Welcome to HeartLight Shelties, the home of my four companion Shelties.
They are a joy to have around with personalities to spare.
I also have two senior Border Collies, Newt and Kelley.
Next is Skyler from
Imperial Shelties
and Quest too. Then there is Termite from
Wistwin Shelties,
his name will need some explaining.
Last, but not least, is my tricolor boy, Chase from
Wellington Shelties.
All of my dogs are either
spayed or neutered as per the agreements with
their breeders. I am not a breeder, but will be more than willing to
direct you to one. I tried
breeding dogs many years ago when I was a Junior Handler showing Alaskan
Malamutes. We did all testing required for that breed. When our show
girl, who was never out of the ribbons, was found to be
unilaterally HD
positive we stopped breeding and switched to
Shelties. Sadly, as you
will read, all of my Shelties
oversized. I still hope some day to own a show
hopeful.
Our
first Sheltie arrived in 1992 when my mom, whose now deceased, brought
home Piper. He became U-CD Bluebell's Highland Treasure CD, HTs, JHDs,
CGC/TDI. Piper opened the world of performance training and competing
for me. However, I must give my mom credit for getting Piper's CD on him
at the young age of 9 months. I had fun adding a U-CD to the front of
his name later. Piper also dabbled in herding and agility. He almost
finished his first agility title, but an injury ended that endeavor.
Still I was hooked on performance sports thanks to a lovely blue merle
Sheltie who lived until 12 years of age. He passed away February 13,
2004. I plan to create a memorial page for Piper soon.
Skyler
was our next performance hopeful and then Quest followed soon after. I
worked them in agility and obedience with my best friend my mom, Sue
Worley, at my side. We had many a good time traveling together to shows
and agility trials. Skyler only needs one leg each on his CD and his NA.
When I stopped competing it was to care for my mom while she valiantly
battled cancer. Mom lost her fight with cancer September 10, 2003. I was
devastated. While I loved the dogs and cared for them daily, my desire
to compete was gone.
Thankfully, a happier time has occurred in my life. It is Chase,
Wellington's Chase My Dust. He was a total surprise and he has once
again given me the desire to return to competition. I have already
started obedience training with Chase. I believe that God winked, so to speak, and Chase was given
to me. I now once again feel such joy whenever that guy licks my
face with enthusiasm only a Sheltie can muster.
Right
now, I care for my dad who is 71 years old. He loves the dogs and helps
out with their care when I need an extra hand.
I
hope you will enjoy visiting each of the boy's pages. To see our Flickr Photo
Stream go
here.
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My eyes are not closed in the above photo,
just looking down at baby Skyler. ;)
