Four Generations 

(Photo taken by David Dalton 1988)

left to right:   Tanje Capella (aged 13), Ch. Tanje Long Haired Lady (aged 9), Ch. Tanje Midnight Serenade (aged 5) and Tanje Moonlight Masquerade (aged 18 months)

We were drawn towards the Groenendael when in the late 60's Jenny attended an obedience show at Crystal Palace in London and saw a beautiful elegant black dog working.  On our next pilgrimage to Crufts, which in those days was to watch the Obedience, we described the "mystery" dog to someone at a book stall and were of course told it was a Groenendael!  It was to be two more years before we eventually tracked down the Groenendael at Crufts and by then we were hooked.  At the time we owned both a German Shepherd and a Border Collie and we felt that the Groenendael was a combination of both their characters.

After visiting both the Leircote and Zellik kennels the "Tanje" dynasty was eventually founded in 1972 with the arrival of "Elsa" (Zhale Vanda) our first Groenendael and first show dog purchased from Hazel Pond.  Little did we know then what the future held but we are still hooked some 30 years later!

All the dogs in our breeding programme are Hip Scored and Eye Tested and our puppies are born and reared in the house.