News and Updates

August 10
New 3-week old puppy pictures!  Also... Big congrats to Lara and Ten on an incredible first show ever!  Ten won best of Breed and a 5-point major at his very first dog show up in West Springfield, MA.  He also won Best in Match at the Nutmeg BC Club's Border Collie match.  Also, Becky and Vamp get a 199 in UKC Novice Obedience - congrats!
Ten at his very first dog show, in the herding group!:


First place for Cirque in Exc A JWW 20" in Greensboro!  At another agility trial, some great runs and a Excellent Std Q, Open JWW Q and a Nov Fast title for Brandy, too!

New pics of puppies at 10 days old!  And some new pics of Echo, Alice, Vamp, Brandy, Annie.

Becky and Vamp earn Vamp's ARCH (APDT Rally Championship) Congrats!!!

Alisa and Brandy win second place in the Intermediate division Skyhoundz Disc CanAm Games.  Congrats!!!

Guinness and Joe get a Q and Second place in their second agility trial ever!  Congrats you two!!!  New pics of puppies too :)

Alice is a Champion!  Congrats Melissa and Bob!  Also, 8/8/10, Savannah has her puppies - 2 gold (ee red) and white males and 3 black and white females!  Also!  Vamp wins two more ASCA HIT's and also an obedience title!

July 10

July 30th weekend in Greenville, SC - Will is a Champion!  He won in style (again!) going Best of Breed from the Bred-by class over several Champions for a 4-point major (his 4th major).  All of his points were from the BBE class which will earn him an invitation to Eukanuba!  Also, Thunder got to show one day for practice and he did great for his first time, I'm so proud of both of these boys!  And then, Becky and Vamp earned Vamp's 10th QQ for her RAE title - Big congrats!  Pictures to come...

New RL3 title for Vamp!

Becky and Vamp had yet another great weekend in ASCA obedience with HIT's!

9th weekend - Huge agility trial in Perry!  I entered Will just to see how he would do in a trial situation even though he really isn't ready to trial...well, he went 6 for 6 runs earning his NA and NAJ titles at his very first trial!  He had (4) Second placements and (2) Third placements in a competitive Novice B 20" class.  I am SO proud of him!  Lynn and Cirque had super fast runs as well as Lloyd and Tango.  On Saturday, Tango (video on her page) got Third Place in Exc B Jww - another great placement!  Donna and Demi got another QQ towards her MACH.  Mark and Stacey with Irish and Thunder came to visit as well, and we had a great time. VIDEOS of some of these runs to come soon!  Some pictures of Will below and a group shot! (L to R - Thunder, Irish, Will, Demi, Tango, Cirque)

4th weekend, enjoyed helping out the Muirs for the big disc show they put on at Fort Benning for the troops.  Irish and Thunder were 2 of the 7 performers.  Thunder and Irish below in their red sequins!

June 10

New pictures of Alice , Thunder , Riley and Ten!

Congrats to Beth and Joe with Miranda and Lara with Ten, both getting their CGC's at only 6 months old!

New pictures of Ten - just turned 6 months old.  Thank you Jess and Lara for the pictures!  Page updates for Brandy!

Congrats Alisa and Brandy on her OA and NAJ titles, as well as a NF leg and many First placements!  Also, Becky and Vamp are at it again in AKC rally with MORE blue ribbons and 100's and now has 9 QQ's for RAE...one more QQ to go!  She was also the first dog ever to be awarded a perfect 100 by judge Pat Pierce (and it was out of Exc B class)

Becky and Vamp had another wonderful weekend in tough UKC level 3 Rally!  And another new title.  Congrats!

Congrats to Alisa and Brandy on Brandy's NA title!  Also to Becky and Vamp who won both of their classes this weekend in UKC rally.

May 10

Video of our weekend!  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-KIucfQQHQ
Great weekend in Simpsonville, SC playing frisbee!  Brandy came all the way down and won the open division on Saturday!  Vamp got to come visit as well after a great day of Dock Diving.  Irish and Thunder with the Muirs did great as usual!  Will and Idgie even got to play in the event!  In other news, Alice and Melissa finish off Alice's HSAs title - Congrats you two!  And Tango racks up more MACH points as well.  Videos and great pictures soon to come of the disc competition.

