Sable Merle’s

Categories:The Sable Merle Collie

I thought the text from Oren Kem from The Complete Collie 1952 was VERY  interesting.
 
"If you will study the history of the breed, I think you will find at one time or another that both the tri and the blue were held in low regard and almost threatened with extinction by the dominating sables.  In those instances, an informal or, in one case, a formal organized group gathered to preserve them and with their efforts obtained an end to discrimination against them by the judges."

You could substitute Tri & Blue with Sable Merle and this is exactly what is going on with the Sable Merle in 2008!!! While the prejudice is for the most part in the show ring and not in the whelping box I don't think the sable merle is in any danger of becoming extinct.

The world including "holy" dog standards are ever changing and evolving.

Creating with Balance

Categories:Odds and Ends

"And now we are saying to you, both steps are necessary. And the joy of
creation, the joy of deliberate creation is managing these steps. In
other words, getting clear and allowing it. And getting clear and
allowing it. And getting clear.

It's about finding your individual balance.

You know that you would not be happy not defining what you want. You are
a born focuser. And some like you who have come to live it and breathe
it and teach it, you could not help but get into a place where you are
clear about what you want.

That is the law of all of our lives.

In other words, we must focus this energy. We have access to the energy
that creates worlds. Focusing it is a hoot!

In other words, it's what we are all wanting to do. But when we summon
through the power of our desire, more energy than we can handle- because
we've got a vibrational pattern that doesn't let it in – then that very
same energy beats up on us pretty good.

And you say, "This sucks." You say, "This is not a fun thing." And we
say, all that's happened when you feel that way is that YOU HAVE
SUMMONED MORE SPECIFICALLY THAN YOUR BELIEFS OR HABITS OF THOUGHT ARE
ALLOWING.

And now you, the individual focuser, are out of balance in your own
energy field.

So then we say, you're wanting to do a number of things.

You're wanting to bring your belief up.

You might want to slow your desire down.

In other words, you're wanting to do anything that you can do to get
yourself back in alignment…

And then we say, begin relaxing, begin meditating more, begin
appreciating more, begin looking for more positive aspects, begin
trusting yourself more, begin looking for things that feel good. Work to
bring yourself back into balance…

And here is the key: As long as you're letting YOUR JOY BE YOUR GUIDING
LIGHT, then you can always stay in balance."

Abraham-Hicks,
San Francisco, CA 8/24/02
 

Thought for the day

Categories:Odds and Ends

So it seems obvious that the perfect creative situation is to really,
really want something that you truly believe is possible. And when that
combination of desire and belief is present within you, things will quickly and
easily
unfold in your experience."

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Ask and It Is Given

Thought for the day

Categories:Odds and Ends

The creativity
inherent within the universe
shimmers radiantly within
each of us.

With each choice you make,
this energy flows forth,
creating and shaping
your world.

Cory & June Bug ~ 11 weeks old ~

These are great photos but they are a little better. By the time I got help with the photo session we had lost light….. by the next morning they were dirty!!!

Cory

Cory

JuneBug

June Bug

Cory & June Bug ~ 11 weeks old ~ pet shots~

Categories:Collie litters, Collies

So the two babies got baths today. Quick, get the camera, the pups are CLEAN!!!!!! I am posting these very pathetic pet photos because frankly it's the best I could do and well… the pups are just plain cute even if these are not great shots. I will try to get better photos tom. with a little help…….

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I started with them loose in the living room……..

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This is the LA LA LA LA….. Weeee don't hear you…..LA LA LA LA LA……. photo……

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Oh, Were you talking to us??????

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Next I tried the up on something trick……..

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And that didn't work either!!!!

The Joy of the Journey ~Abe

Categories:Odds and Ends

And we say, you've gotta make that journey joyful.
You have to start enjoying the people that you're meeting.

And start enjoying getting in on peoples' dreams.
And begin to enjoy the fun of being part of fulfilling dreams.

And enjoy the wisdom that you hold and the guidance that you're able
to give to people.

And the insight that you have and the inspiration that comes to you,
and the excellent timing.

Begin enjoying the intuition that comes to you, the impulse to act
and the rightness of the action.

There's so much about what you're doing that you recognize, "Ooooh,
that was a good move, that was really good timing." And as you start
enjoying more of that, what begins to happen is the outcome becomes
irrelevant because the dollars are just non-essential. They are huge
and therefore non-essential. In other words, they become a non-
issue. The joy of the journey becomes the issue.

North Los Angeles, CA 8/18/02

Masher x Shazaam puppies 1 week old

Categories:Papillons

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Pink – Spitfire (Male)

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blue- Shamoo (Female)

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Purple- Kaboom (Male)

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red- Lefty (Female)

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Green- Soozie (Female)

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There are more photos on Daneen's Blog!!

SCLA ~ 2008 AKC

Ella ran GREAT!!! She was fast and listening!!!!! We got our first Open Jumpers leg and a third place too!!!! She missedher a Frame contact in the Standard run but got the weaves on the first try!!!!! I am happy. Good girl Ella!!! No photos 🙁

Sable Merles

Categories:The Sable Merle Collie

The Collie Club of America recognizes 4 colors in the AKC standard. Sable, Tri, Blue Merle and White. What about the Sable Merle???? There is a growing call for the Sable Merle to be included in the standard. This is not the first time this issue has come up and until they are included I am sure it will not be the last time.

While genetics have not changed our knowledge and understanding of it has. Some old time breeders still have it in their minds that the sable merle is a defective color and or the sable merle produces defective dogs. This is not true.

The Sable Merle is the same as a Blue Merle as they both carry the Merle gene. The sable Merle is a diluted/modified Sable and a Blue Merle is a diluted/modified Tri. Plain and simple. We have the Blue Merle included as a recognized color….. so should the Sable Merle be included.

Some people are not against the sable merle but are against the changing of the standard period. Well I think that is silly too!!! The Collie standard has changed and evolved since the first draft. The Collie of today resembles the collie of the first standard very little. The standard was changed to include Blue Merles and Whites……. This undying allegiance to a standard at the exclusion of a legitimate color is unfair.

The president of the CCA, Bob Futh,  has proposed a Standard Review committee and I believe that this committee is stacked against Sable Merles/or changing the standard at all.

I will post more info about this sable merle issue and the CCA as it happens.