What's new!

new photos added - taken today when we woke up to quite a lot of snow!

Wow what a day at Barking Mad show today! I hadn't entered a dog, so just went along to see dogs/handlers that I train and see how they are doing....of course lovely to bump into so many friends that I hadn't seen for a while too :-)
Usually I just write up club stuff on our training page, but today was such an amazing day - it can go on my news!! For more 'in-depth' news and photos see our training results page!
So...Congratulations to...
Sarah and Maya 1st G1 agility (Maya is a Lab so extra well done for beating all those collies!) Julie and Betty 1st small G1 agility, Cliff and Dallas 1st G5 agility,

2nd places for Ali and Sykes, Sarah and Max (times 2!), Mel and Conker and Kim and Cerys,

3rd places for Ali and Flex (times 2!)and for Vicki and Tulullah......

I do hope I haven't missed anyone off - what a super day :-) Well Done everyone!

Tassies hip score back already - 5:5, am pleased with that :-)

This is Jaff (Katyweasels dad!) pictured after winning his class at a Sheepdog Trial recently, clever dog :-)
We can see KW has inherited his ears!

New page added for Tassie :-) I will get some better photos soon too ;)



Buzz, Tassie and Rocky (Wren/Kodi) at a year old :-) Such beautiful young dogs and lovely to have them all for some training!

Some new pics of these three on the Wren/Kodi litter page too :-)

I know - it's a 'collie dog' website really.... but this kitten is so cute! She has gone from this....

....to this! 12 weeks old and growing up. Last year we had 6 x 7 week old pups and the christmas tree was fine...this year we have 1 very small (just about 1 kilo now!) kitten and the Christmas tree is not going to last! What fun she is, Bali adores her (as does Katy!) even Flea plays with her a bit, before remembering that large silver persian types do NOT play, they sit and look down their noses at everyone ;) Fab kitten, just brilliant!

Updated pictures on the new photos page :-)
Congratulations to Charlotte and Pink, who qualified for the prestigious UKA finals - and came 2nd in the jumping, and 6th overall! Well Done! You two have had a fabulous year, am quite sure next year will be lots of fun :-)

A few pics of Katyweasel at her first competition - thanks Martin and Sam for the photos :)

Meet Spider, she is a little rescue kitten that we have just taken in, she was rescued along with her mother and 5 other kittens, when the babies were about a week old. When I saw the tortie kittens I just knew we would have one! I love tortie and white cats, so many many thanks to my friend Donna, firstly for rescuing them all, and then for letting me pick from the 3 tort/white babies! She is tiny, we forget how very little kittens are, compared to chunky collie pups at the same age! She is very cuddly, and loves to just curl up next to us, bless her :-)

5th November - Happy 1st Birthday to our beautiful babies! One year ago today Wren gave birth to six beautiful puppies, by Kodi, new photos on their litter page and thank you so much to every single 'puppy' owner for your kind words/photos, so that we could update this page! :-) Happy Birthday my beautiful puppies, from all of us here xxx

Huge Congratulations to Charlotte and Pink (A Aurora) for winning the YKC Agility Dog of the Year Heat, and so qualify for Crufts 2012 :D Just a fantastic achievement, we are all very proud!

A new page added!

New pics on the new photos page, and a couple of new photos of Chewy too!

News on the show results and training results pages :-)

Slight change of plan for our 'planned litter' next year - I think I have spoken to everyone who has booked a puppy - if I have missed you please email for an update! :-)

News from Charlotte and Pink - following a 2nd in Agility last weekend, Charlotte and Pink had another G3 Jumping 2nd place, followed by a G3 Agility WIN today at RVA!! So pleased for you Charlotte, and Pink is amazing :D So it's G4 now for you, am sure you will do just great!
That's Pink, Max, Phoenix and Chewy all G4 for next year now :-)) Clever ''puppies''!

