Tortuga BorderCollies

08/01/2025

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26/08/2024

Meet Tortuga Border Collie: Flying Dutchman BN RN ACT2 ACTJ1 BCAT RATS DJA DS DDB TKI CGC

AKA: Dutchman
Born in Sept of 2021.
ABCA and AKC Registered.
Color: Black Tri
Height: 21"
Weight: 45 lbs
Coat: medium
Carries: IGS, EAOD
Optimal DNA Panel clear otherwise
Eyes: Clear/tested
OFA Hips: Excellent
OFA Elbows: Normal
OFA Shoulders: Normal
BAER: Normal
Sire: Banjo
Dam: Tortuga's Black Pearl

15/03/2024

Available to a sports/working home through no fault of her own: Tortuga's Not all Treasure is Silver and Gold "Savvy".

Savvy is a Pearlie X Barbossa

DOB : 07/04/2023

She is up-to-date on all shots, is microchipped, BAER tested normal and has Optimal Selection DNA testing (OS is pending as I just sent it off today). She is out of health tested and titled parents. She is also currently on Trupanion health insurance and is AKC and ABCA registered. She is a smaller girl and is around 27 lbs and probably around 18".

Savvy is a VERY sweet girl. She is very loving, affectionate, and craves attention. She wants, or rather demands snuggles. She is very biddable and wants to please. She is also very loyal to her person. She is off-leash reliable, travels well, and kennels well. She settles well when not working or playing, and is easy to have around the house. She loves to lay with you while chewing on hooves and water buffalo horns. She loves to work with you and has basic obedience foundations, and was doing free shaping well with her previous family. She gets along well with other dogs, especially ones she has gotten to know. She has had disc foundations and gets extremely excited when a disc comes out. She loves toys and is VERY food-driven.

Savvy is a 1 person (or family-only) type girly . She prefers to ignore other people unless they are in her inner circle or unless they have food.

Savvy will be an amazing sports girl, as she has a good start on disc and seems to love it. I feel she would also excel in agility and depending on how long I have her I may start to do some foundations (on the flat) with her there. I also may start her on some scent work foundations. She saw ducks when she was 9 weeks and had mild interest, and again depending on how long I have her I might introduce her to sheep should the opportunity arise. I have also played a round a little bit with heeling and she will very easily be able to get a focused heel for rally or whatnot. She was a keen swimmer as a baby but hasn't seen water in a few months due to the winter.

She will be an amazing sports girl for someone. However, there are a few stipulations that I feel she needs based on my current assessment of her needs due to her personality and age. She needs a home that isn't chaotic, as in not having a lot of people coming in and out constantly. I also would prefer a home that doesn't have a lot of other current dogs as I feel she would thrive with more 1 on 1 time, as she craves to be someone's super special girl. ( the only reason I am saying that is just because I feel she would Thrive much more with more personalized time. She loves to play with other dogs but I think she loves having more personal time with her people more!)

If you are interested or have questions, please message me. I have a few things going on, so don't worry if I don't respond right away (I will get back to you, it just might take a day or two). I am looking for the right match of a home for her so I am in no hurry to place her, and I know I have already had some interest in her.

This girl definitely inherited her mother's sweetness and will be the best girl for someone!

25/12/2023

Merry Christmas and Happy holidays from the PirateBCs family to yours 🎄🎄

05/10/2023

Flying Dutchman got his OFAs back and he is Hips Excellent!! And normal elbows! ( shoulders of course were already done which we're also normal!)

09/09/2023

Poseidon

~~~This guy is still available, to a sports home only.~~~

It took me a while to decide where the boys were going . This guy would have worked in any of the other homes the boys went into as well as he's a pretty versatile boy. This boy is wonderful he is sweet, he is cuddly, and he has a lot of Drive (going to be high drive). He also loves to play with toys and he settles well in a crate (we have just started crate training though).

He has gone swimming a couple times now and looks like he's going to be a strong swimmer. He has also been exposed to Ducks once as well and he's definitely seemed to have interest.

DOB: 7/04/2023
ABCA and AKC
Dam: 2T Black Pearl "Pearlie" (Health testing & titles see pinned posts on Tortuga BorderCollies FB page)
Sire: Pirate’s Curse "Barbossa" (Health testing & titles see pinned posts on Tortuga BorderCollies FB page)
Coat:Rough (medium)

It would be really tempting to keep him if Dutchman wasn't still so young and of course the thing is as a breeder I really need to look into a girly for my next puppy. But if you guys are interested in him please message me I know there's been a lot of interest in him just real life has not played out. But now that I have finally picked where the others are going it's time for me to specifically advertise this guy!

16/08/2023

Sorry we never made an official post when they arrived but here are the 6 week old Gods and Goddesses of the Sea litter!

Amphitrite
Salacia
Ceto
Poseidon
Pontus
Neptune
Triton

22/06/2023

Puppies soon!!

The Black Pearl X Barbossa ❤️

08/05/2023

Pearlie and Barbossa have been busy this week. Hopefully we will have puppies on the ground the beginning of July. Both dogs are very tallented and amazing. Looking forward to what these 2 will produce! You can follow along here or in our puppy group, Tortuga BorderCollies Pirate Puppy Crew (truthfully I post more updates there)

07/03/2023

Puppy spot light:
TTP Leviathan "Levy" with Vanessa Fanelli and TTP Good Vibes "Karma" with Brianne Elizabeth Farr , each had their agility debuts this weekend with their wonderful people! Both were entered in NADAC intro classes.

Bonus, Levy also earned his barnhunt Novice title and 2 legs of Open!

Both pups are doing foundations in multiple sports (as is the rest of the litter too!).

Can't wait to see what all these 2 and the other pups can do!

04/03/2023

Mr. Barbossa learning to drive out of the weaves. My up and coming 🌟🌟.
He had his weaves, then started to turn to look for me during our trial break, so fixing that drive out.

Barbossa learning to drive out of the poles instead of turning around and looking for me.

26/12/2022

Happy Holidays from the pirateBCs