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DEEP RIVER’S 2011 IN REVIEW:

CONFORMATION:  Five Deep River bred collies finished their Championships.  Snow & Navi who live here with me finished (both blue smooth girls).  Feather (blue rough) who lives with Pam B.  Shikira (sable merle smooth girl) who lives with Micki E., and  Sheryl Mc.’s  tri smooth girl, Kia!  Nancy P.’s Maddie from 2 D. R. parents also finished.

Major wins for many including Scout kids Ruby, Sugar, Anna, Sage, & Hunter. Major also for Misty (2 D.R. parents).  Points also for Scout kids Brody, Stella, & Chip.  Congrats to Pam B., Suzy R., Deb K., Janna W., Les & Jerri A., Nancy P., Jackie G. & Patty  J.

AKC Grand Champions included Armani (Bronze Level) Peggy M.  Micki & me;  Shelly, Larry & Tina P.  & Diane, Jay K.  Chanel , Micki E. & Jake, Sandy S. earned pts. toward their GCH. 

LITTERS:  Deep River had 3 litters this year. The first was born Jan. 30, co-bred with Peggy M. and contained 7 puppies (Scout/Haylee).  The second, a litter of 4  was born June 5, co-bred with Pam B.  (Roger/Valerie).  The third was born Dec. 2, a litter of 8, co-bred with Micki E. (Roger/Graycee).   

HERDING:  Our biggest thrill in 2011 was 2 majors & 2 firsts in HXAsd for Joy (both handled by Sherry M.).  Joy is 6 minor points away from her AKC Herding Championship.  Our boy Charlie earned his HSAsd at AKC trials with placements, and his HRDIs & HTADIIsd at AHBA trials (handled by co-owner Claire A.) Susan C. earned a PT and a Q toward an HSAs  on her girl, Cam.  

OBEDIENCE & RALLY-O:  Two owners put CDX’s on their collies!  Shirley C. & Blade and  Kim B. & Flash have a lot to be proud  about!  Anne H.’s Julie earned her CD, while Deb K.’s Anna earned her BN.  In rally Julie also earned her RN.  Our Charlie earned his RA & RE.

AGILITY:  Kathy W. & Eve earned their MX!  Anne showed Julie to he NA, NAJ, NF & OF.  Susan & Sky earned his NAJ and several NADAQ titles as well as NADAQ titles on Cam.  In addition, Catherine & Katydid earned a number of  NADAQ titles. 

THERAPY DOG:  Peggy M. & Lily TDI are making visits to nursing homes and hospitals as are Sandee H. with Harley & Max.

FLYBALL:  It’s been awhile since anyone with a D.R. collie has done flyball.  However, in ’11, Deb K. & Anna earned both FD & FDX awards.

I am so very proud of you all!!!

COLLIE CLUB OF AMERICA NEWS:  Election results came out yesterday (1-19-12).  I will be the new Director at Large starting the end of March.  Thanks so much to all who supported me in this endeavor. I will do my utmost to represent the membership.  If you are a member and feel you need my help and representation, please let me know your wishes and concerns!

VICKY VISITS & PLAYS WITH THE PUPPIES:

Some 6-week-old photos are posted below - scroll down. 

Blue Smooth Girls

Blue Rough Girl

Smooth Tri Boy 

Smaller Tri Rough Girl

Larger Tri  Rough Girl 

Both Tri Rough Girls

 Tri Smooth Girl #1

 Tri Smooth Girl #2

Smooth Girl, Rough Girl &  Tri Smooth Girl #2

 SHOW NEWS:   At the Piedmont Collie Club Specialty Show yesterday, 9-year-old Vicky showed her smooth collie Tyra (Deep River ‘N Ceilidh’s Next Top Model) to a 4 pt. major WB! The rwo really stole the show and brought the house down with this wonderful win!  My camera flash stopped working halfway through the show. These fuzzy shots don’t do Vicky & Tyra justice.

Our boy GCH Armani was BOS at the same show.  The smooth entry was 30+ , and 13 of those were champions.  Peggy,  Micki, and I  are his owners. 

Melissa M. in MN emailed Peggy & me to tell us that her 11-month-old rough blue boy, Jackson, (Scout/Haylee) has been picking up some nice reserves from the puppy class. She sent this photo of her showing him. He’s quite the handsome pup and much loved!

 Now that Diane has completed her show career and motherhood and because Jay K. spends so much time on the road, Peggy M. has Diane as one of her house dogs. Peggy sent me the photos below so that we could see how well Diane is taking to her new home after less than 48 hours.  She now has her own kitties, chickens, horses, little dogs and 3 collie friends! 

GCH Deep River’s in the Limelight (Diane) 

COLLIE RESCUE OF THE CAROLINA NEEDS OUR SUPPORT!

Jean has been very busy taking in 30+  (possibly 40+) collies from someone in the Carolinas.  Animal control mandated that they be removed from their owner who is older & ill.  The dogs have not been abused and are in pretty good condition under the circumstances. So far 11 have been taken in by CRC with more on the way. The first group have been vacinnated and given physicals.  Fortunately, Jean had found qualified adopters  for all but 4 of our 2011 rescues, so space is available.

Obviously, taking care of this many collies is expensive!  Please consider a New Year’s donation to CRC. You may donate online at http://www.collierescue.net/  Mail checks to: 

Collie Rescue of the Carolinas
P.O. Box 1313
Kernersville, NC 27285

First 11 Mass-Rescue Collies Get a Special Day – Jean writes:   About 20 volunteers came today (Sat. 1/6) to groom and most importantly love on collies.  Although the new collies were socialized as puppies they haven’t been touched in a long time.  Everyone took a collie to love, pet and talk to and really made a difference in their lives today.  It was amazing to watch them come around and decide these humans really love us.  They really enjoyed the petting and even the most scared ones were coming around by the end of the day.  Can you imagine being taken from the only home you have ever known no matter how good or bad and being in an entirely new place?  Everything is different with so much to adjust to…  Even though we were fed well with so many of us one lady couldn’t give us much attention.  However she loved us and spent her entire savings and ran up credit cards making sure we were fed.  Their former breeder/owner  is 78 years old, has cancer in four places and fluid around her heart.  She loved these collies very much and it is breaking her heart to see them leave.  Please keep her in your prayers. 

Fourteen more collies from this mass rescue effort are with CRC now. If you haven’t done so, please consider a donation.  Even a small one will help!

‘TIS THE SEASON TO BE JOLLY!

 

Rough in the middle w/2 Smooth girls on either side below. 

 

 

Anna gets her BN.  From Deb K. – Anna was good but my handling was subpar, besides not seeing the slow sign (which the judge told me was an automatic 3-point deduction). But even with all my failings, Anna still got 2nd place and YES! the title!!!  

 
I am so thrilled with these Cordell ex Ever puppies!  Above is a new photo
montage of them that I created as a Thank You card for all donations that
come in for my Service Dog program.  I couldn’t resist featuring these
girls!  They’re STARS!  
Meanwhile sweet Cordell just put on an outstanding performance of his
platform work for his owners Shiela and Mike who were here for a visit.  He
is so sweet, smart and loving.  He is now fully engaged in learning and
applying himself with enthusiasm.  He is accurate, fast, gentle and SMART!
I want to keep in touch with you about any future litters you have that are
related to Cordell or his father or mother.  I want another Deep River
dog in my program!!

Harley & Max visit Santa sent by Sandee H. from SC. 

 

 ALERT:  BEGINNING TOMORROW 11/21/11 OUR COMMENTS SECTION WILL ONCE AGAIN BE AVAILABLE. BECAUSE OF A SUDDEN FLOW OF SPAM (1,500 OR SO PER DAY) COMMENTS FOR MY BLOGS WERE DISABLED FOR THE PAST FEW MONTHS. THIS IS AN EXPERIMENT TO SEE WHETHER OR NOT THAT PROBLEM IS SOLVED.  I’VE MISSED HEARING FROM YOU AND HOPE WE CAN CONTINUE TO ACCEPT LEGIT COMMENTS WITHOUT TONS OF UNWANTED JUNK  MAIL!

KATHY 

FLYBALL:

Deb sent the photos below of Anna from last weekend’s successful flyball tournament. Also on the same team as Anna was Deb’s curly, Grace. In addition to earning their FD & FDX certificates, their team placed #2 overall in their division! 

Anna @ 22 mos. (Scout/Valerie)

OBEDIENCE: 

Deb K. writes from MD about Deep River Bankside Merry & Bright FD, FDX pictured above - “I decided to take advantage of the AKC’s optional titling program, and put Anna in beginner novice to get some obedience ring experience at a real show.

Today was our first BN outing, and she worked BEAUTIFULLY!  Heeling was spot on, stationary exercises were solid, and the 25-foot recall was perfectly centered. She won the class with <drum roll> a 199.5!!!  (wish it was regular Novice, but we’ll take it!!)

I am SO proud of my puppette, who went from a breed major to flyball titles and placement to working so well in the obedience ring, all in less than a month.

She even did well in her first Therapy Dog class yesterday except for the “greet a stranger” portion. She thought SHE was supposed to greet the stranger, which of course she is always more than happy to do. 

Thank you to Scout and Valerie for producing such a fun puppette!!”

More good news  from Deb about Anna:  “Anna got her second BN leg yesterday, along with another 199.5 and 1st place! Hoping we’ll finish the BN  title next weekend. I doubt we’ll replicate the score a third time though.  And my Curly finished her Graduate Open title yesterday, but she didn’t score as well as her cousin.

   Oliver -  5 mos. on 11/5 (Roger/Valerie)

AGILITY:

Kathy W. in ME tells me that her Eve earned another Q  Sat. 11/26 in New England. Only one more Q and she will have her MX!

Hi-Cliff the Lady Eve OA, OAJ -Eve Below (Dam – CH Deep River’s Rotten to the Core NAP  Sire – Kathy’s blue rough boy, Michael)  

NEW NAJ – SKY:  Great news from Susan C.  in VA.  Her boy Sky (CH Deep River’s Light the Night Sky RN, PT) completed his AKC Novice Jumpers w/Weaves title.  Her girl Cam (Deep River’s Joie de Vivre PT) earned 2 Q’s toward her NAJ the same weekend.

Sky @ 2 years  (Seth/Hillary)

Cam @ 5 months (Charlie/Joy)  

HERDING:

Susan writes, “Cam  got her 1st Started A leg on sheep at the Whorton’s farm (11/6). Score was 88; however, this judge took off 5 points for walking backwards (handler assist). Dee & I had never heard of that before, so we like to think of her score as a 93!  The Sat.  sheep were very light for her, and she ran too much. Dee couldn’t get the sheep to come to her at all, so they retired. That’s why all the sit commands on Sun. to get control and keep it.”  The link to Sunday’s run is below. 

 SHOW NEWS:

NEW CHAMPION – KIA:  Debbie Holland showed Sheryl M. & Tom P.’s  Deep River Shertom Kia to WB in Columbus, OH today to finish her championship. Kia joins her champion sisters Sparkle & Gracie. These girls were co-bred with Nick J. & Joel M.  See our Available Page to read about Gracie’s upcoming litter.  

Pictured Below – CH Deep River Shertom Kia (Yankee/Hannah)

NEW CHAMPION – FEATHER: Pam & I went to the Furniture City KC show in Winston-Salem on Sat. 11/12.  We’re thrilled to say that Feather was WB to finished her Championship.  I haven’t been in the ring for a long time because of my back, but was able to hang in long enough to show her.  Dona Williams handled Feather to her other points and to a 2nd in a class of 20+ at the CCA national this year.

CH Deep River Sky Blue Water a.k.a. Feather (Seth/Dixie)

On Sun. 11/13 at Furniture City Pam showed our 14 month-old  Limerick Starlight on Deep River to WB for her first point. This was Tori’s first weekend out since the 6-9 class last April at the national. She is just starting to grow her first adult coat. We co-own Tori with Micki E.  Breeder – Cookie Jones.

Tori @ 8 months

RUBY: Pam & I are happy to report that our sable merle Ruby (Deep River Pine Cone A Study in Scarlet) was WB for a 4 pt. major in Knoxville, TN, at the morning all breed show & was RB to a 5 pt. major at the East TN collie specialty in the afternoon on Fri. 11/4. She was WB once again at the Sat. 11/5 specialty show for 4 more pts.  She is a sister to breeder Nancy P.’s CH Pine Cone Oh My Madeline who finished on 10/29 in GA.  Ruby is pictured below in a photo taken in Sept.  Ruby was handled to her wins by Dona W.

Ruby went to 2 shows in Concord, NC (11/18 & 19) She was WB & BOV on Fri. & WB & BOV Sat. over 3 champions to earn her 3rd major. Thanks to Joel McCarty for handling her for us. Ruby now has 14 pts. We are thinking of waiting to show her for her final pt. until spring so that we can show her in the classes at the CCA national in March.  She’s had a very short but highly successful  3 weekend show career this fall!  

Ruby  @ 22 mos. (Scout/Spring)

BRUCE: Also in Knoxville, Ruby’s puppy half brother, Bruce, was RD to the 4 pt. major at the Sat. East TN Collie Club specialty show and Best Smooth Puppy at the Fri. all breed show. En Chang from Honolulu is Bruce’s owner - a.k.a. Deep River’s Force of Destiny. Peggy M. & I are the co-breeders.

Bruce @ 8 wks.  (Scout/Haylee)

JAKE:  At the Fayetteville KC show 11/20, Sandy Symmes showed her CH Deep River Crosswind Jake ‘O Lantern RN to BOV. Jake is working on his GCH and Sandy says he will soon be working on his CD. 