Some new pics :-)

Almost the end of the Agility season :(
We, again, have missed so much due to work/injury - to us and our dogs - but still have done very well whenever we have actually got out to a show :-)

Sarah/Max and Deana/Gem were recently in their ProPlan final - so sorry we couldn't be there, but I was judging at another show! Gem had faults but Max ran clear and came 2nd :D Fantastic, well done! He also had a 2nd in G4 Agility too - super day :-)


The Alpha final was held at the weekend - we had Chewy and Max qualified for this - sadly Chewy couoldn't run, as she has just had an Op on a dew claw which she cut rather badly :( Max ran really well, picking up 5faults on his A Frame (unlike him! Think he got a little excited lol) but had a super time and also managed to win C1-5 'Touch and Go' (a power and speed course) - clever boy!

Happy 6th Birthday to our beautiful Teal :-)

Here she is enjoying a game of fetch!

Ever felt like someone is watching you?.......

Laser Pairs Final 23/08/11

We will never be able to thank Sarah enough - I knew they would do well, I didn't think they would win it!

An incredible achievement, 32 pairs running in a knockout final, so 5 heats to win to be the eventual winners - all 32 pairs were good dogs that could have won another day - but this day was for ''our girls'' :D

5 fast double clears (so not one mistake from anyone!) meant that this year it was Wiz and Teal who bought home the trophies - Sarah declared a intention to fill hers with wine and drink the lot - haven't seen her since so perhaps she did!

Wiz and Teal really are the very best of friends too, which makes this win that little bit more special to us too :-)

Becca with Wiz, and Sarah with Teal - WINNERS of the Laser Pairs Knock Out Final 2011 :-)))
CONGRATULATIONS!!

A good weeks work for Phoenix!

Have added some short videos of our dogs weaving :-) They were taken a few weeks ago, happy to say that Chewys weaves have improved and she is pretty reliable just now! Katys are about the same - due to me not being able to train her at the moment! Take a look at our Videos page :-)

A slight change of pace - I had entered both Katyweasel and Wren into their Silver (KW) and Gold (Wren) KCGCDS awards today, but after a bit of an accident last weekend, (my Kneecap V's Wiz and Chewy running flat out - no guesses who lost that one!) it looked like I would have to pull them out :-(
However, thanks to some help from Becca on the road walks, we took the tests, and both girls passed comfortably :-)
This injury has put me out of agility for the next month or so (effectively finished the season), I am extremely lucky that Sarah (Max) has agreed to handle Teal for me next week in the pairs final, and thanks to Jenny for allowing a change of handler too :-) I am sure Sarah will do a fab job, and can't thank her enough for doing it!
Meanwhile I sit around being grumpy....

Diane and Phoenix have finished their week at agility - with an astonishing 5 wins, 2 x 2nds and 3 x 3rds!! Wow :-) Don't think G4 will hold these two very long - brilliant stuff Di, we are so pleased for you!
Still with a couple of shows in G3 too, bet he has a few more trophies before you get into 4!
At the KC International this weekend, Deana and Gem had their first G3 classes, and came 2nd in the Jumping, Charlotte and Pink had a 9th in G3 Jumping, and Sarah and Max had a 6th and 11th in G3 Jumping classes - Well Done!

Update to the training results page, now work has eased off a bit I can try and catch up on news!

Also - Phoenix continues to FLY!! A 1st in G3 Jumping today, and then 1st in G3 Agility too! This follows a 3rd in each again on Sunday (after his win!), he really does seem to have found his stride! He has a while in G3 yet so we will watch with interest!

Sunday 7th August - another G3 win for Diane and Phoenix and now he is G4 too! Didn't think it would take very long, many Congratulations to you both :-)) Go Golden boy!!

our beautiful 'Bryning' girls - Teal (B Time to Shine) and Wren (B Goldfinch)

6th August - another G3 Jumping win for Diane and Phoenix! Well Done - one more win and he will be G4 :-) Brilliant, so exciting!

