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 MY KENNEL-LOGO CONTAINS A PICTURE OF MY OLD SABLE MALE,  BOSS.
HE WAS THE THIRD SABLE MALE COLLIE IN MY POSSESSION SINCE THE FIRST COLLIE CAME INTO MY LIFE,  ALL THOSE YEARS AGO, IN 1962.  THEY HAVE ALL BEEN GENTLE, LOVING, TRUSTWORTHY DOGS  WITH A WIDE RANGE OF WORKING SKILLS. 

THE FIRST TWO BOTH  LIVED FOR  MORE THAN 13 YEARS  AND HAD EXCELLENT HEALTH. THE VERY FIRST ONE, PRINCE (BORN 1962), HAD THE SHEPHERD INSTINCTS INHERITED FROM HIS SHEEPHERDING FATHER.  HE WAS MY COMPANION AND FRIEND THROUGH CHILDHOOD AND YOUTH.


THE SECOND ONE , UNO (BORN 1970), I GOT AS A REHOMEE AT AGE 2,5,   IMPOSSIBLE TO HANDLE, SAID THE FORMER OWNERS, AND HANDED HIM OVER TO ME FOR FREE.
I USED ONE BOX OF DOG-TREATS, AND ONE WEEK TO PERSUADE HIM INTO OBEDIENCE. AFTERWARDS HE FOLLOWED ME EVERYWHERE, AND NEVER WILLINGLY LEFT MY SIDE.
HE BECAME MY GUARD, MY BABY-SITTER AND TRAVEL COMPANION, AND STILL IS MY MODEL FOR WHAT A REAL  DOG SHOULD BE LIKE. I STILL MISS HIM!
WHEN HE DIED AT ALMOST 14,  I DID NOT THINK ANY OTHER COLLIE WOULD BE ABLE TO TAKE HIS PLACE, SO IT TOOK  A FEW YEARS WITH ONLY A SHELTIE UNTIL I REALIZED I COULD NOT LIVE WITHOUT A COLLIE.  

THEN A NEW SABLE COLLIE-BOY  ENTERED MY LIFE, THIS TIME AS A PUPPY.
THIS ONE,  MIRALTY`S FOREVER MY BONNY, (BOSS `s PEDEEGREE NAME) HERDED COWS, LOVED AGILITY AND WAS A SUPERB TRACK FINDER.  HE WAS ALSO, AND MOST IMPORTANT, A PLEASURE TO KEEP IN THE HOUSE, CALM, GENTLE AND VERY UNDEMANDING,  AND WITH A PLEASING SPIRIT.
HE BARKED TO WARN WHENEVER STRANGERS CAME  TO OUR DOOR, BUT STILL MET EVERYBODY WITH A WAGGING TAIL AND A WARM WELCOME.

 HE SIRED TWO LITTERS OF WONDERFUL PUPPIES, WHO ALL SEEM TO TAKE AFTER THEIR FATHERS EASYGOING MANNERS. 

IN HIS LAST YEARS HE LIVED WITH MY MOTHER, KEEPING HER COMPANY AND WATCHING HER PROPERTY, AFTER SHE HAD BEEN ROBBED BY BURGLARS TWICE. HE HANDLED THIS TASK AS EASY AS ANY OTHER HE WAS PUT TO. WHEN MY MOTHER DIED IN 2005, HE CAME BACK HERE TO STAY FOR THE REST OF HIS LIFE.

BOSS WAS DIAGNOSED WITH STOMACH CANCER IN JANUARY 2006, AT THE AGE OF 12, AND LEFT US SOON AFTER.

I AM PROUD TO HAVE OWNED SUCH A WONDERFULL DOG AS BOSS, AND WILL MISS HIM ALWAYS.
This is two from his last litter, Black Surprice and Miraculous Boy

MY FOUNDATION  BITCH  WAS A BEAUTIFUL BLUE MERLE , TINKA,
BORN 1994, A WARM, LOYAL AND VERY GENTLE DOG, WITH AN UNHAPPY PAST.
WHEN SHE ARRIVED AT THE KENNEL 2 YEARS OLD, SHE WAS 20 POUNDS OVERWEIGHT, AND HER COAT WAS MATTED INTO A GORDIAN KNOT. ACTUALLY, SHE LOOKED MORE LIKE A KEESHOUND WITH A COLLIES HEAD, THAN A REAL COLLIE.
SHE HAD NO TRUST IN PEOPLE, AND DARED NOT GO THROUGH DOORS OR PASS BY UNKNOWN OBJECTS OR UNKNOWN PEOPLE.  SHE  WOULD NOT COME INTO THE HOUSE, WOULD NOT DARE TO EAT IN A NORMAL MANNER ( SHE COWED DOWN , SURROUNDING HER TRAY WITH HER FRONT LEGS, AND EAT, EYES FOLLOWING ANYTHING THAT MOVED AROUND HER), AND HAD NO RESPONSE TO HER CALLING NAME.
I PUT HER ON A DIET, RENAMED HER TINKA, BATHED HER TWICE, AND USED MOST OF THE FIRST WEEK TO WORK GENTLY ON HER FUR TO GET IT BACK INTO  THE CONDITION ITS GLORIOUS  COLOR AND MASS  DESERVED.
I ALSO STARTED WALKING HER GENTLY, TO WARE OFF SOME OF HER OVERLOAD. (SHE COULD NOT RUN, SHE WAS TOO FAT) . DURING THESE ACTIVITIES  I WON HER CONFIDENCE, AND AS SOON AS THAT WAS ACCOMPLISHED, I COULD START TRAIN HER INTO HER NEW LIFESTYLE.
SLOWLY BUT SURELY SHE BECAME A NORMAL DOG.
LESS THAN FOUR MONTHS LATER SHE PARTICIPATED IN HER FIRST DOG SHOW, GOT A 1. PRICE AND 2. BEST BITCH OF THE BREED.  I WAS MOST PLEASED WITH THE PROGRESS SHE HAD MADE, CONSIDERING HOW SHE LOOKED AND ACTED WHEN I GOT HER.
SINCE THEN SHE HAS HAD A LOT OF OTHER APPEARANCES IN THE SHOW RING, AND ALL WITH GOOD RESULTS.
IT WAS TINKAS GOOD SHOW-RESULTS THAT FINALLY STARTED ME OFF BREEDING.
MIRALTY`S GREAT GLORY BLUE, (THE NAME ON HER PAPERS), GAVE ME 3 LITTERS OF GORGEOUS PUPPIES, BLUE MERLES AND TRICOLORS, AND BECAME A FRIENDLY AND GENTLE DOG WITH A SOUL-EATING  LOVE FOR ME AND MY FAMILY.
SHE WAS EXTRAORDINARILY DEVOTED TO MY GRANDSON, WHO SHE MET FIRST TIME WHEN HE WAS ONLY A FEW WEEKS OLD.  SHE COULD PUT IN  HOURS JUST ADORING  HIM, WHENEVER HE WAS AROUND. 

 


SHE WAS ALSO A LOVING AND CARING MOTHER TO HER   BABIES .  SHE TOOK CARE OF THEIR EDUCATION, TOUGHT THEM TO BEHAVE LIKE GOOD LITTLE DOGS.

TINKA LEFT US 10.AUGUST 2007, AT THE AGE OF 13. SHE WILL ALWAYS BE MISSED, BUT HER GRANDDAUGTHERS LIVES ON KEEPING THE BLOODLINE AND THE GORGEOUS BLUE COLOUR ALIVE.


TAKE A LOOK AT HER PUPPIES ON THE PAGE NAMED VALPER

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