Jake Below (Aaron/Joy)

ARMANI:  Ellen R. piloted  our boy to BOV over 5 other champions Sat. & 6 on Sun. (11/5 & 11/6) in Bloomsburg, PA.  The next week in Talbot, MD Armani won 2 BOV’s for a total of 43 more pts. toward his Hawkin’s CCA total so far in Nov.  Mani was shown twice in MD this weekend – 11/ 25 & 26 with 2 more BOV’s and 21 more Hawkin’s pts., giving him 64 for the month. Peggy, Micki, Ellen & I are hoping that he will be in the Top 10 rankings for this year. Fingers crossed!  More good news – Armani has earned his Bronze level Grand Championship having to date earned 129 GCH pts. and 25 majors.

Bronze GCH Ceilidh’s Project Runway PT  (Armani)  Pictured Below – Nov. ’11 (Scout/Giselle)

 FUN PHOTOS:

Christine S. was visiting yesterday and brought photos of  daughter Vicky  with her collie Tyra from Halloween. In the first, Vicky had learned that she wasn’t going to be taking Tyra with her trick or treating. The pout turned to a much happier expression when that rule was recinded!  Christine said both girls had a blast! 

Vicky & Tyra aka – Deep River ‘N Ceilidh Next Top Model (Al/Chanel) co-breeders Micki & me

Elizabeth R. from OH writes: “I’ve been doing work with Karch in obedience & agility (no jumping yet-he’s only 9 1/2 months old).” Karch is a litter brother to En C.’s smooth boy Bruce pictured above and is from Peggy M. & my co-bred litter from Scout & Haylee. In a phone conversation this past weekend, Elizabeth says Karch is a unique couch potato & sent me the photo below  to prove it! 

Karch – aka – Deep River’s Lust for Life of Kelwyn (Scout/Haylee)

FLYBALL:

Deb K. took Anna, her tri smooth girl (pictured below in show news for her major win this month) along with her retriever Grace, to her first flyball competitions.  Both girls earned their FD & FDX titles. 

Flyball is a relay race with 4 dogs on a team. The course consists of a starting line, 4 hurdles spaced 10 feet apart and a box. The first hurdle is 6 feet from the start line and the box is 15 feet from the last hurdle for a 51 foot overall length. The dogs jump the hurdles and steps on a spring loaded box that shoots out a tennis ball. The dog catches the tennis ball and then runs back over the 4 hurdles. When the dog crosses the starting line the next dog goes. The first team to have all 4 dogs run without errors wins the heat. Tournaments are usually organized in either a double elimination or round robin foramt. Double elimination is usually best of 3 or best of 5. Round robin is usually best 3 out of 5 and the first team to win 3 heats receives 1 point towards their standing in the tournament.  The hurdles’ height are dependent on the height of the dogs in the team — 4″ below the shoulder height of the shortest dog. 8″ is the minimum height and 16″ is the maximum height.

• less than 32 secs: Each dog receives 1 point
• less than 28 secs: Each dog receives 5 points
• less than 24 secs: Each dog receives 25 points

The titles they earned are:

SHOW NEWS:

Sheryl M’s Deep River Shertom Kia was WB on Sun. (10/9) in Fulton KC in OH, adding a point to her total toward her conformation  championship, which I believe stands at 9. 

At the Collie Club of KY shows Oct. 22 & 23, Kia won a 5 pt. major on Sat. and was RB on Sun. She needs only one point to finish her CH!

Sheryl also reports that she showed Kia’s son, Tag, sired by Corey, her Dual Champion HTCH WTCH Shertoms Hardcore NAJ, NJP, RA, OFA Excellent (son of Ch. Deep River Shertom Felicia HSAs, OA, OAJ) at TX shows this past weekend in 9-12 class  and earned 8 pts. (2 majors) toward his CH, including 3 BOV’s over a special; Tag now has 10 pts.

Also at the same shows Sheryl’s Corey daughter, Jenna, went to her first agility trials which were 3 days and qualified every day with 3 first placements, earning her NAP. 

Kia in 2010 – two photos below:

En Chang emailed from HI to say that her CH Deep River Snow Fall at Blackpoint (co-bred by Pam & me) won an AOM at the collie club’s specialty show on Sun. 10/23 and sent the photo. 

Crystal below:

 Ellen Russell expertly handled Deb Knowles tri smooth girl Anna (Deep River Bankside Merry and Bright) to a major on Sat. 10/23 adding to her point total. Anna will be 2-years-old on Christmas Day and is a littersister to Pam’s & my blue smooths Elvis & Navi.  Anna pictured below in 2010 @ age 5 months:

Janna Wilkin’s sable merle Scout daughter, Sage, out of her Paris, earned 9 pts. this weekend on the Wine Country Circuit in NY with Nick Joines & Joel McCarty.  Spiritwind Spice It Up is 14-months-old and has 11 pts. with 2 majors! 

 Sage pictured below:

Ellen and our barely 2-year-old sable boy Armani (another Scout offspring) went to shows in VA this first weekend in Oct. and earned either BOV or BOS for 23 more Hawkin’s points. Their second weekend out this month in MD also produced either BOV or BOS, and their third weekend earned Mani 2 BOV’s for 9 more Hawkin’s pts.

GCH Ceilidh’s Project Runway PT pictured below (co-owned w/Micki E. & Peggy M.) 

   

Hopefully our next show will be Ocala in November, so we’ll keep plugging away for our Open legs, and now have an incentive to work on the Grad Novice legs while we’re at it

Photos are of Blade and our friend Shilo, who, with the help of her mom, Robin, got their first Novice leg on the same day.  Thought the photo with Robin and me was funny because it looks as if the dogs are deciding it’s time to split

 

COLLIE RESCUE OF THE CAROLINAS – ANNUAL REUNION:CRC celebrated rescued collies and their owners on Sat, Oct. 1, at Kelly Martin’s Findley Vue Farm in Burlington, NC!  There was a large turnout for the day’s activities. Claire did the herding instinct testing, which was a  huge success with many collies passing!  The Blessing of the Collies was bittersweet and beautiful. The Silent Auction and the rescue booth brought in generous donations.  The food was delicious, and the Halloween decorations, devilish. I conducted the grooming workshop and answered many good collie related questions of all kinds.  Jean Smith with Shoppers & Helpers @ the Booth

Some Silent Auction Items

 The Blessing of the Collies

Herding Instinct Testing

Halloween Decor

Our 2012 Rescue Calendars look fabulous – hundreds of photos!  They are available for sale on our website www.collierescue.net

OUR NEW BOYS:

Meet our 3-month-old boy Deep River’s Game Face (Gavin). This photo was taken yesterday (9/20) in Pittsboro. Micki’s 11-year-old granddaughter Kilah posed with Gavin before going back to FL with Gavin’s rough tri sister Charade (Deep River Bankside Parlor Games).  This litter of 4 was co-bred with Pam B. and is by Westwood Game Plan (Roger) out of CH Deep River’s Shock Value RN, HSAd (Valerie)

Gavin’s sire, Westwood Game Plan, is also now living at Deep River.  Roger is a soon to be 3-year-old rough tri, who in just a few shows, has 7 pts., one major. He is currently in summer coat but will be at the shows this winter to work on his CH.  Pam, Micki & I co-own Roger with his breeder, Kathy Drabik.  Photos of Roger below taken last winter at Dona’s house. 

Jay & Marie Hooper in MI sent the photos below this morning (9/29) of Roger’s daughter & Gavin’s litter sister, Chanci, with her friends Caddy & Simone.  Simone (blue merle) is CH Deep River’s Southern Supreme, and Caddy is her son. Chanci will be Deep River’s Party Games at Montague. 

HERDING NEWS:

Joy & Sherry M. went to AKC trials in St. Louis this past weekend; Joy was entered in HXA sheep.  I’m very excited to say that On Sat. 9/10, Joy was 3rd out of 14  Advanced runs with and 89, and earned 2 pts. toward her HC! Claire & I are very happy. Only 12 more points to go … plus the pesky 1st places & a major!!!

Charlie & Claire went to AHBA Trials in Berryville, VA on 9/3 & 9/4. On Sat. Charlie was entered in only one class,  Arena Dog 2 (sheep) and did well trying out his new driving skills for the first time in competition. On Sun. he was entered in Arena 2 both sheep & ducks. He earned his 1st Q on ducks and finished his title on sheep. His placements were a 1st, a 3rd & a 4th.  Thanks so much to Charlie’s co-owner & handler, Claire!

CH Kitleigh Charlie Brown RE, HSAsd, HRDIs, HTADIIs – Thanks you Dana M. for the photos from the weekend!

At the CCA Eastern Regional Herding, 3 of our youngsters earned PT Q’s. Two 13-month-olds:  Vicky’s Tyra pictured below under Show News and her sable smooth brother, Dart, owned by Cindy Hardy, and Susan Carbee’s 2-year-old Charlie/Joy daughter, Cam.  None of Dart’s photos turned out, but below are a couple of the girls.   

Deep River’s Joie de Vive (Cam)

Tyra & Claire

SHOW NEWS:

Pam B. & I went to 2 NC shows this past weekend (9/17 & 9/18). Our sable merle smooth Deep River Pine Cone a Study in Scarlett (Ruby) won both days. (CH Deep River’s Bow & Arrow X CH Pine Cone Deep River Mountain Spring, breeder: Nancy Parker) Ruby is a littermate to Brody, also pictured this month.  In addition at these shows, Deep River Ceilidh Next Top Model (Tyra) was RB handled by her owner Vicky S. (CH Hobby’s Deep River Moonwind X CH Ceilidh Deep River Haute Couture, breeders: Micki & me) Photos below:

Ruby -Deep River Pine Cone a Study in Scarlet

Vicky & Tyra 

Armani added 29 more Hawkin’s pts. to his total this past weekend with a BOV & 2 BOS wins in PA with Ellen R.  (9/15, 9/16 & 9/17) GCH Ceilidh’s Project Runway was co-bred by Mickie & me and is co-owned with Peggy M. (CH Deep River’s Bow & Arrow X CH Deep River Westwood Glamour Girl)

Sheryl M. in TX writes about her tri smooth: Kia got to go to some shows on two days of this weekend.   She has not been to a show since end of May.  Saturday she got a 3 point major and Sunday got a 4 pt. reserve.  She is showing well for Debbie (Holland) and wagging her tail in the ring…  She is entered in a show in two more weeks.  Kia now has 8 points.  She is still shedding but growing coat too.  She is in air conditioning in Debbie’s house.  Debbie calls Kia “her dog.”

More news from 9/17 & 9/18, Kia was WB Sat. & WB, BOW & BOV over 2 champions on Sun.  for additional pts.

Deep River Shertom Kia  (currently age 3 years) sister to Pam & Roger M.’s CH Gracie & Fred M.’s CH Sparkle the 3 sisters below in ’08 at one week old – By CH Westwood Southern Yankee x CH Deep River’s Early Frost

 
Jackie G. from NY emailed to say that her yearling sable merle, Brody, added to his point total this past weekend. He now has 7 pts.  I will post a recent photo when I get one, but here’s a darling one below taken when Brody was 8 wks.   Brody – a.k.a. Pine Cone the Mountaineer is sired by CH Deep River’s Bow and Arrow & his dam is CH Pine Cone Deep River Mountain Spring. He is a littermate to Ruby, pictured earlier in this blog.

PUPPY MATCH NEWS:

 

Anne Hartranft writes that she and Julie (now age 3 years) have been competing in CPE agility at level 5  in 6 of the 7 game classes with the game of Snooker as their nemisis.  This team will return to AKC agility later this year for Julie’s remaining Open Standard Q and for her Open Jumpers’ title.  Anne also says that Julie is nearly ready to try for her CDX. Inconsistency with take off speed on the broad jump is her only challenge at the moment.

Julie As A Puppy Below ( SIRE: CH Westwood Steel Dust  DAM: CH Deep River’s Consider Her Mine)  Co-bred with Micki

COLLIES ARE CLEVER!

GOOD NIGHT SWEET BOY:

Nancy P. lost her 13 and a half year old boy CH Deep River’s Pine Cone Snow Bound (Deep River’s Let It Snow x CH Deep River’s Right on Red ROM).  Bounder is memorialized in Nancy’s beautiful “In Loving Memory” ad this week on COL (9/4). 

Bounder in 2001 

AGILITY NEWS:

CATHERINE  S. WRITES,  Katydid achieved the final Novice Chances Q in NADAC.  So, Katydid now has earned:
 
Novice Triple Superior
  
Novice Superior Versatility
 
Novice All Around

 CONFORMATION NEWS:

Micki & her 11-year-old granddaughter, Kilah, went to 3 shows in Atlanta where Kilah showed her 12-month-old sable merle puppy Mist. This team was WB 2 days for their first points. Mist is by CH Hobby’s Deep River Moonwind x CH Ceilidh’s Deep River Haute Couture.  Micki sent me the photo of these 2 beautiful girls from the 8/26 show.  

Kilah & Mist  (in the grooming area)

A CH Deep River’s Bow and Arrow (Scout) son, Les & Jerri Alberti’s Hawkeire’s the Bow Hunter from their co-bred litter with Janna Wilkins, was WD also at the Atlanta shows bringing this youngster to 11 points, with 1 major .  I believe he’s 13-months-old now.

