davenlochcollies

2009

October 9 - NEWS FLASH!!!! We are honoured to be hosting Southland's Lexington here at Davenloch through March of 2010!!!! Lex is standing at stud here, to approved bitches only. This outstanding tri boy is TIGHTLY linebred on Am Ch. Southland's Bowen Island ROM, and we can't thank Mike Cheatham of Southland Collies enough for sharing Lex with us for this period of time! Here he is!!!!! His pedigree is available on our Upcoming Litters Pedigree page. Lex is the sire of our litter born August 29th out of our gorgeous Can Ch. Davenloch's Pillow Talk. We also would like to congratulate Jolene Macuaig, and Davenloch Storm Warning - AKA Kort, for winning Best of Breed and a Group 3 today at the Edmonton Kennel Club shows! Kort is sired by our Am Ch. Galatean Time In A Bottle son, Logan, out of our Am Ch. Tartanside Allegiance daughter, Abbey. Way to go guys. That championship is not far off at all!

September 29 - Well our new puppies are a little over 4 weeks old and we are VERY pleased with the quality they are showing. We hope to have more pictures of them up very soon. We are also proud to annouce that Multi Best Puppy In Specialty Show - Can Ch. Davenloch Cherfire Wildfire - Kallie - (Can Ch. Sylvan Argent Foreign Affair X Can Ch. Lachki Rosewood By Request earned her HIC this past weekend in Chilliwack British Columbia! Also, a son of our lovely Can Ch. Valley Park Davenloch's Dominion - Cherfire's Yellow Brick Road - Benny, earned his HIC! Congratulations to Cheryl Ellis and her kids for again showing the versatility and working abilities of our collies!

August 30 - Yes we do have new puppies! Serena spent the entire day of August 29, delivering her family of 9 new babies. We have 7 males and 2 females We hope to have some pictures of the new family up very soon, once both mom and our household get a bit of rest that is!

August 26 - We are anxiously awaiting the arrival of our litter sired by Southland's Lexington out of our Serena - Can Ch. Davenloch's Pillow Talk. Like any prospective mother waiting to give birth during the summer, she is not very comfortable at this point seeing as the puppies are due August 30th, so we do our best to make sure she has as many outside comforts as possible. We are also hoping that mother nature smiles on us for puppies from our lovely Abbey - Can Ch. Lachki Rosewood By Request, Serena's mother, come mid October. We will keep you posted. We have kept three gorgeous blue puppies from our litter of May 15, sired by Wyndlair Avalanche out of our Bailey, Can Ch. Davenloch No Need To Whisper. Please check back soon for updated pictures of Leah, Cajun and Bear. Bear is co-owned with Nadeen Pickard, and will be residing in Manitoba with Nadeen and her husband Russ once they have settled into their new home later this fall. We hope to introduce these guys to the ring late this year or early in 2010!!!!!

May 16 - The new puppies have arrived. Bailey whelped 6 beautiful blue puppies by Wyndlair Avalanche Friday May 15 - One girl and five boys!! We are not 100% sure as to who is rough or smooth at this point, but having said that these puppies are stunningly marked, vigorous and active. The smallest puppy was 11 ounces and largest was 1 Pound!!! with the others all right up there close to a pound. Mom and kids are all just fine!!!! Our vet in the ultrasound thought he saw 9 but it looks like the sheer size of these babies gave off an appearance that was more difficult to read than first thought.

May 11 - Congratulations go out to Davenloch Storm Warning - Kort and his owner Jolene McCuaig of Lethbridge, Alberta. Jolene handled Kort to his first points at the Medicine Hat Canine Association shows this past weekend! Davenloch is very excited to watch Kort as he pursues his championship. We are also anxiously awaiting Korts debut in obedience and performance venues as well. Again congrats Jolene and Kort. Kort is another quality boy sired by our Ch. Sylvan Argent Foreign Affair X Ch. Lachki Rosewood By Request - Abbey!

