breeding
quality Rough-coat Collies
in Adelaide, South Australia
with two of 'Magic's pups, born January 7th, 2007
with an emphasis on temperament, as well as physical balance and beauty to create
a line of good-looking, good-natured and intelligent pets of' 'show quality', but more importantly, quality companions.
Collieston's aim is that these working dogs should indeed be able to work, not necessarily in the traditional skills of sheep-herding, given Australia's climate, but in some field of activity that allows them to develop their potential for teamwork with their owner-handler, while maintaining their breed standard criteria for beauty and dignity. We concentrate on producing well-coloured and marked Sables, with some Tri-colour input for depth of shading when appropriate.
We have a very personal breeding 'program', producing puppies only every two years or so, when we know each puppy is already wanted and appreciated, and we're looking to add to and strengthen our own family lines .... so it was with great pleasure that we announced the birth in January 2007 of a litter of six shaded sable pups by the handsome shaded American & Australian Champion Highcroft Ultimate Suspense
('Spencer ') imported from the U.S.A. by 'Lochwind' kennels in W.A. in 2005, to our
highly decorated home-bred Dogsports performance wiz-kid 'Magic' by Caesarean.
'Magic' seemed to have decided she was destined to be a career girl instead of a Mum, and
had previously only produced a single puppy at the end of 2004... that lovely boy,
Collieston Angus Dundee, lives 'the life of Riley' in an Adelaide family home, but during
2007, we launched his career in Obedience and Agility, in which he seems to have inherited his Mum's flair. We had nearly stopped daring to hope for her to provide
her successor as our next breeding bitch,
but at just-turned 8 years old, she had five daughters and one son on January 7th 2007, sailed through all that, and jumped straight back into her first love of performance, scarcely missing a beat.... however, there' ll be another long break in production while this new generation matures for competition, and hopefully motherhood, in the years ahead.
Click here for more photos of these bundles of joy....
Above: 'Magic' in weaving mode at an Agility trial late last year, and at right,
'Bonus' descending the A-frame at training,
while below: the January 2007 litter exploring the garden, aged 7 weeks,
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Our
original family Collie 'Lady Jane', although
she came from the RSPCA at the age of
about 3, was the inspiration for
what has become a lifetime commitment to the breed ... sadly, but inevitably of course, she
died at the age of 15, just before Chrismas 1999.
She
had many of the classic hallmarks of good breeding, but her failing eyesight
from
an early age also made me very conscious of the breed's history of genetic eye
disorders, and determined to breed dogs as free of inherited
problems as possible.
We will continue to strive to produce a worthy
successor, both in looks and personality
to our late great old lady... 'Magic' was a great start, 'Angus' is continuing her lead,
and we have great hopes for 'Ginnie' & 'Sage' from the 2007 litter.
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