Baby Picture of Hunter Below 

News From MN -  Melissa M. reports on her 6-month-old puppy dog, Jackson (Scout/Haylee puppy & litter brother to Beltane featured below tracking & herding):

 News From CA:  Suzy R.’s  lovely Scout/Valerie daughter from Pam’s & my ’09 Christmas Day litter won more points recently at  South Bay bringing her point total to 8 with one major.  Suzy says she loves Sugar’s beautiful “smiling” face.  Deep River’s Visions of Sugar Plums with Suzy below.

 CH Armani PT & Ellen R. went to NY for shows this weekend. On Sat. & Sun. , Aug. 20 & 21, he won two more BOV’s, giving our boy (Peggy, Micki & me) 23 more Hawkin’s points.

Armani below helping pen sheep.

 At shows in the Pacific Northwest, Leslie Rappaport in OR took Cordell (Deep River’s Three Chords & the Truth) to his first shows in his yearling coat, which is just beginning to grow in.  He earned 2 pts. both Sat. 8/20 & Sun. 8/21, bringing his total toward his CH to 13 points., one major.  Leslie says major entries won’t be coming up until Nov., so he will wait until then to compete again.  Way to go!!!

Cordell @ 12 months

PUPPY APTITUDE TESTS & HERDING INSTINCT (ROGER/VALERIE PUPPIES BELOW)

Early morning is the only time in the NC heat that we can safely test, so Claire & I met bright & early to test the 4 puppies from Pam’s & my litter. I’m doing structural evaluations today or tomorrow.  Eye checks were Monday, Aug. 8 @ NCSU.

Group Shots @ NCSU

Tri Boys Standing Up & Girls Being Lady-Like

Tri Boy # 1

Here’s what happens when you pounce on the open umbrella, knock it over & then fall in!

Let’s go, ducks!

Eye Check Day @ NCSU

Tri Boy # 2

I’m thinking that this would be an “intelligent response” to a strange object. Follow it; see where it’s going; play with it!

Eye Check Day @ NCSU

Rough Girl

If you want people to like you, always come when you’re called!

Open the paper ball first to see what’s inside, then bring it back to the human! 

Eye Check Day @NCSU

 Smooth Girl

Okay, okay, you can be the boss!

I forgive you and like you anyway, even when you’re bossy.

Eye Check Day @ NCSU

CHARLIE WORKS ON DRIVING  SHEEP  

This was a mile’s worth of driving (instead of fetching).  Driving is needed to move the stock away from the person to a different location without the handler’s physical help.  

PUPPY SUPER BOY - BELTANE (Scout/Haylee litter co-bred w/Peggy M.) 

Beltane @ 6 Months Continues His Tracking Training.

From a Very Busy Susan K. & Beltane in CA :  The tracking instructor is quite pleased with him.   She’s sure he’ll have no trouble getting his TD this year, and TDX next.      She has trained several people to their CT, so I’m expecting Beltane and I to go for it. 

His herding instructor is pleased with him too.   He’s changing direction, has learned “out”, and will down when asked.    

We started Rally class, where he is wowing the instructor, Pat Alvarez.    “You’ve got a winner there!”   And he’s started freestyle classes 1-2x a month. 

Learning to pull!

Success – Found It!

Our instructor couldn’t believe the first time she saw him down on command with the sheep.   

Good puppy!

Beltane Relaxing – Susan Calls This One  “Sexy Puppy Pose.”

SUNNYBANK (THE GATHERING)

Our friend Sherry Exley from NJ sent this wonderful photo from the CHF fund raiser @ Albery Payson Terhune’s Sunnybank this month.  This is Cowan (sired by CH Deep River’s Shadow of Victory); his dam, Tea; Sherry and, “of course, Lassie!”

UPDATES:

Hunter B. writes:  Pim is doing great — happy, healthy and a great companion for Jim. We walk him every morning at a nearby park and when we’ve had enough walking, he’s ready for some more strenuous Frisbee throwing. The photos of his mother Joy herding look just like him! I’m attaching a picture I took of him one morning last week when we got back from the park.

CH Deep River’s Watch Captain (Pim)  Sire - CH Deep River’s Solid Stock  Dam -  HTCH CH Deep River’s Comfort & Joy CD, RE, HSBs, HSAc, HXAsd

HERDING NEWS:

Claire took CH Charlie RA, HSAsd to Keepstone Farm in Berryville, VA to run at his first AHBA trials 4th of July weekend. Charlie Q’d and earned his Ranch Dog I title with a 1st and 2nd place. 

RALLY-O NEWS:

Claire & Charlie went to the Fri. 7/29, Greenville, SC trial to try for Charlie’s last Rally Excellent Q.  We are happy to report that he was a very good boy and earned his RE.  Below is Charlie surrounded by his sheltie friends who also Q’d in rally classes.

Pat Sanford’s Nari RE, Claire & Dawn’s Kess RA, our Charlie RE & Claire’s puppy, Malcom (1st Q in RN – 1st try)

CONFORMATION NEWS:

In Bel-Alton, MD our collies had some nice wins.  In roughs, Deep River’s Sky Blue Waters (Feather) was RB 2 days and WB one day, making Pam & me very happy. In West Friendship, MD she was WB for 2 pts. and RB to a major. Feather now has 11 pts.

Feather is now blowing undercoat like mad, but was still able to pull off a 3 pt.  win on Sun. in Greenville.  She now has 14 pts., needing  just one more point to finish her championship. From both Pam & me: Thanks, Dona!

Feather w/Dona

In smooths in Bel-Alton, Deb Knowles’ Deep River Bankside Merry & Bright was WB on Sun.  This weekend in West Friendship, Anna added 2 more pts. to her total going WB on Sat.  She is a tri color littersister to Pam’s & my Elvis & Navi.

Anna W/Ellen

Peggy Moorman’s GCH Ceilidh’s Project Runway PT (Armani), jointly owned with Micki & me, and co-bred by Micki & me, was BOV every day in Bel-Alton, MD! In West Friendship, Mani was BOV 2 days for 16 more CCA Hawkin’s points. 

At the Bloomsburg, PA shows, our boy was either BOS or BOV over the 4 days, with a Sat. pull for a Herding Group placement. He’s starting to grow a little undercoat, amazing in this heat! He earned 20+ Hawkin’s pts.  Thanks, Ellen!  

Armani (below)

In Greenville at he Sat. 7/30 show, Nancy Parker’s sable merle, Misty, aka - Pine Cone’s Mountain Mist won a major at her first show in over 2 years. She was bred by Gene Williams from 2 Deep River collies: CH Dune’s Deep River Golden Son x Dune’s Deep River Misty Rain.

Misty Below as a Baby  (She’s 4-years-old now):

Linda Vena from MA, emailed to say that her CH Deep River Shelana Crystal Charm (Phoebe) daughter, Crystal finished this past weekend (7/30). Crystal is a blue smooth bred by Jackie Henson. Unfortunately, circumstances forced Jackie to give up her collies a few months ago. I have 10-year-old Phoebe back with me now. Phoebe is so much like her mother, that it’s like having my Camille back again.  Linda & I think Crystal may be Phoebe’s 5th champion offspring.

 NEW THERAPY DOG:

Peggy took her Lily for her Therapy Dog certification this month. Lily passed with flying colors!

Below – CH Deep River’s Easter Lily RN, TDI

SCOUT/HAYLEE PUPPY UPDATES:

Suan Klein from CA Writes: Beltane absolutely loves tracking.   This Saturday’s tracking lesson, we started turns (“L” shaped tracks).    He was absolutely text book!   They triple lay the turn into the wind, so there is really no excuse to miss it.   The first one, he just tracked around the corner like he was on rails.    After a few feet, he suddenly stopped.   “Hey!   Wait a minute!    A track has never done THIS before!”    Went back and double checked.   “Yep, it really did do that!”   My tracklayer, Kamrin was in stitches – you really could see what he was thinking!

I’ve found a herding instructor who loves working with puppies.    Unfortunately, a 2 hour drive away on a weeknight.   Ouch.    The instructor loved him and thought he was very cute when herding.    He’s definitely showing instinct and drive.     He’s VERY one sided at the moment.    When the pressure gets to be too much, he flips himself Away.     Occasionally, he comes up to the instructor with a “isn’t this great?” attitude.    He spotted a tail on one of the sheep, which required a little distraction from the instructor to prevent him trying it out as a tug toy.

Beltane Tracking Last Month & Learning to Heel This Month:

From KY Sherry Moss & Family Take Swap Camping:

Swap After a Swim in the Lake- Below

En Chang’s Brusco Visits Claire & Her Sheep for the 1st Time:

VALERIE’S PUPPIES @ 3 WEEKS

Valeries Puppies @ 5 Weeks (Below):

SHOW NEWS:

Peggy, Micki & I are happy to report that our boy, Armani (GCH Ceilidh’s Project Runway PT) went out for his first weekend with Ellen Russell to 3 shows in NY. He was BOV Sat. & BOS Fri. & Sun. – all major entries. 

Pam & I are very proud of our girl Feather.  In Waynesville, NC with Dona, she was WB on Sat.  Next, she went to Orlando with Dona to shows and came home with reserve to a  4 pt. major on Sat., 6/25 & WB & BOS over a special for a 4pt. major on Sun. Feather currently has 7 pts. Feather – Deep River’s Sky Blue Waters – pictured below.

Also in Orlando, Micki’s 11-year-old granddaughter, Kilah Mincy, showed her puppy, Ceilidh’s Irish Mist , from our Chanel litter of last year to a major reserve. These were Kilah’s first shows as a handler! Mist below @ 6 months.

 Susan Carbee’s pretty sable girl, Cam - Deep River’s Joie de Vive, has also been out to shows with Dona.  She earned additional reserves and was WB on Sun. in in Waynesville. Cam just had her 2nd B’day and so far has 8 pts., one major.  She is shedding for the summer but will be back out in her new coat this fall. Cam pictured below @ 11-months.

HERDING NEWS:

Cam’s mom, Joy – HTCH CH Deep River’s Comfort and Joy CD, RE, HSAc, HSBs, HXAsd, VCX, went to trials in Nova, OH with friend Sherry Moss and Q’d in Advanced A sheep on Fri. & Sun. along with 4th place in a large class. Claire & I are so proud of Joy!

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LITTER NEWS:

Pam Brown & I have a co-bred litter of 4 from our Valerie (CH Deep River’s Shock Value RN, HSAd) bred to Westwood Game Plan born on Sun., June 5 here at Deep River. The litter is 2 tri smooth boys, 1 tri smooth girl & 1 tri rough girl.

Waiting for Puppies Is So Hard!

But It Was Worth the Wait!

Roger/Valerie Puppies @ 9 Days

Roger/Valerie Puppies @ 14 Days 

CONFORMATION NEWS:

Perry, GA Shows – 5/12 through 5/15 

Susan C. sent her Charlie/Joy daughter, Deep River’s Joie de Vive, to Perry, GA with Dona W.  The results were 2 pts. at the Fri. show and 2 more at the Sun. show.  These wins give Cam – a.k.a. Charlene – 7 pts. with one major. Her 2 year b’day was Sat. 

 Cam @ 18 months

Also in Perry, Pam’s & my  Deep River’s Sky Blue Waters was WB for 1 pt. on Thurs. & RB on Fri.   See Feather below w/Dona at the national going 2nd in an Open Blue class of 20.

Indiana Collie Club 5/15

Sheryl McDonald in TX emailed to share the news that Deep River Shertom Kia is out with handler Debbie Holland & won her first points on Sun. at the IN CC specialty show.  Kia is a littersister to CH Graycee & CH Sparkle. (Yankee x Hannah)

Kia’s 1st Show Photo 

HERDING NEWS:

We went to the Piedmont Border Collie trials at Way-to-Me Farm in Sanford, NC this past weekend.  Our boy Charlie earned his HSAd title with a 4th place on Sat. We moved him up to Intermediate on Sun., but his driving skill confidence isn’t quite there yet when ducks get stuck in corners up against tarps. He and Claire will be working on that!

CH Charlie RA, HSAsd (5/1/11)

Katy Harjes sends MT photos of herself & Brock at a herding clinic.  Katie & Rich own a ranch & 2-year-old Brock helps them with the livestock.

 SHOW PHOTOS BY DAVID SOMBACH - APRIL CCA NATIONAL:

Feather (Deep River’s Sky Blue Waters) 2nd Open Blue bitches. Breeder: Me, Owners: Pam Brown & Me, Handler: Dona Willams

8-month-old Tori (Limerick’s Starlight on Deep River) 4th in 6-9 rough sable puppy class. Breeder: Cookie Jones, Owners: Pam, Micki & Me, Handler: Dona Williams

8-month-old Tyra (Deep River Ceilidh Next Top Model) 2nd in 6-9 smooth puppy class. Co-breeders: Micki & Me, Co-owners: Vicky & Christine Sanderson 

CANDIDS SENT TO ME FROM LAST MONTH’S CCA  NATIONAL:

Deep River ‘N Ceilidh Next Top Model (Tyra) in 6-9 mo. smooth bitch class 2nd. Breeders: Micki & Me  Co-owners: Christine & Vicky Sanderson, Handler: Dona Williams, Photo by David Sombach

Limerick’s Starlight on Deep River (Tori) in the 6-9 sable rough bitch class 4th.   Breeder: Cookie Jones   Owners: Pam, Micki & me  Handler: Dona Williams, Photo by Kris Provenzano

Pine Cone Oh My Madeline (Maddie) in the Open Smooth Bitch Class  Breeder/Owner: Nancy Parker,  Handler: Jim Holliday, Judge: Helga Kane, Maddie’s Sire Scout & Dam Spring born @ Deep River, Photo by Kris Provenzano

GCH Deep River’s in the Limelight (Diane) Making the Cut in Smooth BOV with Owner/Handler: Jay Kim, Photos by Rie Matsuzaki

 AGILITY & OBEDIENCE NEWS:

Just took a look at the final 2010 Top 10 collie rankings in agility & obedience. Deep River owners & their collies aquitted themselves very well!  In agility stats Anne Hartranft and her girl Deep River’s Cache of Jewels CD, RN, NA  (Julie) ranked # 1 in Novice B Standard.  Kathy Weare’s daughter of CH Deep River Rotten to the Core NAP, Hi Cliff’s Ps the Lady Eve MX, ranked 3rd in Excellent A Standard.  Anne & Julie were also ranked 7th in Novice obedience, and Shirley Conley and Blade (Ceilidhs Forged at Deep River CD, RA) were 10th ranked in Open obedience.   Congratulations to everybody! 

