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"Lyric" Lyric is a lovely, sound rough bitch-one of Laura's favorite dogs. She is a VERY talented performance dog-having her HT and one PT leg she will soon be attaining her herding trail titles. Lyric is also an awesome agility dog and will be attending her first trials in September of 2002. She needs her majors to finish and will be looking for those this fall and winter. Lyric was bred this past summer and has produced some gorgeous babies-most of them normal eyed and GORGEOUS! One is with Cathy Toft in California-her new agility/obedience hopeful, and one special daughter is in Texas hopefully learning to be a seizure alert dog for her adorable 8 year old mistress, one daughter-Wild Wind's Midnight Confessions will be staying here at Wild Wind-"Hope" has a lot of promise as Laura's next breed/obedience/herding and agility partner! Lyric was just awarded her ROMP as a Top Producer of Performance Puppies.
CH Wild Wind's Just One Look UDX2,HSAs,OA,OAJ,RN,ASCA CDX,VX "Karma" Karma is now 10 years old. She and I have accomplished more than I had ever dreamed I'd do with a dog. Even at 10 she is so smart, healthy, robust, athletic and enthusiastic! She is still my demo dog in obedience classes and delights the students every day with her cute tricks and antics. Karma is the 3rd UDX Champion collie, the 1st and only Champion/UDX2 collie in history. She is now basically retired from the obedience ring to make training time for me with some of the younger dogs. She will do advanced rally and we may well dabble in herding ducks-which Karma loves. Karma is truly my little "soul mate dog", I ask her all the time what I ever did to deserve a dog as amazing as she is-she just wags her tail and lets me know she loves me.
CH Wild Wind's Dressed to Kill HT OA NAJ "Kiss" Kiss has truly been a dream dog-she is a multiple group placing, group winning, stunning agility girl. Kiss had retired from the breed ring for a couple of years to raise a litter or two (Kiss is the dam of several champion, group placing and group winning puppies). When Kiss turned 7, Laura said she'd like to "play" with Kiss as a Veteran! Well, "play" they did! Starting a Veterans Career in February of 07 by April of 07, Kiss was Number 2 Smooth Collie by the All Breed Rankings-a ranking she held for all of 2007.
We were invited to and attended Eukanuba Cup in December of 2007. Kiss was yet again retired in 2008 so I could keep her home to finish some of her performance titles-by March of 08 Kiss had finished her CDX and her AX-and she attained another MXJ leg. We are working on her UD and will most likely run for her MX and MXJ. Kiss will be bred one more time-we have an exciting littler plan for later this summer/fall for her last trip to the whelping box.
We were invited to and attended Eukanuba Cup in December of 2007. Kiss was yet again retired in 2008 so I could keep her home for finish some of her performance titles-by March of 08 Kiss had finished her CDX and her AX-and she attained another MXJ leg. We are working on her UD and will most likely run for her MX and MXJ. Kiss will be bred one more time-we have an exciting litter planned for later this summer/fall for her last trip to the whelping box.
CH Wild Wind's Just Push Play CDX HSAs NAJ ASCA CD VX "Aero" CH Wild Wind's Just Push Play CDX,HSAs,NAJ,ASCA CD,VX "Aero" is our 3rd Versatility Excellent bitch. Aero is a daughter of CH Wild Wind's Just One Look UDX2,HSAs,OA,OAJ,RN,ASCA CDX,VX. We are so proud of Aero. She is in advanced training with Linda Holloway right now, herding is Aero's specialty and Linda is going to help us to get her going on advanced herding work.
Jay picking up a group 3 from the classes Picking up a group 4 as a Special! CH Wild Wind's Moment of Clarity RN "Jay" Jay is out of our group winning, multiple group placing CH Wild Wind's Dressed To Kill CDX,HT,AX,AXJ,RA,VX-Kiss's first litter. Jay finished easily and was awarded a Group 4 from the classes on her way to her title. Her first time in the ring AS a special Jay won a Group 1 and on the same weekend she got a Group 3. It was decided to let Jay grow up a bit, she had a lovely litter and is now starting back in the ring as a special. As of June of 2008 and in just a few weekends out Jay has several BOV's a few BOS's and a Group 3. She will be starting her agility and obedience career this year also! She is proving to be as amazing of a dog as her famous mom.
