What are the unique features of your breeding program’s methods and processes?
Whitehall Collies Breeding Best Practices 1. We only keep a few dogs at a time. I decided from the beginning that all our Collies would live in the house with us. The Collie is so emotionally attuned to his people that isolating one in an outside pen with little human contact seemed cruel to me. […]
What you may not know about Show Collie Breeders
I frequently hear the following from people looking for a Collie puppy: “I’m not looking for a show dog, just a good dog.”I get that! But I think under that comment might lie a few misconceptions about show Collies vs. pet Collies. All our “show prospects” are pets primarily. They live in my house just […]
More Fun Facts About Collies
More Fun Facts About Collies The Collie is a medium to large herding dog that comes in two varieties: the Rough Collie familiarized by the Lassie TV series, and the Smooth (short-haired) Collie. American Rough and Smooth Collies are distinct varieties; though they are routinely crossed together in the US, their puppies are either Rough […]
Whitehall Collies’ Position on Controversial Topics of Puppy and Dog Care
Whitehall Collies’ Position on Controversial Topics of Puppy and Dog Care We all want to do the best thing for our dogs. There is a lot of mixed advice out there, and we just have to sift through it and make choices based on our own circumstances, and do the best we can. It is […]
Collie Health and Genetics
We Collie breeders take genetic testing very seriously, seeing what devastation mutations in overbred dog populations can cause. Our parent club, the Collie Club of America (CCA), formed a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization called the Collie Health Foundation in 1986. It aims to address the breed’s most significant health problems with research, testing, and education. CHF […]