FUN PHOTOS – SCOUT/HAYLEE LITTER:

Elizabeth Richards in OH writes:  Here are a few pics of “the Karchinator” playing with agility equipment.

Karch (a.k.a. Cognac) @ 16 weeks

Sue Klein in CA writes:

Hi Kathy and Peggy,  Well, what good is training if you don’t use it?   I decided to try to take pictures while Beltane was working with me.   Much to my surprise, he worked for me in spite of one hand with a camera, and the other NOT dispensing the ever important kibble!    Although we did get a couple of “GIVE ME THE COOKIE!” episodes!    (The teeter and Buja board were slammed repeatedly in an attempt to get me to notice that he was earning his kibble!)    Cheers, Susan

Beltane (a.k.a. Reisling) @ 15 wks.  (Scout/Haylee)

Debbie Burton brought Beltrane’s brother, Merlot, for a visit at the PBCA herding trials & Claire snapped the photos below of him @ 13 wks.  Merlot & Debbie had fun participating in the Durham APS  walk to raise money for shelter animals held Sat. 5/21.

Red Sable Girl @ 15 wks. 1st Time Seeing Sheep & 20 Ducks

19 Obedient Ducks & 1 Slow Poke – (last photo is called stop being so pushy!) 

Melissa, Darin & Gabe McClain in MN sent these photos of Jackson (a.k.a. Beau) littermate to the other puppies in this section from Scout & Haylee.

Jackson gives Gabe advice! 

PUPPY TESTING SCOUT/HAYLEE  LITTER:

The weather was finally decent enough to test Peggy’s litter of seven.  They were 8-weeks-old.  New photos of the 2 smooth girl puppies for sale to show homes also below:

Chablis @ 11 wks. 

Chablis @ 8 wks.

Sake @ 11 wks. (Keisha Barton in WA)

Sake @ 8 wks.

Beau @ 11 wks. (Melissa McClain  in MN)

Beaujolais @ 8 wks.

 Lambrusco @8 wks. (En Chang in HI) 

Cognac – a.k.a. Karch (Elizabeth Richards in OH) 

Merlot (Debbie Burton in NC)

Riesling – a.k.a. Tane (Susan Klein in CA) 

COLLIE CLUB OF AMERICA – APRIL 2011 – TULSA, OK

 Pam Brown & I drove Sat. 4/9 & Sun. 4/10 to get to Tulsa.  We arrived and met Micki Elliott – my roomie for the next 6 days.  We saw many old friends and met new ones and, of course, enjoyed watching the beautiful collie entry of over 700. 

We have a few brags for our own collies. In roughs, our sable puppy girl, Limerick’s Starlight on Deep River (Tori), placed 4th in the 6 to 9 sable class.  Thanks to Tori’s breeder Cookie Jones for allowing the 3 of us to own her!  Also in roughs, our blue girl Deep River’s Sky Blue Waters (Feather) was second in an Open Blue class of 20 – Pam & I were very happy with her placement. Both were expertly shown by Dona Williams.

Micki & I were equally proud of our co-bred tri smooth puppy, Deep River Ceilidh’s Next Top Model (Tyra), who was 2nd in a 6-9 class of 21. Tyra was also shown by Dona.  The Sandersons were thrilled as well since 8-year-old Vickie will soon share Tyra with us to play with and work with in various activities.  Also in smooths, our CH Deep River’s Bow and Arrow was 2nd in the Smooth Stud Dog class with help from his offspring CH Ceilidh Deep River Haute Couture, GCH Ceilidh’s Project Runway PT, & Pine Cone Oh My Madeline.  Scout was shown by Nick Joines and his offspring by Jay Kim, Kathy Drabik & Jim Holliday – thanks to all! 

Chanel & Diane made cuts in smooth specials class and both looked fabulous, as did Shelley, Kia, Armani & Cam – a.k.a. Charlene.  The Pattersons, Sheryl Mc., Peggy M. , & Susan C. had beautifully presented entries by Larry Patterson, Debbie Holland & Taylor Williams respectively!

I was so proud of all the Deep River collies entered in Tulsa!  I’ll post photos as soon as they’re available.

I’m all ready looking forward to the 2012 national in PA where we hope to have more beautiful conformation entries and be able to compete in herding, agility & obedience as well. This one will only be an 8 hour drive instead of this year’s 18 hours – practically local!!!

CONFORMATION NEWS:

Cordell went to his first 2 shows in OR with his new owner Leslie Rappaport of Kings Vally Collies.  He earned a major win on Sat. and a major reserve win on Sun. At 13 months, he has 9 points toward his championship!

Cordell @ 11 months

Scout went to a show yesterday (4/2) after a 2 years hiatus. He needed a warm-up for the stud dog class at the national.   He made Nancy P. & I very proud winning BOV and Herding Group 3 .  His daughter, Matti, Nancy’s sable smooth girl (Scout/Spring) was WB & BOS to her dad, and Janna’s Scout/Paris puppy, Sage, was RB.  Maddie has 13 pts. (three 4 pt. majors).  Here’s hoping she’s champion # 12 for her dad followed by many more! 

Scout was BOV again on Sun.  Patti Jackson’s Scout/Paris puppy, Stella, was WB on Sun with her sister, Janna’s, Sage, RB.

One of my favorite baby pictures of Scout below:

CH Deep River’s Bow and Arrow @ 9 weeks 

PERFORMANCE NEWS:

Susan Carbee reports that CH Deep River’s Light the Night Sky RN, PT recently earned his NADAQ Novice Standard agility title!

Rally Obedience – Our boy Charlie went to the Charlotte DTC sponsored obedience trials today 4/1/11 and yesterday for his first tries in Rally Excellent. He earned his first 2 Q’s with Claire handling.  Good boy, Charlie!

From our friend Shirley Conley in FL:  “Hope you arrived home safely from Nationals.  Just wanted to let you know Blade finished his RE title today, in addition to placing 4th in Wild Card Open and 2nd in Wild Card Novice.  Not sure if we’ll be back in Open in June/July or if we’ll try Grad Novice or if we’ll stick with Wild Card for a few more shows.  Will keep in touch and let you know when we have more brags.”

Blade
 

Leslie Rappaport & Theresa Marquardt in OR report on Cordell’s first time working with Theresa at his first herding lesson in the Pacific Northwest.  From Theresa:  “…  I had a great time with Cordell last weekend.  He is so happy and bouncy, I just love it…   I think we just need to build a little distance and get a solid stop and we should be ready for PT.  The next time Leslie and I can meet with Trudy (the trainer I work with) is in June.  I think you had said you were using a standing stop?  Did you have a word yet or was it a “clicked” behavior?  He really is on his sheep all the time and very responsive to the direction that you give him.  He did a great job of keeping the sheep together, and I don’t think we had any splitting except maybe when I first tried to send him around the sheep, after they were with me he was able to stay back enough that they didn’t split.  He definitely kept me on my toes and the sheep moving.  I did get two standing stops out of him using my body language and getting his attention.”  

 Sandee Hecht sent me an update on her two Deep River boys as well as her friend Caryn’s Deep River girl:  “Max and Harley are great!  Both of them have their CGC and TDI certifications.  We were visiting a memory care center for about a year, but it finally got too depressing for me.  Now I am looking for a new place for us to go visit.  We have been taking classes with the Charlotte Dog Training Club almost every session.  (You would think they would have their doctorates by now.)  I am now even a full fledged member of the club.  Besides the basic obedience classes:  Puppy, Beginners and Advanced Beginners, we have also taken Novice and Advanced Novice.  Max took a Pre-Agility class last year which he enjoyed a lot more than Mom, while Harley took a Rally Novice class.  This session all three of us are taking a Rally Novice class and that seems to be working out the best.  They are both having fun and Mom is enjoying it too.  Maybe one day we’ll even enter a competition???  … Caryn and Maggie are doing great too.  Maggie is also CGC and TDI certified.  I believe they are visiting and assisted living facility and participating in a children’s reading program at a library. Maggie is also CGC and TDI certified.  I believe they are visiting and assisted living facility and participating in a children’s reading program at a library… Take care and I promise to be better about updating you on the “boys.”     

Deb K. writes: 

Anna graduated Saturday from intermediate flyball class and is being promoted right into practicing with the team dogs next week!  She is a natural and loves the game! She will probably do some races in the fall.

Then Sunday (today) we went to our first sheep herding clinic and she did very well, especially her second time in. (I will send a couple of pictures when I get them on CD; right now I only have little teensy ones that I can’t enlarge.)

Her obedience is coming along very nicely, too. I just love working with her!!  Every day I think how lucky I am that you and Pam picked her out for me.

  FUN PHOTOS:

 ”Dogs are having a 4 dog night with Catherine Christianson.  From left, Chase, Chipper, Katydid and Lilly.”  Chase, Chanel’s brother, just went to his new home in MD.  His new owner, Alice Wilkenfeld, is in NY, so he and Alice’s, Lilly are staying with Catherine owner of Lilly’s sister, Katydid, and smooth boy from Bonnie Begle, Chipper.  Looks as though everyone is enjoying their visit!

From Jean Smith & Collie Rescue of the Carolinas: Our rescue has many projects going on to generate funds to pay for the collies medical cost.  We have our 2012 calendar where you can put any pet’s picture on a special date square.  The calendar would also make a great Christmas present for anyone that has pets.  You could add their picture and then give them a calendar as a present.  Our new item is the collie socks we had made and are exclusive to Collie Rescue of the Carolinas.   If interested just go to our website www.collierescue.net and click on the collie with the shopping cart. We are at 23 adoptions for the year and things have been picking up with collies coming in.  I will keep you posted and thanks everyone for all your support.

COL Ads:

Nancy P., Peggy M., Micki E. & I have 3 ads on COL this week.  Go to www.colliesonline.com to see Scout, Armani, Chanel & Mist!

FROST/FELICIA PUPPIES:

From VA – Jackie Bullock & Marty Richardson:  She is the most personable, happy go lucky, priss!!! You say show dog & she plants all four & shows up a storm!!!  Marty & I love her, blue eye and all  Thank you so much, Kathy!!  

From DE – Ellen Russell & Brudder:  Brudder went to Fisherman’s Inn, over by the Chesapeake Bay, for lunch with me today (3/2), and Conlon Hulkill took some pictures of him; he was really good on a lead, and I was happy that he didn’t try to dive in the water with the ducks!!!  Ellen

Brudder @ 10-wks. 

 PEGGY’S PUPPIES  GET THEIR FIRST BATHES @ 5 WEEKS  & NEW PHOTOS @ 7 WEEKS (SIRE- CH DEEP RIVER’S BOW & ARROW  DAM – CH DEEP RIVER’S COVER GIRL):

Sable Smooth Boy – Lambrusco 

Sable Smooth Boy – Reisling

Blue Smooth Boy – Merlot

Rough Blue Boy – Beaujolais 

Sable Rough Boy – Cognac

Sable Smooth Girl – Chablis

Sable Smooth Girl – Sake

RALLY NEWS:

Our CH Charlie RA, HSAs earned his Rally Advanced title 3/25 at the DKC trial in Raleigh with a 94.  He had one retry but otherwise was wonderful!  Here he is at the trial with Claire & me.

AGILITY NEWS:

Susan Carbee & her blue rough boy Sky (CH Deep River’s Light the Night Sky RN, PT) went to NADAQ agility trials the first weekend in March with great results!  Sky earned his Novice Tunnelers title, 1 Q on his Novice Standard title & 2 Q’s on his Novice Jumpers title. (Sire: CH Deep River’s Consider It Done  Dam: CH Deep River Karizma Highlight)

Sky

CONFORMATION NEWS:

Suzy Royd’s called to say that she and Deep River’s Visions of Sugar Plums are back at the shows. On Sat.  Suzy handled Sugar to a 4 pt. major under judge Mike Van Tassel at the California Collie Clan specialty show.  Suzy promises a picture when they arrive.  Sugar is from Pam’s & my Christmas Day litter in ’09 (Scout x Valerie).

Janna Wilkins’ Scout daughter out of her smooth girl Paris won her first points at her first 2 shows @ 7 months.  Sage is the 4th puppy from this litter to earn points!

