How I Got My Dogs

So I got tagged by Amanda to tell how I came to have my dogs. Here goes...

My collie Drake passed away in Apr. 2001, I was devastated, I said I was never going to have another dog. Fast forward to the next year, Brad tells me that I need another dog & to write Drake's breeder. I of course said no but Brad insisted I needed a dog! So I wrote Peg of Mariner Collies, I didn't have a computer, really not caring if she had any puppies, Peg wrote back to say that she did have a litter on the way & that they were all spoken for, but if I wanted one she would "bump" someone for me. That's what happens when you are a for sure good home! I got a little excited I have to admit & told Peg that I wanted a sable male. When the litter was born there were only 2 males, both tricolour. I got the message on my phone & immediately burst into tears & said, "well I guess I'm not getting a puppy" I hated tricolour!!! However, my wonderful husband comes into the living room & says, "why can't you get a tricolour now, then in the future our next collie can be a sable ?" How did he get so smart! He knew I needed a dog when even I didn't know, & he knew that I would love a tricolour just as much as a sable ! That is how we got Tate!, Peg picked him for me, she thought his temperament was better suited for what I wanted then his brother. He flew in from Northfield Massachusetts, into Minneapolis, where a friend picked him up for me. Then she drove him the 2 hrs to Duluth where I picked him up & drove him the 4 hrs home. ......he came out of his crate wagging his tail( I have it on tape!!), & he hasn't stopped wagging! He is perfect & I love him to death, oh, now I love tricolour the best!!!

Now for Kort....

I knew I would get another collie when Tate was approx. 5 yrs old. I did not want to go through loosing Tate & being so devastated that I didn't want another dog. I started searching kennels in Canada as Peg was no longer breeding. I had originally contacted a kennel that had similar lines to what I was used to & she was doing a breeding. I sent my deposit but there never was any puppies.....I remembered seeing an ad in one of my collie magazines & I really liked the look of the dogs. I went back, found the magazine & then found the web site on the computer. This was Davenloch. The more I read the more excited I got, the pedigrees of the puppies were almost identical to Tate's. Not only that, but Drake's dad was also in Kort's pedigree. There was a announcement on the web page saying that do to the fact that they had 11 puppies!!!, they now had some available...up until that point the litter had been sold. I got on the computer as quick as I could to see if they still had a male left...yes they did!!! I went up to see the litter at 3 weeks & there was no turning back...I was in love. Brad was right, I had my sable collie too!! Kort was picked for me by Dave, & although he is the brattiest collie I've ever owned, he is also the funniest! He makes me laugh out loud everyday he is such a clown. When he matures he is going to be awesome so look out!

Well there you have it, my story!

I tag Diana of Entais Collies to tell the story of how she got Kaia, or Punky! as Diana calls her, the collie she loves more then life itself.