Monday, March 30, 2015

Imp. Kinloch Sally

Diane Pagel's Sally is the next nursery dog Scott is running this year. 
Diane Pagel's Imp. Kinloch Sally
Sally was bred by Angie Driscoll in Wales and was imported by Diane Pagel before she was a year old. She is a daughter of Angie's home bred, Penny who has won multiple open trials and placed at several double lift trials.  Penny is a daughter of Angie's Meg who was the 2012 Reserve Welsh Champion and Bobby Dalziel's Joe, a two time Scottish champion and the 2006 ISDS champion.
Sally moving sheep at Alta-Pete Farm
 Sally's father is Pennant Williams' Sweep.  Sweep has represented Wales in two International trials and again at the 2013 World trial.  He has numerous impressive dogs in his pedigree, including Paul Turnbull's Nap, Fortune's Glen, Price's Davy, J.R. Thomas' Don, and Bobby Dalziel's Wisp.
Sally 
Sally's littermates have started out with impressive careers.   Her litter sisters, Chloe and Mia were 4th and 5th respectively in the 2013 Welsh Nursery final at 15 months of age, and brother Levi was 1st overall in qualifying at the 2014 European Nursery
Scott will be trialing Sally this year in the Nursery classes.  Her first trial will be at Lee Lumb's Stirling Acres Trial at the end of April.

Friday, March 13, 2015

Alta-Pete Grassy

This Spring, Scott will be trialing a couple of home bred littermates.  The first of these two is Chris Soderstrom's Grassy.
Chris Soderstrom's Alta-Pete Grassy
Grassy was born on January 13, 2013 at our farm and is a son of Scott's Alta-Pete June (now owned by Frank Smith).
Grassy at 4 weeks old
Grassy's mother, June, is a tiny bitch with alot of heart and comes down from a long line of Alta-Pete bitches with grit and forward.  Her mother, Kelly Murningham's Megan, is a littermate to my Hemp and is  a daughter of Alta-Pete Megan a full sibling to Scott's National Champion, Pleat and Reserve National Champion, Tala. June's father is Scott's 2013 National Champion, Don - a son of 3 time National Champion, Star. June was bred raised and trained by Scott and was the Reserve Champion at Meeker in 2013.
Alta-Pete June, dam of Grassy
Grassy's father is Diane Pagel's Ben, a dog that Scott trialed in nursery last year.  Ben's father is Bobby Dalziel's International Champion, Joe.
Diane Pagel's Ben, father to Grassy
We have been very happy with this litter that includes, Scott's Dave (who will be profiled later), Ernesta Ballard's Bach, Diane Pagel's Fleece, and Erin O'Brien's Mosby.
Fleece, Joe, Dave, Bach and Grassy this Winter
Scott will be trialing Grassy in the nursery classes this spring.  His first trial will be at Lee Lumb's Stirling Acres trial in Cold Stream, BC at the end of April.
Grassy