CH Wild Wind Mustang Sally "Sally"
Sally is one of those puppies who is born in a litter who just DRAWS the
attention of all who looked at her. She was obviously a star in an overall
beautiful litter. Sally is a daughter of our amazing Group winning, multiple
group placing, CH Wild Wind's Dressed to Kill CDX,HT,AX,AXJ,RA,VX and a younger,
full sister of our group winning, multiple group placing CH Wild Wind's Moment
of Clarity RN "Jay". We are a small kennel and we adore Jay so it was decided to
find Sally a SERIOUS show home. Rebecca Eckstadt approached me, desperately
wanting a smooth bitch she could DEFINITELY finish and have some fun with and it
was agreed that Sally would go live with Becky. Sally was expertly trained and
handled to her championship in VERY short order (under a year of age) by our
friend Judy Johnson in Iowa in tough mid western competition-we are so proud and
are SO thankful for Becky as an owner and Judy as a trainer/handler of our
beautiful girl! Becky has kept Sally home to grow up a bit, Judy has a lot of
other handling commitments right now so recently we visited our
dear old friend Kim Wood from Minnesota-we introduced Kim and Becky at the CCA
in LaCrosse in 2008. Kim is ready to begin showing again after a few years off and she loved
Becky's beloved little Sally so it has been agreed that Kim will pilot Sally's
new Specials Career! They have only been out a couple of weekends and
again in tough mid west competition and at just over 1 1/2 years of age Kim and
Sally have several BOV's and a couple of BOS's! We truly treasure Becky's love for and commitment to Sally, and Kim and
Judy's help and confidence in this girl, handling her to the success she has
seen! Thank you guys! Keep up the good work!
Kim Wood and Sally at their first show together
taking a BOV. Photo by Barbara VanHoffman Wild
Wind’s Can’t Fight This Feelin CDX,HSAs,NA, "Reo"
Reo has 11 pts
1 major. Reo is an amazing girl. Her mother is Wild Wind's Avalon Summer Song
CD,PT,ROMP "Lyric"- We marvel at the work ethic, intelligence and intensity that
Lyric puppies all seem to have in common-we hope Reo produces her amazing drive
and work ethic in her own puppies! Reo is singled out in the breed ring and has major reserves. Reo amazes me
all the time with what she loves to do-WORK! She adores obedience, she attained
her CDX in 2 weekends with scores all in the 190's with a 2nd place at a large
obedience trial, HIT at our regional specialty and another 2nd place at the
large all breed show following the specialty. All of the obedience judges
commented at what an amazing working collie she is-we are working on Utility.
Reo has legs in novice agility and novice agility jumpers-she is fast and
enthusiastic in agility AND she is a tremendous herding dog-she has her PT and a
leg on her HSAS. My friend Janie Nafsinger who is a herding judge with HX
collies in a recent email list post called Reo "Greased Lightening" in working
stock, I need to keep on my toes to control her-but she is FAST and INTENSE!
Trialing Reo in any venue is always FUN and a great adventure-what a joy it is
to ALWAYS step into the ring with a dog who REALLY wants to be working with you! Reo is bred to our multiple group placing special CH Wild Wind's Free
Fallin RN "Tom" Puppies are due in late July of 2008. We are SO excited about
this upcoming litter!
Photos by Barbara VanHoffman
Diamond taking a group 3 in Brighton
Diamond taking a major in Denver CH Wild Wind's Hollywood Nights "Diamond" Diamond is another Kiss daughter, littermate to CH Wild
Wind's Mustang Sally and younger sister of CH Wild Wind's Moment of Clarity RN.
