Francoeur fathered Cendrillo de l'Ile Monsin. Although Cendrillo never participated in exhibitions, he added value to the breed in general.  He was a nervous dog with an extraordinary character that he inherited from his mother Tamia de l'Ile Monsin.  Edmond Moreaux adored dogs with great character and he trained them sometimes to the point of ferociousness.  This is a beautiful bouvier of black colour.  Some however reproached him for having flat ribs and not enough chest.

Coupled with Demoiselle de la Thudinie (ALSH 2837), a litter was born on 2 December 1958.  A pup, Hion de la Thudinie (LOSH 184492) was distinguished from the others by its color: he was fawn with black overlay under a black mask, exactly the beautiful hot mahogany colour of a Tervueren.  He was often used as stud. 

These are some lines written by J. Chastel in his work "Le Bouvier des Flandres - yesterday and today ".  "Even if he gave an impressive series of champions which made his fame, on the other hand many of his products were discarded at a young age: awful diluted colours, shepherd dog heads, elongated, and even bad sets of teeth. 

But, in the majority of the cases, he added his character and he really had an extraordinary temperament.  Hion trotted easily up to 15 km at a time during my bicycle trips without showing the least signs of fatigue.  He loved water and at the smallest of my signs he would jump into the Sambre from the top of a bridge.

At the age of three, Hion left for the United States in the "Deewal Kennel". 

(translated by Pascale)

courtesy http://www.belgiandogs.org/hisCendrillo.htm