The Puppy Place

Introducing:

My newest litter whelped February 16, 2008.

Sire: Highfields Winter Weather (Badger)

 Dam: Vankrols Taegan (Rosie)    

Rosie is a full sister to Tempest and Freshet, both pictured below as well as on their own pages. I leased her from her owner/breeder to breed back to her father. I am very pleased with the results:

Update:

Caper has been named Highfields Winter Landscape and will be remaining here. For updated pictures click on his name to go to his page.

Pewter, now called Shiver, has gone to Linda Vanderlaan and will be named Vankrol Arctic Ice.

Breeze has gone to live with Gina Grosso and will be co-owned by Gina and myself. She will be named Highfields Winter Chill.

Tackle has gone to live with Vincent Ruiz, Gina's 14 year old son, and has been named Highfields Frostbite.           

Highfields Tropical Winds

"Tempest"

OFA Prelim Excellent

Tempest was bred by Linda Vanderlaan and Elizabeth Rines and is sired by Highfields Winter Weather - "Badger" (10 Pts - Specialty Major) out of Vankrols Tin Lizzy.  He is very smart, showy and extremely athletic with a very outgoing, fearless personality. He has gone to live with my sister where he is very much loved. He is shown below at 14 weeks. For more pictures visit his own page by clicking above on his name.

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Also introducing Tempest's litter sister:

Vankrol's Heartsong

"Freshet"

Freshet was bred by Linda Vanderlaan and Elizabeth Rines. He is sired by Badger and owned by my good friend Javier Cespedes, Freshet is a petite 15 1/4" with a beautiful outline, sweet feminine face and nice movement. She and Javier made their debut at the SSC of SE Florida's recent Specialty where she won a Sweeps class of 5. The following weekend at the Palm Beach Dog Fancier's show handled by Kathy Dziegiel she was "Best Sheltie Puppy" and went on to take a Puppy Herding Group 4.

More pictures of Freshet can be seen on her new page by clicking on her highlighted name above..

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From my second most recent litter born September 20th, 2005:

Highfields One for the Money

"Dollar"

As the name implies, Dollar came from a litter of one, delivered by c-section. She is an adorable little bi-blue girl sired by Spats, out of Glider. She is pictured below at 8 weeks of age. She has lots of "attitude" to make up for her diminutive size. 

For more pictures visit her new page by clicking on her name above:

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From my third most recent litter:

OTCh Highfields Gone Flying UDX2,RN,NA,NAJ

"Cessna"

By Shadow Hill's Polaris out of Glider

Click on his name (above) to view his page

Owned, loved, trained and shown by Mary Jane Kelley:

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Pictured below from my fourth most recent litter are littermates:

 Highfields Wayward Wind CD- Spats -(pts),

 sired by Badger out of Vankrols Showcase Signature,

 (a CH Golden Hylites The Phantom daughter) co-bred by

Linda Vanderlaan and myself.

Spats is shown here at 9 weeks and at 11 months -                                                     

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and his brother:

CH Vankrols Grand Horizon (Sky)

Co-owned by Bob Henry and Linda Vanderlaan

pictured winning his second (of three) major at 2 years old:

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Below are some more promising puppies sired by

Highfields Winter Weather (Badger):

JusDandy Twila Devine

"Twila"

OFA Excellent

Pictured below at 14 weeks is  "Twila", an eyecatching blue merle bitch sired by Badger and out of JusDandy My Fair Lady (Eliza), a CH Toven Wintertide daughter, bred by Claudia Frank and Joanne Killeen and owned by Claudia of JusDandy Shelties and Border Collies.

At 7 months Twila has fulfilled her early promise and matured into a nice, sound young lady with a good, showy attitude. She appears to have a bright future ahead, not only in the breed ring but in performance and herding also.

In July 2005, Twila was WB/BOS at the Owenboro, Ky show. On Sunday, also in Owenboro, Twila took a major reserve. In September, at the Lexington Kennel Club show Twila was again WB and the following weekend, at the Clermont County (Ohio) shows, Twila was WB/BOS both days. Twila was expertly handled to these wins by Karen Aurelius, and they were all from the puppy class.

