Deep River Collies

CONFORMATION NEWS:

CCA National:  At the last minute, I got the opportunity to fly out to Los Angeles  for part of the Collie Club of America National compliments of my good friend Mickie Elliott!  Wed., Mar. 24 started off splendidly with Dona Williams handling Peggy Moorman’s 6-month-old Armani to 1st in a class of 14 smooth puppy dogs under judge Bill Holbrook.  Mickie & I are his co-breeders (read about his previous weekend’s specialty majors below).  He looked beautiful and made us all proud!  Jay Kim’s CH Deep River’s in the Limelight (Diane) was presented beautifully in the Top 20 Invitational on Wed. evening by Nick Joines.  Diane was #3 smooth in the country for 2009, owner handled to specialty wins & 22 Herding Group placements, including multiple Group I’s. I had to leave the show Fri. before smooth champions showed, but Mickie’s CH Ceilidh’s Deep River Haute Couture  (Chanel) did us proud as well under judge Carl Williford by earning one of 7 smooth Award of Merits out of a huge smooth specials class!  Mickie’s, Shakira (6-9), & Tina & Larry Patterson’s, Shelley (9-12), looked wonderful in the ring as well and received many  compliments from ringside.

Dona & Chanel Just Before Ring Time in CA

 Armani (from ringside in CA)

All-Breed Shows:  I arrived home from the national at 1:00 a.m. Sat. and went to the show in Raleigh!  I showed Susan Carbee’s sable rough puppy Deep River’s Joie de Vive (by Charlie x Joy).  We managed WB, BOW & BOV over 3 champions to earn a 3 pt. major under judge Robert Frost.  Susan had a great weekend in rally obedience with her blue rough boy Sky also. See Performance News below!  

9-12 Class – 1st Major

Mickie had our co-breed tri rough girl, Lyric – Ceilidh Deep River Soft  Good-Bye PT, JHD entered & shown by Frank Jewett. Lyric earned two reserves and one 2 pt. win to bring her total toward her championship to 8 pts., one major.   

Lyric @ 4 months – will replace with show photo when available.

Specialty Shows: Two of the 6-month-old puppies from Mickie Elliott’s co-bred Scout/Giselle litter (CH Deep River’s Bow and Arrow x CH Deep River Westwood Glamour Girl) went to their first shows last weekend – the first weekend in March.  Our friend Dona Williams took Mickie’s sable merle smooth girl Ceilidh’s Underneath Her Clothes (Shakira) and Peggy Moorman’s sable smooth boy Ceilidh’s Project Runway (Armani) to the Greater Brighton, Midwest & Toledo collie specialty shows. Both came home with major reserves, but best of all, Shakira came home with 6 pts., including a 4 pt. major under judge Danny Cardoza, and Armani came home with 9 pts. in the form of a 5 pt. major under the judge above and a 4 pt. major under judge Sandy Thompson.  We are so proud of these beautiful puppies and their sire & dam! Mickie has for sale a lovely smooth litter brother to these pups named Versaci. Her email address is  pomicha@aol.com.

In addition to the above wins at these shows, Scout’s sable merle daughter CH Ceilidh’s Deep River Haute Couture  (Chanel) was BOS to BOB under judge Anita Stelter.  We love that other collie-breeder judges appreciate our Scout kids!

Shakira After Her Trip

Armani Relaxes at Home Prior to His Trip

MATCH NEWS:  Beth Rutherford & Joan Archibald of Nova Scotia took their new Scout/Valerie rough sable boy, Jackson, to his first match this past weekend.  Here’s  Beth’s report -

Jackson is growing and is doing great!! He went to his first fun match last Sunday and won a Group 1st and was runner up for Best in Match!

I can’t wait to get him in the real ring! He is such a trooper! What an attitude on him, its so great!! I will send you some pictures of him at handling class in another email.

Jackson

PERFORMANCE NEWS:

Susan Carbee earned a Rally Novice title on her CH Deep River’s Light the Night Sky PT at the shows in Raleigh with two 3rd placement 98’s.  I just lost Sky’s  beloved dam, Hillary, to a stroke at age 13. 

Sky  & Susan (Photo from yesterday)

Proud owner Shirley Conley reports that her Aaron/Giselle smooth sable boy, Blade, was #1 in Novice B obedience rankings in Collie Expressions Magazine with an average score of 196!  How cool is that!  Blade is a 3/4 brother to Armani & Shakira – same mom bred to Scout’s sire, Aaron, 2 years ago.

 Kathy Weare handled her blue rough girl, Eve, to a 2nd place and her AXJ (Agility Excellent title) this past Sat. (3/13 & 14) in New England and to a 1st place and her OA (Open Standard title) on Sun. Eve is a daughter of CH Deep River’s Rotten to the Core NAP (Cora).

PUPPY NEWS:

On Feb. 18, Felecia had 2 blue babies sired by Frost.  The little girl was stillborn, but our rough baby boy below was alive and well. He is now 5-weeks-old. I took this photos of him yesterday.  He’s quite a little character! 

Pictured @ 5 wks. 

Pictured @ 4 wks.

All of the Scout/Valerie Christmas Day puppies are in their new homes.  Congratulations  to the following new owners on their new pups:

*Michael & Constance McCloskey of CO on rough sable boy Deep River Bankside Reindeer Games (Rudy)

*Beth Rutheford & Joan Archibald of Nova Scotia, CN on rough sable boy Deep River’s Let It Be Christmas (Jackson) 

*Jonathan & Pam Ellis of MA on smooth sable boy  Deep River Bankside Ewe-L Tide (Ty)

*Mark & Shirley Baunach of NC on rough tri boy Deep River’s Dash Away All (Dash)

*Wendy Scott & Sandy Taccone of DE on blue smooth boy Deep River Bankside The Winter’s Tail (Findley)

*Pam Brown (co-breeder) on blue smooth boy Deep River Bankside Blue Christmas (Elvis)

*Debbie Knowles of MD on smooth tri girl Deep River Bankside Merry and Bright (Anna)

*Suzy Royds of CA on smooth blue girl Deep River’s Visions of Sugar Plums (Plum)

*Tom & Jill Cheatham of GA on sable rough girl Deep River Bankside Snow Flurries (Flurry)

*I’m keeping blue smooth girl Deep River’s Fleece Navidad (Navi)

SAD NEWS AT DEEP RIVER:

Yesterday (3/17) my 13-year-old girl Hillary  had a stroke.  Claire helped me get her to SAH where she passed away. She was a wonderful, sweet girl who only had 4 offspring. Her blue rough sons Connor, Sky & Bright all finished their championships, and Sky has herding titles also. Her sable rough daughter Glory is the dam of  two rough and one smooth champion. Diane, Glory’s smooth daughter, was #3 conformation smooth collie in the country last year.  I miss my old girl so much already!

CH Deep River Karizma Highlight (Hillary) @ age 18 months