ABOUT US

I'm Mariana Lese Hoffmann and have been involved in Siberian Husky's world since I felt in love for this breed when I was 12 years old. That was "love at first sight" and now I can say "love for a lifetime"! One year later, Bukharin Siberians was established, in late 1994.

Bukharin Siberians is located in Canela, Rio Grande do Sul, at the southern region of Brazil. We live at the mountains, where the weather is cold at winter - sometimes with a little snow - and the temperature is pretty cool during most of the year.

SHOW ACOMPLISHMENTS

We have produced quality Siberians over the years and champions in various countries. Our show acomplishments by now include Best in Specialty Show, Best in Specialty Show Youth, Best in Specialty Show Puppy, Best in Show Youth, Best in Show Puppy, Best in Show Placements, Champions in Brazil, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Uruguay and Costa Rica, Group Winners, Best of Breed Winners, Grand Champions,  Pan-American Champions, Central American Champions, South American Champions, International Champions, Youth Champions, Puppy Champions, #1 Siberian Husky in Nation, #1 Nordic Group in Nation, #3 & #4 All-Breeds in Nation - Guatemala & Costa Rica 2005.

We enjoy going to dogshows, but currently we are not too actively showing. We are concentrating our attention for the research as well as the breeding work and the daily life with our own dogs. Most of our top ranked homebred dogs are owned by friends, that are doing really a great job with them.

Pictured left:
Kazalimsky's Lorena O'Bukharin - "Lorena"
Our foundation dam, pictured at 9 years old

OUR GOAL

The most important to us is the amount of happiness we share with our dogs having them around every day. Show accomplishments are only a plus factor and recognition for our efforts. Our dogs are a big responsability to us and we always try to give them the best quality of life possible, for a happy, safety and healthy existence, full of daily enjoyment and fun.

Our goal is to breed for good health, friendly temperament and hability to work, fitting perfectly the standard and producing sound structure, good proportions,  correct movement, pretty faces. We believe in a very selective and special breeding stock - quality and not quantity -, never too numerous, as we prefer to give each of our Siberians personal care and attention. Our Siberians are not only show dogs or reproducers, but beloved members of our family.

PUPPIES

Basically, we breed only occasionally, when we want to keep something for ourselves. It means we usually don't have more than one litter per year or even one in every two, three years. Each puppy that is born here is very special for us and we only let them go to approved homes at a proper age. For that reason, we like to know the prospective new owners with some advange.

Our stud dogs and brood bitches are checked against eyes diseases yearly during their active breeding lives, and we only breed clean to clean dogs. 

Pictured right:
CH. Casablanca Sweet Boy - "Cinco"
Our foundation sire, pictured at 11 years old

A BRIEF HISTORY

I first started insisting my parents to give me a Siberian Husky because it catched me since the first time I saw one of these dogs. After my first Siberian, a few more came to us quickly, without any knowledgement about the standard. When I realized I wasgoing to be a serious breeder, I bought  a stock of 4 foundations: 2 half brothers and 2 outcrossed girls. After a few breedings between these dogs, I noticed that I wanted to go in a different direction than where I had been, to start building a distinguishable line, and since than I have worked hardly on this objective.

THE PRESENT

In late 1997,  our family travelled to Buenos Aires - Argentina especially to pick a new dog. It was the beginning of the new direction of Bukharin Siberians. Linebreeding the new couple of foundation dogs, Casablanca Sweet Boy and Kazalimsky's Lorena O'Bukharin, they produced an amount of 10 puppies in 2 beautiful litters. The kids we have kept out of Cinco and Lorena are giving us all we need to keep going ahead.

OUR FUTURE

The next step is to introduce something new to incorporate to our current lines. We research a lot and plan the future of our kennel, and it seriously makes us to believe that our next breedings and new additions will make us to give a big jump in quality even more.

Pictured left:
Bukharin's Cats Can Do It Too - "Gatinha"
We have a planned litter to Gatinha

CONTACT US

Don't hesitate to contact us if you have any questions or even if you just want to share information about this wonderful breed. We think one of the most important things along these years we have been in Siberians are the friends we have made all around the world. We speak Portuguese, English and Spanish, feel free to write us anytime. You may also add us in the MSN messenger, our address is bukharin12345@hotmail.com, but please, identify yourself as soon as you add us.

Mariana Lese Hoffmann

Pictured left:
Bukharin's Cast A Spell On Me - "Olga"