Agility news - Sarah and Max win G3 agility and Max joins his sister Chewy in G4! Congratulations, some healthy, good natured competition brewing here lol ;-)
Also Congratulations to Diane and Phoenix, 1st and 2nd in G3 Jumping classes this weekend, what clever gorgeous litter brothers :-)

Katys' CEA/CH DNA results are back and she is a carrier. This means we will have to choose a DNA clear dog if we decide to breed from her.

Agility news - Deana and Gem (A Atlanta, Wren/Bond) win Grade 2 Agility at Rugby show to move up into Grade 3 :-)) Huge Congratulations to you, G3 look out! They also had a 2nd in the Jumping, so a very good day!

More test results for Katy - she is CL clear too :-)

Chewy over the last jump of the C1-3 Agility class - 1st place and grade 4 now :-)

Test results back - Katyweasel is TNS clear :-))
Very good news, but it's the CEA test that is making me chew my nails a bit! With untested (DNA) parents (although they have been eye exaimined and are un-affected themselves) she could still be a carrier or even affected (as both parents could be carriers). Two to three weeks to wait and see!

Little Em (Wren/Kodi) at 8 months - such a pretty girl! It was lovely to see her and Rocky playing together on Sunday at the show, although mommy Wren was the 'fun police' a bit! Em is very like Kodi, although her little face is all Wren! - and boy she can move! Lovely to see how pleased Trev is with her, she is just delicious :-) Also the gorgeous Cola (Wren/Bond) - beautiful girl! She is a golden Chewy, they are so similar!

9th/10th July
An amazing weekend :-)
Saturday agility - Teal looked back on form and came 2nd in the g7 agility, Wren ran quite well and came 2nd in g4 agility too ;) Sam and Martin bought Rocky up to the show to watch - he was brilliant, just loved it all!
Lisa took Tassie to a dog show and came home with a 2nd and a 3rd - clever pretty girl Tass!
Sunday - was just amazing, for us and for people/dogs we train with too - Wren won g4 agility so is now g5, Chewy won g3 agility so is now g4, Teal won g7 Jumping and was brilliantly perfect again - so nice to see, it has been a battle to get her confident again after the Crufts injury - she looked pretty good this weekend though :-) also came 3rd in 4-7 jumping with Becca taking the safe way round once or twice, what a good day for us but there was much much more.....
Deana and Gem won g2 jumping - this pair are just so good!
Sarah and Max came 3rd in the Alpha qualifier and so have qualified for that final too :-))
Jennie and Cola had a clear round too - lots to do yet but Cola is so exciting - I was so proud I didn't know quite where to put myself lol
Sam and Martin brought Rocky up again - and today he met up with sister Em for the first time since they left us - was super to see them playing together! They are quite different, Rocky takes after Wren and Em favours Kodi, but still alike enough that you would know they were brother and sister!
Martin took some pics so hopefully will have some nice ones of Wren and Chewy running :-)
Well Done everyone - also lots of wins added to our training results page too!

Oh my, what a week for 'our babies'!
Firstly, Sam and Rocky passed their Bronze Good Citizen - Well Done! Rocky is Sam and Martins' first dog, and they are really doing fantastic with him! We have first hand knowledge of just how well, as he has been staying with us this weekend, and is an absolute pleasure to have :-)
Then I heard from Rosalind that she had taken both the Bronze and Silver tests with Pip - and had passed them both! Well Done to you too - what brilliant news from litter brothers in the same week! Very proud of you all, these pups are so clever and love to learn :D
Then to Agility this weekend - and the most wonderful news from Charlotte, she and Pink won G3 Jumping today! Congratulations to you both, they have a wonderful partnership and Pink tries so hard in everything for Charlotte, we are so very proud of them!

A huge thank you to all 'our puppy' owners - we have been incredibly lucky that they have all found such lovely homes!