Another great weekend!  In Atlanta:  A double Q for Savannah in agility as well as for her litter sister Demi, too!  Alice wins Best of Breed in SC and Will finally gets to swim in a real pool with Auntie Irish!


Great weekend!  Irish and Mark WIN the Expert Sport Division (over 60+ teams) and qualifies for her second World Championships (Skyhoundz this time) this year!   Also, Becky and Vamp had a GREAT Rally weekend earning 2 more double Q's and 4 more perfect 100 scores and now has her 7th of 10 QQ's required for her RAE title.

Tango gets her OF title with a first place!  New pupdates!

New pictures of THUNDER at 18 weeks of age.  We are so happy about Thunder's "surprise" jewel that arrived!  Maybe this means the Muirs will let me show him in the future :)

New puppy video!

April 10

CONGRATS to Mark and IRISH on qualifying for the USDDN World Disc Dog Finals!  She came in 4th overall at the Disc Dog Southern Nationals this weekend.  Also Savannah and I got another leg towards her MXJ!  Also, Cirque's OFA evaluations came back and he has Good hips and Normal elbows!  Hopefully there is a place in the breeding program for him in the near future!  :)

Great weekend in Perry, GA!
Click image to the left - the three littermates having a visit - Irish, Cirque & Tango
Cirque got his OAJ title with a First place and had some gorgeous runs in Excellent:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILoguSqidKU
Tango got her AX title on Thurs and then won 3rd place on Saturday in Exc B Std class, and 2nd place Exc B JWW on Sunday!
        Here is her Sunday run:  www.youtube.com/user/ylloyd5#p/a/u/0/V43gDYX4NJs
Will and I got another major from the bred-by exhibitor class at his third dog show - 3 majors and 11pts so far. 
Other fantastic news:  Alice makes her herding debut in NC and gets 2 legs of her HSAs!

ALSO!  New Stella puppy pictures at 5 weeks old

New Miranda pictures!

First places for Lynn and Cirque in Open JWW and Open STD in FL, and a new OA title!  Second place for Savannah in a competitive Fast class in Columbia, SC

New puppy pictures!  Congrats Cecilia and Mercer on another First Place in agility and another open jww leg!  Also congrats to Alisa and Brandy on a First place in their very first agility run for a novice standard leg.

March 10

27th weekend was a Rally Obedience weekend!  Vamp gets more QQ's towards her RAE title (she's halfway there now!) and Finn gets a pair of 99's towards his advanced title and blue ribbons as well!

New puppy pictures!

19th-21st - Awesome agility weekend in Atlanta!  Savannah and I had one of our better weekends and she finished up her AX and AXJ titles (both with First placements)!  Also, Mercer had a great weekend earning more Open Standard and JWW legs with multiple First placements and a Second!  Demi finished her AXJ title with a second placement.  And Tango had a great weekend, earning her AXJ and another Exc Std leg, all with First placements.  NEW Tango video HERE.  NEW Mercer video HERE.

March 12 - Stella has her pups!  6 girls - crazy!  And one is a gold (ee red) and white.  Unfortunately, the very last puppy she gave birth to didn't make it and will be waiting at the Rainbow Bridge with her uncle Beau Sr.

Agility news - Cirque gets an open jww leg with 3rd place in FL and Tango finishes her NF title and gets a 1st place in excellent jww and (2) 2nd place q's in Open Fast, in NC.

February 10

Tired after Tallahassee! (Agility and Conformation)  Will went to his second dog show and did great!  First day he won a four point major and Best of Breed over specials (and made a 6-dog cut in a tough herding group!).  Second day he went WD/BOW for a 3 point major.  I'm so proud of him.  Last (only) time he showed in a real show was one day, nearly a year ago, where he won a point.  Savannah was wild this weekend, but we did manage to get another leg in Excellent JWW with a First place!

New video of Puppy Girl #2 and Greta:    http://www.youtube.com/user/holtherborders#p/a/u/0/ZlaYBqvLvl8

Congrats Becky and Vamp on a Rally Excellent title and 3 QQ's towards her RAE with 4 First Placements and one perfect score of 100!  Also, agility weekend in Savannah, GA:  Savannah gets a 1st in Excellent A Standard 20" on Sat, Mercer and Cecilia finish his NA and NF titles, and Tango and Lloyd finish her OAJ and gets a first place in Exc A Std 16".