Diamond lives with our friend Chryss Guiller. Chyrss adores her couple of little
smooth girls, we sold her Diamond on the agreement that we could finish her
Championship, well Diamond has done incredibly well. She got a 4 pt. major at
the big Rocky Mountain Classis under breeder judge Doris Werderman in February
of 2008. She was also Best Bred By and 1st in the Bred by Group, an
accomplishment she recently repeated at the Laramie Kennel Club shows this past
May. Diamond got her second major on the specialty weekend in Brighton Colorado
going BOV over several specials under specialist judge Randy Sheets! Randy
adored Diamond and also awarded her a Group 3 that day-from the classes, we were
thrilled to say the least! Diamond came into season while sitting on 13pts and
both majors, it was decided to breed her so once she finished she could become
totally Chryss's beloved companion and be done with the show scene. We thought
we'd finish her at the Laramie shows a week after she was bred, silly us, she
was RWB to another lovely littermate-so she will look for those last two singles
after her motherhood duties are done. Diamond has been bred to our beautiful sable merle marked
white smooth boy, Wild Wind's Labarynth "Bowie" and is due July 4th, 2008. CH Cyndella's Wild Wind Centerfold "Bunny" Sometimes things happen for a reason. We weren't looking
for a puppy, Laura and I were recovering from the tragic loss of a young blue
smooth girl who had swallowed a toy which didn't show up on x rays - even with
lots of care from our beloved vet we lost our darling little Blitz. We absently followed a group of collie friends after the
groups to "puppy snuggle" Kelly Neeley's newest litter. They were handing
puppies out of the motorhome to waiting hands to deposit into an x pen-they
happened to hand my daughter Laura a darling blue puppy bitch. After all the
pups were in the pen I noticed that Laura was holding tightly to the cute blue
smooth puppy girl, crying-everyone knew about our tragic loss and understood. I
hugged Laura and listened to Kelly talk about how the breeding came about, her
reasoning for the breeding and finding myself more and more impressed. I was
eyeballing a cute blue smooth boy and thinking I might breed to him one day if
he stayed as nice as he was as Kelly was saying that she would hang on to all 3
blue girls (one rough) if a SERIOUS show home didn't come along. All of a sudden Laura tearfully said "Mom, we need another
blue smooth girl one day", I looked at the beautiful girl that Laura was still
clutching and said "Why don't you ask Kelly what she wants for THAT puppy, WE
ARE a pretty serious show home"! Well, a deal was struck and our beloved Bunny
came to live here at Wild Wind. Bunny is the first puppy we've gotten from
another breeder in many, many years and we couldn't be more thrilled-she is JUST
amazing.
Bunny is
growing up beautifully her at Wild Wind Collies! We just adore her
intelligence, drive and just great sense of humor-she is an amazing girl who at
almost 2 years of age is ready to start matching in novice obedience and rally,
is working hard on perfecting agility skills and is working sheep weekly. Watch
for her to burn up performance rings in the next year or two! Thank you Kelly, we hope to make you proud-you KNOW we
adore our little Bunny! Diva pictured with my friend Wild Wind's Beyond Beautiful "Diva" (major pointed) "Diva was born the star of her litter, just a beautiful, fun puppy right from the beginning. At 5 months she had a terrible injury while playing with some of her littermates which took months to repair. The orthopedic vets thought she would never walk normally, well she proved them all wrong, she is sound and she is beautiful. I credit her full physical recovery to her tremendous balance and wonderful angulation. We put Diva in the ring on Sunday at our Terry All Dog shows to see how she was doing, and to help hold a major and she won! We are so proud of our beautiful girl! Watch for Diva in the breed ring, obedience ring, herding ring and agility in the near future!
Multiple BISS Gold GCH Bit O' Heaven's Sorceress PT RN HIC "Tegan" We are SO proud to announce the arrival of Multi BISS Gold GCH Bit O’Heaven’s Sorceress HIC, Thank you to Michelle Tennis for letting this stunning, wonderful girl come live with us, we just adore her! She is an amazing addition to our kennel. She is smart, beautiful, loving and adores working. Tegan had a litter out of our multiple group placing CH Wild Wind’s Free Fallin CD,PT,RA and 3 from that litter are finished champions. We have great plans for Tegan including the specials ring, obedience, herding (She LOVES sheep!) and we’ll try agility.
Wild Wind's Don't Stop Believing
Journey is a daughter of our lovely Bunny-CH Cyndella's Wild Wind
Centerfold CD,RA and our son of Tom and Tegan the young CH Wild Wind's Tell
Me No Lies. She is such a character, we are VERY excited about her future in
the show and performance rings-watch for her in 2012!
Journey's Pedigree
Wild Wind's Soak Up The Sun "Sunni"
Sunni lives in Southern California with our friends Lori and Gillian
Robasciotti. Gillian and Lori put 12 points with a major - owner handled in
limited showing, in TOUGH California competition. It was agreed for Sunni to
come here on a lease-for Laura to finish her and to be bred and whelp her
first litter. Sunni finished at her first show with Laura with a nice major. We are thrilled with Sunni and Race's
litter-see the puppies page for pictures and pedigree of the babies!
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Wild
Wind's Avalon Summer Song
