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This 163-page hard-backed book (26x24cms) is presented as a unique pictorial tribute to those British Rough Collies, their breeders and owners who have exerted influence over the breed's global development. |
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Published by the authors in May 2001 Rough Collies of Distinction contains double-page spreads of over sixty dogs and bitches together with four-generation pedigrees and principal 'blood line' charts. |
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Miss Margaret Osborne (Shiel Collies)
originally traced the sire
'lines' and
female 'families'
of every post-war Challenge Certificate winning Rough Collie, publishing the results in the Collie Association's Handbook of 1952. Fifty years later Dareen Bridge (co-author) has adopted the same technique to highlight principal male and female producers. |
| The dogs below all feature on the book's superb dust cover: |
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Working Collie -
1850's
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Seedley Superior - 1920's |
GB & Irish Champion |
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Dazzler
of Dunsinane - 1960's |
Champion Karava
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Champion Phreelancer Phrosty |
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Champion Rutland 1882 |
The following quotations are taken
from the
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| "....Specialist canine breeding has been carried on for centuries and, prior to the emergence of dog shows, the emphasis was on a dog's working ability with little or no regard for its appearance. The shepherds, drovers, and stockmen of yesteryear practised selective breeding as they required active, lithe, intelligent dogs with stamina and weather- proof coats to enable them to work in all conditions...." |
Champion Pelido Double |
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Distributors: Pat Hutchinson Tel: 01954 231115 e-mail: kcollies@ntlworld.com www.karibunicollies.com Dareen Bridge Tel/fax: 01484 545410 |
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