May 3 - We are pleased to report that Ch. Davenloch's Pillow Talk - Serena took 3 Group 4ths at the Lakes District Kennel Club this past weekend! The leaves Serena solidly in the top 5 rough collies in Canada at this point in the year. Way to go Serena! Serena was handled to these group placements by Sherri Johnson of Edana Kennels. Thank you Sherri! With many of our dogs now beginning to sport their summer attire and our new litter due less than two weeks away, we will be switching into full puppy mode as we anxiously await our all blue litter!!

April 23 - It is confirmed!!!! - Bailey is in whelp to the gorgeous Wyndlair Avalanche (Aiden), who is owned by Mike (Sheela) Cheatham of Southland Collies in Petersburg Tennessee, and Matt and Anita Stelter of Wyndlair Collies in Wisconsin. We are so very looking forward to these puppies for a few reasons. First off, we had a chance to see a few of Aiden's kids in the flesh so to speak when we were at the Collie Club of America National in Springfield, Massachusetts a few weeks back. His puppies were beautiful, consistently displaying the virtues we cherish, and complimenting our own dogs in the areas we feel we need it. We had seen puppies of his only by pictures before, and after many conversations with other breeders and of course with his owners, we decided he was the one to breed to Bailey. A bonus of this litter, is that they will all be blue as Aiden is a double dilute, and when such a dog is bred to a tri, the entire litter will be blue merle!!!! We now have to wait and see who is rough and who is smooth. May 15 can not come fast enough!

April 14 - We had a fantastic time at the Collie Club of America National Specialty the week of April 7-11. We travelled with Jo-Ann Friend of Cardoness Collies - Calgary, Alberta, to Springfield Massachusetts to attend the show that we look forward to attending every year. With 850 plus collies entered, we showed three of our girls. Our lovely Serena - Can Ch. Davenloch's Pillow Talk made the cut in the VERY competitive Open Sable and White class handled by Jo-Ann Friend and we received numerous compliments from breeders who attended from around the globe regarding our girls. It was wonderful to catch up with old friends, as well as to make new ones. We are already looking forward to attending the CC of A in Pomona California in April of 2010! We also made a side trip on the way back to the airport, at Niagara Falls, where the three girls were almost as much of a tourist attraction as the falls were!

March 31 - We are pleased to announce that we have a new Champion - It is now Can Ch. Davenloch's Simply Priceless (pending CKC confirmation) - Gavin finished his Canadian title at the Battle River Canine Associaton shows on Sunday March 30 under Judge Mark Houston - McMillan. Gavin is Champion # 6 for Ch. Lachki Rosewood By Request - Abbey, and he is co-owned with David & Jo-Ann Friend (Cardoness Collies) of Calgary, Alberta. Gavin is Davenloch's third Champion to finish in 2009!

March 5 - We are looking very forward to our trip to the Collie Club of America National Specialty in Springfield Mass. at the beginning of April! Jo-ann Friend of Calgary, Alberta, who recently began her own kennel that will be known as Cardoness Collies, will be joining us for her first trip to the U.S. National. For those who are going to be there, please look us up and stop by our grooming area for a chat!

March 2 - We had a wonderful weekend at the Calgary Kennel & Obedience Club shows - Our lovely Ch. Davenloch's Pillow Talk - Serena went Best of Breed all three days and Serena also picked up a Group 2 under longstanding and respected judge Cheryl Myers-Egerton. We thank Cheryl for this win, and her wonderful comments regarding Serena! We also went Winners Dog/Best of Winners/Best of Opposite two of the three days with Davenloch's Simply Priceless - Gavin, who is progressing steadily towards his Championship! Below are a couple of pictures of Serena, one being her Group 2 win and the other a candid shot taken by Photos-Now of Prince George BC while Serena was in the Group ring!

February 20 - We are pleased to announce that Ch. Davenloch Colour Me Happy - Paisley, finished off 2008 as the Number 9 Overall Rough Collie in Canada for 2008. Finishing off the year in the top 10 is a wonderful sense of accomplishment. All the more when this was obtained through only 3 weekends of showing that resulted in numerous group placements at shows with nice entries as well as acknowledgement of this beautiful blue girl by both all breed and breeder specialist judges. Watch to hear more about Paisley this year!

