Gatesidecollies

05/08/2025

Latka doing some light gardening in the rain.
One of my pet peeves (pun intended) is dogs that are offended by wet grass or worse yet won't potty in the rain. It's been really dry the last few weeks but we finally got a rainy summer day and went outside to play. I got some confused looks from the puppies but the quickly adapted to the wet grass and wierd sky water and began "adjusting the landscaping".
No plants or puppies were harmed.

04/08/2025

Woot! Eyechecks went well. All 13 puppies had mild CEA. No accidents, no vomiting and they had the best time visiting. No photos as I was using both hands to wrangle puppies who think they are big enough to jump out of the van crates on their own when I think they are decidedly NOT!

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01/08/2025

Phoenix is the father of our current Potato litter and our earlier litter this year, the Amphibians. As we expected, his hips came back excellent and his elbows normal. Phoenix has been producing very outgoing, physically confidant puppies with long heads, beautiful outline and balanced movement.
Finding the junction of health, temperament and strong, functional beauty that matches up to the breed standard is the first challenge when breeding and we are grateful to dogs like Phoenix who help us along that journey. The second challenge is the nurture portion: raising those dogs and puppies with careful consideration with an eye towards physically sound, physiologically balanced dogs; healthy animals, who can fulfil the role of the amazing companion and partner that can be found only in dogs.

31/07/2025

Collie flowers. Chip and Russett.

31/07/2025

Peekaboo!
Getting used to playing outside, building coordination and muscle.

29/07/2025

Nothing is safe when the baby puppies are loose....they got my rubber glove for cleaning puppy food pans.
They are exploring, exploring exploring and everything goes into the mouth. It's important to provide appropriate toys and footing of different textures and firmness while they're in this exploratory phase. I did take the glove as soon as I finished filming...and tossed it out because sharp tiny teeth made lots of tiny holes.

26/07/2025

Latka (sable male) and Tiramisu (tri female) 7 weeks. Time for first vaccines and wearing collars!!

24/07/2025

It isnt always structured exposures and learning. Sometimes we just hangout outside, sniffing and eating shoelaces until all the puppies go splat like Idaho in the last photo.

24/07/2025

Idaho scored high in his agility aptitude testing.

23/07/2025

Tatertot winning things with wheels exposure. We want puppies to show relaxed interest, maybe move towards the rolling item, even better if they engage with it. Tatertot knocks it out of the park.

19/07/2025

Tatertot, she's likely staying.