Ildanach Border Collies

07/08/2024

Please contact Wynnlake Border collies for contact details of his owners. We don't know him personally however we knew his breeder and if she was still with us she would have done anything to help one of her pups out.

20/06/2024

Our wonderful foundation bitch Jazz (Ulara All That Jazz) had many great qualities, love of agility wasn't one of them. She humoured me in doing agility but really was just as happy watching with me as doing with me. It was about being with me, not the activity for her.

It does however appear that her grand kids got plenty of love of agility and drive. Paddy Innisman Its All A Sham) and Elphie (Ildanach Alderaan Princess) are both Jazz grand kids from 2 different Mums and very different sire lines yet they share an intense love of agility.

Recently we competed in the 2024 SA Agility State Championships. Paddy and Gail had some incredible near miss runs. Elphie had a mixture of good and bad but held it together at the right times to qualify for finals and finish up Runner Up to State Champion in her class for the second year in a row.

Thank you to our good friend Ross Felix for these photos of Paddy and Elphie in action. Their faces may not say it, but I promise they really do love it, they are just fiercely determined while out there.

Tyme (Innisman All In Good Tyme) also came along to enjoy the fun (She really is playing!). We are looking forward to seeing if the next generation has the same level of passion for agility.

29/04/2024

It has been many years since we welcomed a puppy that wasn't born here. Last week, we welcomed Tyme (right hand side of group photo) to the family. She has settled in perfectly and we are super impressed with the work our good friend Gail Hall of Innisman BorderCollies has done with the litter.

On the weekend we caught up at an agility trial with her brother and sister who were absolutely incredible to be able to focus and work 10m away from an agility ring and so many distractions. They are all such calm, thinking puppies. Incredibly, Tyme's sister is still looking for her perfect home.

With Tyme in the house we have Jazz's daughter, grand daughter and great grand daughter in the house. If all goes well, Tyme will bring the next generation to Ildanach in a few years.

14/04/2024

If anyone is looking for a puppy, these 2 are cracking little pups that will be great in a dog sport home or active family home. Both engage very well even going through some shaping exercises on novel equipment with people they have never met.

For information, please contact Gail at Innisman BorderCollies

08/04/2024

These are down from our wonderful foundation bitch Jazz and will be great for someone looking for a dog for agility, obedience, tricks, rally, dancing, nose works etc. Could potentially herd however parents have had very limited exposure to stock however grandmother and great grandparents on sire side were lovely workers.

24/02/2024

Lovely to be there to see these gorgeous babies enter the world. Their Dad is out of the very first puppy born under the Ildanach prefix and we are pleased to see the arrival of a new generation. Congratulations to our very good friend Gail at Innisman Border Collies.

Yesterday we welcomed our beautiful litter. We have 3 boys and 2 girls all heathy and thriving. Sadly we lost our last little girl. Nyx is being amazing with them all having a 30g weight gain overnight! Thanks to Kristen for helping me through the day.

09/12/2023

A lovely boy looking for a family to call his own. Please contact Pukawidgee directly for more information.

Big thank you to everyone who shared our post! Our beautiful boy has found his perfect 🏡❤️❤️❤️

For more information email us at [email protected] 📧

11/09/2023

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05/02/2023

We love every update but especially one like this. Enormous congratulations to Annette and Evie (Ildanach Arrow of Everdeen) on achieving their JD (novice jumping) title today with this quick run.

Now Elphie and I need to hit some trials and catch up!

06/10/2022

We loved the chance to catch up with Evie at agility on the weekend. It was so good to have the 2 sisters from our last litter entered in the same trial. They are so similar in how they work but also so different. Evie likes to shout for joy while working while Elphie is quiet, serious and focussed. We can certainly say they are both VERY quick and absolutely love the sport. Annette and I have very similar feelings towards agility - it will never be a bad day taking them out on course as they are such fun dogs to run. Photos of Evie (blue and yellow jumps) from the weekend and comparison shots of Elphie back in June.

01/10/2022

As a breeder I never get over catching up with one of my kids. Today it's the beautiful Evie who was Stripe in our last litter.

10/07/2022

As breeders we always say we never forget and they will always be one of our kids. Tonight we are shedding tears for one of the pups from our first litter - Nellie who died suddenly last week at the age of 11. We are devastated at her loss and thinking of her wonderful family.

06/07/2022

Located in Victoria but we know his human Mum and doggie grand parents and would highly recommend Khembear Border Collies for anyone looking and ready now. Transport from Victoria to SA can easily be arranged so don't let that be a barrier.