Our first show weekend of 2009 was very exciting and we have alot of news to put in here. First off we have TWO new champions - Parker is now Ch. Valley Park Davenloch's Dominion who finished on the Friday going Winners Dog under Judge Michael Woods, and it is now Ch. (pending CKC confirmation) Davenloch Cherfire Wildfire! Kallie (BPISS Ch. Sylvan Argent Foreign Affair X Ch. Lachki Rosewood By Request) is owned by Cheryl Ellis of Cherfire Collies. Kallie went Winners Bitch/Best of Winners/Best Puppy on the Friday for 5 points and finished off on Saturday with another Winners Bitch/Best of Winners/Best Puppy. Then Kallie went on to Best Puppy In Specialty at the Alberta Shetland Sheepdog & Collie Association Specialty Show under Judge Barry Hastings! Kallie also makes Champion number 5 for her Dam, our lovely Abbey, Ch. Lachki Rosewood by Request. Ch. Davenloch Here Comes The Sun - Abbey (BPIS, BPISS Ch. Davenloch Prometheus Unbound X Bannerstone's Party For Two), owned by Dave & Jo-Ann Friend of Calgary, Alberta, took Best of Opposite Sex Smooth at this Specialty show, and Davenloch's Storm Warning - Kort (BPISS Ch. Sylvan Argent Foreign Affair X Ch. Lachki Rosewood by Request), owned and loved by Jolene McCuaig of Lethbridge, Alberta went Reserve Winners Dog! We are not done yet! We also won the ASSCA Sweepstakes that preceded the specialty show where Ch. Davenloch's Pillow Talk - Serena went Best In Sweepstakes and Davenloch's Simply Priceless - Gavin went Best of Opposite! Also, Ch. Davenloch's Pillow Talk - Serena was pulled for final consideration for Best of Breed at the Specialty show! It was such a pleasure seeing Serena standing in the centre of the ring holding her own as one of the final two - right next to a seasoned, mature bitch - Canada's number 1 rough collie for 2007, All Breed Best In Show winner, multi group winner, Collie Club of America National Specialty Show Award of Merit winner, and being considered there for Best of Breed at the tender age of not quite 18 months! We can't wait to see what happens when Serena grows up just a bit more. Thank you once again to Jo-Ann Friend for her lovely presentation of Serena at the Specialty. You and Serena together did us proud!

We also saw Gavin, Davenloch's Simply Priceless (BPISS Ch. Sylvan Argent Foreign Affair X Ch. Lachki Rosewood By Request), go Winners Dog on the Saturday for his first points as a junior puppy and we were VERY excited to see the little blue rough girl - Davenloch Walkin On Sunshine - Katrina, (BPISS Ch. Sylvan Argent Foreign Affair X Davenloch Armed & Fabulous) take Winners Bitch on the Sunday under respected Collie breeder Judge James Noe of Two Jays Collies fame for her first points! Katrina is owned by Dave & Jo-Ann Friend of Calgary. Little Katrina held her own all weekend as a VERY junior puppy being only 6 months and 10 days old, and we are happy that she was found by a respected long standing Collie Breeder judge at this her first set of shows!

We also would like to thank Teri Heintz for all her help over the weekend. This was her very first dog show after taking show handling classes with her Belgian Malanois named Arco. We wish to thank Teri for showing Parker for us to finish his championship on the Friday of this weekend and for all her help throughout. Thank you again Teri!

Congratulations to those who attended the show with us, for some very nice winning. Thank you for bringing your dogs you obtained through us. All your hard work truly shone through and the results speak for themselves!

Below are some pictures of the weekend!

