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About
Us
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Let’s
introduce ourselves.
We are Marko and Natasja van Blanken- Schipper
(48
and 49
years old)
and we live in the city of
Alkmaar.
45 minutes from
Amsterdam.
Alkmaar is famous of his cheese market which is held on the
beautiful Waagplein every Friday morning.
It is visited by many tourists
from all over the world. Furthermore,
Alkmaar is close to lovely villages
like Schoorl and Bergen and close to beaches,
dunes and forests where it
is great to walk with your dogs.
We live on
the outskirts of town with
5
collies in our home.
They are Bibi , Murron,
Ygraine ,Elif and Maddy(our Bitches).
So with 5 collies in total all
the dogs are sure of the attention
they deserve
while we are able to bred our lines. We also have 2 bitches in partnership,
one is the bitch
Grace of My Life the Midland
Valley how is a great grand daughter of our dog
Ch. Sacrafice Cold as Ice and her Grand mother is our bred Jelly baby of
the Lovely Bears
how is also the mother of our Eternal Circle de Midland Valley (Murron)
and our bred Tri bitch
Juicy Couture of the Lovely Bears ( Marley) how is the daughter of our
Ygraine
how is the grand daughter of our dogs Ch. Sacrafice Cold as Ice
Our hobbies are the dogs of course, gardening, the
fish in our pond , our rabbits and
training with our collies
in Obedience , Agility and in a Search Rescue Group.
We train and show our dogs ourselves and gave for many years also lessons in showing dogs
Hoopers, Search and Tracking and Agility training.
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Marko with Biba,
Elif, Murron, Ygraine and Bibi |
Marko is a
gardener who maintains grounds of commercial and public property and
Natasja works 26 Years part- time
in a specialized pet- shop.
We love
hiking with our dogs.
We try to take a holiday every two / tree years, where we can make great
tours with the dogs.
Natasja with Biba,
Elif, Murron, Ygraine and Bibi
Our love
for the collie began in 1986 when we got our first named Bo.
Very sadly he
was stolen from us .
After a year of searching
and feeling terrible about
what happened we bought another collie, Daisy.
When Daisy was just over
one year old, we brought a second collie into our home , Shadow
(Night
shadow du Jardin de la Vigne) a Tricolour dog.
In the meantime we became a member of the breeding society
‘The Dutch Collie Club’.
Through them we got our third collie.
Soon after came Dillan
( I'm mister
blue of Paddington Station), a Blue Merle dog.
After having participated in several shows with Dillan we got the urge
to
become breeders ourselves.
We decided to add a sable female, called
Pebble's (Don’t Fool Me of Paddington Station).
After
having acquired the necessary diploma’s and having requested a
name for our kennel,
we searched intensively for
a suitable partner for
Pebbles.
Soon after we were expecting our first litter.
Don´t Fool me of
Paddington Station ( Pebble´s 11 years old on the picture )
22 - 6 - 1997
†7
- 2 - 2012
The first puppies
were born on March 26th in 2000 and we decided to keep one of
them:
Sammy- Jo (Royal Highness of the Lovely Bears).
So, Sammy-Jo is our
first self- bred female.
For two years in a row she was in the top 10 of
best self- bred collies,
something we are still very proud of.
In 2005 our
first
tricolour puppy
bitch Black Surprise of the Lovely Bears (Aimie )
daughter of our
Feet of
Flames of the Lovely Bears ( Bibi) ,moved to France.
She was
our first Lovely Bears puppy to go abroad.
She lives at her father’s
place with her owners, the Ventroux family
of kennel Midland Valley in
France.
In 2008 the bitch Jelly Baby of the Lovely Bears is also going to kennel
Midland Valley in France.
Black Surprise of the
Lovely Bears
In Januari 2010 a blue merle daughter of
Jelly Baby of the Lovely bears came back to Holland.
Eternal Circle de Midland Valley (Murron)
After her pedigree she have 5 generations of our collies and our dream
come tru.
With her we hope to started our blue lines ......
Multi Champion
Eternal Circle de
Midland Valley (Murron) almost 4 years on the picture
Since 1987
we are member of the official Dutch breedersclub S.H.V. "de Collie Club".
We
bred strictly according to their rules and regulations.
Our puppies
are raised in our living- room.
We don’t have children ourselves but the
little ones are fully socialized by children
who come to visit and play.
At the age of 6/7 weeks we always take the puppies to the busy shopping
mall.
They get familiar with all sorts of sounds, noises, people etc.
We
also make sure they get used to loud noises outside the house , like
traffic, trains and lorries.
New owners must continue this process.
If
socializing is not done properly a dog can stay frightened the rest of his
life.
In their first year
puppies go through several phases until puberty
has passed at age one!!!
All our
dogs are tested for HD (hips) and Cea/Pra (eyes).
After chipping at the
age of 6/7 weeks the puppies are tested for eye abnormalities.
We want to meet
or speak to future owners in advance.
You want to know where your puppy is
coming from, we want to know where he is going to...
Would you
like to read more about our collies, please click here:
Our Dogs -
Our Bitches
Please
enjoy your visit to our site!
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