, Historian, 2014 National Specialty Show Chair
Rocky Mountain Mastiff Fanciers – Shannon - President & former Treasurer, Show Chair 2012-2015
Arapahoe Kennel Club – Shannon - former Vice President, Secretary & Assistant Show Chair
Plum Creek Kennel Club – Shannon - former Treasurer & 2008 Show Chair
AKC Breeder of Merit – Both Shannon & Nick
As you can see Mastiffs are our life, if you have any questions or just want to talk about Mastiffs please feel free to contact us.