All of our girls at Topshelf Kennels are OFA'd for Heart, Hips and Patellas and eyes CERF'd before they are bred. These health checks are required by us and recommended by The Border Terrier Club of America. Our girls are also issued a CHIC # which is a validation that all our girls are permanently identified, health screenings are done and made public.
BIS CH Talex Toscanini x CH Highgate Ark Rebekah Boo
Bailey is a grizzle & tan bitch bred by Terri & Jim Orem & Larry Greene in Milan, IN. She is the half sister to the Multi BIS CH Highgates Zaccheas Of The Ark JE. She is my heart dog and the love of my life! She has such a wonderful temperament that any breeder would want in their breeding program. She has the temperament that a Border Terrier should have!
Bailey is my first Border Terrier, my first champion, my first performance dog and the dam of my very first litter. She was bred to BISS CH Kandus Burlap Of Howway ME and produced 4 very nice pups on 12/27/07. One boy & 3 girls. We kept one girl from this litter and she is known as 'Topshelf's Bushmills With A Twist'.
We took some time off in the agility ring to raise her babies so agility was put on the back burner. She probably will not be bred again until 2009 so we can have some fun in the agility ring.
BISS CH Kandus Burlap Of Howway ME x CH Wildwood Foxtail Lily
Indie is a blue and tan bitch bred by Annette Neff in Galena, OH. Indie was from Lily's first litter that produced all girls and she was the only blue & tan. She finished her Championship by owner/handler at the Fort St. Clair show on 4/27/08 by going Best Of Breed.
Indie does not excel in agility like Bailey, so I thought I would try her at the Preferred level. Instead of jumping 12", she is now jumping 8". BOY! did that make a world of difference! She much happier now running agility!
FLASH!!!! Indie just earned her Novice Jumpers Preferred title on October 1, 2008 at the Montgomery County All Terrier Agility Trial in Kimberton, PA.
