Monday, April 9, 2007

The LEAK

When I first started watching Susan Garrett's video, Success with One Jump, Amie and I got into a discussion about the lines of her famous border collie - Encore. For many reasons, Susan does not publish where/ what lines she is from. It's kind of a secret of sorts :P My best guess lead me to think she was related to Rival's Divot.
http://clickerdogs.com/susangarrett.htm (Encore in the middle)
http://www.rivalkennels.com/slide_show.php?gallery_name=offspring&image_sequence=18
(Divot head shot) Jute/Copper

I mean the odds of me figuring this out to the exact sire and dam... I deserve a Bo-Tyne border collie, no questions asked lol.
www.tntbordercollies.com/BCLines/Focus%20x%20Rio.htm
Bo-Tyne Focus is the littermate to Encore... the exact same breeding of Rival's Divot.

Moral of the story... Bo-Tyne dogs are the best kept secret in canadian border collie lines. This is because an insane majority of world team handlers - Susan Garrett (Encore), Kim Collins (Sierra & Bounce) and Kayl McCann (Jitter Bug & Slyce) all have border collies that trace back to Bo-Tyne.

3 comments:

Astrid said...
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Amanda Baur said...

Encore is Bo-Tyne Quiver x Rival's Dart ... siblings from this breeding continue to excel in many dog sports even present day.

Amanda Baur said...

Encore is Bo-Tyne Quiver x Rival's Dart ... siblings from this breeding continue to excel in many dog sports even present day.