Bordermeade BorderCollies

12/06/2026

Billi made herself comfortable

12/06/2026

12/06/2026

x-ray day today. How many do you think Winter will have? Due monday or tuesday

10/06/2026

Not long now

09/06/2026

Sometimes I feel that people do treat me like a vending machine. It makes me sad.

I receive a lot of correspondence and do my best to respond thoughtfully, kindly and appropriately. It's extremely rare for me to receive a thank you for my responses. Many are simply one-line requests with no punctuation like "how much for puppy". I still take the time to give worthwhile responses. Some are detailed requests regarding the number of puppies required from a litter, their s*x and most importantly their colour!!!! Any wonder there are so many colour breeders out there and many ethical breeders don't feel positive about them. Then there's the requirement for a puppy who doesn't bite, make any noise or have "accidents". I explain why I don't sell multiple puppies from one litter to a household. I explain why I can't guarantee a particular colour. I even outline normal puppy behaviour. Worst of all, I explain about my waiting list. I recommend other breeders at times. All of my responses come from a good place, but I feel they are mostly tossed aside on the way to the next breeder who will fulfil certain requirements with less responsibility.

I’m a huge believer in finding a breeder whose philosophies you share and whose puppy raising program is the best and then waiting for that “dream” puppy. I also value good manners and consideration. Patience is indeed a virtue!

08/06/2026

end of week 2 and the puppies weights are great. Eyes are open and today they started to interact with each other a bit. They are starting to walk around instead of crawling and dragging their bodies.

08/06/2026

Had a visit this morning from Evie, one of Archie x winter 2025 puppies. Thankyou Beth & Neal for dropping in. Evie is so sociable and a gorgeous girl living her best life

06/06/2026

puppies are now 11 days old and all weighing over 1 kg. Eyes are starting to open and they are starting to move around lifting their bodies off the ground. I tried to show stanley with his little peepers but he was too wiggly.

03/06/2026

My little time wasters