| Our breeding stock is based
on four Australian imports and their progeny. Pikkupaimenen Border Collies
are hip scored and eye tested before they are bred from. Most of the littermates
and relatives are also tested even if they are not used for breeding. Our
litters are born from following bitches, all but Sally and Sheer Delight
living in breeding terms. All of them are expertly trained, trialed and
shown by their families. I have marked as "co-owned" the bitches
that have been on breeding terms. After their litter(s) these bitches are
owned solely by these wonderful friends. Dogs marked as "owned by"
have been owned by those friends alone since they were pups, but the litter
has been planned together and ,y friends have owned the puppies but registered
them under my prefix. Carefully chosen stud dogs are used to complement
our bitch line.
Health and temperament has always been the most important factor for us. Every litter has been eye tested at the age of 6-7 weeks. All eye results and hip scores are public. Only dogs with normal health status are used for breeding. Here you can see all our brood bitches in the past 10 years, which means every bitch we have bred. Also each litter that bitch has produced has been listed. To visit the dam, click on either her name or her picture. If you want to see the whole litter at once, click the link "litter to." where it exists. These links will be added as soon as new pages has been made. |
| These bitches have helped
us develope Pikkupaimenen Border Collies. We have tried to build and maintain
as high quality a bitch line as possible, and for these bitches we have
tried to find as good quality stud as possible. Based on a long,
long time of investigating various dogs in other countries and continents
we have used foreign dogs when needed. Occasionally the suitable dog has
been found in our own country. The idea all the time has been to find the
most suitable stud, no matter where he is located.
The use of foreign stud dogs has been advantageous to our breeding program by offering new bloodlines and widening the gene pole. The work done before deciding on their suitability requires lots of hard work, and expense far more than I can afford. That's why I spend months, if not years, looking at videos, searching for information on the progeny of those dogs in obedience and agility, finding out about their health and structure, the characteristics they have produced, etc. |
