Cleo, above, with baby Vider sleeping on her tail.

You can see Speck's pedigree here: http://www.bordersandquarters.com/Speck_AIBC_93169.htm

The dog we borrowed to breed Speck was Casey NASD 59794, a dog bred by Arthur Allen.  We borrowed him from Tom Thurman, who had a sheep feedlot in Leoti, Kansas.  Casey did his best with Speck, however, no puppies were conceived, or at least not carried.  We returned Casey to Tom and later told him we hadn't gotten any puppies.  He told us that Casey had never been interested in his bitch, so perhaps something was wrong with him, but upon returning home Casey found Tom's Dottie in season and promptly bred her for the first time.  A couple of months later, Tom called us and asked us if we were interested in a pup.

We chose a confident friendly pup who we named Cleo.