Sage @ the Show in Raleigh (Sat. 3/26 & Sun. 3/27)

Kathy Weare’s CH Deep River’s Bad to the Bone (Astrid) was BOS to BOB at the Collie Club of Maine on Sun. under judge Betty Abbott.  (Sire – CH Deep River’s Solid Stock  Dam: HTCH CH Deep River’s Comfort & Joy CD, RE, HSAc, HSBs, HXAsd)

Astrid

Peggy Moorman’s 18-month- old sable boy,  Armani – aka CH Ceidilh’s Project Runway PT (Sire CH Deep River’s Bow & Arrow  Dam CH Deep River Westwood Glamour Girl)  earned Select points toward his Grand Championship at collie specialties in MI the first weekend of this month. Added to his three 5 pt. majors his first weekend out as a special last month, and Armani is only a few points away from his GCH!  NEWS FLASH – Armani finished his Grand Championship on Sat., 3/12 at the NY specialties handled by our good friend Taylor Williams!  At the KY shows (3/17 – 3/20) he earned one BOS and two BOV wins including one over 8 other champions.  Armani is exclusively handled by  21-year-old Taylor.

  

 

Kathy Weare & Eve (Cora’s daughter) earned their MXJ this past weekend in New England (2/16)!  We’re so proud of their accomplishment.

More wonderful news for this team – Eve double Q’d Sat. (2/19) & Q’d in Excellent Standard (Sun. 2/20). She has 5 of the required Q’s so far to earn her MX to add to her MXJ!

CONFORMATION NEWS:

Our Cordell (Deep River’s Three Chords & The Truth) earned 2 more points at the Conyers KC show in Atlanta, bringing his point total from the puppy class to 6 in 3 weekends. He was shown to this win by our friend Dona Williams. He is co-owned with Micki.  (Frost x Felicia)

Quick Candid Photos Taken 2/8/11 w/Taylor’s Help

The Pattersons called Sun. evening to say that their Charlie/Joy sable smooth daughter, GCH Deep River Divine Naughty By Nature, was BOS to BOB in some stiff competition at the Ft. Worth CC specialty that day.  What an exciting win!  (Tina promises photos soon.)

South TX CC News: The Patterson’s Shelly was BOS to BOV (major entry on Sun. & awarded Select on Sat. 

Cheryl Matlock’s tri smooth Aaron daughter (Deep River Younghaven Alliance) earned two 4 pt. majors at the same shows!  Nine-year-old Aaron is a rough sable merle and is also the sire of both Scout & Haylee.  Hooray!

Greenville, SC Shows Feb. 18-20 News: Our Scout/Giselle son, CH Armani PT, went to his first shows since he finished at 7-months; he’s now 18 months. He was BOV smooth all 3 days, earned CCA Hawkin’s points and points toward his Grand Championship each day.  He belongs to Peggy M. and co-bred by Micki E. & me!

Armani

Also at these shows three 6-month-old Scout/Paris puppies from the litter co-bred by Janna Wilkins & the Albertis earned points.  Les & Jeri’s sable smooth boy, Hunter, was WD on Fri.; their blue boy, Chip, was WD/BOW on Sat. and their sable merle sister, Stella, who belongs to Patti Jackson & her daughter (the handler) was WB Sun. Micki & I are also happy to report that on his first outing at the Central VA CC, our tri boy from this litter, Mason aka -  Spiritwind Set in Stone was reserve winners.  Way to go, and congratulations to all!!!

Mason

In addition, Sandy Symmes showed her CH Jake RN to select pts. toward his Grand Champion title on both Fri. & Sun. Jake is by Aaron out of  HTCH CH Joy CD, RE, HSAc, HSBs, HXAsd.

Jake

OBEDIENCE NEWS:

Kim Bailey emailed to say that her blue boy (Valerie’s brother) is now CH Flash CDX; Flash earned his CDX mid-Feb. We’re so happy for them!

Flash

LITTER SISTERS  (Yankee X Hannah):

Fred & CH Sparkle practice in AL at a clinic for future herding trials.

Sheryl & Kia in TX practicing for a future in agility. Kia will also be shown this spring in conformation.

PUPPY CLASS GRADUATION:

From Mary Beth in KY:  Sorry you have not heard from me in awhile but we have been having too much fun!!  Graduation from Puppy Class last night.  We start a new class next week.  Cooper loves the horses and even takes toys to the cat.  Mom is on a walker and he does great around her.  All her little friends
love him.  Mary Beth

Conner is from the litter born last August at Micki’s house in Orlando. (by CH Hobby’s Deep River Moonwind x CH Ceilidh’s Deep River Haute Couture – aka Al & Chanel)

PUPPY NEWS:

Cordell’s baby brother & sister @ 7 -weeks below

Peggy sent the photos below  yesterday of our week old litter by Scout x Haylee.

Rough Boys

Smooth Boys

Smooth Girls

MAKE A NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTION!

Collie Rescue of the Carolinas is a non-profit 501 C (3) organization dedicated to the safety and welfare of purebred rough and smooth collies.

Our collie rescue organization has been one of the most active in the country for 14 years.  In 2010 alone, CRC placed 109 previously unwanted dogs in loving homes.  The large number of collies that come to us from shelters or former owners require food & medical care provided by donations from caring collie lovers, through sales of our mechandise and from our fund-raisers.   Merchandise may be purchased online at our website.

Collie Rescue of the Carolinas needs you! To learn about CRC, please go to www.collierescue.net and then make a donation on line or donate through US mail  at the address below:

Collie Rescue
P.O. Box 5691
Winston-Salem, NC 27113
 

PROUDLY LOOKING BACK @ 2010 & FORWARD TO 2011:

If I’m forgetting any collie accomplishments for 2010, please email and let me know. I’m so very proud of our collies and all they do to bring happiness to us, including those who are wonderful pets!

AGILITY TITLES & Q’S 2010 – *Kathy W. & Eve; Anne H. & Julie; Catherine C. & Katydid; Susan C. & Sky; Joan S. &  Tanner  (*indicates bred by friends but sire, dam or both from Deep River)  

 OBEDIENCE/RALLY TITLES & Q’S 2010 – Shirley C. & Blade; Claire A./Kathy M. & Charlie; Sandy S. & Jake; Kathy M./Claire A. & Joy; Anne H. & Julie; Patti H. & Keagan

HERDING TITLES & Q’S 2010 – Peggy M. & Armani; Claire A./Kathy M. & Charlie; Claire A./Kathy M. & Joy; Micki E. & Lyric; Susan C. & Sky; Joan S. & Tanner; Kathy W. & Thorn

THERAPY DOG 2010 – Caryn G. & Maggie

CONFORMATION CHAMPIONS 2010 – (Rough AM CH’s) * Claire A./Kathy M. & Charlie;  En C. & Crystal; Micki E. & Lyric; Nancy P. & Spring; (Rough CN CH) Beth R. & Jackson; (Smooth AM CH’s) Peggy M.  & Armani; *Bev H. & Downey; Pam B. & Elvis; Pam & Roger M. & Graycee; *Michael K. & Hannah; Peggy M. & Haylee; *Louann Y. & Jazz; *Mike & Tucky V. & Moose;*Robin P./ Yvonne S. & Tasha; Larry & Tina P. & Shelley; Fred M. & Sparkle (*indicates bred by friends but sire, dam or both from Deep River)

GRAND CHAMPIONS &  SELECT PTS. – Jay K. & Diane; Larry & Tina P. & Shelley;*Robin P. /Yvonne S. & Tasha (*indicates bred by friends but sire, dam or both from Deep River)

CONFORMATION POINT WINNERS 2010 – (Roughs) * Jackie G. & Brody;  Susan C. & Cam; Micki E./Kathy M. & Cordell;  Pam B. & Feather; Kathy W. & Thorn; (Smooths) Deb. K. & Anna;*Robin P./Yvonne S. & Jacob; *Nancy P. & Maddie; Pam B./Kathy M & Navi; Micki E. & Shakira; Kathy M./Irene M. & Snow; Suzy R. & Sugar (*indicates bred by friends but sire, dam or both from Deep River)

 MAY ALL OUR Q’S & POINTS TURN INTO NEW TITLES IN 2011! 

HOW I’M SPENDING THE FIRST MONTH OF 2011:

Puppies @ 6 Weeks (1/30)

Puppies @ 4 Wks. Below (1/14)

Rough Girl

 Smooth Boy

Cordell’s baby brother & sister were 3 weeks old yesterday (1/7).  They’re getting playful!

Time to Play – Photos @ 3 Wks.

NEW CHAMPIONS:

Our little Navi is now CH Deep River’s Fleece Navidad!  Navi finished by going WB & BOW at the Greater Daytona Collie Club specialty show (1/8) under judge Joan Kefeli, ably handled by Taylor Williams. Navi is the 10th champion for her sire CH Deep River’s Bow & Arrow and our first champion for 2011. (new show photo posted when available).

 Navi @ 4 months

Our other blue smooth girl, Snow, finished her championship in Fredricksburg, VA (1/12) under judge Linda More.  She came into season yesterday!  Snow is the 5th champion out of 6 offspring for her dam, CH Deep River Kate at Deer Leap HSAsd and is the 4th champion out of 7 offspring for her sire, Frost – Deep River’s Let It Snow.  (finishing photo posted when available)

Snow @ 5-weeks (CH Deep River’s  Winter Shadows)

Micki E. & I are happy to say that our girl Shakira finished her championship on Sat., 1/22 in MD with Ellen Russell handling. She is the sable merle daughter of CH Deep River’s Bow and Arrow & CH Deep River Westwood Glamour Girl and sister to Peggy’s Armani.  She is Scout’s 11th champion offspring and Giselle’s 5th.

CH Ceilidh’s Underneath Her Clothes (Shakira @ 6 months)

MORE  SHOW NEWS:

Jackie Gingrech showed Brody, her sable merle boy, (Scout/Spring) to WD (1/14) at the Buffalo, NY show.  Brody is 15- months-old.  Not sure but think he has 6 points now. 

Brody @ 6 months

Jay Kim’s GCH Deep River in the Limelight (Diane) was BOV at the Greater Jacksonville Collie Club 1/7/11. Congrats!

Diane as a Youngster

AGILITY NEWS:

We finally took Joy to her first agility trials on Jan. 29 & 30.  Poor Claire was sick with the cough & cold going around, but was a trooper, running both Joy & her 11- year-old sheltie, Pow.  Pow Q’d in Novice Standard Preferred on Sat. with 1st place, finishing his title & also got first moved up to Open preferred on Sun. Joy hadn’t been worked since Oct., so I was worried. She had a beautiful clean run Sat. until the last obstacle where she ticked the bar, which fell.  I was very proud anyway. On Sun. she came through with a Q & 1st place in Novice Standard 20″.  We plan to go again in March to a couple of trials & this time we’ll be working her before hand!

OBEDIENCE NEWS:

Deb K. has exciting news about 12-month-old Anna!

Little Anna went to the Mason-Dixon Collie Club specialty today for Novice B. I would not normally enter such a young dog in a trial, but ya know, it was a specialty, so…….    Anyway, despite a stressed-out, error-prone handler (me!),  Anna snagged her first CD leg.

Anna below in Nov. 2010 (She’s Navi’s sister)

 

SEASONAL  PHOTOS:

Katy Harjes sent this beautiful photo of Brock (Broc-ollie) & his sheep on their ranch.  “Montana Makes Me Happy”  

In her comment on this photo, Deb K. dubbed it Brockandhisflock. 

The Cheatham’s Flurry (born Christmas Day ’09) is dreaming of Santa & is excited about new toys he might bring her for being a good puppy!

Below – Deep River’s Joie de Vive (Charlie x Joy) Enjoys the Snow in VA with Her Pals & Owner Susan Carbee

NEW CHAMPIONS:

Lyric finished on Thursday 12/2 at the first show in Savannah

CH Ceilidh Deep River A Soft Goodbye HSAs @ 3mos. (new photo will be added when available)

Lyric 10/30/10 finishing her HSAs

Yvonne Shelton & Robin Perry are thrilled that their blue smooth girl Tasha finished her championship on Sat. at the Forsyth KC in Winston-Salem – she was WB & BOW both Fri. & Sat. for her 2nd and 3rd majors handled by Nick Joines. Tasha received Select pts. toward her GCH as a move-up on Sun.  Congrats to all including breeder Lorrie McCarthy!(new photo will be posted when available)

CH L’Elephant Skyesong Dances in Moonlight  (Highcroft Fahrenheit x Deep River Victory Dance) Taha’s first major w/Joel McCarty.

Hurray for Elvis!  Pam’s boy became the first from his litter to finish in the States (yesterday 12/12) in W-S with Dona Williams handling. Elvis was WD both Sat. & Sun. for majors.  Rough sable brother, Jackson, became a Canadian CH last month!

CH Deep River Bankside Blue Christmas (new photo from Dec.) 

Fred Melnick called from the show in Jackson, MS on Sat., Dec. 18 with some exciting news. Sparkle won the 5 pt. major (her 3rd major) to complete her championship – owner handled.  This team is looking forward to performance titles in the future! 

Judge Maralyn Busse, Fred & Sparkle @ the CC of GA in Oct.

CH Deep River’s Sparkling Frost

AKC’S NEW GRAND CHAMPION TITLE:

Tina & Larry Patterson in Waco, TX called last night (12/5) to say that there CH Deep River Divine Naughty By Nature (Shelley) earned 3 BOV’s this past weekend giving her Select points (including 2 majors) toward her GCH.  I’ll post photos when available.  Shelley is a sable smooth by CH Charlie RN, HSAs out of  HTCH CH Joy CD, RE, HSAsdc, HXAsd. Tina says Shelley loves showing off  in the ring!

