Little Boy Blue Farm

New Litter of Pups

Andy — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 23:19:36 +0000

We have a new litter of Scotch Collie puppies. Head over to our new kennel website to see pictures - http://heritage.scotchcollie.org/2011/11/new-litter-whelped-10302011/10302011/

New Kennel Website

Andy — Thu, 05 May 2011 15:21:39 +0000

We have launched a new website to represent our kennel, Heritage Scotch Collies. You can see it at http://heritage.scotchcollie.org/

It is a work in progress but over time it will grow.

Puppies Going Home

Andy — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 19:34:20 +0000

I delivered 3 puppies to their new owners this weekend. Every puppy is spoken for now and only Happy has not gone on to her new home yet. This litter sure drew a lot of attention, ranging from very positive blog posts to bitter people trying to put them down, about which a friend told me the following “If they can’t combat your ideas, they try to combat you personally, and that usually means that your ideas are better and/or the foundations of their side are more fantasy than reality”.

This may have been the first registered OTFS litter produced in years, another friend told me recently that he had inquired with the NKC about OTFS dogs registered recently and found that there just weren’t any! So in some ways this litter may prove to be seminal (no pun intended), keeping the OTFS (or the Allison line of Scotch Collies depending on how you look at it) alive for another generation. I have talked with quite a few people who owned one of these dogs bred by McDuffie or Strunk, they rave about how intelligent they are, in most cases their dogs have grown old and died without a suitable replacement. I have not, despite my searching, found one person outside of Chandler Strunk who has bred OTFS dogs in the past 10 years, plenty who have owned these dogs, but none who have or are continuing to breed them. These 8 dogs may actually be among the very last of the OTFS, that is why I sold them, not with oh-so-common spay/neuter contract but with a must-breed contract, the owners have all agreed to breed at least one litter with their dogs.

These pups have gone to a wide diversity of homes.

Sneezy will be a cow dog in Missouri
Sleepy will hang around a riding stable in New Jersey
Bashful will be a competition hunting dog in Michigan
Happy and Dopey will live on farms in Texas
Snow White and Grumpy will stay here to help on our farm and someday be bred to Rainier
Doc will stay here to be a stud dog.

The future of these fine dogs is uncertain, if you are concerned about their survival I encourage you to support the Old-Time Scotch Collie Association. If you are interested in acquiring a dog, you may write me directly andy at ilabmedia dot com, and sign up for the puppy list so you will be notified automatically when dogs become available, the signup page is at www.scotchcollie.org/breed/puppy-waiting-list

The Puppies Are 8 Weeks Today

Andy — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 23:29:51 +0000

The puppies are ready to start going to their new homes, in fact Dopey is already gone. We are keeping Doc, who will be named Shep, Grumpy, who will be named Lassen and Snow White, who may just keep her name.

We are still looking for a home for Sleepy.

Almost done – puppies at 7 weeks

Andy — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 18:24:36 +0000

The puppies will start going to their new homes next week so this may be the last pictures of all of them. Still looking for a home for Sleepy, I have had a couple of inquiries in the past couple of days though.

Puppies at 6 Weeks

Andy — Fri, 31 Dec 2010 21:03:44 +0000

The puppies are 6 weeks now. We had them into the vet yesterday for their first shots and a checkup, here are their weights.

Doc – 9.0 lbs
Grumpy – 8.6 lbs
Sleepy – 9.8 lbs
Bashful – 8.2 lbs
Snow White – 8.4 lbs
Dopey – 9.0 lbs
Happy – 5.6 lbs
Sneezy – 8.4 lbs

5 Week Old Puppies

Andy — Fri, 24 Dec 2010 00:15:48 +0000

Where does the time go, Shasta’s litter is 5 weeks old today. Some new things are becoming obvious at this point that you will notice in the pictures below. It looks like some of these dogs will have blue eyes, Dopey’s left eye for sure and there are a few maybes too. Also Sleepy’s coat is really beautiful, it seems to be wavy. Three more weeks and they will start going to their homes, Sleepy is the only puppy not spoken for, give me a call or email if you are interested, there is certainly nothing wrong with him, in fact he has a lot of personality and is among the larger, more active pups in this litter.

Puppies at 4 weeks (more or less)

Andy — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 23:19:59 +0000

Puppies 3 Weeks Old Today

Andy — Thu, 09 Dec 2010 23:18:48 +0000

New Puppy Pictures

Andy — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 18:39:10 +0000

The puppies are changing fast now so here are some new pictures before the 3 week pictures in 2 days.