20/06/2022

Located in Victoria but I know his breeder and have met his Mum and her parents. Someone will be lucky to get George who has been raised in a house with lots of love and care.

12/05/2022

If you want to check out some of the wonderful border collies in South Australia, come on down to Dogs SA Cromwell Rd Kilburn from 8:30am this Saturday where the club will be holding its inaugural championship show, obedience and rally trials. Between the 3 events there will be about 100 border collies being exhibited. A very exciting day with massive amounts of work from the hard working committee to get the club off the ground and run their first events.

A brilliant entry for this weekends Championship Show. Thank you to everyone who entered.

We will be located at rings 7 & 8 and starting at 8:30am with property classes.

The catalogue will be open for everyone to see on the day of the show. Link will be posted here.

See you all there

08/04/2022

Today my phone decided to give me a memory, our beautiful foundation girl Jazz. Sadly we lost Jazz a few weeks ago. She gave us 14.5 amazing years and is missed every day.

I don't know what I put this together for but she was still quite young. Jazz went on to get her JD title in agility, intermediate a course sheep, advanced a course ducks and started b course sheep and ducks.

She loved to herd and any other dog sport we tried she only did to humour me. She was as happy at an agility trial sitting with me watching as with doing. She probably would have made a reliable obedience dog too but again it was just to humour me so we didn't bother. It's also why we never went beyond novice jumping. Her herding, had we lived elsewhere she likely would have been a champ finishing a couple of passes short of it but with no duck trials offered for probably 6 years here in SA. When they recommenced she was 12.5 and I took her out to work them on a training day and she loved every minute but it was also clear she was never going to get the scores needed with her lack of hearing so after that she just got the ocassional chance to work them at training days.

Our favourite herding times were well away from the trial field - the time we worked as part of a team with a friend and her dogs to move a flock of sheep including ewes with young lambs and draft the ram out through a paddock gate, without allowing the stock to mix with sheep already on the paddock. And the time we got a call to help round uo some rogue sheep and she moved a mob through several paddocks and into yards, to then have to return for the ram who escaped the yards. Jazz worked a single ram over about 500m and loaded him onto a trailer. Then there was the time we rocked up somewhere and the guy was sceptical 1 woman and her 1 dog could pen his sheep that he had spent hours on a quad bike with mates only to give in. So he say back with a beer to "watch the entertainment " And watching her work without quitting on the most difficult job in her life that included dealing with ewes with 2 and 3 day old lambs at foot. But we got the job done and we'll under the time he expected it would take.

If we wanted sheep worked down for training, Jazz was the dog. Quietly and calmly educating the sheep that walk quietly and you won't be pressured but try and escape and you will be blocked at every turn.

I'm sure I will never get another dog that works like she did and the house is empty without her.

01/01/2022

We started the year with wonderful news in from Victoria with Ildanach Arrow of Everdeen (Evie) gaining 1st place with her first novice agility qualification. Blitzing the 60 second course in 25 seconds. Congratulations to Annette and Evie!

16/08/2021

It's been a long time between brags.

Between my fractured wrist, neck injury and , covid lockdowns Elphie and I have managed a few agility trials. She always tries hard and has had some fantastic runs but usually one small fault costs us a qualification

This last weekend was no exception. 2 beautiful runs with just a small error. Then we held it together and she gave me a sensational run for her first novice jumping qualification with a nice and quick 20 second run on a 43 second course, also winning first place.

Excited to have pur first pass with our home bred girl (who didn't want to pose for a photo, that was much harder than it should have been!)

11/06/2021

It's been a long time since I last had a dog in the agility state championships. I think it was Piper who was born in 2001 and is the inspiration for our prefix - ildanach meaning versatile, master of all because Piper showed us how a border collie can turn their paw to anything.

Tomorrow we will compete in the state champs for the first time with a dog holding our prefix. Not sure it will be successful but knowing Elphie it will definitely be fast and fun.

30/04/2021

Happy 3rd birthday to the youngest Ildanachs - Elphie, Evie, Casper, Benny and Hugh.

2020 was a quiet year with Covid cancelling so many events but Elphie and I worked away at agility training when we could and have now started trialling. No passes yet but wow, she is so much fun to run and absolutely loves her time on course and I know when we finally get it together it will be great. She definitely gets her work attitude and enthusiasm from Dad's side of the pedigree!

Here is a run from last weekend that was close but not quite.

19/10/2020

Looking for a dog or looking for something to do with your dog? This will be a great day with lots of dog sports to see and dogs to pat. Come along and say hello. We will most likely be found at the Herding Dog Club of SA stand.

