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Our family consists of my husband Wayne, myself and our 3 children...daughters, Melinda & Rebecca and son Matthew...We breed on a limited basis as we like to keep our numbers down so that we can have our shelties in and about the house as much as possible. Our babies are born and raised in our home so that they are well socialized before they go to their new families. As we live in suburbia and have limited space we occasionally have adults available on a spay or neuter agreement.

I first met this delightful breed in the mid 1970's when attending the Sydney Royal Easter Show with our Collies and we were hooked. We purchased our first sheltie Dancerwood Don Paco CDX 'Ben' in 1979 and he became my constant companion for nearly 17yrs.

In 1996 after losing both 'Ben' and his mate 'Kody' Multi BIS,BISS Aust Ch. Glendallo Golden Shades (my favourite collie) within 2 weeks of each other, I decided to concentrate solely on my gorgeous shelties, even though we still had two lovely blue merle collies, BIS/BISS Aust Ch. Cathkin Petticoats Aflyn (co-owned by Rebecca and G.Jones) and her only & very special son, the future BISS/RUBISS Aust Ch. Cathkin Wintertainment (owned by Rebecca). (Both have now also crossed over the bridge)

We have been lucky enough to have owned and/or Bred 25 Champions .7 collie rough Champions,4 of who were Best in Show winners including **BEST EXHIBIT in SHOW** at 1987 Collie National,18 Shetland Sheepdog Champion/Obedience titles, 4 of who are Best in Show winners.

2002 saw us start a new phase in Shelties with the importation of 'Can Ch. GrandGables Zulu Warrior' from the world famous 'GrandGables Kennels' in Canada. We are VERY grateful to Guy & Mark for allowing this lovely sheltie to join our family.

2006 we also had the pleasure of importing another gorgeous sheltie "Dawnville Ashes In The Wind" from Marcella Koenen "Dawnville Shelties" in The Netherlands.. another decision we do not regret, even though I know how very hard it was for Marcella to let 'Aspen' go!

Our youngest daughter Rebecca has been very successful in her own right along with the Collies she handled for us she has done extremely well with her chosen breeds showing 6 American Cocker Spaniels & 2 whippets through to their Australian Championship including Aust Gd Ch. Merriyank Black Ina Flash 'Kaos' who is her favourite dog in the world became a Grand Champion and a Multiple Best In Show winner.

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On the 5th February 2005 we welcomed a new member to our family when Rebecca married Warren and both Wayne & I are sure they will have a very long happy life together.

We now have two beautiful grandchildren Callum and Ruby

 

I must also pay tribute to a little dog who came into our lives for a very short time. He touched our hearts and gave so much love. 'Buddy' was a gift to my eldest daughter Melinda (who has Cerebral Palsy) from his breeder Mrs. J. Montford of 'ELVENHOME' . 'Buddy' joined us in August 2000 and bonded to Melinda straight away he became her 'best buddy' until he was taken from her when he was far too young.

Elvenhome Buddie 17/4/2000--30/10/2002

"Rest peacefully our sweet little man"