AlcyoneCollies

16/08/2024

Somehow Jonesy is still available!

We do vet all potential owners and have an application process and contract 😊

30/07/2024

Jonesy is available to the right home!

One of our Huck x Kestrel puppies was returned at no fault of his own.

Jonesy is a very sweet boy. He is good with other dogs, though he will need some one-on-one time (as most dogs do!)
With some consistency, Jonesy will make an amazing hiking or walking partner, and could excel at performance events or sports with necessary training.

Birth date: February 25, 2023 (he is still very much so an adolescent male!)
He will come with a contract, veterinary records, and health testing results.

If interested, fill out an application at https://www.alcyonecollies.com/application or reach out via email at [email protected]

17/06/2024

Huck
Ch Moxie’s Royal Nonesuch RN IT

Photo from the Herding group at Coeur d' Alene Dog Fanciers. - taken by Claudia Pet Photography

17/06/2024

Happy Father's Day to Huck 💕

Ch Moxie's Royal Nonesuch RN IT

11/05/2024

UPDATE: after some thinking, I’ve decided I will hold onto Tanis. We will work on agility and obedience while she grows up ❤️
I do have her tri rough brother tentatively available to the right home after we go back to basics with training 💕

Tanis
Alcyone Moxie Buck Up or Huck Up
DOB: 02.25.23
Moxie There’s Your Trouble IT CGC x Ch Moxie’s Royal Nonesuch RN IT

Available to a performance/sport home!
Tanis will be preparing for her CGC in the near future.

An ideal home for Tanis would be with a person or family interested in competing in obedience, rally, agility, scentwork, tracking, or other performance events or sports. Tanis is great with other dogs and cats. She isn’t always the most careful on her feet yet, so she would need to be supervised around very small dogs until she is a bit older. While she was not raised around kids, she would likely get along well with respectful children.

Tanis is on the smaller side of size for the Collie breed. She is a heavy duty chewer, and can be destructive if bored. A dog proof home and crating while not supervised is a must. Tanis has shown no signs of having separation anxiety or resource guarding issues.

Tanis would love to be someone’s shadow, as her dam is for me!

She is crate trained, potty trained, leash trained, and will be starting training for basic obedience foundations soon. Tanis has experience on the grooming table, is good with having her nails trimmed with clippers or a dremel, and is used to a high velocity dryer. Her MDR1 status is m/n.

Tanis is very special to me, as all my dogs are, so she will need to go to the perfect home. I would prefer a local home for her (Spokane area).
Co-bred with Moxie Collies

If interested in Tanis or interested on being on a waitlist for the future, please visit AlcyoneCollies.com/application

25/02/2024

🎉🎉HAPPY FIRST BIRTHDAY!!!!!🎉🎉
To the Huck x Kes litter!

A year ago today by 6am, these four puppies came into the world 💕
Tanis was first at around 1am, with Oscen then Finn not long after. Wayne was towards the end.
Kestrel took her due date of February 25th VERY seriously, lol.

Some Fun Facts about my experience with this litter:
🐾 After three tricolors in a row, I remember thinking “is Kestrel seriously just making copies of herself over and over?!”

🐾I am currently sick with a similar cold to what I had their first year of life! (It’s a lot easier to be sick when you don’t have a newborn litter, by the way.) I lived off Ensure, Powerade, and a box of Crumbl cookies for their first week 😂

🐾Wayne was the only puppy out of the four that had to be supplemented. Mostly because his tricolor behemoth siblings didn’t want to share.

A whole year later and Wayne and Tanis have both seen the show ring multiple times (Wayne has a major), Oscen is having a blast with his family doing so many things, and Finn is being a loved companion. I can’t wait to see what else they do 💕

22/02/2024

Puppies shouldn’t be separated from their dams/littermates prior to 8 weeks! This can result in behavioral issues.

09/02/2024

HAPPY BIRTH-MONTH!
To the Huck x Kestrel litter 💕

You are all now SO BIG and still SO LOVED!

Watch out for more posts about their puppyhood and lots of puppy pictures as we get closer to their birthday 🥲

💕✨💕✨💕✨💕

26/12/2023

Is your dog part of the Lambchop cult?

26/12/2023

Originally posted to my story, but I wanted to share it here as well!