2008

November 30 - We are back from the weekend at the Calgary Kennel & Obedience Club shows and we are pleased to announce that Parker - Valley Park Davenloch's Dominion came away with Winners Dog/Best of Winners/Best Puppy on both Saturday & Sunday as well as going Best Puppy In Group on the Saturday! Parker is quickly nearing his Canadian championship and we can't wait to bring him out again in the very near future. We wish to thank all who expressed such positive comments about Parker who is by Am Ch. Tartanside Allegiance ROM HT. We also introduced Gavin - Davenloch's Simply Priceless who went Reserve Winners Dog to Parker on Saturday and Sunday as well. He was shown by his co-owner Jo-Ann Friend. This was Gavin's first time in the ring and he proved to be quite a showman even giving Parker a run for his money at times! We are excited about this young dog and think he has a very bright future. That is not all! - Ch. Davenloch No Need To Whisper - Bailey, our lovely tri smooth girl came out to take Best of Opposite Sex all three days over Canada's # 1 ranked smooth!!! She was also shown by Jo-ann Friend. A huge thank you to both Jo-ann and Carol Gordon Stroshein for all their help over the weekend! It was a busy one but well worth it.

November 24 - Congratulations goes out to Cheryl Ellis of Cherfire Collies for this past weekend. Cheryl introduced Davenloch Cherfire Wildfire - AKA Kallie to the ring at the Elsie Murray All Breed Shows and the Collie Club of British Columbia Specialty Show in Cloverdale B.C. Little Kallie who just turned 6 months old on November 4 went Winners Bitch for 3 points on the Friday against some very stiff competition including finished American Champions, other lovely U.S. imports and bitches from other well known Canadian kennels. To top it off, Kallie also went Best Puppy In Specialty Show at the Collie Club of B.C. on Saturday November 22! What a fantastic start for this girl, yet another quality puppy sired by our BPISS Ch. Sylvan Argent Foreign Affair X our Abbey Ch. Lachki Rosewood By Request. Davenloch wishes to thank Cheryl Ellis for her work with this puppy, as well as express our gratitude to those who appreciated Kallie's quality and shared that with Cheryl and myself over the course of the weekend! Kallie is pictured above with Cheryl taking her Best Puppy In Specialty win! We will be introducing Kallie's litter mate Davenloch's Simply Priceless - AKA Gavin to the ring VERY soon and we expect to see two others from this quality packed litter, in the ring as well in the not too distant future.

October 6 - We had a great weekend at the Battle River Canine Association shows this past weekend - Our Logan - Ch. Sylvan Argent Foreign Affair was Best of Breed all three days, and Parker - Valley Park Davenloch's Dominion went Winners Dog/Best of Winners two of the three days for his first points! Parker is our Am Ch. Tartanside Allegiance son who is maturing into a gorgeous dog! Thank you to Jo-Ann Friend for showing Parker to these wins! We have also received notification that Paisley - Ch. Davenloch Colour Me Happy is number 5 rough collie in Canada to the end of September!

October 1 - Congratulations to Dave & Jo-Ann Friend of Calgary Alberta on their aquisition of a lovely blue rough girl out of our July 18 litter by BPISS Ch. Sylvan Argent Foreign Affair X Davenloch Armed & Fabulous. She will be known as Katrina - Davenloch Walking on Sunshine.

Sept 11 - We are finally somewhat settled in our new home but with new fencing, and dog runs there is always soemthing to do, but we love it. We have placed Davenloch So Suddenly - AKA Celine with a wonderful family in Calgary - Janice Whitby and Fred Johansen - Celine takes her place in their great home after the loss of their sable girl Misha to old age this past spring - Thank you for such a fantastic home Janice & Fred! We know you will all have a great life together! The puppies from our litter of July 18th will be going to their new homes over the next week so we will be busy taking care of all that entails. We hope to keep someone from this litter by our Am Ch. Galatean Time In A Bottle son Logan. Check back for updates to see who that might be. We are also preparing for the fall & winter show season with some gorgeous dogs to introduce, as well as play in the show ring with a few of our champion specials dogs. We are also very excited about the puppy we co-own with David & Jo-Anne Friend of Calgary, Alberta - Davenloch Simply Priceless - AKA Gavin who is out of our Logan - Ch Sylvan Argent Foreign Affair X our Abbey - Ch Lachki Rosewood By Request. ( Litter of May 4, 2008) This stunning guy has us very excited and we can't wait to bring him out! Watch for new pictures of Gavin very soon on the "Our Current Roughs" page.

