The Collie National is over until next year. While we didn’t come home with new titles, our collies made us so proud! With over 650 collies entered, any wins at the National are a huge honor, and our collies didn’t disappoint!
Nolan’s class was early on Wednesday morning. Our 18 month old puppy stepped into the ring with my daughter and looked like a seasoned show dog. He moved gracefully around the ring, and didn’t set a paw wrong. Nolan won 1st place in his class, and we could not be more proud of our boy. We received so many compliments on him, people came up to our grooming area asking to meet him.
Wednesday afternoon was our puppy Morgan’s turn to shine. She was entered in the very competitive 9 - 12 month rough sable puppy class. With 14 beautiful puppies entered, it was a quality packed class! Morgan did not get awarded a ribbon, but she looked beautiful and handled her first National with confidence and lots of sass! Her sass is courtesy of her Mom, Peyton. (In the video below you can see Morgan and Rosie)
On Thursday our beautiful Rosie stepped into the ring. She has this sweet, soft expression and moves so well, it wasn’t a surprise when the judge awarded her 2nd place in her class. Rosie and Morgan share the same Sire and they are very similar. Rosie is 3 years old, so she has a beautiful adult coat.
Nolan got to go back into the ring with his Sire, Noah, for the rough stud dog class. This is a fun class to watch, along with the Brood Bitch class, as the collies are judged by the offspring they produce. As it’s a family affair, they are shown with 2 or more of their “get.” We love Noah so much, and are so proud of his son, Nolan, that we bred our ZuZu to him. Noah is the sire of the puppies from our recent litter.
It was a fun and exciting week, and we can’t wait to see how our collies do in the upcoming Spring shows. Hopefully we will have some more exciting announcements soon!
