Females
This gallery showcases key Brackenbrae females. Click here for a gallery of key males.
Each collie also has it’s own feature page full of wonderful detail. Simply click in the centre of the sideshow to Navigate to the collies own page. Each profile can be brought to focus in the slide-show using the picture menu below.
Phoenix
Ch.Brackenbrae Morning Has Broken, TT, CGC, HI, HTD1, HRD1
(by Ch.Tallywood quantum Leap, TT, CGC, HCT ex Ch.Brackenbrae By Snowy Woods )
Phoenix was born at a time when there had not been a new puppy here for a long time. She was a singleton and one of my favourite memories of her was of a tiny fuzzy mite standing beside the sheep fence staring with her baby eyes at the crowd of sheep gathered to view this little oddity and another crowd of Collies standing in a semi circle behind the baby puppy like a team of retainers of a ...
Rya
Ch.Prairiepine Afterhours Lady Million co-owned by Susan Minard, Prairiepine Collies and bred by Carole Stanley, Afterhours Collies
(by Ch.Ch Afterhours Rocks the House x Ch.Keltic Afterhours Interlude)
Rya is a smooth of exceptional breeding who is truly a beautifully built dog of any breed and an outstanding Collie. She is of wonderful type. When we have walked her in the city, cars have stopped to ask what she is and to comment how striking she and her brother are! She is bright and perceptive, with the potential, I feel, of being a super-dog like Phoenix, Merlin and the other ...
Chloe
Ch.Brackenbrae Prairiepine Prism, HIC
co-bred and co-owned by Susan Minard, Prairiepine Collies
(Ch.Lakewind’s Shot in the Dark x Ch.Prairiepine Color of Love, ROMX)
Chloe is a wonderfully pretty girl with a fabulous head, eye and expression. She excels in type and quality and she has one of the nicest heads in any of the dogs that have ever lived here. Chloe is a joyful, kind dog who has been a Junior Handler dog for a number of youngsters. She is our cherished house pet who first came in as an adult to be Phoenix’s companion when Phoenix’s best dog friend, ...
Claire
Ch. Brackenbrae Black is the Color (NE)
co-bred by Susan Minard, Prairiepine Collies
(by Ch.Brackenbrae Broadsword (NE) TT, CGN, HS, HTD1 HRD1, TD x ch.Prairiepine Color of Love, ROMX)
Claire is a lovely compact girl with great coat and a nice head. She is affectionate and opinionated. She had a couple of experiences herding at classes and she decided that this was NOT what she was going to be subjected to, so, no herding sheep or ducks....off the property. Here, at home, she is keen and happy and at nearly 12, has to especially invited to leave the side of ...
Emma
Ch.Brackenbrae Be a Dreamcatcher, HIC.
(Brackenbrae The Black Knight x Ch.Brackenbrae By Snowy Woods)
Emma was bred especially to go to Tahoe, Ch.Tallywood Quantum Leap, TT, CGC, HCT. Her dam had already gone to Tahoe so she was bred a second time to her un-shown half brother (both of them by Ch.ValJay Duhub Elijah Na Aibhne, he by Ch.Koallie’s Liam of Dalmey x Ch.Koalie’s Kailey of ValJay).
She was a hugely coated blue, with a nice head, good body and a wonderful biddable temperament with excellent herding ability. She finished easily and was bred to Tahoe produced Merlin, Ch.Brackenbrae Broadsword, (NE) TT, ...
Coo
Ch.Brackenbrae by Snowy Woods
(Ch.ValJay Dhub Elijah Na Aibhne ex Beloved One of Brackenbrae)
Coo was a big handsome girl, with glorious coat and  fantastic of  running gear.  She was elegant and very eye-catching of the very best  type.  Her dam, Skye, was the last of my early British/American line.   She had one litter.  I had seen Elijah at Shirley Johnson’’s ValJay  kennels.  At the time he was un-shown so I offered to take him home,  train and finish him if I could use him.  That’s what happened.  He  sired two litters here and a year later, was back home.  He was ...