Lock-Eye Pearl

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Lock-Eye Pearl is out of our foundation bitch, Kit and is sired by Kathy Knox's Bob. Pearl's name came from being born on Pearl Harbor day. (Dec 7th, 1994 is her date of birth.) Pearl began her herding career at 10 months old. I was planning to wait until she was one year old before starting her training. She had other ideas. We were picking up rocks in the pasture one day when she saw our flock of sheep (about 40 head). She proceeded to go around the sheep in a picture perfect outrun, so I waited to see if she would fetch them to me or “have dinner.” Pearl showed me that she was a totally natural working dog. She brought them to me without a "storm." Nice and easy. I let her fetch the sheep to me a few times and then we took our bucket of rocks and left the field. As she matured in training and progressed to cattle, the real test came. Pearl would counter a cow's challenge with a bite to the end of the nose and then let the cows walk off without any "Cheap Shots" on her part. Many dogs really love to stir up trouble, but it is a real dog who can move cow/calf pairs without a fight. Pearl is a true gem. Pearl also heels low. I have kept several of her offspring to carry on her legacy.
SEE PEARL “YEARLINGS”

Next planned breeding: Sept '03-To Hillcrest Mick.

Lock-Eye Dazzle

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Dazzle is a littermate to Lock-Eye Patches, Lock-Eye Blaze and Lock-Eye Buff. They are out of Pearl and sired by Hatsoff Bill, winner of the 2000 Lone Star Cattle Dog Futurity, Maturity class.

Dazzle is a very keen dog on stock and is easy to handle. All the puppies from this breeding (Pearl x Bill) have what it takes and are great stock dogs.

Dazzle's hips are OFA Good and CERF'd Normal.

Next planned breeding: Dec,'03 (undecided on her beau at this time)

Lock-Eye Vip

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Lock-Eye Vip is one of our most aggressive cattle dogs. She bites right on the nose and heels low, yet she is under enough control to work sheep well. Vip has produced some very talented cattle dogs. Lock-Eye Ivy and Lock-Eye Flame are her daughters. Lock-Eye Cash is a Vip son. They are excellent cattle dogs, hitting both ends.
After her litter in 2003, she will be spayed and retired from breeding. Vip's hips are OFA Excellent and her eyes are CERF'd normal yearly.

Lock-Eye Ivy

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Lock-Eye Ivy is now back at Lock-Eye Border Collies! She was sold as a trained dog when she was a year and a half old to work on a cow/calf operation. She was a great asset to the rancher, who has now retired. Ivy is a Vip daughter and is sired by Gary Ericson's Scot dog. Scot was a tough cattle dog who often gathered fresh, wild cattle. Ivy has Vip's ability to bite the nose of a cow and she heels low also. She makes working cattle look effortless, always bringing 'em in without a hassle. One bite usually turns the herd for good in the desired direction. She has a “never quit” working attitude and is always looking for stock. She can almost work her mother in the ground.
She is short haired and traditionally marked. Ivy has a very sweet disposition with humans,despite her ability to bite cows. Sometimes people who aren't around BC's that work cattle don't realize that they aren't aggressive with humas. They are bred to work with their shepherd and they know the difference.
Ivy produces red and white,red tri and bi black puppies. Her puppies are both long and short coated.
Ivy is OFA Good and CERF'd normal. Ivy's dam (Vip) is OFA Excellent and her sire is OFA Good.
The more generations of hip and eye tested ancestors there are in a dog's pedigree helps assure that there aren't any problems "in the lines."

Ivy's last litter (Sired by Lazer) was only 2 pups. Ivy is now bred to Lazer and will have puppies on Sept 7th,2003

Lock-Eye Mad Dash and Lock-Eye Bullet--Ivy Lazer puppies from last fall's breeding.

Lock-Eye Flame

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Lock-Eye Flame is a Vip daughter sired by Bronze. Flame is like her mom, Vip in the working department.
Flame is OFA Good and CERF'd normal.

Flame x Colt puppies from Spring,2003's litter. Flame will be bred again next spring.

Lock-Eye Smooch

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Smooch is a beautiful red and white Border Collie. She works both cattle and sheep and has lots of Style and power. She is an honest worker and truly believes everyone comes to our farm just to visit her! Smooch is about as "people oriented" as a dog can be. She lives to please and is a joy to train.
Smooch is OFA Good and CERF normal.

Smooch has the unique quality of being able to "Talk." It is an unmistakable sound that brings a smile to your face every time you hear it. Many of her puppies "Talk" also!