01/08/2020

How to have happy border collies - a forest run and herding in one day. The old girl Jazz had a great time working the ducks and even managed to get them around a course. And Elphie had her first go out in the paddock with the sheep and while it was a bit rough it was a pretty good first effort out of the yards.

12/06/2020

We love getting puppy updates! Even when the "puppy" is 9 years old. This is Jack, the first born from our first litter. His dad is away so he is keeping busy helping around the home.

30/04/2020

Happy second birthday to our Scream and Cinna kids. I love getting updates, seeing the wonderful dogs they are maturing into and how loved they are.

07/04/2020

Please note: we have no litters planned this year. We recommend you contact the ANKC association in your state eg DogsSA, DogsVic, DogsNSW etc for contact details of registered breeders or alternately the breed club in your state (if there is one).

Recently we have received an influx of puppy enquiries. For many people now seems like a great time to get a puppy as everyone is at home. Please remember though a dog is for 12 to 15 years -- will the time still be right when everything goes back to normal in 3 to 6 months time? Will a puppy who by that stage is a cheeky adolescent still fit into your lifestyle?

If the answer is yes, please ensure that while you are home as well as doing all the wonderful fun puppy training and socialisation that you also prepare your puppy for how life will be. The same applies to adult dogs who suddenly find their routine turned upside down.

This post from Bondi Behaviourist shares some ideas on managing through this time and helping to avoid issues when everyone returns to work and school.

Your dog may not be used to being home all day, and while at first this might seem like all of their Christmases have come at once we must be careful not to mess them around too much.

We don’t want our dogs to become over dependant on us and not be able to cope with us leaving the home when we go back to work. That doesn’t mean you can’t enjoy being around them but some healthy degrees of separation at different times of the day may help everyone down the track.

Practicing leaving them in their ‘safe place’ with enrichment while you work on the computer (or watch Netflix. No judgment) for a couple of hours during the day can help this. If your dog can’t go that long, then leave them for what they can with something to occupy them and gradually build this duration up.

It also goes a long way to ensuring they get enough sleep and rest. They may have been used to not being disturbed throughout the day, and while you’re home, you’re a stimulant. So ensuring your dog gets enough rest and sleep through this time can go a long way to keeping their social and tolerant personalities as you know them. It can often take around three months before you see the effects of sleep deprivation in their mood... so get on top of it sooner before it creeps up on you.

A tired dog is the same as a tired human... s**t at everything!!

14/02/2020

If anyone is currently looking for a male puppy, Waveney Border Collies have a beautiful baby boy looking for his new family. I have had the pleasure of meeting this litter a couple of times and they are lovely, happy, outgoing puppies. For information and to contact Jacquie, see the following https://www.dogzonline.com.au/breeds/member.asp?name=WAVENEY

07/02/2020

This is a gorgeous boy who will make a family very happy. I had the fun of meeting, playing with and photographing this beautiful boy and his litter mates last week. Temperaments of the whole litter were fantastic - new people in a new environment and nothing phased them.

08/09/2019

Ildanach Border Collies's cover photo

27/07/2019

Wynnlake Border Collies

I am giving this post by a friend of ours a share.

I have also received a few enquiries lately looking for later in the year. Normally I love that people are so organised and prepared and not making impulse decisions. however, if you are thinking now towards the end of this year please be aware there will be a shortage of quality, well bred puppies from responsible breeders.

There are quite a few litters available now or over the next month or 2. Availability will then drop for 3 or 4 months so that breeders are not leaving baby puppies or pregnant bi***es at home while they travel.

From the enquiries I’ve been receiving, there appears to be a large number of people who are waiting until spring to get their next puppy. You may have noticed lots of pups available at the moment. This is because most reputable Border Collie breeders are having their last litters for the year around this time due to the Border Collie National that’s happening in Sydney in October. As we need to travel interstate, breeding plans get put on hold for this event every 3 years. So if you are waiting for the nicer weather to get your next companion, you may well miss out this year. If you are set on getting a well bred Border Collie from a reputable breeder, I would highly recommend moving your plans forward a couple of months. Otherwise you could be waiting until next year for your new furry friend or be stuck buying from a less than reputable source.

09/07/2019

If anyone is currently looking out for a new companion. A friend of ours has this lovely little guy available.

We have available 1 black and white boy from our latest litter. He is a sweet little guy who’s looking for a loving home where he can be part of the family. We are located at Lewiston South Australia but can organize flights to other states if required. He is $1800
Both parents have been DNA tested, hip and elbow scored and eye tested.

Dogs SA number 5100035569