July 14 - Well it looks like we have decided on names for our keeper puppies from our May 4 litter - We have kept a gorgeous sable merle bitch who will be known as Davenloch So Suddenly - AKA Celine, and we will be co-owning a stunning sable male with David & Jo-Anne Friend of Calgary, Alberta who will be known as Davenloch's Simply Priceless - AKA Gavin. Although behind an ex-pen, we have some lovely pictures of these two up on "Our Present Roughs" page. Check back often for updates.

July 9 - Davenloch wishes to congratulate Cheryl Ellis of Cherfire Collies on her acquisition of a gorgeous rough sable female from our litter of May 4 out of BPISS Ch. Sylvan Argent Foreign Affair X Ch. Lachki Rosewood By Request. Cheryl has been waiting a long time for this puppy and we truly wish Cheryl all the best with this beautiful Am Ch. Tartanside Allegiance ROM HT & Am Ch. Galatean Time In A Bottle grandaughter! We will post her formal name once this has been decided....

July 8 - We are pleased to announce that Paisley - Ch. Davenloch Color Me Happy - our lovely blue girl went Best of Breed all three days at the Lakeland Kennel & Obedience Club shows last weekend and also picked up 3 Best Puppy In Groups! Paisley is now blowing her coat as are all of our dogs so it looks like we will have to wait until the fall to show again. Since being introduced to the ring in the spring of this year, Paisley amassed numerous Best of Breeds, 5 Best Puppy In Groups, as well as a Group 2 & 3 placing her as Canada's number 6 rough collie for 2008 to date!

June 30 - This past weekend, we were extremely busy with many of our the 11 puppies from our litter of May 4 going to their new homes. We are keeping two of these puppies, a male and a female, with the male being co-owned with David & Jo-anne Friend of Calgary, Alberta. We call him Gavin and have yet to fully decide on his registered name. Watch for new announcements and pictures of the gorgeous puppies in the near future

June 6 - Davenloch is on the move. We will be moving to a new property at the end of July!!!! We are relocating to 61.2 beautiful acres in the Gwynne area of Wetaskiwin County, Alberta. We are very excited about this move to a new home with even more room for our dogs to run. We hope to introduce sheep to our world in the very near future as well which will also allow us to work with the herding instincts of our collies right at home! The new place is only about 30 minutes from where we are now, so not a far move, but a fantastic move all the way around!

April 24 - We just received news that to date for 2008, our Paisley - Ch. Davenloch Color Me Happy is currently sitting as Number 3 rough collie in Canada, and her sister Serena Ch. Davenloch's Pillow Talk is currently sitting as Number 10 rough collie in Canada. We are so proud of these girls as they have managed to obtain these standings in very limited showing due to obtaining some VERY nice wins on the way to their championships this spring! Although early in the year, it is a nice feeling to see our girls doing so well on the Canada wide stage!

April 23 - DO WE HAVE SOME NEW NEWS!!!!! Davenloch is pleased and proud to announce a new arrival into our dog family - On April 22, 14 week old Valley Park Davenloch's Dominion (pending AKC & CKC confirmation) arrived! This stunning beautiful son of Am Ch. Tartanside Allegiance ROM HT X an Allegiance & Am Ch. Fantasy's Bronze Talisman ROM granddaughter, will make his home here with us, with our hopes set on having him as a BIG part of our future breeding program. We wish to thank Michelle Struble of Valley Park Collies in Bondurant Iowa, for allowing us to acquire a puppy of such calibre & promise! THANK YOU MICHELLE! He fits right in that is for sure! This little guy will be known to us Parker. We do have a few pictures of him up on "Our Current Roughs" page, and we will have new ones up of this guy as he grows and matures. Check back often for updates!!!