Jay Kim took his Top Ten #3 smooth girl, Diane (CH Deep River’s in the Limelight) to the 3 shows in Winston-Salem this weekend. In a field of 6 champions, she was BOV one day & BOS the other 2 days to different males. I believe that the entries were large enough to give her 3 major wins, if I understand the point system for GCH correctly.  We may have two sable smooth girls soon with this new title! Dec. 16 – 19, Jay showed Diane in Jackson, MS. She was BOV under Nioma & Tom Coen for two wins – not sure whether they were 4pts. or 5 pts., and BOS twice for two 5 pt. wins. If I’m calculating correctly, she now has her GCH with all majors in two consecutive weekends of shows!

GCH Deep River’s in the Limelight

Brief Explanation of Grand Champion Title:

A dog must be (1) a Champion of Record or (2) have been transferred to BOB competition based upon the owners’ records of their having completed the requirements for a CH title to be eligible for Grand Championship (GCH) competition.

The American Kennel Club requires a dog to obtain a total of 25 points with three major wins (a major win is worth three points or higher) to become a Grand Champion. The majors must be won under three different judges and at least one other judge must award some of the remaining points – so you need to win under at least four different judges. Also at least one Champion of Record must be defeated at three of these shows.

Best of Breed – BOB
Best of Opposite Sex – BOS
Select Dog – SD
Select Bitch – SB

Remember, point schedules vary by show location. If you are not at the show, make certain you get the points schedule for the event region where your dog won. Refer to the Schedule of Points.

The Grand Championship (GCH) points awarded are determined by the same divisional point schedules that are used for the calculation of championship (CH) points.

MORE CONFORMATION SHOW NEWS:

Our 9-month-old blue rough boy Cordell (Deep River’s Three Chords & the Truth) made his conformation debut this month.  Dona Williams showed him in MS to WD on Sat. & WD/BOW on Sun. for his first 4 pts.

When he got home, Cordell (who was an only child) found that he had a new brother & sister, a blue smooth & a blue rough.  See my little Christmas presents (one week old today -12/24) just below Cordell’s photo. 

Cordell @ 9 months (by Frost x Felicia)

Rough Girl (left) & Smooth Boy (right)

Smooth Boy (left) & Rough Girl (right)

Our beautiful blue smooth Deep River’s Winter Shadows (Snow) was WB Sat. (12/11) in Gettysburg, PA for 2 pts. under judge Maralyn Busse. Snow now needs 1 point to finish her championship. 

Snow w/Ellen Thanksgiving Weekend

Winston Salem turned out to be great shows for our smooth collies. Pam & I are very proud of our blue smooth girl, Navi, who was RB to Tasha on Fri. and WB/BOW for a major on Sun. Navi needs 1 pt. to finish her CH.

Deep River’s Fleece Navidad (Scout x Valerie) Photo taken in Nov. in Concord, NC.

Yvonne & Robin entered their barely 6-month-old Bogie/Tasha boys to give them some show practice. The first day, Pam Brown showed Jacob for them to WD & won the major!  The following day Jacob was RD! On Sun., Nick Joines showed Jacob’s brother, Edward, to RD. These great puppy wins plus their mom, Tasha, finishing her CH, made this a terrific weekend for them. 

Robin wrote:  I’m enclosing the hilarious pic from the day before Tasha finished when Tasha went BOW, son Jacob went WD and son Edward went RWD. We thought we’d get a family picture and boy that was a mistake.  But we love the picture anyway and we’re going to keep a copy to use as blackmail against Nick and Joel………lol.

PERFORMANCE NEWS:

From Deb Knowles:  Anna (Deep River Bankside Merry and Bright) went to an obedience match the other day and did great. I may try her in Novice at the Jan. specialty here, if I can get her out to one or two more matches before then.  Anna’s Christmas gift to me is her progress with her dumbbell training!

Anna

From Susan Carbee: Susan called yesterday to say that she had taken her collie crew to NADAQ agility trials this month. All four of her collies did well. We’re especially proud of Sky (CH Deep River’s Light the Night Sky RN, PT) for earning 2 Q’s in Tunnelers Class. Susan’s Cam (formerly Charlene – aka Deep River’s Joie de Vive) earned a Q as well; this was her first time in any agility competition. Susan says our girl is starting to grow some undercoat and hopes to have her back in the conformation ring to add to her major RB & WB/BOW/BOV major win just before losing her puppy coat.  She will also be doing more agility and some herding in 2011 along with Sky who needs one more Q on his Started Duck title & one more Q on his first AKC agility title.

Sky  & Cam 

MERRY CHRISTMAS

SNOW PHOTOS TAKEN 12/26 @ 8:00 a.m. – 6″ So Far

Four Back Fenced Yards from the Back Deck (Charlie came out to see what I was doing)

Part of the Puppy Yard & Puppy Yard Building

The Front Yard  – Two Views of the Fence Line

It’s Almost Noon & My Back Yard Street Light Is Still On!

Moon Fading & Sun Rising 12/27

GIVING THANKS AT DEEP RIVER

CONFORMATION NEWS:

Pam Brown, Nancy Parker & Fred Melnick went to Marietta, GA to the shows this past weekend and took Elvis, Navi, Mattie & Sparkle all of whom did us proud. Nancy only had Jim Holliday show Mattie at the first collie specialty where she won a 4 pt. major going WB/BOW. Mattie now has 12 pts. – all specialty majors! (Scout/Spring)

Fred showed Sparkle who won a 3 pt. major at the 2nd collie specialty and another at the Sun. all-breed show. She was RB twice as well. Sparkle now has 10 pts.! (Yankee/Hannah)

Pam’s Elvis was WD at the first specialty with Dona Williams handling and was reserve 4 other times. Our Navi was RB at both specialties and was WB, BOW & BOV over all the champions on Sat. for a 5 pt. major with Kathy Wilkins handling!

Jill Cheatham, owner of Elvis & Navi’s sister, Flurry, took a couple of candids at the shows. She & Flurry where there to cheer on Sat.

Navi was entered Sat. & Sun. in Concord, NC and was WB/BOW for 2 more points under judge Jim Noe, bringing her total to 11 pts.

Navi @ 10 months

Elvis @ 10 months

Flurry Watches Her Littermates from the Bleachers

More Show News from This Litter…

Beth Rutheford writes:

You have a new Canadian Champion! Jackson finished his championship today with a 3pt, Best of breed win over Specials and a Group 4th for an extra bonus point!! Jackson also won tonight at the Atlantic Puppy Awards a Group 4th!!!

Beth & Jackson @ 10 months (candids from the weekend)

Also from this litter, Deb Knowles tri smooth puppy, Anna, was RB 3 days out of 4 at shows in MD. 

Anna – Deep River Bankside Merry and Bright @ 7 Weeks

Deep River collies competed in TN & PA this weekend. Lyric, pictured below earning her HSAs last weekend in FL, went to TN with 10 pts. and came home with one RB & 14 pts. She was WB & BOW rough Thursday and WB, BOW & BOV over specials Sat. under Joan Kirkland for a 3 pt. major. Lyric needs one point to become a champion.  Our friend Cheryl Thompson handled Lyric to her wins.

Ceilidh’s Deep River A Soft Good Bye HSAs (14 pts., both majors)

 In PA, 14- month- old smooth girl, Shakira, was RB two days & WB/BOW for a major one day, bringing her point total to 10, with both majors. She is a litter sister to Armani, pictured below earning his PT.  She is owned by Micki and was shown this past weekend by Ellen Russell.

Shakira was entered in 3 shows in Salisbury, MD (Nov. 12, 13 & 14). She was WB & BOV over a champion for 2 more points on Sat. & Sun.

Ceilidh’s Underneath Her Clothes (12 pts., both majors)

Our blue smooth girl, Snow, was entered 3 days in MD (Nov. 10, 12 & 13) and WB/BOV on Wed. & Fri. for 2 more points giving her 9 point with 2 majors.  Our friend Ellen Russell handled the girls to their MD show wins.  

At the Thanksgiving weekend MD shows in Howard Co., Ellen handled Snow to a major RB and to her 3rd major under judge Jim Frederiksen bringing her total to 12 pts. 

Deep River’s Winter Shadows (Snow – 12 pts., 3 majors)

Yvonne & Robin had the dam of their litter born in June, back out for the first time since last spring. Tasha earned 2 more pts. at the Sun. show in Concord, NC, bringing her total to 11 pts.  Show photo will be added below when available.

HERDING NEWS:

Claire & I made  the 10 hour trek to the Collie Club of America Eastern Regional Herding Trials in St. Cloud, FL.  We stayed with Micki in Orlando and had a great time. The trial was one of the best run that we’d ever attended, started on time both days and ran very smoothly. The farm was lovely.  The sheep were nice and workable at all levels. The ducks were, well …  not so great, but nothing’s perfect.

We didn’t want to discourage Charlie on his first trial runs on ducks, so we decided not to run him. On sheep, we had some nice success though. Our collies earned 3 new titles! Claire handled Lyric for Micki & me to her 3rd HSAs Q with a 3rd place on Sat. to earn her title. Lyric also earned an insurance Q and 3rd place on Sun.  Claire & Joy earned a 3rd in HXAs also.

Claire earned a PT on both Kathy Weare’s boy Thorn and on Peggy Moorman’s boy Armani both of whom qualified both days. Micki joked that Armani earned his first Q and Claire earned his 2nd.  He was a bit woo-hoo by Sun., and Claire had to lay down the law to keep him from getting too grippy with the sheep who couldn’t wait to make it around the course and get back to be penned!  Thorn was firm but good with his sheep. Photos of all four are below, complements of our friends in Jacksonville, FL, the Smiths.

Armani – CH Ceilidh’s Project Runway PT (Scout/Giselle)

Armani provides a good example of “form following function.”  Sound structure is so important!

Thorn – Deep River’s Considerable Trouble PT (Mister/Wiggy)

Lyric – Ceilidh Deep River A Soft Goodbye HSAs (Mister/Mya)

Joy – HTCh CH Deep Deep River’s Comfort and Joy RE, HSAsdc, HXAsd (Tiger/Meadow)

Chickens Hanging Out on A Course

Yesterday and today (Nov. 6 & 7) Claire handled Charlie at the PBCA Herding Trials in Rougemont, NC  for his first two times on Started A ducks. They came home with 2 Q’s and a first place in the class each day. The second day Charlie also earned High Scoring “Anything but a Border Collie” out of 16 non-border collie entries at trial level.

CH Kitleigh Charlie Brown RN, HSAs

OBEDIENCE NEWS:

Sat., Nov. 13, at the Triangle Shetland Sheepdog Obedience Trial, I showed Joy to her 3rd Q to earn her CD. Her score was a 191.5. Claire showed Charlie for his first two tries in Advanced Rally at the Fri. & Sat. evening Rally Trials. They earned two Q’s & two firsts in Advanced B with scores of 98 both times.

Joy Was a Good Girl on Her Long Sit

Joy’s Fav, the Long Down (She dozed off during the last minute.)

Charlie Was Happy When We Told Him How Well He Did!

PUPPY MATCH NEWS:

Just received an email & photos from En Chang in HI:

 

LITTER NEWS:

Before leaving Orlando on Nov. 1, we took a few quick photos of the 3 tri-factored smooth sable boys available to good homes from our Chanel/Al litter. They are terrific little guys with lovely conformation and wonderful temperaments.  Our photos below at 11 weeks.

11/8/10 photos from Micki are on my Available Page (pups @ 12 weeks)

Boy  1

Boy 2

Boy 3

Litter news from my friend Sheryl McDonald in Texas:

Deep River Shertoms Kia has a litter of 8 pups born Oct. 31, by Dual Champion HTCH WTCH Shertoms Hardcore NAJ, NJP, RA, OFA Excellent, son of Ch. Deep River Shertom Felicia HSAs, OA, OAJ,  (now 12 yrs old).  There are 5 males, 3 females.  3 blue merle males, 2 blue merle females, 2 tri males, and 1 tri female.  Several are white factored.  Kia is working in agility and will start her show career in the spring after the puppies are grown, joining her two sisters, one of which is already a champion and the other a near champion (CH Graycee & Sparkle – 10 pts. both majors).  Kia is by Ch. Westwood Southern Yankee out of Ch. Deep River’s Early Frost (Hannah).  Corey needs one more of his kids to get a PT or above for his Performance ROM.  He has 4 so far, 3 of which are Started to Advance levels.  Hoping to find some more in this litter.

Recent Photo of Kia in the Pond

COLLIE RESCUE OF THE CAROLINAS ANNUAL REUNION

On Sat., Nov. 6, CRC held its 2010 reunion in Burlington at Findley Vue Farm.  In spite of the chilly weather, the turnout was very good, and included lots of fun, food & education!  Jean Smith and her crew did their usual excellent job. Kelly Martin did the herding instinct testing; Nancy McDonald did a grooming demonstration; and I did a collie question & answer session. Everyone brought covered dishes and hamburgers & hotdogs were on the grill. www.collierescue.net 

CRC currently needs foster homes for some very deserving collies. Foster care means providing a temporary home for a collie until he/she finds a permanent home through adoption. Please go to our website to contact Jean with an offer of help.

Chatting

Shopping

Learning

Herding

HAPPY TURKEY DAY!!!

ANNUAL FALL HARVEST MATCH @ THE WILLIAMS’ 10/9

The match this year was the most successful yet, with a collie entry of 76 & a sheltie entry that boosted the total entry into the 90′s! Chris Provensano of Provenhill Collies in NJ was the judge.  Chris had a very long day! Perfectly decorated as usual and a huge assortment of covered dishes and goodies, the Williams & friends did a terrific hosting job.  I’m not sure how many people were there, but at least 50 attended from as far away as NY, IA, IN, PA, OH, FL, TN, GA & MD. Of course, NC, SC & VA were also well represented! We had a terrific time and saw many beautiful puppies!!!

