Halcyon.Days.Collies

22/08/2024

Happy 2nd birthday to our Sky (GCH CH RACH2 VCH multi HIT multi RHIT multi PHIT Halcyon Days The Forth Be With Ewe HXAsd HXBd HXDs HIAsd HIBd HIDs HSAsd HSDs HSBd CDX GN PCD RC RM5 RAE5 SCA SBA SWN NJP THDA TKP CGCA CCA GV AWCA SOC II) x Conlee (Cadenza’s Twisted Tiara RN TKI CGC AWCA VC HIC) litter! Tris: Takoda, Whisky and Jet and blues Anubis, Banks and Violet). Thank you to the wonderful people who have given this crew amazing homes!

10/05/2024

Happy 6th birthday to the March (GCH CH Halcyon Days March Forth HIAs HSAsd HSBd BN RE THD TKN) x Courie (Cadenza Courante RN THDN TKN CGC) 2018 litter!! They are living their best lives with their incredible people 😍

06/05/2024

Happy 4th birthday to the Sky (GCH CH RACH2 VCH multi HIT multi RHIT multi PHIT Halcyon Days The Forth Be With Ewe HXAsd HIAsd HIBd HIDs HSAsd HSDs HSBd GN CD PCD RC RM5 RAE5 SCA SBA SWN NJP THDA TKP CGCA CCA GV AWCA SOC II) x Conlee (Cadenza’s Twisted Tiara RN TKI CGC AWCA VC HIC) 2020 litter!! Thank you to all of the amazing people who are giving these pups such wonderful lives and homes 😍

21/04/2024

Sky
GCH CH RACH2 VCH multi HIT RHIT multi PHIT Halcyon Days The Forth Be With Ewe HXAsd HIAsd HIBd HIDs HSAsd HSDs HSBd GN CD PCD RC RM5 RAE5 SCA SBA SWN NJP THDA TKP CGCA CCA GV AWCA SOC II herding at the 2024 CCA Nationals. Thank you to Roxane Jourdain of Auriga Photography for the working photos!

08/04/2024

What an AMAZING CCA National Specialty!! ❤️❤️
Sky (GCH CH RACH VCH multi HIT RHIT multi PHIT Halcyon Days The Forth Be With Ewe HXAsd HIAsd HIBd HIDs HSAsd HSDs HSBd GN CD PCD RM4 RAE5 SCA SBA SWN NJP THDA TKP CGCA CCA GV AWCA SOC II):
Herding:
Adv A Ducks 3rd & 4th place.
Intermediate B Ducks 1st place both days and High In Trial Ducks on Friday.
Agility: 2 Qs in Pref Novice JWW with a clean Friday for 2nd place and finishing his NJP title on Saturday with a 3rd place.
Obedience: won the Grad Novice Class both days and finished his GN title on Wednesday.
Rally: Q’d all runs with RC, RM, RE & RA both days for 3- 1sts, 2- 2nds, 1- 3rd, 1- 4th and High Triple and High Combined both days with 200, 299, 199 and 297 combined scores!
Scent Work: we made our debut in Excellent Containers and Buried and he Q’d with a 1st Place in Exc Containers Trial 2!!
Sky was a Most Versatile Collie Qualifier and was second place behind the winner, what a thrill!
And full younger brother Groot (CH HIT Halcyon Days Guardian Of The Galaxy PT CD RE TKE FDC CGCA CCA VA AWCA VC)
Obedience:
Won the Novice B both days and went High In Trial on Wednesday to finish his CD title!! Plus he earned 2 BN legs with a 1st and 3rd Place with scores of 199 and 198.5!
It was great to watch and compete with so many incredible teams in all events! Thank you all for making this a National to remember ❤️

20/12/2023

After an incredible week in Orlando trailing Sky in The Obedience Classic, while my good friend Joyce Norris stayed at my house to watch/whelp Conlee, Ruby and I made it home Monday night. Conlee went into labor the next morning, after Joyce headed home, lol. Guess she wanted her peeps to be here with her (she was due earliest on Sunday 17th).
So on Tuesday December 19th we welcomed to the world a beautiful litter of Smoothies 😍 5 girls and 2 boys.
Sire: Sky (GCH CH RACH VCH multi HIT RHIT multi PHIT Halcyon Days The Forth Be With Ewe HXAsd HIAsd HIDs HSAsd HSDs HSBd CD PCD RM3 RAE3 SCA SBA SWN THDA TKP CGCA CCA GV AWCA SOC II )
Dam: Conlee (Cadenza’s Twisted Tiara RN TKI CGC AWCA VC HIC)
They are big, beautiful, strong and already sassy! Conlee is such an amazing momma. What a wonderful way to end the year ❤️

