Since my childhood...
Since my childhood . . .
. . . I have always wanted to be in the company of dogs. My daughters, Shannan and Allison, were fortunate to have two Shelties, Buffy, a tri-color, and Ginger, a sable, as their childhood companions and guardians. Buffy left us for the Rainbow Bridge at age 17 and Ginger followed at age 16. After a period of mourning, it was decided that we needed a Sheltie as a companion for our youngest daughter, Ashley. I had always dreamed of  owning a show dog and being a breeder. My husband Chuck grew up around horses and was involved in showing and breeding. We both understood the importance of acquiring a well bred Sheltie to fulfill my dream . . . and so the search began for our first Blue Merle Sheltie. After doing a lot of research, going to dog shows, meeting breeders and seeing many beautiful dogs, we were fortunate to meet Jane Hammett and Don Bright of Shadow Hill Shelties. In 1990 we acquired our first Sheltie  from Jane and Don. Our Bonnie (Shadow Hill’s Bonnie Blue II, CGC) became the dam of our first champion, Ch. Shadow Hill’s Clint Eastwood. The second dog we acquired from Jane was Trouble, Ch. Edgemont’s Blue Rembrandt. He was a huge success in the breed ring, with multiple breed wins and group placements. His show career was expanded into the Junior Showmanship ring, where he and Ashley were a very successful team. Ashley was one of the top junior handlers in the USA for several years, reaching the coveted #1 ranking many times, while concurrently handling Trouble to multiple group placements and national rankings in the breed ring. They continued their winning ways in the Veterans classes, where Ashley handled Trouble to multiple Best Veterans wins and two Best Veteran in Show wins. Trouble was retired at age 11 and left us for Rainbow Bridge at age 16.
We  have also become involved in co-breeding Belgian Sheepdogs with Moshe Reshef of Black Gold Belgians, and in that venture have discovered another breed that we love.
In our breeding program, we have strived to maintain the same level of quality with which we began.  Our dogs are beautiful, smart and healthy. Our goal is to produce dogs who can do it all . . . conformation, agility, obedience, herding, service work . . . or a companion dog who just wants to be your best friend.
Pat Albro
Boniglen Kennels. |