Smooch will be bred around Nov, '03.

Lock-Eye Penny

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Penny is Sired by Lock-Eye Edge (Cash's littermate) Her Grandmother is Lock-Eye Vip. Penny's Dam is Sired by a McCallum's Bruce X Boss Son. These are all proven cattle dogs!

Our Lock-Eye Penny produces totally natural working Border Collies. (short and long coated) Please EMAIL US us to request video clips of her puppies working stock from 3 months up to grown dogs. We are very proud of what she produces!

Penny is OFA'd Excellent and CERF'd normal.

Penny will be bred in Nov of '03. Haven't decided on a suitor for her at this time.

Lock-Eye Dinah

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Dinah is Bronze's littermate. She has an extremely sweet personality. She is great with kids, even allowing them to handle her tiny baby puppies. All she wants is her share of the attention!

Dinah is very intense on stock and will bite when needed. She is OFA GOOD and CERF'd normal. We are taking reservations now for her current litter born March 17th,2003

She will be bred again in Jan, '04

Lock-Eye Spice

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Spice is a littermate to our Lock-Eye Lazer. She is a wonderful little lady! She is very biddable on stock and is a playing fool away from them. She loves everyone she meets. She works both cattle and sheep with style. Spice moves her stock without a fight. She is OFA Good and CERF'd Normal.

Spice is now confirmed pregnant . She is bred to Hillcrest Mick! Due on August 4th,2003

Roxy

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Roxy is unrelated to any of my dogs. I purchased her (and her 4 week old puppies that were sired by Lock-Eye Ed) in the summer of 2002. Her breeding is total cattle dog lines and her temperament and working ability is what attracted me to her. The first time I put her on stock she went out and did a picture perfect outrun! The man I bought her from didn't work her on stock at all and she was allowed to run free most of the time. Her first owner "might" have worked her some. She is an excellent mother and the folks who have Roxy X Ed puppies just love them! Roxy is OFA Good and CERF'd Normal.

Roxy is now bred to Lock-Eye Bronze. She is due on August 24th,2003

FA Sheena

Sheena x Lazer puppy pedigree

Sheena will be bred in the fall of 2003 to Lazer. This is a repeat breeding. Visit the "Watch me grow page" to see last year's pups.

Lock-Eye Kit

Kit is the reason many of the dogs I have exist!
She was our foundation bitch and wonderful.

Lock-Eye Kit and her Sister, Clover were our first Border Collies. They were bought to train and show in obedience, as well as herding.

I was working at Siloam Springs Veterinary Clinic in Arkansas. (I worked there for 7 years) One of our clients, (Dennis Chamberlain) came in and said he had bought a trained Border Collie to gather his beef cattle. She was pregnant and wanted me to pass the word. I said that I thought it would be fun to train a dog to work cattle, so I bought two!

The first Border Collie I saw work was their Mother, Rose. She was a very honest worker. Never using excessive force, but enough to get the job done. She worked everything from Chickens to Bulls. Later, Rose was purchased by Dwain Thompson, of Huntsville, AR. Dwain showed her in many trials and did well. (Dwain won the first National Cattle Dog Finals in Alabama, 2001 with his dog Tee)

I decided to show Clover in obedience and train Kit for herding. I had Clover completely trained for her CD title and was ready to start taking her to shows. Since the breed wasn't AKC registered yet, you had to get an ILP (indefinite listing privilege) to show them and they also have to be spayed. To do that you had to send in their registration papers from the registry they were with and two photos. Front and side views. The application came back saying she did not look like a Border Collie to be given an ILP! Oh, was I mad!!! They obviously didn't judge a Border Collie on it's working ability at all! Not a Border Collie, MY FOOT! I wanted to send AKC a video of her on stock! She and Kit were both 100 % natural! Anyway, I trained them both on livestock and never looked back! Clover was sold to a local Angus rancher where she was their right arm until they retired from the cattle business. She now helps them chase the geese off the lawn at their new lake home.

Sadly, Kit died two years ago, but she lives on in her many offspring. Lock-Eye Pearl is one of them, as well as Jack King's Casey. Jack and Casey placed 2nd in the 2001 National Cattle Dog Nursery Finals! Casey was originally called "Cash-Eye" because of a blue eye like her Sire, Lock-Eye Cash.

I am grateful that Kit came into my life. She was a solid foundation for generations of great cattle dogs!
She was OFA certified Good