Exciting news! (Part 1)

 While we haven’t been writing, we have been very busy!  I’m not even sure where to begin, so let’s start where we left off in June.

In June my two seniors, both over 12 years old, earned a new title.  Both Scarlett and Ryder took the advanced Canine Good Citizen test, and passed!  I wasn’t really surprised, because they are both amazingly good dogs, always willing to do whatever I ask of them, without hesitation.  But then again, they are collies, and are bred with that inherent drive to please their human that makes them so successful as a working/herding breed.  What made these titles so treasured by me is that these two collies, both over 12 years old, are still able to learn new things and earn new titles as seniors.  

Ryder

For the collie breed, there is a rich documented history.  Each year the Collie Club of America publishes the Collie Yearbook.  And in the Yearbook are all the titles the American collies have earned that year.  It honors their accomplishments, and provides a nice remembrance after they leave us.  I am fascinated by the collies of the past, and all the breeders and famous collies who helped to develop this breed I love so much.  I’m constantly reading old collie magazines, old yearbooks, and researching old pedigrees, as it paints a picture of how my own line of collies was created.  So when my collies earn new titles, any new titles, I know they will become a part of the carefully preserved history of the collie breed, and maybe some day, someone will be reading about them…and they will be remembered.

Scarlett