April 21 - We had a very exciting weekend at the Edmonton Kennel Club shows April 18 & 19th! On the Friday, our Paisley became Multi Best Puppy In Group, Multi Group Placing - Champion (pending CKC confirmation) Davenloch Color Me Happy, under collie breeder - judge Jim Frederickson of Two Jays Collies fame! - From the Bred By Exhibitor class, Paisley went Winners Bitch/Best of Winners/Best of Breed/Group 2/Best Puppy In Group to finish her Canadian title! Her litter sister Davenloch's Pillow Talk (Serena) was Reserve Winners Bitch this day as well! We are VERY honoured by this win as Mr. Frederickson as a highly respected collie breeder - judge, was so impressed by the quality of the bitches in the ring that day, that he verbalized to all exhibitors that were in the ring, as the the outstanding quality of the bitches presented to him that day in a show the size of the Edmonton Kennel Club shows collie entries! You can imagine how we felt when Mr. Frederickson then pulled the lovely Paisley from the line up and moved her to the front of the line, followed by then pulling her sister to move in right behind her, giving us both Winners Bitch and Reserve Winners Bitch on our way to Best of Breed and the Group placements with Paisley! We wish to thank Jim Frederickson for these lovely wins and for his comments on our girls as to their outstanding quality. We truly appreciate such feedback from such a respected collie breeder - judge and fancier! The fun did not end there. On the Saturday, our Serena became Best Puppy In Group - Champion (pending CKC confirmation) Davenloch's Pillow Talk, going Winners Bitch/Best of Opposite from the Junior Puppy Class to finish her title! Another thank you goes out to Natasha Taphorn for her expert handling and conditioning of Serena to her title. We decided to stay home on the Sunday due to a spring snow storm that would have made driving treacherous. At Davenloch we have finished three new Champions this spring and are extremely proud of these young girls, who finished in very short order, and with some VERY nice wins! Above are pictures of Paisley and Serena's wins!

April 7 - We are pleased to report that it is now Champion Davenloch No Need To Whisper!!! (pending CKC confirmation) Our lovely tri smooth girl Bailey finished her Canadian title at the Red Deer and District Kennel Club shows this past weekend, taking Best of Breed on the Friday and Best of Winners on the Saturday. In a limited 3 weekends out, Bailey amassed 5 Best of Breeds including 3 of those over one of Canada's top ranked smooth specials from 2007 on the way to her title and also a Best Puppy In Group. Bailey makes Champion number 2 in the first litter sired by our BPIS, BPISS Ch. Davenloch Prometheus Unbound - Blaze. On the Saturday, Ch. Davenloch Here Comes The Sun - Abbey, Bailey's tri smooth sister, went Best of Breed handled by her owner Jo-Ann Friend of Calgary, Alberta, also over one of Canada's top ranked smooth specials from 2007! Way to go!

March 24 - Well we had another great weekend, this time at the Battle River Canine Association shows in Camrose, Alberta! This time it was Davenloch's Pillow Talk - AKA Senena's turn to shine as this sable rough girl went Winners Bitch/Best of Winners/Best of Breed all three days and also picked up a Group 3 and Best Puppy In Group on the Saturday! - Serena will be out in the very near future looking to finish her Championship! Also our tri smooth girl - Davenloch No Need To Whisper - AKA Bailey, went Winners Bitch/Best of Winners/Best of Breed over a Special who was ranked in Canada's top 10 in 2007, all three days as well! Bailey will also be out in the near future looking to finish her Championship!

March 7 - We are happy to annouce that the gorgeous Serena - Davenloch's Pillow Talk, litter sister to BPIG Davenloch Color Me Happy, went Winners Bitch today at the Prince Albert Kennel & Obedience Club shows in Prince Albert Sask. for her first points.

