Here is Dub today, August 2009, at 11 months.

The latest addition to the bunch: Killiebrae Dub. We got Dub from Derek Scrimgeour at 12 weeks. He arrived at the airport in San Francisco in November, 2008, and proceeded to fit right in. He is the son of Killiebrae Laddie, the 2008 English National Champion (Jim 248214, who now belongs to Joan Jennings x Killiebrae Maddie, a Sweep 198150 and Lyn 227341 daughter). His dam is Fly (Derek's famous Ben 220939 x Whin, who is line bred Bobby Dalziel's Wisp).

We have great hopes for Dub, both as a trial dog (maybe my first pro-novice dog) and a future sire of pups for us. He shows great talent and power on sheep.

Pictures of Gwynn's kids: Jane, Ruby, Kitt.

Gwynnie's pups have grown up to be nice dogs. We kept Jezebel for ourselves, and she is showing talent as a sheep dog. Chris and Faye Gansberg took Brit and Bob and they have both received training from Sandy Moore in preparation for their life as ranch dogs. Ann has Janey and is training her for both herding competition and agility. Ruby lives with an active retired couple in Topaz and spends a lot of time hiking with her people. Kitt is Marla's buddy and has become a very handsome fellow, and is also showing great potential for open field work.

Photo: Jezebel and Dub.

  Imported Killiebrae Rudy is the son of Derek Scrimgeour's Sweep ISDS 198150, a 1996 English National Team member, and Lyn ISDS 227341, a 2000 English National Team member.  

  Rudy was a cattle dog for Chris Gansberg most of his life and at the time I borrowed him to breed Vider, he was approaching the end of his career.  Chris was very disappointed when Vider only raised one pup because he was hoping to get a puppy from the litter to replace Rudy on the ranch.

  We made the decision to breed Gwynn to Rudy and give several pups to Chris, so in fall of 2007 I again borrowed Rudy and artifically inseminated Gwynn.  In January of 2008, she had eight pups.

Lasca was born in August of 2007, the daughter of Imp. Killiebrae Rudy and our Vidalia (Vider).  She was a bit of a miracle baby, one of two pups conceived by artificial insemination, delivered by hand, and the only one to survive the first day of birth.  Bird helped raise her and played with her from the time she started to be able to get around on tiny legs.

  Lasca has shown a wonderful gathering instinct and a strong sense of balance on sheep.  She is graceful, intense, and confident on stock.  

Our disappointment in not getting Vider bred spurred us to adopt Bird, but then, as often happens in the human world, after adopting, we got the offspring we had been trying for--we finally got a pup from Vider.  I borrowed Imp. Killiebrae Rudy, a dog bred by Derek Scrimgeour in England that ended up in the US, not far from us.  Rudy came over with a littermate, Geri Byrne's Lyn, and was raised and trained by Mike Hubbard.  Mike took Rudy to the sale at Red Bluff and Chris Gansberg of Gardnerville, Nevada, bought Rudy for his family's cattle operation.