Parcodaini is a contraction of the Italian Parco dei Daini, which means deer-park. When we came to live here in 1993, the house had been empty for more than 6 years, after the previous owners stopped the rebuilding because of disagreements. Before that time, when the house was used mainly during holidays, deer were kept here and the house was locally known as 'the Deer-park'. 

Living previously in an appartment in the centre of Rotterdam, here we finally had room for a dog. We had a list with qualities we wanted a dog to have: guardian, good with children and other animals, little trimming or brushing, able to be out-doors, half-long coat. We searched in books (the internet was not invented yet) and found some breeds that met our needs, among which the Maremma Sheepdog. We went to shows, where we did not find them - shows can be a good opportunity to see and compare different breeds, but when you do this, please contact the show administration first and ask whether some Maremma Sheepdog will participate, because otherwise you have a fair chance of going for nothing- and visited a breeder, who at that moment did not have any puppies. The breedclub advised a breeder in Italy and that's how we came to di Selvaspina and our first Maremma. September 1993 she came to us: Erbacedrina. After 1 year we decided to have a male and we went to the same Italian breeder. That's how we got Amaranto. We wanted to breed a litter, once. But then we decided to breed an other litter to keep one of the puppies, so we could breed from her. And so we did. From her we also kept a puppy, then what's the point of breeding if you are not keeping any of the puppies yourselve? So that's  why we have a female available for breeding from every combination we made (with one exeption, because there were only 2 puppies in the litter). (see www.maremma.nl/Litters.htm)
So except now 7  Maremma, of which 3 are living with us, Parcodaini is the residence of 3 cats Cassiopeia, Polyhymnia and Charybdys, some chicken, since 2007 also a Volpino Italiano, an Italian Spits: www.volpino.nl

Championships

Now and then we go to shows. The clubshow is always attended. So far we bred 5 Dutch Champions, 3 Dutch Youth champions and 3 International Champs. Below you can see an overview of our dogs and their titels and successes. Details of all shows in Holland of the Maremma Sheepdog can be found: www.maremma.nl/shows.htm  

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