Hello and thank you for visiting my website – I am Lucie, I’m originally British, but I have since lived in the USA, The Bahamas and in the South of France. My Lagotto story began 8 years ago in the USA, when we added Bella, a beautiful AKC registered Lagotto Romagnolo puppy to our home. I have been a cat lover since childhood, but this this gentle, affectionate, woolly dog swiftly stole my heart and I was fascinated to learn the history of the Lagotti as a working truffle hunting dog in Italy.

I began researching the remarkable Lagotto Romagnolo breed and was very interested to learn that black truffles were being successfully cultivated in the USA only a few hours away from my home.  I reached out to the renowned dog trainer, Jim Sandford and was very kindly invited to the famous Blackberry Farm Relais Chateau resort in the Tennessee Smoky Mountains and taught how to groom our Lagotto puppy by Jim, the Blackberry Farm Lagotto Romagnolo Trainer and truffle hunter.

A year after the arrival of Bella, we added a second pedigree Lagotto to our home and of course, Bella was thrilled to play with her new baby sister Roma…

Roma was such an incredibly cute, photogenic puppy that when I first saw the photos of her (pictured here) I was even doubtful whether the breeder was genuine – since the photos were library images on Shutterstock! Naturally, once I saw her I was smitten. Her champion Lagotto pedigree heritage in conformation, beauty and truffle hunting in the last two generations of her ancestry, plus her clear DNA screening confirmed that she would be an excellent progenitor for future generations of Lagotti… 

There have since been two additions to my Lagotto family – Cucciola and Giorgio, two of Roma’s and Pico’s gorgeous puppies and of course the whole furry family is presided over by the boss – my cat Ruby!