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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 [...]
CONFORMATION NEWS: 3 NEW CHAMPIONS FOR THE FIRST WEEKEND IN JUNE & THE FIRST OF OUR CHRISTMAS DAY PUPPIES WINS AT HIS DEBUTE SHOWS THE LAST WEEKEND IN JUNE!
Our boy Charlie became CH Kitleigh Charlie Brown HSAs winning a 3rd major this weekend in Charlottesville, VA on Sun. Claire & I appreciate Dona & Taylor Williams for taking Charlie [...]
CONFORMATION NEWS:
Fred Melnick called yesterday 5/16 to say that he had taken his blue smooth girl, Sparkle, to shows in Perry, GA where she earned 2 more points.
Sparkle (in April)
Our sable rough boy, Charlie, earned a Herding Started title (HSAs) a couple of weeks ago. He just went to his first conformation shows this past weekend [...]
CONFORMATION NEWS:
En Chang sent Pam & I good news. Her blue rough girl Crystal is now CH Deep River’s Snow Fall at Blackpoint earning her third major - 5 pts. at the CCof HI specialty show this past weekend. Crystal is co-breeder Pam’s first homebred champion! Congratulations, ladies! Sire: Deep River’s Let It Snow CGC, RL1 [...]
Pam B. & I spent Christmas Day whelping puppies – 6:00 a.m. until 6:15 p.m. Valerie (CH Deep River’s Shock Value, RN, HSAd) had a litter of 10 puppies by Scout (CH Deep River’s Bow & Arrow). Mother & babies are all doing fine! We have 6 boys & 4 girls; 6 smooths & 4 [...]
CONFORMATION IN DEC.
Yvonne Shelton & Robin Perry report good news for Bogie & Tasha, but sad news for 2 of their rescues!
Bitter Sweet
Two weeks ago we had to put Emma down (10 yr old AmStaff). Yesterday morning we had to put Trinity, our nearly 17 year old rescue collie, down.
In the midst of this Tasha [...]
On Wed., Nov. 25, I drove down to Travelers Rest, SC to visit Nancy Parker & help her evaluate her litter (by CH Deep River’s Bow and Arrow x Pine Cone Deep River Mountain Spring). We had a great visit, and I had lots of fun cuddling and playing with puppies! I got home Sat. afternoon [...]
Micky Elliott asked me to come to Orlando for a visit to relax and help evaluate her litter of four by CH Deep River’s Bow & Arrow (Scout) x CH Deep River Westwood Glamour Girl (Giselle). Photos of the 4 puppies are below (one smooth girl & three boys – 1 rough & 2 smooth). To [...]
Gail with Paige & Maeline with Isis – Sunnybank 2007
I’m so sad to report that my friend, Maeleine Loos (Rocking Horse Farm in Bedminster, NJ) passed away on September 30. She succumbed to brain cancer at home with friends and her beloved collies by her side (Mandy, her rescue sable rough girl and Isis, her [...]
A Story for Young People Sponsored by Gastonia East Rotary
Story by Jim Bretzuis & Illustration by Hunter Bretzuis
Featuring their 3-year-old sable merle smooth Collie, Pim, aka CH Deep River’s Watch Captain
Tuesday, September 8, 2009 The Gaston Gazette, 1C
Pim’s two favorite things to play with were his big red ball and his tug-o-war rope. He loved [...]
Monique Williams & her 8-year-old tri tough boy, Bandit, earned at 99 out of 100 giving Bandit his Rally Novice title. Scroll down to June News to see their first place last month! Bandit is by CH Kirkhaven Knight Ruler x CH Deep River Younghaven Snow ‘N Ice ROM. Shirley Conley recently missed High in [...]
My close friend and herding instructor, Claire Apple, has an additional talent. Claire has a degree in graphic design and is an accomplished artist. She is offering original collie artwork in watercolor – generic or from the client’s personal photos. Please go to Claire’s page on the Navigation Bar to the right to see samples and [...]
Our collies have been to a few shows this past month with some exciting results!
Jay Kim has piloted his CH Deep River’s in the Limelight (Diane) to 10 Herding Group placements so far this year! Way to go Jay & Diane! Diane’s record to date is one Group 1; two Group 2’s; four Group [...]
Ballots for CCA members are out! If you are a member, please vote “yes” for a revision to include the NORMAL, HEALTHY, BEAUTIFUL sable merle in the Standard!
To read the latest merle gene research, please go to Colliesonline.com to read the Feature article ”The Coat of Many Colors” by yours truly with lots of help [...]
We had fun this past weekend at the local herding trials in Sanford, NC! Deep River was well represented by Charlie, Sky, Kate & Moose. Among them, they earned 3 new titles! Charlie is now Kitleigh Charlie Brown PT; Sky is now CH Deep River’s Light the Night Sky PT, JHD & Kate is now [...]
We’re looking forward to the CCA national in Springfield, MA starting with the Herding Trials on April 4 & 5. Deep River will be well represented in performance & conformation! We have entries in herding, agility, obedience, rally & breed. And our Scout will be presented at the Top 20 Invitational as the #1 Smooth [...]
We had a good weekend in Raleigh. We showed in Rally Obedience 3 days and in conformation 2 days. Peggy Moorman’s girl Haylee (Deep River’s Cover Girl) was WB & BOW from BBE class for two points both days bringing her point total to 10. We also showed Peggy’s barely 6-month-old Graycee (Deep River’s Meloncollie Baby [...]
Joan Scialdone & her wonderful boy Tanner (Deep River’s Chasing Shadows) made us oh so proud again on Sat., March 14. If you scroll down two blogs, you’ll see that Tanner went to his first AKC agility trial and was 1st in his JWW class a week ago yesterday. Sat. he and Joan went to an [...]
Deep River is proud to introduce our new boy, Charlie! He’s 14 months old & comes to us compliments of Judy & Mike Pitt of Kitleigh Collies. Charlie is by Southland’s Bardstown x Deep River Shekinah Siren. We adore Charlie for his lovely face, his intelligence, his soundness, wonderful temperament and excellent herding potential! Claire Apple & I [...]