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THE
START
Bonnyville
Kennel was established
over 25 years ago with the
Christmas gift of a
"pet" quality
Shetland Sheepdog. Our
Christmas girl
(Shellie), and I, became
a team in the world of
obedience trials.
Shellie and I succeeded
in the quest for her
OTCH title and she
produced 3 litters of
wonderful pet puppies.
However, my eye was
frequently drawn to the
conformation ring and
observing the
differences between our
wonderful pet and the
"show quality"
shelties competing, Ted
and I, decided to obtain
the best quality,
foundation bitch we
could find.
FOUNDATION
After
several months of
searching for a quality
foundation bitch, we
purchased Grandhill's
Irresistible.
"Stacey" was
an inbred Ch Alfenloch
Ryan O'Neil daughter.
She was quality through
and through but her one
flaw was her dislike for
the conformation ring.
She was a Tri-factored
Sable Merle, therefore
she could produce
many colours depending
on the chosen stud.
Stacey, is the
Mother, Grandmother,
Great-grandmother and
Great, Great Grandmother
of the Champion Tri's,
Blues and Sables
residing here at Bonnyville.
EXISTING
KENNEL & DAILY
OPERATIONS
Today
our home base consists of
inside and outside
facilities, room for up
to 15 adults and usually
a litter or two of
various ages enjoying
their own space. All
puppies are whelped in
the kitchen or sunroom
and kept separated from
the rest of the kennel
during the critical
first few weeks. We line
bred our dogs on Ch.
Sunnybrook's Heritage
Spirit ROM with some
very pretty and well
considered outcrosses.
Although very demanding,
the kennel runs
efficiently and
smoothly. Ted and I are
both now retired
enabling us to give
the kennel 24hr
supervision, 7 days per
week. In this way, all
our adults, puppies,
incoming bitches for
breeding or dogs for
grooming and showing are
given the attention and
care needed for the
breed to flourish.
Ted
thrives on keeping fit
and the dogs are able to
join him for
cross-country skiing,
long distance running,
hiking and a spirited
game of soccer or fetch.
An interest and talent,
that I developed with
the kennel, is the art
of photography. All
pictures on this site
have been done by myself
(exception show
pictures), and once in a
while, I manage to catch
on film the spirit of
the Sheltie.
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