20/12/2023

We had a great time in Orlando trialing at The Obedience Classic! Sky finished as follows:
High Scoring Collie and was awarded the Parent Club Medallion;
22nd Place overall in Nov/Pref Nov out of 59 teams;
(& 1st Place of the Preferred Novice runs but they don’t award it separately, it is combined with Novice).
Plus a nice 1st Place win in Preferred Novice on Thursday in The Orlando Dog Training Club Trial.
So proud of my Spotty Dog!

10/10/2023

Congratulations Victoria Williams and Lilly!! Here is the post from Victoria:
We are so excited to announce that we have a new champion (pending AKC approval), CH Halcyon Days Wild Meadow Lilly BCAT CGC TKN. Today Lilly won the last major she needed at the Augusta Kennel Club show in North Augusta, SC under judge Mr. Robert L. Vandiver. I am so proud to have been at the other end of the leash as her owner handler for every single point.
Thank you to our breeders: Kim Broster, Ruby Sisk, Eileen Mason, and Cathy Keefer Meier. We cannot imagine our family without our girls.
Also, a special thanks goes out to the collie caravan! Our work is not done until all four of our girls are finished.

05/06/2023

NEW CHAMPION pending AKC approval!!
Halcyon Days L'Heure Bleue finished her championship at the Missouri Rhineland show, under judge Ms. Darle Heck. Twyla is the third champion from the breeding of Sky (GCH CH RACH VCH multi HIT RHIT multi PHIT Halcyon Days The Forth Be With Ewe HXAsd HIAsd HSAsd HIDs HSBd CD PCD RM3 RAE3 SCA SBA SWN THD TKP CGCA CCA GV AWCA SOC II) to Claire (CH Halcyon Days Clair De Lune CD BN RN PT THD CGC CCA VA AWCA VCX).
Twyla will now start to work for performance titles.
Show photo not yet available.

31/05/2023

Levi borrowed Sky to show in PeeWee Juniors at the 2023 CCA National, they made an awesome team and showed like pros! Love this picture of these two together 😍Sky loved working for Levi!

10/05/2023

Levi is now learning Rally with Indy (Halcyon Days On the Bricks CGCA CGCU TKE DCAT VHMA FITG AWVA VC BPDX) and is doing quite well! He has Indy’s undivided attention 😍
This pair will be some serious competitors in no time! Thank you Emilea for letting Levi experience the fun of training and showing Collies!

05/05/2023

Happy birthday to Halcyon Days Cinco de Mayo BN RN PT THDA TKI CGC!!

Rita celebrated her 12th birthday with a cake and party at WATCH of Murray, KY. Apparently it was a slow news day, because she made it to the front page, above the fold of the local newspaper.
Also in attendance were therapy dogs James (with handler Karen Alvord), Rita's grandson Sky (Kim Broster) Tucker (handler, Renee Compoy) and Tucker (handler, Renee Compoy). They all enjoyed a pumpkin/apple/peanut butter cake with yogurt frosting while WATCH participants sang "Happy Birthday". A good time was had by all. Rita's son March is also a therapy dog, but was omitted in the caption.

02/04/2023

What an AMAZING 2023 CCA National Specialty!!! Here is Sky (GCH CH RACH VCH multi HIT RHIT multi PHIT Halcyon Days The Forth Be With Ewe HXAd HIAsd HSAsd HSDs HSBd CD PCD RM3 RAE3 SCA SBA SWN THD TKP CGCA CCA GV AWCA SOC II) with most of his ribbons and prizes, missing are the Grand Versatility and Most Versatile Collie Qualifier ribbons as they didn’t get awarded until the next day. GO SPOTTY DOG!! 😍😍❤️❤️😍😍
Thank you Emilea Dawn Byrum for taking these photos!