Fantastic weekend for 'Aviary' agility results! At RVA, Charlotte and Pink had a superb weekend - Pink won Junior Jumping Saturday, and again on Sunday, and also had 2nd in G3 Jumping and 4th in G3 Agility!
At Golden Valley - Sarah and Max also had a brilliant weekend - on Saturday they won the Starters Agility Challenge heat - the first heat for NEXT years final! Also had a 3rd in Agility too, and on Sunday they won the Pro Plan Agility heat, so have qualified for this final too, and they won the C1-2 Jumping as well!!
WOW - we are so proud of these young dogs, you are all doing so well with them! Not bad for 'show dogs' we say lol

Agility news, Becca and Teal made the Champ final at Thames - very well done to them both! Charlotte and Pink cam 3rd in G3 Agility at Thames - brilliant stuff! Congratulations, don't think it will be long before you get a win :-)

Lisa took Tassie (Wren/Kodi) for her Bronze Good Citizen test, and passed paw perfect :D Well Done both of you!

14th June
Happy 10th Birthday to our beautiful little Tan :-) We simply adore this little dog!

'Home' news - Katyweasels hip and elbow scores are back, elbows are 0:0, hips 3:4, very pleased with these :-)

More Agility news - at JDA show, Pink (A Aurora, Wren/Bond)and Charlotte have been having a wonderful week! Lots and lots of top ten places (so many Charlotte got in a muddle telling me!) in Jumping and Agility classes, some of them G3, some C3-5! They also made the C3-5 final today, am so excited for this partnership :-)
Also at JDA show - Sarah and Max (A Adonis, Wren/Bond) had another G2 Agility win - this time by an astonishing 5.3 seconds!! I could hardly believe the times in front of us lol Congratulations Sarah, just amazing :-)

Agility news! Sarah and Max (A.Adonis, Wren/Bond) have their first show in G2, and WIN the Agility Club Starters heat! Therefore, not only winning immediately into G3 but also qualifying for the final :-) Huge Congratulations to you Sarah, he truly is Maxamillion!
Deana and Gem (also their first weekend in G2) came 2nd in the Pro-Plan Starters Challenge - and qualified for that final too! How exciting are these two?! Just fantastic results, we are very proud and will definitely be there to cheer you both on :-)

Pink (A Aurora) and Charlotte entered their first KC show this weekend, and did themselves proud! A 5th in Agility and a 6th in the Jumping! Huge Congratulations, clever girls :D

Katys' page gets new photos, and so does our 'front' page :)
Diane and Phoenix had a 2nd in G3 Jumping - his first trophy so very special!! Am quite sure it will have lots of company soon :-)
Deana and Gem won G1 Jumping again at Leamington show -
Well Done to you all!

Agility News!!!
Deana and Gem win G1 Agility and so into G2 - WOW! What a fantastic pair you are, this is just the beginning :-)

Here is the very handsome (and very well behaved!) Pip (Wren/Kodi) who has come to stay for his holiday :-) He is an absolute star, settled right in, plays like mad with Chewy and Katyweasel, and beautifully mannered around his mother, Tealy and Tantan! He is super pup, a real credit to his owners Rosalind and Peter, we are enjoying his company very much :-)

Wren, leaving the pipe tunnel in her winning G3 Agility run :-)

Photo by Nick Ridley

24th April - Sarah and Max (A.Adonis, Wren/Bond) enter their first ever KC show, three clears and they come home G2! WooooHoooo :-) Amazing results - 1st G1-3 Jumping, 1st G1-3 Agility and 6th combined 1-6 Jumping :O
Huge Congratulations, you are both fantastic - we all knew you could do it, look out G2!
Also our own update to the show results page :-)

Rocky (Wren/Kodi) at 5 months showing off his beautiful colouring! Just like Wren at this age :-)

Tassie (Wren/Kodi) at 5 months - very pretty girl :-)

Four Wren/Bond 'puppies'!
L to R; Aviary Aphrodite (Cola) A. Atlantis (Chewy) A. Adonis (Max) and A. Atlanta (Gem) just 2 years old :-)

2nd/3rd April
Another really good day spent training with Mark and Karen Laker :-) Everyone seemed to be having a good time, and I have had loads of positive feedback again! From a personal point of view, our girls all worked well and we had a thoroughly enjoyable day :-)
Sunday, another long day of training - some morning obedience practise (lol) and then a couple of hours instructing in the afternoon. All very enjoyable, with keen, interested people, but phew - another very busy weekend!

