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Kim
and Pete at The French Laundry, Yountville, CA, August
2007
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Since our first Sheltie litter in
1989, we have bred or owned over 200
Champions, including SEVEN National
Specialty Best of Breed winners and
numerous Best in Specialty and Best
in Show winners. We have
breeder-owner-handled the #1
Conformation Dog in the Herding
Group in Canada in 1995. We
are proud to have produced nine ROM
and 23 ROMC titlists.
We are most proud of our
accomplishments at the most
competitive Sheltie venue in the
world, the American Shetland
Sheepdog Association (ASSA) National
Specialty, where we won twice Best of
Breed, twice Best of Opposite Sex,
twice Select Dog, twice Best in Futurity,
Runner-up to Best in Futurity, twice Best of Winners and
fourteen Awards of
Merit, with ten different dogs.
We both have had the privilege
of judging several Specialty
Sweepstakes in Canada and the US,
and Kim is truly honoured to have
been the 2010 and 2023 ASSA
Futurity judge.
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We are a hobby breeder and have
been breeding Shelties with the Laureate Prefix since
1989. Prior
to that, Kim had Gordon Setters. Her first
Gordon, Can. Ch. Grianan Keltic Shelagh, had a litter in
1980 and again in 1982. From the first
litter came Kim's first homebred Champion, Can. Ch.
Grianan Morgan, co-owned with Margaret Bocking,
Shelagh's breeder.
In 1987, both Gordons passed away and we were
looking for a dog for our new home. Kim's family
had Shelties as pets since 1971 and Pete was very taken
with them, so we went looking for a show
prospect. We
purchased Wyndspell Aston Ceilidh from Wanda
Holmes in Cardinal Ontario. Ceilidh was one of the
smartest dogs we’ve ever known and soon obtained
her CDX and two Dog World awards. She had a
beautiful soft expression, but after a trip to the U.S.
National, we decided that she wasn’t what we wanted in a
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Kim and "Morgan" 1982
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The trip to the
National put us in contact with Chris Lynch of Westwind Shelties in California and several
months later we were able to purchase a young female,
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"Holly" was 14 inches and had
tremendous quality. After her first litter it was
evident that she consistently passed along her good
qualities, which is very rare in Shelties. She is an
American Shetland Sheepdog Association Top Producing
Dam, and is the only Sheltie female to have both the ROM
(Record of Merit) and ROMC (Register of Merit Canadian)
titles. She has produced six American and eleven
Canadian Champion, and her full name is American/Canadian Champion Krystalyn Just An Illusion,
ROM/ROMC. |
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Holly’s first litter produced the
multiple Specialty Best of Breed winner and multiple
Best in Show winner, Am/Can Ch.
Laureate Starlight Express along with her Specialty
winning sister, Am/Can Ch.
Laureate Search Party. Starlight
Express, or “Sparkle” as she was known around the house,
was the Top Sheltie in Canada and also the Top
conformation dog in the Herding Group in 1995. She
also won Best of Breed at the Canadian Shetland Sheepdog
Association National Specialty. Sparkle is the top
breeder-owner-handled Sheltie in
Canada. |
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We have bred or owned over 200 Champions
since 1989, with seven National Specialty Best of Breed
winners, Multiple Best in Specialty winners, Multiple
Best in Show winner 94 American Champions, 173 plus Canadian Champions,
3
Japanese Champions, 2 Brazilian Champion, 1 Chilean
Champion, 1 Portuguese and many Top
Producers. |
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We breed several well thought out
litters
each year, and have waiting lists for both show and
companion puppies. Our puppies are home raised and
are microchipped and vet checked before leaving.
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Our companion puppies are ready to
go around eight or nine weeks of age. Our show
puppies usually stay a while longer. We carefully
screen prospective buyers, as we are looking to place
our puppies in the best possible homes, with the
understanding that the puppy is a lifetime
commitment.
We guarantee
our puppies to be in good health at the time of sale and
provide a two-year temperament and genetic health
guarantee.
We are members
in good standing of
the following
clubs:
Canadian Kennel Club (Life Members)
American
Shetland Sheepdog Association
Canadian Shetland
Sheepdog Association
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Pete and Kim, Sauble Beach,
Ontario
1985
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