My husband Kevin and I have been married for 22 years.. Growing up like many collie lovers I've always had a collie.
Dad got our first collie, a little boy, my nephew named TaterChip. from some friends of his. When we brought him home I rocked him for 2 hours as he fell asleep in my lap.. He was mine ever since. TaterChip passed away at the age of 16. You know if I would of had him till he was 30, It still wouldn't of been long enough. That is what started my love for collies.
When TaterChip was about 10, I thought he was ready to "retire" so I brought him home to live with me and my family. Well he wasn't ready to "retire" as much as he loved me and wanted to be with me, I knew he really wanted to go back to the farm. It was then we got Otis.
Otis was fantastic. Everyone in town knew his friendly, gentle nature. When Otis was about 6 and TaterChip 16 we brought TaterChip home. We had TaterChip with us until his passing. It was a while later we got Olivia.
Even back then I knew I wanted to raise collies, but Olivia didn't have that wonderful easygoing temperament. I knew it was no fault of her own, she just wasn't properly socialized before we got her... Olivia was then spayed and remained a couch potato. Otis then passed away due to cancer at the young age of 6. We were very happy with Olivia, but Olivia needed some companionship of her own while the kids were in school and Kevin and I are at work. With much searching I came across GarlindRidge Collies in Wisconsin and we soon added Elle to our family. We enjoyed Olivia and Elle but Sadly we lost Olivia in August of 2010.
Raising collies is something we've always wanted to do. Now with Jayne on her own and Jake in Collage, we've got the time and the devotion that is needed to raise a litter of puppies..
With Elle being our only breeding female we are limited to only one litter a year and they are well worth the wait.....
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