Neil and Kathryn live in the Kaimai Hills just outside of Tauranga in the Bay of Plenty, New Zealand. We live on just over an acre which is just right for our collies to run free in, when they are not sharing our house or a bed or two! We have two children, Rochelle and Kieran, and at the moment we have 8 collies living with us. 7 of the rough variety and then what is fondly known as our nude collie - a smooth collie.
Our first collie came to live with us in 1992 just before our first wedding anniversary. Neil had always liked the rough collie, while I had grown up with dogs of the Heinz 57 variety. It was not until the year 2001 that we bred our first litter. Along the way we have had people come into our lives who have helped our understanding of the breed and who have been instrumental in the collies we have today. Marie Heath of Clekarn Collies spent many hours talking to us via the internet and in 2002 when we visited NSW, Australia, Marie introduced us to Gaye Jones of Cathkin Collies where we were to meet and eventually bring home NZ Ch Cathkin Lastinimpression (Imp Aus) with help from Dilys Stephens of Glenrere Collies. Dilys is also responsible for a smooth coming to live with us.
We hope you will browse the following pages and meet the collies we share our life with. Please also sign our guestbook and let us know you were here!
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