Thursday, September 18, 2008

OK, We're Back - slightly early....

...But couldn't pass up the opportunity to breed Tap to Kevin Evans' 2008 International Supreme Champion, Mirk while in Wales for the World Trial. We would not normally breed back to back heat cycles, but Tap is young and fit and this is a tremendous opportunity to bring in this dog's pedigree to North American soil.


The scoop on Mirk:


We watched him at both the International in Abergele, North Wales and at the World Trial in South Wales. We also met him and watched him work a bit at his home farm. He has a very nice temperament, is well put together and has good power and loads of style on his sheep. He is biddable yet also looks stronger than Tap, which hopefully will compliment her! Finally, I may get another smooth coat, pricked eared pup! He is NOT hip scored, though. They don't seem to do hip radiographs over there. If you saw the hills these dogs have to work, then you'd see that an unfit dog or a dog with bad hips would not last 2 seconds.


Here's what I mean...


And yes, those white dots are sheep.

Anyways, with luck we will know if there will be pups in a few weeks.

Presenting Mirk:



Isn't he handsome?

1 comment:

Sarah Duke said...

He is very handsome! I wouldn't worry too much about the back to back breeding thing, you made a very thoughtful choice, over on the world trial blog you can tell you really deliberated about the decision with yourself. Can't wait to see what happens!