I wanted to raise and show collies.
A well bred collie is the perfect
family pet, possessing beauty, grace
, intelligence, a sincere devotion
for their family and an innate desire
to please. They can also be trusted
with animals of all types as well
as infants. I had owned several
pet collies before and though my
children and I loved them dearly,
I was brought to the realization
that there were some health problems
in the breed (as in every breed)
that needed to be addressed. I had
attended college previously with
the hopes of becoming a vet, though
family commitments prevented me
from attending graduate school,
the pre-vet studies had given me
the knowledge needed to embark on
a sound breeding program. I had
searched for a foundation bitch
while in college but got discouraged
at what I found. After Tom and I
met, I continued my search for a
foundation bitch that was from an
extremely sound background as well
as being of excellent health herself,
Even though she did not have to
be show herself, she needed to have
few faults, of which were easily
bred out. She needed to be line
bred, off of dogs that neither had,
nor produced major health problems.
She had to have movement, as structure
can be the most difficult to correct,
as well as a superb temperament.
We found Misty at Hollyoak Kennel.
She was everything we had hoped
for and more. We later purchased
Diamond for a foundation as well
from Hollyoak, who also provided
a solid foundation for our kennel-
Willowynd Collies.
Lilah's guidance and mentoring in
the beginning, coupled with my education
made it possible to achieve my dream
of producing quality, health, intelligence
and sound temperaments capable of
competing in the confirmation ring,
the obedience ring and the agility
ring, as well as being capable of herding, the perfect
therapy dog and companion with carefully
planned, limited breeding. Thank
you Lilah.
Though I am unable to show the
dogs myself after an auto accident
left permanent injury, we will continue
to send dogs out with a confirmation
handler. Meanwhile, we look forward
to putting obedience titles on the
current dogs and future pups. One
of my sons is interested in obedience,
and wants to take them in the ring.
We have already taken the first
steps and put CPC titles on 2 of
the dogs, CH points on another and bred our first CH.