March 3 - Well we had a great weekend at the Calgary Kennel & Obedience Club shows. On Friday Feb 29th our lovely blue rough girl Davenloch Color Me Happy - aka Paisley went Winners Bitch/Best of Opposite/Best Puppy for her first points under Judge Ed Wild, and on Saturday March 1, Paisley repeated her Winners Bitch/Best of Opposite wins! Also on the Saturday Davenloch No Need To Whisper - aka Bailey, the smooth litter sister to CCC National Specialty 2007 Winners Bitch/Best of Winners Ch. Davenloch Here Comes The Sun, went Best of Breed/Best Puppy and Best Puppy In Group under Judge Lawrence Stanbridge. Bailey also made the cut in the group ring on the Saturday as she showed her heart out at this, her very first set of shows! Then on the Sunday under Judge Janet Lobb, our tri rough boy Celticmoon I Spy at Davenloch went Winners Dog/Best of Opposite for his first points, our gorgeous blue rough girl Davenloch Color Me Happy (Paisley) went Best of Breed/Group 3/Best Puppy In Group. Also our smooth tri girl Davenloch No Need To Whisper went Winners Bitch/Best of Winners!!!!! Davenloch wishes to thank Jo-ann Friend, the owner of Ch. Davenloch Here Comes The Sun, for piloting Bailey to her class and breed wins, for her work with Bailey in training and getting her ready for the ring and for showing Celticmoon I Spy At Davenloch to his first points as these shows!!! Again thank you Jo-ann!!!! One last thing - this was the first set of shows ever for all three of these dogs, and we are so pleased with their results and that they are a part of us here at Davenloch.

February 4 - Well the show season is about to get into full swing here as far as Davenloch goes! Winter has come on strong as of late, but the good side is, we will have some nice coats!

Davenloch wishes to thank Jo-ann and David Friend of Calgary, Alberta for hosting Davenloch No Need To Whisper - AKA Bailey, at their home for some additional socializing and show training. Bailey is a lovely tri smooth sister to Ch. Davenloch Here Comes The Sun ( 2007 CCC WB/BW Smooth ) - AKA Abbey who is owned by Jo-Ann & David.

We are very excited about the upcoming show season, as we have some beautiful dogs to introduce to the ring in both rough and smooth. Please check back on this page for updates as the show season progresses!

Also we have two very exciting breedings planned for this spring so we expect to be nice & busy with the shows and puppies!

2007

We are pleased to annouce that we have a new Champion. She is now known as Can Ch. Davenloch Here Comes The Sun (CKC pending) Abbey finished her title at the Red Deer & District Kennel Club shows the weekend of November 3 & 4th going WB/BP both days she was entered. Abbey was completely owner handled to her title by Jo-Ann Friend of Calgary, Alberta, and is owned by Jo-Ann and her husband Dave. Congratulations to both of you! It was well worth driving through the snow to get to the show that is for sure! Abbey obtained her points under both specialty and all breed judges, her specialty win being WB/BW at the 2007 Collie Club of Canada National!

DO WE HAVE NEWS!!!! We had a VERY successful weekend October 12, 13 & 14 - First off our co-owned boy Am/Can Ch. Cassori A Minute Past Midnight - (Max) co-owned by Davenloch & Carol Gordon-Stroshein of Cassori Collies, went all the way to Best in Specialty Show at the 2007 Collie Club of Canada National Specialty October 13 under Judge Sue Symington of Carnwath Collies fame. Max sailed his way around the ring with Carol showing him, taking this most prestigious win from the Veteran's class! Max is out of Mister - Am/Can Ch. Vennessee's Midnight Express X Am Ch. Bethany's Blessed Assurance.

We are not done there! In smooths, a gorgeous little tri girl from the Junior Puppy class, named Davenloch Here Comes The Sun - Abbey (BPIS, BPISS Can Ch. Davenloch Prometheus Unbound X Bannerstone's Party For Two) went Winners Bitch/Best of Winners at the 2007 CCC National as well! Abbey is bred by us here at Davenloch and owned by David & Jo-ann Friend of Calgary, Alberta. Abbey was owner handled to this great win by Jo-ann. In fact the weekend was Jo-ann & Abbey's very first time in the formal dog show ring! We can not say enough about how proud we are of Jo-ann with Abbey, as they both showed liked they had been doing it for years! Their hard work and dedication came shining through for sure!

To top it all off, little Abbey was also WB/BW/BOS in the allbreed on Friday and Sunday, handled by Jo-ann. Abbey is presently undefeated at the class level, and went home with a total of 7 points towards her Canadian championship! Again congrats , Jo-ann, Dave & Abbey!

