IliasLegacy Reg-d (AKC, CKC)
Black Russian Terrier Kennel

Welcome to IliasLegacy BRT Kennel!

My name is Marina Yevko from King Township, Ontario, Canada.

I was born to a family with Black Russian Terriers (BRTs) and I can't imagine my life without them. Our family has always had a BRT, or two, or more. Horses were another passion of my father, Ilia Vasilyev, that he passed on our family. My father received his first BRT from a famous "Red Star" Kennel, and fell in love with them. He owned BRTs, Airedale Terriers, and Caucasian Shepherds. He participated in dog shows and his dogs were trained in Advanced Obedience and Protection. I accompanied him to the shows and training, helped taking care of the dogs and puppies

Me and my husband, Vladimir, met in high school and became friends. We walked my father's BRTs together and he fell in love with this wonderful breed. When we settled down in Canada, we decided that the time has come to start working with BRTs again. We got our girl CH Kalinka Harmonic Zirochka from Kalinka Kennel in Montreal and named her after one of my father's females, Fairy (c. 1970 - 1983), champion dog with great temperament. We went to see the litter for the first time when the puppies were 5 days old - we could not wait to get BRTs in our family again! Fairy was a beautiful puppy, very happy and agile. Training her was very easy, showing her was very rewarding. But the most fun we had at home when we were hiking, playing, camping, fishing, and tobogganing together.

Fairy had many wonderful kids and we were blessed with Mars (Mult.Ch.Furry Mars Siberian Star, CGC ) form her first litter and Vlada (Mult CH Vlada Dar Regins Siberian Star, CGN ) from her last litter. They are the most successful show dogs we have ever produced. Mars was the first BRT to win All-Breed First place in a Top Dog Competition (RBCSWO, 2005). He is our bear and protector of the family. Vlada got her first Championship title at the age of 9 months (earlier than any of our dogs) , and is our current show star. She is gorgeous, feminine, sweet and agile. Mars and Vlada are of the same type - large, powerful working dogs with stable temperament, loyal friends and family members. These two, together with Fairy's grandson Inca (Mult CH Karma Yana Inca SIberian Star, CD, CGC), won the CFC Breeder's Cup for me in 2007 in Montreal, Quebec - Fairy's birthplace!

Dar (Mult CH Dar Siberian Star iz Angarskoi Jemchujiny) came to us all the way from Siberia. He was suppose to stay in the kennel, but not with me, but he flew to me first and the minute my eyes met his looking from the far corner of his travel kennel we instantly fell in love with each other and there was no reasoning with me, though Vladimir and Olga tried. His name means "gift" in Russian. He became a Multi Champion very fast, is the AKC Top Producer, CKC best Stud, and holds all available major Conformation Champion Titles in North America. Dar was very energetic, loved to fetch balls, play toys, and pull toboggans with kids. He had great conformation, amazing movement, wonderful temperament, and Passed it all to his puppies and grand puppies consistently. He loved me and behaved in any situation in a way to make me most comfortable. Definitely one of a kind. He was very spoiled by me. Lol

We have two granddaughters of Fairy via daughter Shayna (CH Furry Shayna Siberian Star)-beautiful, courageous, sweet girl, champion bitch, pick of her litter and selected to breed. Great mom to Asher litter. She lived almost to 15 years of age. Longer then Fairy, who loved 12.5 years.
She gave us Vasilika (CH IliasLegacy Asher Vasilika Dar Regins Star, CGN ) and Lola (CH IliasLegacy Asher Lorelai Dar Regins Star, CGN).
Vasilika- serious, loyal, reliable girl, champion bitch, great dam to our Bluemoon, Harmony and Miracle litters.
Lola- sweet, friendly, playful girl, champion bitch, great dam to our Charisma, Deodate and Gift litters.

Lola’s kids Maximillian (CH IliasLegacy Charisma Maximillian Mars) and lovely Mika (CH IliasLegacy Charisma Mamba Mika Mars) joined us in 2012. Both are big, strong, powerful brts with impressive movement, stable temperaments, champion dogs and just a pleasure for us to take for long walks, that we all enjoy so.
Mika is a great dam to Fantasia litter and Maximillian sired two litters and is a sire to our very own darling Alexa (CH IliasLegacy Harmony Alexandrite, CGN). Alexa, daughter of Vasilika is our sunshine. She carries blood of all our brts. She is powerful, strong girl, wonderfully proportioned for her big size and impressively moving brt. Alexa is a delight to live with. She is a dam to Joy litter and our very own baby Kassandra (JrCH IliasLegacy Joy Kallisto Kassandra), who reminds me of all our brts together. Boy, did I want to keep this monkey for many different reasons. She is 6-th generation down from my Fairy.

I also have a baby girl via Fairy’s other daughter, pick of the litter, selected to breed - Vlada (Mult CH Vlada Dar Regins Siberian Star, CGN ), my love. Vlada, being a show star, always on the road so to speak - I never was sure we will have a descending down from her but we were blessed and she had beautiful litters Toruk, Emerald and finally Serendipity, that gave me my Hebe (Mult CH Iliaslegacy Serendipity Hebe), Vlada’s baby girl. Sooo spoiled. She is drop dead gorgeous, moves like a wind, my way or highway kind a girl. Lol. She already blessed us with Vlada’s granddaughter Boomba (CH IliasLegacy Galaxy Stardust).

Boomba is serious, loyal, reliable girl. Champion bitch. And just lovely.

We also have Ferichka (Zeta Feria iz Chigasovo), who is just a family pet. Mostly Vlad's and mine. We love her very much.

And of course Girsh (Mult CH Genii Krasoty s Nadezhdinoy Polyany, CGN). Came to us from back home. Brought by pedigree for my breeding program. But it was Serendipity litter that made me see this litter and do that. Initially we were just looking for a female family pet for friends of ours. We didn’t have any pups. We breed rarely. We chose this litter for temperament, that we knew would be great coming with this pedigree. And then we saw picture of Girsh. And the picture said-“you are my mommy”. That was true. Lol. Temperament on this male is to die for. Girsh is a big male, still growing. Strong, powerful in every way. He has so much love in his big heart for everybody and everybody just loves him. Great addition to our kennel and our family. I don't know what Future brings, but grateful so far for all my blessings with these wonderful BRTs