New Greta pics @ 14 months

Lloyd and Tango had a great weekend in USDAA agility!  Tango won 4th place in the competitive 22" Grand Prix qualifier (at just a hair under 18" tall, she normally jumps 16" in AKC).  She also got several Q's, titles and First placements over the weekend.  Way to go you two!
Picture HERE.

UPDATES!  New puppy updates and a bunch of SNOW PICTURES - YAY!

Pictures of Ten, Savannah's first born pup, who is now in his new home with Lara!

Stella is pregnant by Epic!  Also, Savannah back in the saddle for first time since pups, had a nice agility trial.  No Q's, but she was HAPPY!

January 10

Will wins a nice Group 1 in a match and Alice gets another point.  In agility, Lynn and Cirque get two Open Std legs!

New pictures/video of the puppies here :)

New video of Cirque!       http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nj7rp1OT1CE

Vamp goes to an APDT rally trial for 2 days and comes back with 8 first placements, 3 perfect scores and 2 new titles!

New Bella pictures!  Also...Savannah pups - 3 week old pictures/video!

December 09

Savannah's puppies are born!  (New 2 week old pictures and video added 12/28) and their sire, Epic, now has his HIBs title!  Also a new video of Vamp's vacation here:  www.youtube.com/watch?v=qalnM8drUX0

Vamp gets her Rally Advanced title with a First place!

Great start to December - Alice gets her PT herding title and Cirque gets his NAJ in lightening fast speed! Video HERE

November 09

Well well well... could this possibly be Ryder?  :)   http://valentinesdaymovie.com/  

Way to go Alisa and Brandy!  Brandy gets several first placements in a disc tournament this weekend!  And Lloyd and Tango had a great weekend at their first USDAA agility trial with really fast times, multiple legs, firsts and second placements in jumpers and gamblers.

Congrats to Guinness!  The G-Man goes Best of Winners for points at his very first dog shows out in CA!

13th weekend:  Congrats to Becky and Vamp!  Rally Novice obedience title in one weekend in Concord, NC with 3 very nice First placements with scores of 100, 99 and 100!  Wish I could've made it to see you guys!  Congrats Cirque for a FIRST in Nov B Jumpers!

Agility:  CONGRATS Demi and Donna!  She gets her AX title and another AXJ leg with a first place!
Savannah gets Q's with first placements towards her AX and AXJ on Nov 7th.  Also, Tango earns her OA title and another OAJ leg!  And Alice gets another two points in the show ring!

Halloween weekend full of agility!  Savannah completes her OA and OAJ titles with 2nd and 3rd placements.  Mercer makes his agility debut and gets his NAJ title as well as 2 legs of his NA title and a leg of his NF title - with several 1st placements - Congrats, Cecilia!    And at another trial, Tango gets several 1st placements in Open Std and Open JWW - congrats, Lloyd!

October 09

Another agility weekend!  Savannah gets First Place in her first Open jww run as well as another open jww leg in her second run and also an Open standard leg with a third place.  Demi, her littermate, gets a First in Excellent Std!  Also, Cirque, down in S. FL gets his NA title!  Also - Brandy gets a second place in her freestyle disc dog routine!

Cirque's very first agility trial -  a First Place and a Third, in Nov B, with very fast times and now has a standard and a jumpers leg .  Wow!  Congrats to Lynn and Cirque!

Irish wins an incredible 2nd place (and only was 1/2 point shy of first!)  in Saturday's Pro Toss and Fetch at USDDN World Disc Championships!  Also,  Clooney's daughter wins RWB at the BCSA 2009 National Specialty!  Kisha's half-sister, Devon, wins the BCSA specialty show (again!) at the National - congrats Carolyn!  Unfortunately, I wasn't able to attend any of the events I wanted to on this weekend, as Savannah's heat cycle is in full bloom!

Brandy, in her second disc competition ever, at a year old, wins first place in freestyle at a Skyhoundz local! Video on her page

Finn get his Rally Novice title!

September 09

Irish and Mark get 6th place out of 78 teams at the Skyhoundz World Championship qualifier!

Savannah gets her NA and NAJ agility titles in Columbia, SC, with four First Placements!

Vamp goes HIGH IN TRIAL at a large UKC show and Alice gets WB in Atlanta for another 2 points!  Not a bad weekend for these littermates who just turned a year old this week!

Alice gets a major win at the Atlanta dog show!  Litter sister Vamp gets a second UKC Rally leg!

