Category: Pic of the day
Young Victor on a frosty morning
Even though it’s cold, the weather’s glorious! There’s nothing quite like a bit of sunlight to brighten up a frosty morning and Victor’s morning was certainly made brighter by the prospect of some training with these sheep. He’s a lovely young dog, with a natural instinct for going round the sheep rather than charging at them. Dogs with this instinct are usually far easier to… Read more.
Mew’s update!
The weather’s turned chilly, but Mew’s not bothered! One of the less well known but nonetheless amusing sides of puppy rearing, is the way the youngsters seem to grow in stages. The most obvious example of this can be the ears, but often the front legs grow later than the back ones, or the body seems quite large, while the head is still small –… Read more.
Hello! My Name’s Mew
Meg and Ezra puppy Mew enjoying herself in the garden this morning This is Mew – one of Meg and Ezra‘s latest litter and of course, granddaughter of dear old Mel. Mew’s not for sale, she’s staying here with us! Mew’s certainly a good looking pup and she’s got an awful lot to live up to. Her “aunt” is Carew who together with Mel are… Read more.
Border collie for an active pet home (Sold)
CLOVIS – bred for work, but bored by sheep!Clovis is SOLD Clovis was born here on April 3rd 2016. His parents are both working dogs with excellent trialling pedigrees but, despite some early promise, Clovis has decided against working sheep for a living. He will, however, make a lovely pet for an active home. Clovis is well socialised with people and other dogs (including Chihuahuas)… Read more.
Two in a dog house
Victor and Scylla are happy to share the vantage point of an upstairs bedroom Once you have more than one or two sheepdogs, housing becomes something you have to plan. When we first started our collie collection, we had a routine. We’d buy the dog/dogs/puppy/puppies, get them home, put them in the yard and then build a pen around them. Sometimes it was just substantial… Read more.
Our Cat Dog, Jet
Jet’s one of our favourite young sheepdogs but she might even be part-cat! Tall, slim, mostly black, and very fast. That’s how we think of Jet. She gets her tall and slim stature from her father, Oliver and her pricked ears from her mother Kay, but other than the ears, Jet has very little in common with Kay. Kay’s more of a short, wide shape,… Read more.
It’s not often you get this close to a Buzzard
The dogs found this buzzard in our orchard this morning – we hope it’s OK Buzzards are a very common sight near our house. I think the most I have ever counted was thirteen, but that was just one occasion. Normally there are one or two around the orchard, and they take very little notice of the dogs, only lazily flying to another nearby bough… Read more.
Two of our Favourite Boys
Young Kelpie Will, and his Border Collie friend Jago Thinking of a Kelpie or collie as a working dog? Kelpie Will and Jago (above) are two of our favourite trainees. Will’s training is progressing a little slowly, but he’s definitely getting there, while Jago (a Kay and Oliver puppy) is making great progress. If anything, Jago’s a little too keen. He can’t resist running off… Read more.
Border Collie Puppies Like to Play Hard!
They’re the best of friends really! Despite appearances, Hattie (with her back to the camera) Jago and Hector (right) are great friends really. It’s just that they like to play really hard. This picture was taken on this morning’s run and I dare say there will be similar fun and games when they go out on their evening jaunt, too! Read more.