Last year we had success in breeding Lily, our then 3 yr. old Border Collie. In early April, "we" had 6 pups (5 males and 1 female- all black and white). She was a wonderful 1st time Mom. We set up a place for her in the basement and as weather allowed, created a safe environment between the milk house and smoke house. Lily learned to be wary of and scare off hawks- a real threat while the pups are young. Every evening we would wheel barrow(literally) them out to the side yard to let them run. We would be joined by neighborhood children and parents with bottles of wine. We would stay until it got so dark until you could only see the white of the pups. We found wonderful families interested in this breed. They have many unique characteristics that need study before bringing one of these dogs into your life (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Border_Collie). Lily should be coming into season soon and we hope to have a similarly wonderful experience.
I see your pretty Border Collie is liver and white, why are the puppies all black and white??
ReplyDeleteThe Sire(Dad) is Black and White. He happened to carry the domanant gene in this litter. There is no reason to think this would happen every time with every pup, but it did this time. One pup (1 year old in April) has now had some brown show up on his neck and by definition is a tri color.
ReplyDeleteThank you, sir!
ReplyDeleteGreat picture! What wonderful dogs these are!!
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