http://bordercollies.omegan.org Dedicated to breeding Border Collies true to the breed's original form and function Fri, 16 Jul 2010 22:00:22 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en While I have been struggling with my website to post new pictures, I finally found a round about way to put new pictures up.  There are new pictures on Pirate, Tori, Chance, and Charleys' pages, so go check them out! http://bordercollies.omegan.org/2010/07/04/new-pictures/ Chance's owner Kathleen met us in Cortez, CO for three days of dog shows put on by the Durango Kennel Club, May 21-23.  The first day there was no class competition, the second day he got very excited by all the other dogs in the ring and was being silly, ... http://bordercollies.omegan.org/2010/05/24/chances-first-point/ Chance earned two new ASCA titles this past weekend, his Started Trial Dog on ducks, and his Open Trial Dog on sheep.  Everytime we turn around this boy has a new herding title!  Way to go Kathleen and Chance!  Hopefully we will be bragging on some conformation wins for this ... http://bordercollies.omegan.org/2010/05/19/chance-is-at-it-again/ On April 24th and 25th, I had the pleasure of attending the All-Breed Herding Trial put on by my own Buckhorn Valley Kennel Club.  The most wonderful part of the trial was watching Charley win 1st place and Reserve High in Trial on the Started A Course, with a score ... http://bordercollies.omegan.org/2010/05/09/charley-earns-his-hsas/ On Saturday, April 10, Chance finished his HXAs title at the Border Collie Club of Greater Los Angeles trial in Leona Valley, CA (at TASK Farms).  He also got a second HSBs leg, and an HXAd leg.  Way to go Chance and Kathleen!  Did we mention that this boy isn't ... http://bordercollies.omegan.org/2010/04/19/another-herding-title-for-chance/ We are planning a litter out of Layla this year, so stay tuned for updates!  We are still in the process of picking out a stud dog, but we have high hopes for this litter!  We will post an official litter announcement page once we have decided on a stud.   ... http://bordercollies.omegan.org/2010/04/01/ridgeback-litter-planned/ Layla gained the final point for her Championship at the Bismarck, ND shows on August 1, 2009.  A huge THANK YOU goes out to her breeder Alice Caplinger for handling Layla for 14/15 of her points, and for letting us have such a wonderful girl in our lives.  Layla will ... http://bordercollies.omegan.org/2009/08/25/new-champion/ Shadow and I competed for the last time in Rally, at my home show, the Buckhorn Valley Kennel Club.  Shadow did wonderfully, getting a 98 for 1st place (in a large Excellent B class!) on Saturday and a 94 on Sunday.  He is now "officially" retired from competition at age ... http://bordercollies.omegan.org/2009/06/29/new-rally-excellent-title/ Layla is taking her sweet time in picking up points for her Championship, and this past weekend she took two more baby steps toward her title.  She took Winners Bitch both days at the Heart of Iowa Kennel Club shows in Marshalltown, IA for two more points.  This brings her ... http://bordercollies.omegan.org/2009/04/29/one-step-at-a-time/ I have just added a page announcing our litter plans for Summer 2009.  Sadie will be bred to CH Deansgrove Traveling Scot.  We are extremely excited about this litter! http://bordercollies.omegan.org/2009/03/15/litter-planned-summer-2009/