After raising a gorgeous litter of puppys (one of that litter, JusDandy Divine Mz M - "Emmy", already has back to back Specialty majors from the 9-12 puppy class under noted breeder judges Tom Coen and Jackie Corwin. She currently has 11 points, three majors). Twila is ready to go back out to the shows. She currently has 10 points, needing her majors to finish.

Way to go Twila and Karen!

Congratulations go to her breeders  JoAnne Killeen and Claudia Frank, (and of course Claudia, her owner).

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Not to be overlooked are Twila's 3 brothers pictured below

(listed alphabetically by call name):

Lochinvar Night Moves TDX,RN

"Seger"

"Seger" is pictured here at 11 months and is owned and loved by Linda Baschnagel of Smithville, Mo. Quite a handsome young man! I'm sure he will be following in Twila's footsteps before too much longer.

While waiting to grow up Seger has been keeping busy. In February 2007 he finished his TD (Tracking dog) and on February 24, 2008 he finished his TDX (Tracking dog Excellent). This is an extremely difficult feat, and one that not a lot of Shelties accomplish, so I am very proud of both him and Linda.

But it doesn't end there. On Sat May 17 Seger finished his RN title (Rally Novice), and is currently training for his Novice Obedience title as well as doing VST (Variable Surface Tracking) training. This is the third and most difficult to complete in order to finish a CT (Champion Tracker) title. There are currently a total of three CT Shelties. Linda's other dog "Taylor" is #2 and she is hoping Seger will be #4. Seger is the 35th TDX Sheltie in the history of the breed!

This litter has proved to be extremely versatile!

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JusDandy Category Three OA, OAJ

"Trey"

Trey is also pictured at 11 months. He is owned and loved by  Melody and Charles Magin of Westminster, Md and while slower to develop than his other brother and sister, he is showing a lot of promise.

***UPDATE!!***

Congratulations are in order!!

In September 2006, at the Shetland Sheepdog Club of Greater Baltimore, Trey finished his AKC Novice Jumpers with Weaves and his Standard Agility titles with one first and three second places. He exhibits a great work ethic, desire to please and to top it off has a lot of fun.

Starting off 2007 at the Charlottesville-Albemarle Kennel Club show Trey competed in AKC Open Agility and qualified 3 out of 4 times with two first and one second placement. He finished his Open JWW title in May  with a first place in the class.

Way to go Trey!!

I'm very proud of this whole litter and always look forward to hearing of their many accomplishments!

Many congratulations to Melody and Charles!!

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Last, but certainly not least is the third brother:

UCD UAg2 JusDandy Will O The Wisp CD RA OA OAJ AXJ NF HT PT

"Whisper"

OFA Excellent

Whisper is pictured above at 8 months and is owned by his breeder, Joanne Killeen. He is not only training in obedience and agility but is also showing great promise and a lot of enthusiasm in herding. 

Whisper has begun his Agility career and has already earned his OA and OAJ titles in AKC agility. He is pictured below (on the right) with his father, "Badger",  after making his debut in the conformation ring at 15 months. Whisper has also recently began his career in obedience and currently has his Rally Novice title (RN) as well as a CD in both UKC and AKC.

Quite a well rounded young man! I expect to be hearing a lot more about him in the future.

**UPDATE**

In August 2006 Whisper finished his CD with lots of enthusiasm. He ended 2006 by earning his HT (Herding Tested) title and  started 2007 earning his Excellent Jumpers title. Wow, this boy is hard to keep up with!!

Congratulations Joanne!! You make me very proud.

Badger and Whisper

Altogether a very nice litter.

Below are some cute puppy pictures from the past:

The "Good" puppies

From Brooke's second litter (and from left to right)

The blue lying in the front is Morgan, Highfields Morgan Blue, CDX

The tri is Cousteau, Highfields Out of the Depths

The blue next to him is Banyan, Highfields Silent Snowfall UDX (pts/OTCh pts)

This was what they really looked like:

The "bad" puppies

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Updated July 2008