26/12/2023

Happy holidays and a wonderful new year for my friends out there!
Enjoy this photo of Luci playing with her new bed/toy 💕 I think she approves 😂

And a special happy first Christmas to the Huck and Kestrel litter - Wayne, Tanis, Oscen, and Finn 💕

05/12/2023

I know I don’t make enough posts and market enough, but I can assure you all that it is not out of laziness - but more from a place of being in a “learner” mindset. I don’t like to appear as if I know everything, because I don’t. And I never will.

Despite being involved in dogs for over half of my life, I still feel like I have so much to learn. I’d challenge you all to question those who post with such confident knowledge, despite being so new to the world of dogs and dog sports/shows. (Of course, there are always exceptions to this, as the world is never black and white.)

Question everything, not from a place of anger or disgruntlement, but from a place of curiosity and a hunger to learn.

13/11/2023

27/10/2023

27/10/2023

One of the most important things to remember with dogs is that behavior is communication. So when we're considering how to correct problematic behaviors, we've got to look at what the dog is trying to tell us before simply slapping a "naughty" label on it.

23/10/2023

🌽Wayne🌽
Alcyone Moxie Huck Around and Find Out
(Ch Moxie’s Royal Nonesuch RN CGC IT x Moxie There’s Your Trouble IT CGC)
Bred and owned by myself and Melinda Barber

Was awarded Best of Winners on Saturday and Winners dog on Sunday of the Overlake Collie Club designated specialty shows with Wenatchee Kennel Club 💕
He is now major pointed at 8 months old, at his second weekend out!

AlcyoneCollies & Moxie Collies
📸 : Melinda Barber

Good job, moldy puppy!

20/09/2023

I don’t think I ever posted about this on my kennel page!

Wrex was awarded a Non-Sporting group 1 over some pretty tough competition on the Saturday of the Hurricane Ridge Kennel Club show in Sequim, WA.
So far this year Wrex has placed six times in the group ring, with big breaks between shows. (I mean, I work full time and am working towards an MBA and do other things with my dogs, too. Can’t really physically handle going to a show every weekend lol)
We have a couple more shows planned this year!

Sometimes it’s important to reflect and be proud of the work you have done. 💕
2023 has been quite a rollercoaster of a year so far, I’m just glad I have things like this to look back on so it hasn’t all been bad or sad.

See you at a show in the future, probably doing homework or a test at my grooming table!

17/08/2023

Tentitively looking for the perfect and somewhat local show and performance home for Tanis.
🪩Int’l Ch. Alcyone Moxie Buck Up or Huck Up🪩

Tanis is a girl that not only loves the show ring, but has the brains and energy to do anything and everything, while enjoying every minute of it. I have yet to expose her to sheep, but she has been around horses, chickens, and Guinea fowl her whole life. I could see her really excelling at rally, obedience, agility, scentwork, tracking, dock diving, or all of the above. She exemplifies a true “do it all” Collie attitude.

She will have completed her AKC STAR puppy certificate by the end of this week.

I am in no rush at all to find the perfect home, and she is staying right here unless the perfect place comes along. Giving up this girl would be extremely hard for me, but it would really be a great opportunity for someone that wants a do-it-all show dog.

Co-bred with Moxie Collies, and is a neice to GCHB Moxie’s RockNRolla

Ch Moxie’s Royal Nonesuch RN IT “Huck” x Moxie There’s Your Trouble IT

If interested, please reach out to me via messenger or by email at [email protected]

07/08/2023

Tanis is growing up!

Alcyone Moxie Buck Up or Huck Up
(Ch Moxie’s Royal Nonesuch RN IT CGC x Moxie There’s Your Trouble IT)
Co bred with Moxie Collies

15/07/2023

Jonesy is off on the next chapter of his life!
This is one of the best but also hardest parts of breeding dogs 🥹💕🐾

24/06/2023

Just trying to have fun out there ❤️
Remember to enjoy your dogs today

09/06/2023

Cascade Collie Rescue is dedicated to the care and safety of abandoned or surrendered rough and smooth collies in Oregon, as well as sharing the joy associated with the breed.

09/06/2023

They’ve been battling since birth 😂

07/06/2023

Jonesy would like a place to call his own 💕
He’s a laid back guy that loves to hang out with his people. He would be a great dog to get started in shows or performance events with! He is a tricolor version of his dad as far as temperament goes. Easy going and happy to just hang out, but also down to go on long hikes and adventures!

Co-bred with Moxie Collies

Please reach out to me at [email protected] with any questions!