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Our first breeding was in 2000 between Wisper and Dice |
We purchased Wisper from Becky Beckmann at Rising Sun Farm in Stacy, MN. Susane fell in love with Mowtion, Wisper's dam, when she saw her at an ASCA trial. Mowtion's style, intensity and finesse handling ducks and sheep just took Susane's breath away. (Mowtion is in the picture with Bodhi on the About Us page, taken at a conformation show where both of them won points in the breed ring.) When Becky got the opportunity to breed Mowtion to ##Wisp (Two number signs --- ## --- is the symbol for "International Supreme Champion"), Susane immediately put her name on the list to buy a daughter. When the litter was born there were two girls: one a spitting image of her mom and the other girl a tri with quite a masculine head and nice substance. Susane decided on the tri.
Wisper was bred at the age of four, after a two year search for the "perfect" mate. Why did it take so long? Well, let's just say that a lot of owners of stud dogs don't know how to give clear answers to questions on their dogs' good and not so good points, and an awful lot of them don't do the minimal health checks (hips and eyes).
When we ended up keeping two of the pups (Ginn and Duce) and they both showed outstanding talent at a very early age, it became clear that Wisper wasn't going to get the time and attention she needed (and deserved) to continue to grow. So, when Sandy lost her only working dog in the middle of lambing, Wisper went to WI to become a "real" sheep dog. Sandy runs a lot more ewes than we do and needed a dog in her chores every day. Sandy now also owns a grand-daughter of Wisper, Ginn's daughter Mist.
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Nancy Obermark's DC WTCh HTCH Dice AX AXJ |
Ris'nSun Wisper HS OTDds |
Wisper and Dice's Puppies' Pedigree
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| There is no picture available of Dice's sire Imp. Craig |
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| Dice's dam Dot |
Wisper's sire ## Wisp |
Wisper's dam Magic Mowtion |
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Our first litter --- Wisper's litter --- produced eight pups: three bitches and five dogs, including Ginn and Duce. Below are some pictures and info on each pup. |
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Annie, black-tri smooth coated. Lives with Mary
in upstate New York. She was our problem child, not due to
anything she did wrong but she ended up coming back to us at 3 1/2 years
old (we take back any pup we've bred, at any time in the dog's life, no
questions asked). We kept her for 6 months and during that time
she turned into a very nice sheep dog. Unfortunately, we couldn't
find her a suitable working home so she ended up (after a trip to OH)
learning about goose control. While doing that, Annie taught
her new owner about sheep, with the end result being that Annie
convinced her new mom that she really should own a small farm where she
could have her very own sheep.
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Duce. He needs no introduction - he's the
one Susane kept. See the "Our Dogs" page. Well, here're a
few more things about Duce. We collected his semen in 2006, and if
all goes well (and according to our plan), his semen will be put to a
daughter of Toss in about six years (when said daughter, whose birth is
two years away as of 2006, is four years old....)
Photo by Amy Johnson, Great Dane Photos |
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Ginn. She needs no introduction either as
she's the one Chuck kept. Of course, Susane can't stop
herself .... Ginn is by far the most incredible bitch we could ever have
dreamt of producing. She turns heads when she's working, doesn't
matter if its in the smaller arena trials (where she really shines) or
the large-field trials. Can't tell you how many of the "big hats"
have told Chuck - "you know, if you'd put her on whistles..." That's
right, Chuck doesn't use a whistle, he prefers voice commands instead,
claiming (not incorrectly) - "what is the FIRST thing the handlers do
when their dog isn't listening? They start using their voice
commands!" 'Nuf said. Photo by Amy Johnson, Great Dane Photos |
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Chica. Black Tri (very little tan) smooth
coat. Lives with Pam Johnson in Lonsdale, MN. Pam has
put a CDX obedience title as well as the novice agility titles on Chica.
Where she shines, of course, is on stock. She works both sheep and
cattle (Pam and her husband have a beef herd). She is a
very talented girl who could do some really great things if she wasn't
saddled with two handicaps. One is that she's unilaterally deaf in
her right ear, which was white at birth. Two is the most debilitating -
she overheats. Pam is very good at managing her and knows the
warning signs to look for. It is hard as a breeder to know that
one has produced a less than perfect dog, but luckily for us and Chica,
she has a great home with Pam who works around her disabilities. Photo by Amy Johnson, Great Dane Photos |
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Tippy. Black Tri rough coat. Tippy
lives with Paula Leusman in Duluth, MN. He's a great companion who
has dabbled some in being a farm dog. Paula will get back to the
farm when she can, and we know that Tippy can't wait to have his own
sheep again. Herding the cat only gets you so far! Tippy has also dabbled some with agility, he wasn't too sure that it was a sport for him. He'd rather play with Paula's two young children. |
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Raeson. Red Tri rough coat. This is Duce's identical twin (well, except for the color, of course!). They are very much two peas in a pod. Both are very sensitive boys, with the same type of quirks. Rae lives with Lori Arent in Stillwater, MN. Rae and Lori come to Sheepy Corner for lessons in sheep herding. They earned their PT title in style in June 06 and we expect them to compete in started in the fall. |
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Will. He was a red tri smooth coat.
Was, because he died of a very aggressive brain tumor in 2005.
Will lived and trained with Nancy Obermark, who owns his sire Dice.
Nancy said of Will that he was the best Border Collie she ever had - we
were all devastated when he died. He worked all stock with style and had time enough to earn his ASCA WTCH and AHBA HTCH and he only needed a few more points for his AKC HC. |
| There is no photo of Jack. | Jack was a black tri rough coat. He's also
gone on over the Rainbow Bridge. He was owned by the Oakdale Golf
course but lived with his handler and trainer Bill. Unfortunately,
Jack was gun shy and when his handler moved to a new house, they didn't
put up a fence. One day he was left outside and the neighborhood
kids were playing paint ball. Jack got frightened and took off -
they found him dead in a ditch two days later. Please, if you don't have a fence - NEVER leave your dog unattended!! Speaking of fences - the so called invisible fences are useless if a dog gets frightened, or if someone wants to take your dog. An invisible fence may keep your dog in - but it can't keep unwanted animals or humans OUT. |
| Wisper's Litter 2000 | Ginn's Litter 2004 | Toss's Litter 2008 |
