LOUANDA VICTORIAN DREAM
Liesel is my foundation bitch and the dam of two champions.
She is now living happily with friends.
Photo is of Liesel at a young 12 months and sitting down as a mature girl.
GRAND CH. CATHKIN KITH N KIN
Kim was born in 2001 and owned in partnership with his breeder and my mentor Gaye Jones.
He was the first champion for me with his greatest achievement being Best In Show at the 2003 Collie National under breed specialist Val Geddes of the famous Ingledene Kennels in the U.K.
Kim now resides in Queensland.
I LIVE IN THE SMALL RURAL TOWNSHIP OF PICTON ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF SYDNEY AND SHARE MY HOUSE WITH MY DEAREST FRIENDS AND CONFIDANTS.
I HAD GROWN UP WITH A GERMAN SHEPHERD, A FAMILY DOG AND FAITHFUL COMPANION, BUT MY PASSION WAS MY HORSES AND MY WEEK-ENDS WERE SPENT GOING TO GYMKHANAS, HORSE SHOWS OR PONY CLUB OR PLAYING POLO-CROSS.
MY EARLY ADULT YEARS WERE NOT KIND TO ME HAVING BEEN BADLY INJURED IN A FATAL ACCIDENT, SO IT WAS NOT UNTIL MANY YEARS LATER, WHEN THE NEED FOR A LOVING COMPANION AND THE URGE TO COMPETE AGAIN, HAD ME SEARCHING FOR A BREED THAT I COULD MANAGE, AND WOULD SUIT MY LIFESTYLE AND MY HOME. I READ ABOUT THE SHELTIE AND I KNEW I HAD TO HAVE ONE. I SAW THEM IN THE FLESH AND MY HEART JUST MELTED.
SEVERAL MONTHS LATER I HAD MY FIRST SHOW PUP - HATZTOO HUGS N KISSES [KIZZY] AND NERVOUSLY EMBARKED ON THE SHOW SCENE - SOON TO LEARN HOWEVER THAT NOT ALL PUPS QUITE FULFIL THEIR EARLY POTENTIAL. SO KIZZY REMAINED MY LOVING COMPANION BUT NOT MY SHOW DOG.
IT WAS TO BE ANOTHER 4 YEARS AND 3 SHELTIES BEFORE A BITCH, LOUANDA VICTORIAN DREAM [LIESEL] WAS TO BE MY FOUNDATION AND MOTHER OF THE FIRST LITTER BORN UNDER THE ELENBAH PREFIX. SHE WAS ALSO THE MOTHER OF MY FIRST CHAMPIONS.
MY ONLY REGRET WOULD HAVE TO BE THAT I DIDN'T FIND THESE LITTLE DOGS A WHOLE LOT EARLIER !!!!!
