Testimonials

"As a Dogo Canario Club of America founding member, past temperament president and board member, past Presa rescue effort leader, and sometime breeder, I have know Jen from almost her beginning. There are few people I would say shared my dedication to the breed in my 20 years, and only 1 has surpassed it, Jen of Cabeza Grande Kennels.

In my years involved in the presa breed I had easy access to some of the most renowned bloodlines of Spain, The Canary Islands, Eastern Europe and North America. The only American bred dog that met my expectations of what a presa should be was Bojinka de Cabeza Grande, PH. CCF II, TAN, DD , CAL II. She was from the original B litter, early in the breeding career of Cabeza Grande. She was the most perfectly balanced dog I ever owned, and that includes dogs of my own breeding. She won show classes, and could turn around and perform in working competitions the next day, yet be perfectly at ease with whatever mutt I brought into the house to rescue. While she wasn't the only outsourced dog I brought home, she was the only one I kept until the end.

On a personal note, I have never Known Jen to fail to do the right thing by a dog, even at great personal expense to herself. She has rescued many a dog from bad situations and found them homes; or brought them up to their true potential, and made them excellent contributors and ambassadors for the breed. Her dedication to her dogs, and to the breed in general, is unsurpassed. Many a year went by where she would work a full time job, then come home and drive an hour to train until late at night. Training, shows or competitions all over the country were her weekends. When Jen decided to join the DCCA, she threw herself wholeheartedly into it. Many a show started with her and Dave joining my husband and I at the crack of dawn to set up, and finished the same way, being the last to leave. Anything the club needed her to do, she did it. When she felt the breeds needs as a guardian weren't being met or measured, she started the Working Dogo Canario Alliance, improving upon the basic breed temperament testing, and tracking dogs that met the criteria, and these tests and events were open to all breeders and owners. When most breeders were just getting by with one or two dogs in their kennel being OFA certified, Jen was checking hips with PennHip on everything she owned, as well as what she sold when she could, and tracking improvement percentages.In summation, you will never regret getting a Cabeza Grande dog. However, understand that Jen doesn't suffer fools, so do your research before you call her. If you do right by your dog, she will do right by you. "