11/02/2023

Thrill’s (GCH CH Halcyon Days Sheep Thrills PT RN TKI CGC AWCA VC) Grand CH finishing picture from the Indy Winter Classic. This girl LOVES to SHOW and WORK STOCK and TRAIN in OBEDIENCE, we just LOVE HER ❤️❤️
Out of Sky’s (GCH CH RACH VCH MHIT PHIT Halcyon Days The Forth Be With Ewe HXAd HIAsd HSAsd HSDs HSBd CD RM3 RAE3 SCA SBA SWN THD TKP CGCA *CCA GV AWCA SOC II *pending paperwork) and Conlee’s (Cadenza’s Twisted Tiara RN TKI CGC AWCA VC HIC) 1st litter born May 2020, Thrill is just getting started!! 😍😍

11/01/2023

More AWESOME News!! Final OFA results for
“Never” (CH Halcyon Days Never Tell Me The Odds PT TKN CGC):
OFA Excellent Hips
OFA Normal Elbows
PennHip Left- .12 & Right- .18 😳😍
CEA Normal (Carrier)
MDR1 M/N
DMS aabb
DM Clear
We are so pleased 😍😍
Never is a Sky (GCH CH RACH VCH Halcyon Days The Forth Be With Ewe HXAd HIAsd HSAsd HSDs HSBd CD RM3 RAE3 SCA SBA SWN THD TKP CGCA *CCA GV AWCA SOC II *pending paperwork) and Lottie (Cadenza’s Dime Store Cowgirl TKN CGC HIC) son.

10/01/2023

Just got final health testing results back from OFA and “Thrill” (CH Halcyon Days Sheep Thrill RN PT TKI CGC AWCA VC):
OFA Excellent Hips
OFA Normal Elbows
PennHip Left- .25 & Right- .27
CEA Normal (Carrier)
MDR1 M/M
DMS aabb
DM Clear
We are so pleased 😍😍
She is a Sky (GCH CH RACH VCH Halcyon Days The Forth Be With Ewe HXAd HIAsd HSAsd HSDs HSBd CD RM3 RAE3 SCA SBA SWN THD TKP CGCA *CCA GV AWCA SOC II *pending paperwork) and Conlee (Cadenza’s Twisted Tiara RN TKI CGC AWCA VC HIC) daughter.

08/10/2022

Halcyon Days congratulates Maryalice Smarsh and Pippa on finishing Pippa's Herding Started, A course on ducks title at the American Bouvier de Flanders Club National trial held at RottiEwe Farm.
Pippa qualified with a SECOND PLACE, adding the title HSAd. She has also compled ther her Started title on sheep: HSAs.
When Maryalice first contacted me, she said she wanted a puppy that would herd. Well, now she has one. Well done, Maryalice and Halcyon Days Over the Moon for Ewe BN RN HSAsd CGC.

30/08/2022

The Collie Club of America Bulletin Top Performance Invitational honorees from the National in Salt Lake City, UT. Wish we could have been there in person, but honored to be amongst these great performance collies. Congratulations to all! And go Sky, out wonderful Spotty Dog❤️

06/07/2022

Sky received his AWCA Versatility Champion title certificate in the mail today. He actually finished this in October 4 days shy of his 4th birthday but had to get all of the paperwork together and processed. I am proud to be a member of the American Working Collie Association and I am excited to say Sky gets a feature article and photo spread in the upcoming issues of the AWCA Collie Connection. Thank you to the AWCA for promoting and rewarding working titles in our breed 😍

29/05/2022

Success at the GSDCWKY herding trial at Rottiewe Farm for Maryalice Smarsh’s Pippa (Halcyon Days Over the Moon for Ewe CGC RN PT ASCA STDs) she got second place and her second leg toward her Started A sheep title. Thanks Kim Broster for handling my spunky little Golden collie!

05/04/2022

Thank you to the CCA for this Top Performance Award for Sky (GCH CH RACH Halcyon Days The Forth Be With Ewe HIAd HSAsd CD RM3 RAE3 SCA SBA SWN THD TKP CGCA CCA VX AWCA SOC II AWCA VCX) at the Invitational Celebration at the National in Salt Lake City, UT. I wish we could have been there in person but we are honored to receive the recognition and award. Special thank you to Nancy Pearson for picking it up and mailing it to us, after showing Iko, Sky’s son so he has a goal 😍.

05/04/2022

Kids and Collies ❤️❤️ Sky (GCH CH RACH Halcyon Days The Forth Be With Ewe HIAd HSAsd CD RM3 RAE3 SCA SBA SWN THD TKP CGCA *CCA GV AWCA SOC II *AWCA VCH *pending paperwork)
made a visit with me to see my family. My nieces have his aunt, Gidget (Halcyon Days Moonshine TKI CGC HIC). A good time was had by all.