Decorations

George Is Ready for Halloween! “Give me the candy, or the pumpkin gets it!”

Micki brought our 2-month-old Al/Chanel litter up. I was so excited to see them! The little blue girl below placed 3rd in a 2 to 4 month puppy class of 26 little girls! Micki & I are keeping the tri girl.  

Two of the 5 Sable Smooth Boys – the boy on the left was 3rd in a class of 13. Ours were the youngest puppies entered, & they had a blast!

The first 4 of these boys (8 wks.) are from Chanel’s litter, the tri boy  is from Janna Wilkin’s litter sired by Scout out of her Paris (10 wks.), & the puppy boy who’s next in line, going behind his handler Nancy Parker, is from Chanel’s litter. The rest of the class is behind Nancy. Needless to say, there was very little walking on lead!!!

Some Very Sleepy Babies! 

Below, Janna’s Beautiful 10-Week-Old Scout/Paris Babies Relaxing – 2 Sable Merle Girls & a Tri Boy in Photo #1 & All 3 Sable Merle Girls in Photo #2.  Les & Jeri Alberti Have the Blue Girl, the Blue Boy & the Sable Merle Boy from This Litter.

The co-breeders of Janna’s (Spiritwind) Scout/Paris litter Les & Jerri Alberti (HawkEire) were unable to attend the match due to a horse show commitment, but they sent photos of the rest of this beautiful litter. Their 3 littermates are pictured below.

Hunter & Chip

 Summer

Yvonne & Robin Brought Their Pretty 4- Month-Olds Edward & Bella  from Their Bogie/Tasha Litter.  Bella placed 3rd in a Large 4 to 6 Month Class and now belongs to Colleen Van Geldren in KY.  Tri girl Esme & cyrptic merle boy Jacob are available from this litter of 9.  See Available Page. 

Edward

Yvonne Showing Edward in 4 to 6 Month Class

FINALLY!

The weather is feeling seasonable.  We’re in the 50′s at night and the 70′s during the day. I hope this is the end of the extreme heat!!!

FALL PHOTOS:

Angie Roesch sent me this wonderful recent photo on facebook of her 13-year-old Deep River’s Out of the Ashes ONYX, CD, OA, OAJ, HIC, CGC (Phoenix) In her younger days, Phoenix was a Fly Ball star. She’s an amazing oldster enjoying a fall weather romp!

Two Puppies from Chanel’s Litter Celebrate Fall @ Deep River (9 wks. -old)

CONFORMATION SHOW NEWS:

Nancy Parker’s Mattie (Scout/Spring) went to the Collie Club of KY Oct. 23 & 24 and won two 4pt. majors under Lee Runnels & Joe Koehler. Congratulations!!! 

Mattie @ 8 Weeks

 Also @ the KY specialties, Fred Melnick & Sparkle (Yankee/Hannah) was RB to Mattie on Sat. Way to go!

Sparkle @ 10 Weeks

Suzy Royds & Deep River’s Visions of Sugar Plums below winning Best Puppy @ the San Gabriel CC  show in Southern CA.

 Beth Rutherford writes: Jackson got 2 more points this weekend with a Best of Breed win on Saturday. He’s now on 9 points and only needs one more to finish his championship!

I am entering him at the PEI shows at the end of the month, as he will be competing in the Atlantic Top Dog awards in the Puppy classes as all Puppy Group winners in all of the maritime provinces are invited to attend. So it should be a fun time and hopefully we’ll come home with a new canadian champion!

Jackson (litter brother to Anna below & Sugar Plum above)

Deb Knowles is so proud of her tri smooth puppy Anna from Scout/Valerie Christmas litter.  Deb bought this puppy in hopes of adding a UD obedience collie to her other UD dogs. She thought Anna was so cute that she’d try her in conformation also. Her first two shows earned her a 5 pt. RB.  So Deb entered Anna in one show this weekend – Sun. in Northern VA and came away with WB/BOW/BOS from the 9 to 12 puppy class.  Anna – a.k.a. Deep River Bankside Merry and Bright  is the 5th pointed puppy from this litter! Pam & I are very proud of them all!

Anna – “Are We There Yet?”  

Anna – “In the Ring, at Last”

Performance News:

Susan Carbee took her boy, Sky, to his first agility trials this weekend in New Hill, NC.  I went over on Sat. to cheer them on and to have Joy & Charlie measured for agility in 2011. Sky competed in both Novice Standard & Jumpers Preferred. His Standard run looked wonderful except for a tick on the second to last bar. In Jumpers he placed 3rd.

Kathy Weare took Eve to agility trials this past Sun. in New England & earned Q’s in both Open Standard & Jumpers 

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Litter News:

Micki Elliott and I have a litter of 11 puppies from the beautiful sable merle Scout daughter and national specialty Award of Merrit winner CH Ceildh’s Deep River Haute Couture (Chanel) by Lise Chaplain & John Hobby’s tri boy CH Hobby’s Deep River Moonwind (Al).  I saw the litter, born at Micki’s house in Orlando,  for the first time on 10/8 and took  photos of the little ones to post (see pups below their parents). The breakdown is 6 boys & 5 girls: 5 smooth sable boys, 1 rough sable boy, 1 smooth blue girl, 2 sable merle girls (1 rough & 1 smooth) & 2 tri girls (1 rough & 1 smooth). See mom & dad below.

Chanel @ the 2010 National 

Al - Winning Best Puppy in Sweepstakes CCGA

Chanel’s Puppies @ 8-Weeks

Puppies in this litter spoken for as of 10/18 are smallest smooth sable boy (not pictured), sable smooth boy #4,  tri rough girl,  blue smooth girl,  sable merle rough girl, sable merle smooth girl, sable rough boy & tri smooth girl (pictured in match photo section above).

Available puppies are sable smooth boys #’s 1, 2 & 3.

Smooth Sable Boy #1 (Available)

Rough Sable Boy

Blue Smooth Girl

Sable Smooth Boys #2 & #3 (Available)

Tri Rough Girl

Sable Smooth Boy #4

Sable Merle Rough Girl  

Sable Merle Smooth Girl

PERFORMANCE NEWS:

Herding:

Claire took our Joy up to the AKC trials 9/18 & 19 in Berryville, VA.  Joy & Claire qualified both days on B Course sheep to earn the last 2 Q’s on her first B Course title! Today, Sun., Joy earned 3rd place there were 14 entered in the class - Claire says she thinks there were 12 or 13 who actually ran Sun.

HTCh CH Deep River’s Comfort and Joy RE, HSAsdc, HIAs, HXAsd, HSBs

 Obedience & Rally: 

Our sable rough boy, Charlie, went to Raleigh shows with Claire in Novice B Rally on 9-2 & 3.  Charlie had one Q already (100) and earned his other two with a 94 & a 98 to get his Rally Novice title.

CH Kitleigh Charlie Brown RN, HSAs (Southland Bardstown x Shekinah Deep River Siren)

Charlie is working toward his Advanced & Excellent Rally titles, his CD, his Started A duck title & Intermediate A sheep title, his Novice Agility titles, and will begin carting training this fall.  He loves staying busy!

Patti Haire entered her boy, Keegan, for his first competition of any type (Patti’s first also) in Raleigh in Rally Novice A.  The pair earned an RN title in 3 tries with scores of 89, 95 & 88! 

Deep River Moy Keegan RN (Deep River Younghaven Alliance x CH Deep River Westwood Glamour Girl)

Co-owner, Claire, took Joy to Raleigh (9-2 & 3) in Novice B and got the first two legs on her CD with a 188.5 & a 190.5.  With 4 lidocaine patches and some anti-inflammatories for my back, I took her myself on 9-6.  We were working on 3rd place when Joy watched a Weimaraner in the group sits lie down. She thought about it for a bit and decided that he looked pretty comfy, so during the last 15 sec. she did it too!  I wanted to tan her little hide! 

HTCh CH Deep River’s Comfort and Joy RE, HSAsdc, HIAs, HXAsd, HTD1s, HTAD3sd, HRD3s, RLF3s doing her favorite obedience exercise… 

Agility:

Kathy W. called from the MA agility trial on Sun. 9-5 to tell me that Cora’s daughter, Eve, had done a terrific job and earned her Excellent Standard title with a 1st place. Kathy & Eve also earned another Q in Excellent Jumpers and now need only 3 more Q’s for her Masters title!  At a trial on 9/25 after earning another Excellent Jumpers Q, Eve twisted something in one of her front legs landing after the last jump. She’s on rest and meds now, and we wish her a speedy recovery! 

Joan S. & Tanner also attended the MA agility trial on Sun. Here’s what Joan has to say about this smooth sable clown:

Just a quick note to tell you (in case you didn’t see it on Facebook) that Tanner finished his Novice Standard title at the same trials Eve and Kathy were entered.  Both runs were just awesome!  Both clean runs, 2 first places and 20 seconds under course times. We moved up to Open on Monday-it was a really cool morning-Tanner was all wound up-got a major case of the Zoomies-his score sheet should just have said YAHOO-LOL it had a slew of letters-he had a marvelous time-we did finish it with a lot of extra obstacles he added himself-it just made me laugh-I love watching a dog have so much fun.  Got some really nice compliments on how confident and athletic he is and really in his element.  Somehow he managed to get out of the RV on the first day and made his way to the hospitality tent; I was working in one of the rings and got paged to come claim him-he was happily draped in the lap of one of the host club members.  He must have gotten the “social butterfly” gene from Uncle Josh.  Tanner has enough titles to earn his AWCA VC title-I’ve sent in copies of his titles to get the point slips and get it in the works-what a good boy!

Tanner

CONFORMATION NEWS:

Our friend Jackie Gingerich took her Scout/Spring sable merle rough boy to the Nigara Falls shows in NY. Brody was WD & BOW for another owner-handled point from 9-12 puppy class.

Jackie & Brody

Pam Brown’s 8- month-old Elvis  (Deep River Bankside Blue Christmas) was also at the Raleigh shows and was BOW  everyday to bring his total to 9 pts.  He’ll be looking for major entries from now on! Below are 2 photos of Elvis from his first shows in Greensboro last month.

Pam & Elvis

Dona & Elvis

Beth from Nova Scotia wries about Elvis’ sable rough brother for the weekend of 9/11 & 12:  Jackson picked up 5 points this weekend, 2 on Sat. winning Best of Breed, and 3 today winning Best of Breed, a Group 4th and Best Puppy in Group! Not too shabby for his second weekend out! He is now on 7 pts and only needs 3 more to be a Canadian CH.

He was handled today by my friend Brian Stevens of Bannerstone Collies, as he did not want to bait for me at all! (He was too interested in the pretty shepherds behind him). I got a picture of his group win, I’ll send it when I get it back! 

Deep River Let It Be Christmas (Jackson) @ 8 months

Another littermate, Deep River Bankside Snow Flurries, has recently finished handling classes with her owner Jill Cheatham of GA. Jill & Tim sent this photo of their pretty little girl.

GLAD NEWS:

My friend Sheryl McDonald bought a puppy from Yvonne Shelton & Robin Perry’s Bogie/Tasha litter.  Georgia arrived in TX last Tues. Tom, Sheryl’s husband sent this email along with photos below to us:

“Sheryl’s is at a herding trial today. Georgia is doing great. What a pup! The life of the party. She’s fitting very well with the others and has adapted very quickly. Here are some pictures I took the last couple of days.”

Georgia in Leander, TX

Robin & Yvonne have 3 girls & a boy left to place from this litter of 9. See my Available page & scroll down to the past couple of months blogs to see photos. They also ran an ad this week with recent photos & a click-on pedigree at www.colliesonline.com

SAD NEWS:

My CA friend, Sue Klein, sent a beautiful, sad note. Her beloved boy  Rowan  passed away.  He was 13 years & 7 months old. Sue & Rowan are the most “decorated” team from Deep River. I know she told me once that he had over 40 certificates & titles! He was a terrific boy who loved to do things with Sue. She put every title on him herself, and he was her first competition dog! He was just shy of earning his MACH  when he injured his back.

Rowan nagged Sue to do something at age 12 until she started taking him to Freestyle class. She sent me the most wonderful DVD of their dance routine! Rowan and his sister, my Hillary who passed away a few months ago, are dancing together at the Rainbow bridge.  See the note from Susan after Rowan’s photos below.

NATCH, CH DEEP RIVER KARIZMA ROWAN UD, RAE, MX, MXJ, HSAS (and many more)

Sue & Rowan Winning (MVC) Most Versatile Collie in Show @ CCA 2006 National in Boise, ID 

Dear Kathy,

Rowan danced his last dance this weekend.   I knew it was time to say goodbye, when on his last day, he said, “I wish I could, but I am just not able anymore.”

 Thank you for giving me Rowan.   He was not what I thought I wanted.   But he turned out to be exactly what I needed.   Not as an obedience prospect, although he was quite good at that.   But as my companion.   His enthusiasm for life and the world, led me to meet people, go places and do things that I perhaps wouldn’t have considered without him.    More than just my dog, he became my teammate.    His willingness to do and try anything, just because it was with me, was astounding.

 Rowan and I were so lucky that our last year together became a celebration of being a team.  We discovered the greatest joy in his life, Freestyle.   And I discovered how much heart he really had, watching him endure a failing body, yet still joyfully put everything he had into dancing with me.