Tango completes her NA, NAJ titles in agility, at her second trial weekend, with 1st placements. Congrats, Lloyd!  Savannah got another novice standard leg with a nice first place!  She would've finished her novice titles, but she has the one-bar-curse right now!  And Demi gets her OAJ title and another Excellent leg.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to the Stella x Cap second litter.  Your owners are awesome (well on that note, the first Stella-Cap litter owners are really awesome, too)!  Special thanks to G's,  Brandy's , Vamp and Alice's owners for making a beautiful book about the litter's first year.  I have been really blessed with such excellent homes for my pups.

Alice gets three points during her very first dog show weekend! Congrats to owners Melissa and Bob!

A Dog Year movie trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgsTFgyyqvs

August 09

Alice gets her first UKC Rally leg with a 93!

Another title for Vamp, UKC Ultimate Air dock diving (UJJ) - congrats!  Vamp also got a first place with 195 in UKC subnovice obedience and a 100 in UKC rally. 

Great weekend!  Congrats, Becky -  Vamp gets her novice dock-diving title at BuckMasters!  And congrats to Sandy and Finn, who got two Rally Obedience legs (one in the ribbons) this past weekend!  And Alisa and Brandy placed 4th in their very first freestyle disc competition!

FINALLY!!!  A Dog Year to come out on HBO on September 3...  Click:
 http://www.hbo.com/apps/schedule/ScheduleServlet?ACTION_DETAIL=DETAIL&FOCUS_ID=623086

Congrats to Becky and Vamp, who earned her RLP title with great runs/scores!

July 09

Agility News:  Fun weekend in Perry, GA.  Savannah gets her first std Q in agility with a second place!  ONE bar prevented her q's in each jww.   Tango gets 3 Q's, 3 first places!  Way to go, Lloyd, with his very first agility dog.  Videos on their pages.  Demi (Savannah's littermate) had nice runs in excellent std and open jww.

NEW PICS of Vamp and G!

June 09

My Sister's Keeper with Ryder is now in theaters!

New video of Will
New pics of littermates Alice & Brandy

Moss gets a 3 pt major win at his very first dog show in Asheville, NC

May 09

Irish places 6th in Super Open freestyle USDDN - way to go, Mark! Video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KnnfrQMYa8s

Finn gets his CGC - Congrats to his owner, Sandy!

New Greta pictures!  Also, some fun pics from her chicken round-up

Brandy and her owner Alisa in NJ won first place in their age division in Bark for the Cure's 5K race, averaging a little over 7 mins per mile - wow! 
    Congrats to Kisha's son, Slater, who just won GRAND Champion status in Australia.  Savannah, Mercer and Will also send congrats to their handsome half-brother!

Will gets his first point at his first dog show

April 09

Vamp earns her CGC with flying colors with Becky!

Savannah gets her TDI certification so she can now make therapy visits

Way to go Beth, Joe and Guinness!  Guinness gets his CGC and is quite the well-behaved gentleman at 7 months old.

Will gets his hip results back, he's OFA GOOD :)

NEW!  Movie trailer for My Sister's Keeper (Click link):  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17sIyLOm0Xc

Came across this today  http://www.amazon.com/gp/mpd/permalink/m9CUCQUFUI73K

Mercer is a champion!  He wins a 4 point major in Perry, GA.  Congrats to Cecilia, Mercer's owner, and thank you for the opportunity to handle him on this special day!  He also got his HIC and CGC as well.  Greta wins best of breed and a herding Group 1st in the large, competitive puppy match in Perry, as well! 

Mercer wins a 5 point major in Elkton, Florida!  He only needs one more point to finish his championship.

New Greta pictures!
Busy month to come!  We've had a few slight changes than originally planned.  Several disc events, a herding trial, some TDI tests and some conformation shows thrown in, perhaps, if I can get out of town every weekend this month!  And then, hopefully some puppies for May.  Happy first Birthday to the Chloe x Cap kids this month!!!

March 09
Will is going to be playing disc this spring!  Will spent some time with the GA Irish gang but is coming back home (he is a mama's boy!).  Now I just need to make myself train with Mark when I can and learn how to throw that piece of plastic better!  I really appreciate the drills and different throwing technique he taught me.
Demi gets her Open Agility title!
I have updated the recent Stella x Cap litter page - they are 6 months old and now have individual pages with updates.