26/12/2021

Beautiful weather enjoyed with great friends, it’s the Halcyon Days Collies Team backpacking with some of our smoothies! Left to right: me with Groot (CH Halcyon Days Guardian Of The Galaxy PT RA TKE CGCA AWCA VC) & Thrill (Halcyon Days Sheep Thrills PT RN TKI CGC AWCA VC), Ruby Sisk with Kitty (CH Halcyon Days March Madness PT RN TKN CGCA AWCA VC) and Eileen Mason with Chesa (CH Halcyon Days Marchesa de Sogni PT RN TKN CGC) and March (GCH CH Halcyon Days March Forth HIAd HSAsd HSBd BN RE THD TKN CGC AWCA VCX CCA VX)

22/12/2021

Even better than getting a major win the other weekend, we just got Never’s (Halcyon Days Never Tell Me The Odds TKN CGC) PennHip Results and we couldn’t be more thrilled!!!
Right hip= .18 and Left hip= .12 which places him in the top 5% of all Collies tested! (The central 90% range for collies is .22 to .68 with .40 being the average score and anything under .30 is extremely desirable since the lower the numbers the less chance of ever developing Hip Dysplasia). He is our Sky x Lottie son 😍

27/10/2021

18/10/2021

Congratulations to the Williams family and their Tri girls! Their pups are from Sky x Lottie litter and turned 1 year old today!
On Saturday, Kaitlyn and Ivy (Halycon Days Colors of Three Leave Them Be) won Winners and Best Owner Handler and earned their first point! Kaitlyn took Ivy in owner handler herding group for the first time, I thought they did great together. I could not have been a prouder momma of my girls! On Sunday, Lilly (Halycon Days Wild Meadow Lilly) won Winners and Best of winners, for her 6th point!

13/10/2021

Sky’s photo from the FBDCA Scent Work Trial where he not only finished his Advanced Containers with a 1st Place, and his Advanced Buried, but also finished the requirements for the CCA GV (Collie Club of America Grand Versatility) the highest level versatility titles they offer at just shy of his 4th birthday!! Once all of the paperwork is settled up he will be:
GCH CH RACH Halcyon Days The Forth Be With Ewe HIAd HSAsd CD RM3 RAE3 SCA SBA SWN THD TKP CGCA CCA GV AWCA SOC II AWCA BPDX AWCA VCH ❤️
On to more herding, obedience and scent work trials and thoroughly enjoying seeing all of his pups in such wonderful homes allowing them to shine!

09/10/2021

At Halcyon Days, we aspire to raise collies who can do it all., and we encourage those who have our puppies to join the American Working Collie Association and participate in their Versatility Program.
CH Halcyon Days Ewe, March HIC RN HT TKN, has taken the first step by completing requirements for the AWCA Versatility Companon title. Lachlan is shown here with owner/handler with Megan Luella Elfrink winning a 5-pt major under judge Jimmy Moses. in November, 2018. We encourage Megan to continue in more performance events to earn advanced versatility titles.

Lachlan is by GCH CH Halcyon Days March Forth BN RE HSAds HSBd HIAs THD CGC TKN and is a full brother to Sky, GCH CH RACH Halcyon Days The Forth Be With Ewe HIAd HSAsd CD RM3 RAE3 *SCA *SBA SWN THD TKP CGCA *CCA GV AWCA SOC II *AWCA VCH

10/09/2021

Family backpacking outing today with the nicer weather! Left to right:
Sky (GCH CH RACH Halcyon Days The Forth Be With Ewe HIAd HSAsd CD RM3 RAE3 SWN THD TKP CGCA CCA VX AWCA SOC II AWCA VCH),
Claire (CH Halcyon Days Claire de Lune BN RN PT THDN CGC AWXA SOC I AWCA VC) and March (GCH CH Halcyon Days March Forth BN RE HSAds HSBd HIAs THD TKN CGC AWCA SOC II AWCA VCX CCA VX)

05/09/2021

Beautiful picture of Minnie (Halcyon Days Gryffindor’s Headmistress)!
She is a Sky x Conlee daughter owned by Deborah Muir. Minnie earned her first point towards her conformation championship today.