We also had the opportunity to present the Dam of our Spring 2007 litter - Bannerstone's Party For Two - Keira in the Dam and Progeny Class. She was awarded the Beth Mead Memorial Perpetual Trophy for Best Dam & Progeny at the National Specialty, having been shown with two of her gorgeous daughters sired by BPIS, BPISS Ch. Davenloch Prometheus Unbound, one of them being the lovely Abbey and the other being Davenloch's Ever After - aka Regan.

Also a huge thank you to the judges who recognized the quality of our dogs over the course of the weekend!

WE HAVE A NEW LITTER! - A gorgeous litter of 6 rough puppies arrived Saturday August 25 courtesy of our BPISS Ch. Sylvan Argent Foreign Affair (Logan) X Ch. Lachki Rosewood By Request ( Abbey) - 4 tri factored sables, 1 sable merle and 1 blue merle. These puppies are the grandkids of Am Ch. Tartanside Allegiance & Am Ch. Galatean Time In A Bottle and we are very excited about the potential of these babies with such an outstanding pedigree!

We are pleased to annouce that our Abbey is now Can Ch. Lachki Rosewood By Request - Abbey finished her championship at the Northern Alberta Canine Association shows Collie Club of Canada Booster on June 2, under American judge Alane Gomez, going Best of Breed over some very good competition! Abbey is our beautiful sable rough Am Ch. Tartanside Allegiance daughter, and we are so proud of her accomplishments having her obtain points under both all breed and specialist judges!

Davenloch congratulates Chris & Lisa Watts - Blueharvest Collies (Merger of Harvesthil & Highlandblue) of Elora, Ontario, on the acquisition of their very first smooth - Davenloch Will If I Want - a gorgeous sable daughter of BISS Am/Can Ch. Timeless Gold Trace X Davenloch Lady Marmalade. She will be out and about in eastern Canada very soon. Watch out Chris & Lisa, those smooths are going to grow on ya!

FLASH! Logan is now Can Ch. Sylvan Argent Foreign Affair, finishing with a Group 4 at the Battle River Canine Association shows on March 26, 2007. His championship points included not only this allbreed Group placement but a 4 point Winners Dog/Best of Winners/Best Puppy at the Alberta Shetland Sheepdog & Collie Association Specialty Show at the beginning of February! Many thanks to Natasha Taphorn for her expert conditioning, training and presentation of Logan to this Canadian title.

Our other news is that our Abbey - Lachki Rosewood By Request took a Group 2 that same weekend at the Battle River Canine Association shows on March 24! A huge thank you to Carol Gordon-Stroshein of Cassori Collies for piloting Abbey to this nice win! Abbey is our gorgeous Am Ch. Tartanside Allegiance daughter, and the Dam of our BPIS, BPISS Ch. Davenloch Prometheus Unbound (Rough), as well as Ch. Davenloch Prairiemist In Style (Smooth) owned by Barb Selby of Prairiemist Collies & Shelties.

IT'S OFFICIAL - OUR BLAZE - BPIS,BPISS CH. DAVENLOCH PROMETHEUS UNBOUND FINISHED 2006 AS # 8 ROUGH COLLIE AND #8 BOTH ROUGH & SMOOTH IN CANADA! We are so proud of this young dog's accomplishments, and with his new kids that arrived here at Davenloch March 24th - 9 new kids that is, we have high hopes for watching his successes in the siring department as these stunning kids grow up!

We are very pleased with these results and are now looking forward to introducing our gorgeous smooth kids sired by Am/Can Ch. Timeless Gold Trace ( Am Ch. Timeless Golden Warrior X Am Ch. Marchello's Timeless Candy Angel) - Best In Specialty Show - Collie Club of Canada National 2006 & Winners Dog Smooth - Collie Club of America National Specialty 2006 out of our lovely Am Ch. Tartanside Aliage granddaughter Davenloch Lady Marmalade in the ring later this spring. The blending of these families really clicked!

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