February 09
Greta arrives from Germany!  Thank you, Carolyn Brack!

Will's page has been updated with new pictures.  More to come soon.

Came across a magazine with a really neat quote from Emma Roberts (Julia Robert's niece), one of the stars in Hotel For Dogs
“There was this one dog, a Border Collie named Ryder (he played Shep in the movie), who was the smartest animal I had ever been around.  I’ve done a lot of horseback riding, and I always thought horses were the smartest animals, but this collie was brilliant.  Even though he’s a trained movie dog, you could tell by everything he did, from eating to heeling, that he’s just the smartest dog alive.  We became great, great friends, and I’ll never forget that dog.  I hope he never forgets me.”  -Emma Roberts interview in Healthy Pets Magazine, Winter 2008

December 08
12/13/08  Being a Nintendo Wii fan, I was thrilled to learn they have made a game out of Hotel For Dogs! http://www.hotelfordogsthegame.com/   Also, an exclusive FAO Schwarz plush toy! More Hotel For Dogs stuff here.
*Also! Congrats to Kathy and Journey, who are competing in UKC.  She is currently ranked #1 in Border Collies for 2008:  http://www.ukcdogs.com/WebSite.nsf/WebPages/DETopTen (#1 as of 11/08)

12/6/08   Savannah earns her breed Championship by going Best of Breed in Lake City, FL!  All of her points came from the Bred By Exhibitor Class.  Also, I just received new Irish and Tango videos!

November 08
11/29/08  Savannah does Savannah (again!) and wins a 4 point major from the Bred-By-Exhibitor class and goes Best of Breed at Savannah Kennel Club shows with a large entry.  Also, her littermate brother, Mercer, goes Best of Opposite sex to her, from the classes, for a 4 point major as well.  Congrats to Mercer's owner-handler, Cecilia Lamb!  Very unfortunately, the show had to be canceled for the final two days due to rain.

11/15/08 Ocala, FL show:  Mercer goes Winners Dog/Best of Winners for points under judge Linn Klingel, who is also the head of the Judges' Education Committee for the Border Collie Society of America.  Also, Savannah received her heart clearance for OFA database from a cardio vet specialist at a clinic at the show. 

11/7/08 weekend Demi earns her NA, NAJ agility titles and a leg in Open Standard!  She will return to agility competition in the spring with her owner, Donna.  Congrats to you both!

11/1/08 - Herding news!  Sport and I go HIGH IN TRIAL in FL with a 96.5 on his B course run!  Sport also completed his HSAd title and his HSBs title!  My princess, Savannah, earns her PT as well.  I also got to visit with Cirque (Cap x Stella) this weekend, who has a new video!  Also, Savannah's herding page has been updated with new video as well.  What a GREAT weekend.

September 08
9/13/08  Stella has her puppies!  2 boys and 4 girls.

9/1/08  Pete goes to his new home, where he will get to be a disc dog.  I will miss him so much!  What a pup and what a great 15 weeks I had with him.  We look forward to great things in the future from Pete and Joe!

August 08
Hampton earns his OA (with a 1st place) and OAJ (with a 2nd) with very fast times!  Congrats to his 13 yr old
owner-handler, Courtney, who has only had him just a little over a year, and is her first agility dog.  This same
weekend he also Q'd and 1st place in his first Excellent Standard run.

Mercer's page has been updated!
Mercer gets his ortho clearances!  OFA Hips Good, Elbows are Normal.  He also has clearances for normal Thyroid, Cardio, BAER, CERF and is CEA/CH/CL/TNS Clear/Normal as well. 

July 08

Cirque graduates his puppy agility class "with honors" !

Hammy now has two legs towards his OA and OAJ agility titles!

June 08
There is now a preview/trailer for Hotel For Dogs  www.hotelfordogsmovie.com
Ryder has his own downloadable screensaver :)

We have updated the available dogs page.  Also, Hampton earns his NAJ!

May 12
A call to OFA (couldn't wait for answer!) for Savannah's excellent hip and normal elbow results!

May 4
Kisha earns her PT title and Sport and I fumble our way through and receive a second HSAd leg!

April 12
Tom gave us updates on our Border Collie movie actors and their newest feature film!

April 8
Chloe x Cap puppies are born.

April 1
Cirque spends his day on the set of the movie, Marley and Me

March
Hampton earns his Novice Agility title.