How do you choose?

Someone asked why we chose Beckham as the sire of our next litter.  There were a few reasons, all equally important.  First, we have been carefully developing our own line of collies.  Although not closely related, Beckham comes from the same lines as Peyton’s sire, Damit.  And Beckham is also the sire of our beautiful rough, Rosie, so his and Peyton’s puppies will tie our future pedigrees together.  So not only were we carefully planning this litter on paper, we wanted to choose a stud dog that produced healthy puppies with beautiful expressions and lovely coats.  Beckham was fully health tested, like Peyton, and also has his championship title.  

Peyton as a puppy 

We haven’t had a litter in so long, we kept delaying while we focused on earning titles with our collies.  But it was finally time, and after carefully researching pedigrees, looking at the results of the health testing  of possible stud dogs, we narrowed down our list to three stud dogs.  What made my final decision was Rosie herself.  I just love her sweet, beautiful expression and gentle temperament.  So we discussed this with Beckham’s owner, and she immediately agreed that it would be a lovely breeding.

I wasn’t sure if I was even going to share this news on our blog until after the puppies arrived. But we are so excited, I just couldn’t wait any longer.  Peyton is due around June 27th, so the countdown has begun, 25 days to go!  

On this short video you can see one of the puppy’s heart beating in the center of the video.