Despite the heatwave, these boys managed to disturb the hens, find a tantalizing chunk of wood & run, run, run! Sandy is available to discerning folk who desire excellence! Click here to peruse his perfect testing! 

Why I block certain inquiries: a view from the other side of the coin. I recently had occasion to block an enquirer from the Good Dog platform. It seems I erred & blocked a potential great home, though one never knows. In this day and age of fraud, scams & various and sundry undermining. I do my very best to police my platform, I place 5% of my Collies through Good Dog's applicants (according to the weekly performance insights I'm provided by Good Dog). And I cull out loads of inquiries per day. The absolute LAST thing I desire for my dogs, is for them to be purchased by a broker and sent to an auction, a high-end pet store and/or worse. I look for an alchemy. Certain questions which are asked in a certain way, response and reply times etc..etc...these things (and more) often compel me to simply block a potential buyer. If it takes someone days to respond to me after they've made an inquiry, I'm going to deem that very person unlikely to respond to my dog's needs. Right? Check out these dog auction links. Know that auctions are happening as I write this.

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Another dog auction link...
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A few other Collie-folk that I've bounced this issue off of have stated that my job is "to sell the merchandise". Fortunately, this is not a job for me, it pays in the negative and my average time-allotment in placing an entire litter exceeds one year! I'm a total failure! Thank goodness! I've produced a lifetime total of 4 Collie litters & my next litter is planned for 2026.

My pups are born in my home and are a part of my life to the nth degree. Older dogs whom I purchased as breeding prospects are no less important to me. I need to be assured that I'm placing my dogs in like-minded, holistic, entire, mature, responsible homes with the fiscal capability of handling a veterinary emergency etc..& the physical energy and wherewithal to handle exercising a Collie. 

I would be shattered to find a dog of mine living in a crate in a garage. Or being auctioned, pet-stored or anything else.  I have a great gut instinct & I'm going to honor her. If I err. I also have a great lawyer. 

The videos below show Wiggi and Paloma
& Mini-Me and Z

With Mini moving to MN, I thought I would try out a jacket on her! 

Z, an atypical blue merle boy, has just moulted. Normally, his hair is as big as his mom's. Bleu, well...what can we say about the stunning Miss Bleu? She has given us 2 litters...& I have retained Z as a classic representative of my Collie vision. Bleu & Z are dream-dogs.

I may breed a Fox litter in 2026. If you'd like to be placed on the puppy list, just email me! Fox has perfect testing, click here to review it. In addition, Fox is (as you can see) PERFECTION. Puppies will be priced from $3500.00
I named Foxfire after the absolutely fabulous books by the same name on Appalachia (arts, crafts, heritage in general etc...). Really cool & the manner in which these books came to fruition is even more cool (if that's possible). Click here to go to the Foxfire book site.

FiFi's sire is a paternal sibling to Mini's dam. Therefore, we have cousins a-frolic! Are they adorable or what?!! Silly girls!

Its hard to believe that Wiggi is still available! Nowhere can there be found a more majestic and cool guy than The Wig. His one wretched habit of mounting any and all other dogs, must be the reason. Big, sweet, loving, regal and staggeringly lovely! To a perfect home only!

Available as a companion or as a fantastic breeding prospect.

Mini-Me is moving to MN! Congratulations A. & family!!!