breeding
quality Rough-coat Collies
in Adelaide, South Australia
'Angus', 'Magic', 'Bo' (behind) & 'Tess with two of 'Magic's pups, born January 7th, 2007
an inner suburb, on a little over a quarter of an acre, where the dogs live as house-pets with free outside access, and are exercised at least daily in the parks and gardens that characterise Adelaide's south-eastern suburbs.
'show quality', but more importantly, sound 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 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.
'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'd 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, & 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.
The two girls we kept from this litter 'Ginnie' & 'Sage' are developing nicely and
notching up
some success in their early forays into the world of dogsports.
They can be seen on the 'Our Girls' page
Above: 'Magic' in weaving mode at an Agility trial late last year, and at right,
'Bonus' waiting for the ball to be thrown.
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