I think someone else dug this hole and pushed Pip in - don't you?

We had a very handsome visitor last week! The gorgeous Rocky (along with Sam and Martin of course!) came to say hello :-)
He really is a stunning pup, lovely bone and type - a fantastic colour and a super happy, bouncy boy too! We were delighted that he seemed as pleased to see us as we were to see him again ;-) Thanks again Sam and Martin it was lovely to see you all xx

Em showing some very pretty shading in her coat :-)

23rd March
Happy 2nd Birthday to the Wren/Bond litter! Chewy, Phoenix, Cola, Gem, Pink and Max :-)
We had a lovely birthday walk in the sunshine today, with some friends, pics added to March photos page!

Chewy - 2 today!

New Page added for Phoenix! Delighted to say he passed his eye test today, and can now be offered at very limited stud - to suitable, fully health tested bitches only of course! *Please note*- Phoenix does NOT live here, he lives with, and is owned by, Diane!

19th March
Congratulations again to Max and Sarah, for winning two classes today! An Agility and a Steeplechase, think it was just a pole down in his jumping class - come on Sarah, 3/3 is getting closer! You can do it :-)
Also Huge Congratulations to Gem and Deana, who came 2nd to Max and Sarah in the agility :-)
Am looking forward to the Border Collie Club show tomorrow, no dogs with me but hopefully will see Phoenix running :D Camera is definitely coming too!

Teal at Crufts

Many thanks to Chris Barrett for letting me use this video. Teal is the 3rd dog in. If you watch closely you will see her lose her back legs between 1 & 2, she obviously hits the floor between 2 & 3, she then loses her back end again after 3, and between 4 & 5 clearly changes stride and is trying to be very careful :-( Right now, I am not sure if I will try and qualify again to be honest, my initial reaction is not to put her in this situation again - Tan and I qualified several times in the singles competition, but I never dreamed of taking that mad little dog due to the floor surface - but Teal has coped very well before so I will have a think and decide later on :-)
PS Teal is actually 'Bry-ning' Time to Shine, not 'Brinning!' lol

Crufts! Not a good one for us (competing wise) but never mind! I liked the course but it seemed to run hard for the big fast dogs, Teal was slipping badly (and some were worse than her, poor dogs) and we got eliminated :(
Our little poodly partner Misiu had done a very nice clear round, and was last seen doing interviews for a new large dog partner!!
Also
Mark (Laker) and Kodi did a fantastic few rounds in the Championship, and finished in 2nd place :-) Congratulations to you both! Kodi simply flew round and looked absolutely brilliant :-)
Crufts is always a good time here, win or lose, and this year was no exception - a good weekend with great friends staying over, lots of fun and a fair amount of giggling, also got some really good training done :-)

7th March, Happy Birthday Pickle! I fell in love with this dog the moment I saw a photo of this dark brown litle dot,newborn and barely dry - I had to have her and have adored her ever since, crazy little dog, she is so much fun! Many thanks to Nat (Bryning Border Collies) for letting us have her :-)

Tassie (Aviary Pyrotechnic, Wren X Kodi) at 15 weeks :-) Beautiful girl, thanks to Lisa for the picture

14th feb..... I was in our vets last week, when I saw a notice about a little rabbit that had been found running about......near a busy road.......no-one came forward to claim the little soul......So.....
Meet Flip!!
Lol, how could we not take him, we have the room, the time and he will hopefully be friends with Harry and Summer, and in time be able live with them too :-) Bali has already decided she loves him, and has washed his face (not sure what he really thought of that, but he was very polite and sat still for her lol)
He seems very sweet, he is quite tame and easy to handle (so far!) His claws need clipping tomorrow and hopefully he won't mind too much ;)
He had a skin condition which the vets have treated, his fur will grow back and he will soon look as good as new again.

5th Nov - puppies are here!! 4 boys and 2 girls :-) See their new page for more details.