 Until the very end, he never stopped being interested in what I was doing and wanting to participate.   And he never stopped happily greeting people.   I will greatly miss my shadow and buddy.

 Thank you,

Susan and Rowan

 NATCh CH U-CD Deep River Karizma’s Rowan ASCA-CD UD RAE MX MXJ HSAs CGC AAD RM JM SCH TT

NEW CHAMPION & CONFORMATION NEWS:

Nancy Parker called yesterday to say that Spring is now CH Pine Cone Mountain Spring O’Deep River.  Spring went to the 3 shows in Greenville, SC this past weekend and won her second major on Fri. and her 3rd major on Sun., Aug. 1, with Joel McCarty handling. Spring’s sable smooth daughter by Scout, Mattie, was entered 2 days at these shows in puppy class and earned her 3rd reserve to a 5 pt. major.

Spring (CH Mister x CH Wiggy CD, RE, HSAsdc, HIAs)

Kathy Weare’s tri rough boy Thorn (Deep River’s Considerable Trouble) Spring’s litter brother, earned a total of 5 points at the shows in Salem, VA.  He was BOS  over a special one day,  BOV over 2 specials one day, and BOW the other 3 days.  This brings Thorn’s total points to seven. News from the Greensboro shows: Thorn minored out on Fri. (8-20) at the shows. He has 9 pts. and will be staying at Deep River until the major entries come back in October. I took a few photos on Fri. when I attended the show. My flash was acting up, so too dark, but…

Thorn on 8/20 in Greensboro

Thorn @ His 1st Match (age – 3 mos.) June ’08

Pam & I entered our blue rough girl Deep River’s Sky Blue Waters in Greensboro. She had never been shown before, is out of coat & was just getting her feet wet. But she was a little trooper, relaxed & happy! She was RB 3 days &  WB one day for her first point.

Feather @ Her 1st Shows

More from Our Christmas Litter:

Pam’s blue smooth boy Deep River Bankside Blue Christmas had a terrific first set of shows in Greensboro. Elvis was WD every day & BOW every day but one for a total of 5 pts.  There was Best Puppy competition 3 days. Elvis earned a Puppy Herding Group 3, 1 & 2! (CH Deep River’s Bow & Arrow x CH Deep River’s Shock Value RN, HSAd)

Elvis @ 5 mos.

Suzy Royds in CA took Elvis’ sister, Deep River’s Visions of Sugar Plums, (Scout & Valerie) to her first show on Sat. in Torence, CA (8/14).  Suzy handled her to a 2 pt. win & BOV over a special! 

Sugar Plum @ Her 1st Show

Sugar Plum @ 4 months

My blue smooth girl Navi (Deep River’s Fleece Navidad), sister to Elvis & Sugar Plum, went to her first shows in Atlanta this past weekend. She earned 2 pts. Sat. & 2 pts. Sun. (8-28 & 29) from the 6 to 9 month class with our friend Dona Williams handling.

Navi @ 5 months

Very good news from Michaele Kilpatrick & Bev Hirt again this month! Last month they fininshed their blue smooth girl, Downey (CH Appelbo’s Thistledown), and the first day of this month they finished her tri sister, Hannah.  Michaele writes:

Announcing “CH” Appelbo’s Follow Me Home, aka Hannah.  She finished in style going BOW at Bald Eagle KC with a 4 pt. major… all points from the Bred by Exhibitor class, which makes Bev and me tripley proud.  Not too shabby for Victor & Lace, 4  CH’S.  (CH Deep River’s Shadow of Victory x CH Kirkhaven’s Deep River of Lace)

Hannah @ 8 weeks

PERFORMANCE NEWS:  

Catherine Christianson writes: This was Katydid’s very first agility trial! She did beautifully; fast, enthusiastic, and she earned three Qs – pretty darn good for her very first trial!  I will send you a DVD.

Katydid’s first agility trial:
 
NADAC Sanctioned Agility Trial
Co-hosted by Kinder-Pup, Inc. and Team Pawzazz
Hidden Springs Stable, Lothian Maryland
July 31, 2010
 
Regular 1 – Novice – Q-10/1st place - 4.41 YPS
Regular 2 – Novice – Q-10/1st place - 3.62 YPS
Jumpers – Novice – Q-10/2nd place - 5.28 YPS
Tunnelers – Novice - NQ*/6th place - 6.06 YPS
 
*She would have earned a Q, but I got lost on the course and we missed one tunnel, but her speed was great!

Katydid (CH Tapestry Southwynd x Deep River’s Theme Song)w/Her Friend Chipper – Catherine titled this:

AMERICAN GOTHIC

More agility news from Maine’s  Kathy Weare & her Eve. Eve (see photo in July News below) was 2nd in Excellent Standard & Q’d in Excellent Jumpers w/Weaves  on Sun., Aug. 29.

If you liked American Gothic (above) here’s another cute smooth collie pic:

Pam & Roger M. sent Luna’s “Aren’t I Pretty” photo. Maybe she’s gazing at herself thinking, “Mirror, mirror, on the wall…”

PUPPIES AVAILABLE:

Yvonne Shelton & Robin Perry have puppies to place from their linebred Deep River litter. They are keeping Edward.  Nessie has gone to her new home. Rosalie will go to her new home this week, but there are 6 little darlings available to show, performance and/or pet homes (5 girls & 1 boy – all smooth blues & tris). There are 2 available that look like tris but have small merle areas (called cryptic merles).  These babies have been eye checked, puppy aptitude tested, & herding instinct tested. New photos below taken 8/14.  More of each puppy are available.  A different photo of each is on my Available Page.  To see additional photos of any pup taken on 8/14, contact  saint1213@aol.com. Scroll down through July & June blogs to see earlier photos. To contact Yvonne & Robin, email rlp@carolina.rr.com or yshelton@carolina.rr.com   

Alice (photos taken 8/14)

 Bella

Esme 

Jacob (cryptic merle)

NEWS ABOUT CHRISTMAS DAY ’09 PUPPIES:

The Scout/Valerie puppies that were 6-months-old on June 25, continue to make us proud! 

In addition to being a “quick study” with her obedience training, Debbie Knowles tri smooth girl Anna (Deep River Bankside Merry & Bright) went to her first 2 shows. Ellen Russell showed Anna to a major reserve on Sun., July 4, in Bel Alton, MD. 

Anna @ Her 1st Show – Scoping Out the Ring!

Showing Is Fun & You Get to Run Around!

Debbie Knowles writes about 6-month-old Anna’s obedience progress:

“Tonight was graduation from Intermediate obedience class.  She can heel with attention, walk on loose leash on both sides with attention, do a recall with front, get into heel position from almost anywhere, do a drop while moving, do a sit while moving, do a stand while moving, do a sit stay with all the handlers across the room (like in Novice), do a down stay the same way, do a down via hand signal at the end of a six-foot leash, hold a stay while handlers parade out of the room briefly (precursor to out of sight stays), and seemingly a bazillion other obedience things — amidst distractions.  Oh! – and walk on a loose lead and IGNORE dog biscuits scattered around on the floor!  (The dogs got to be released to eat the biscuits after that one. LOL)  She is so much fun!  We start Advanced next week, and I can hardly wait.  ”

Anna’s litter brother Jackson (Deep River’s Let It Be Christmas) had his first shows in June (see June blog). Beth received some candid photos taken at the shows and sent them to me yesterday (7/25): 

Scroll down to this month’s conformation news to see Beth’s 8-year-old smooth champion & her 8-year-old Junior Showmanship partner!

Jackson  went to a herding instinct test July 11 and passed handily!  Happy owner Beth Rutherford writes:

“Jackson passed his herding instinct with flying colors today. I got some pictures and will send when I download them to my computer. (see photos below 7/26/10) I still haven’t gotten my show pics yet, so I’ll have to email those people and see what the hold up is! Anyway, the judge was Stacey Helsel from Florida, I believe, and she has Australian Cattle dogs. She was very impressed with him for his age and said he was a very nice puppy and we should continue herding with him!”

Jackson @ 6 months (Instinct Test)

MORE PERFORMANCE NEWS:

Shirley Conley in FL writes:

“Just a brag to add to the webpage.  Blade ended 2009 as the #2 collie in Novice obedience.” 

Blade is by Deep River Younghaven Alliance (Aaron) out of CH Deep River Westwood Glamour Girl (Giselle).  He is a littermate to last month’s new champion Haylee.  Best of luck to Shirley & Blade in Open obedience!

News Flash from Shirley:  …We managed to get our first leg in Open A.  Unfortunately my handling pulled our score down to 189.5, so I’ve lots for me to work on to keep up with my awesome monkeyboy   We’ve got our state tournament coming up in September, so I’ll be focusing more on Utility to get ready for that, then hopefully in October we’ll have our next titling event, and we’ll be back in the Open ring.

Anne Hartranft reports on Julie’s progress:

Julie achieved her Novice Agility standard title at only our second AKC trial.  Received a 3rd place and 2nd place at LEAP Agility in May, and then a 1st place at Albany Obedience Club in July.  Also at Albany Julie got 1st place in Novice B Jumpers, and qualified in Novice B FAST (unfortunately no FAST placement because she goofed her weave pole entry which cost us too many seconds & points).   This collie is fast and focused out on the course….a serious performer.  Wish she would hold her sit-stay’s better at start line to give me a chance to get a head start!!!!  We’re working on it.  News Flash! Julie won a 1st in Novice B Preferred at the RI trials on 7/25. 

MY BOY CORDELL:

Claire’s sheltie friend, Kaela and her friend Anthony came up from New Orleans for a visit with Claire. Kaela took the photos below of my boy Cordell (Frost x Felicia). The photos were taken July 10 and Cordell will be 5-months-old on July 18. Thanks, Kaela!  (Deep River’s Three Chords & the Truth)

You sheep better move – I’m right behind you!

Nice try with the stare down & stomping!

My Glamour Shot!

MORE CONFORMATION NEWS:

Beth writes about her Crystal (CH Southland’s Bowen Island ROM x CH Deep River’s Songcatcher ROM)

BPIS Can Ch. Wyndlair Oak Island Treasure TT ( who you are the co-breeder on) with her junior handling pal Cassidy Bonnell who is 8 years old. She and Crystal Qualified for the Nova Scotia Junior Handling Provincial finals and came 2nd in their class! Not too shabby for their first finals ever!  

Cassidy & Crystal (You Go Girls!)

Kathy W. is also proud of her tri rough boy Thorn (Deep River’s Considerable Trouble) who won his first 2 points at Kenilworth KC this past weekend.

Thorn @ 7- Months

Our good friend Bev Hirt from MD emailed to say that her blue smooth girl Downey won the major in Bel Alton on Sat., July 3 to become a champion!  Downey is by CH Deep River’s Shadow of Victory out of CH Kirkhaven Deep River of Lace.  She is the 3rd from her litter to finish.

Downey @ 7-weeks

 Fred Melnick & Sparkle are moving right along toward a championship title.  This team earned WB, BOW & BOV at Meri-Miss KC.

Nancy Parker emailed to say that Scout/Spring sable merle rough boy Brody who was WD at the CCof AL on Mon. of Memorial Day weekend (see below) went to his first shows in NY with new owner Jackie Gingerich and was WD at the Sun. Genesee Valley KC show.

Nancy Parker reports that Brody’s mom, Spring (Pine Cone Deep River Mountain Spring)  won 2pts. this past weekend (7/23 & 24) at shows in PA. Spring is a litter sister to Kathy Weare’s Thorn pictured above.

Spring Pictured in April Coming into Coat

SAD NEW & GLAD NEWS:

My friend Hunter Bretzius writes:

Just wanted you to know we lost our Blue recently. He would have been 13 if he had lived to July 31.  Blue was a wonderful companion for all those years and we loved him very much. Obviously he had some very good genes!
As I look back at his papers, there are a number of Deep River Collies in his background: Blueberry, Leap of Faith, Blackberry Tea, Blue Satin Slippers, Gift of the Magi.
Pim is doing great and is also a wonderful friend. He’s happy as can be and has a great life as Jim’s sidekick. Of course, we think he is the most beautiful dog in the world! He will be four this August — hard to believe!
I hope you are doing well. We’ve bookmarked your Website and check occasionally to read your successes. They are all such beautiful dogs!
We’re going to stick with just one dog for now, but I hope I’ll have another Collie in the future — and I hope it is a Deep River one!

Blue @ Age 12-Years

Pim a.k.a. – CH Deep River’s Watch Captain – Taken @ Sunrise

MANY THANKS!

Thanks to everyone who sent beautiful cards and emails during the past week.  My dad, Jack Van Leur, passed away on July 2 at age 84.  After nearly 10 years cancer free, he was diagnosed in June with liver cancer. I was fortunate to be able to spend time with him in my hometown of Louisville, KY just before he died. My brother and I were with him when the time came, and my mom and sister had just been with him earlier – it was sudden and mercifully quick. Services were held on Thurs., July 8, at Southeast Christian Church. My mom & dad celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary Dec. 30 of last year. 

VISITING YVONNE, ROBIN & THE BOGIE/TASHA PUPPIES:

Dona, Taylor & I visited with Yvonn & Robin and got a first look at their litter of 9 babies. They’re 6-weeks-old and very cute! They’re the ones pictured at 2-weeks in the June blog below.

 Blue Boy (Edward)

Blue Boy &  Tri Girl (Georgia)

Blue Girl (Rosalie)

Rosalie & Jacob (he’s a cryptic blue rather than a tri - note blue on head & above left leg)

Alice

Bella

Renee

Group Shot (We love dinner time!)