THE TRAINING CENTRE

Janet has been training dogs, including the breeding of border collie puppies for 35 years comencing at the age of five, with Gundogs, namely Labrador's, Pointers and Spaniels even a Standard Poodle for real wild duck and pigeon retrieval. 
When she left home Janet worked with Rottweillers and German Shepherd dogs which were used for personal and corporate protection services.
  In 1987 her life changed completely, when; whilst living in Durban, South Africa, she purchased her first Border Collie puppy, Sheepdog "Buzz" registered with SASDA (the South African Sheepdog Association) ,
Janet has competed succesfully in Obedience and Dog Agility competitions with German Shepherds and Rottwielers and finally with Border Collies in South Africa.

Late in 1989 Janet started to compete in sheepdog trials with her Border Collies in South Africa, and at the end of 1990 she became the first lady to win a National Award, with her first dog, Buzz (S.A. Junior Res. Champion 1990, judged by H.Glyn Jones, author of A Way of Life.)
Whilst on a six month Working Sheepdog Holiday in the UK in 1991, she competed in Devon/Cornwall and North Wales, with borrowed sheepdogs, winning amongst other trials the renowned Subaru Ladies Championships with Asher, culminating with a good run in the English Nationals 1991.  During this time she was employed to give daily demonstrations herding Ducks and Sheep at the Prestigous farm entertainment centre "The Big Sheep" in Bideford, North Devon.

THE BREEDING CENTRE

Janet started her career with dogs after leaving school by working in Rayside boarding kennels, and then at Fillapa's Boarding Kennels which is Zimbabwe's largest with facilities for up to five hundred dogs. Grooming and clipping were every day tasks as were supervising matings and whelpingof the puppies.  A large Security firm was also based at the Kennels giving Janet an opportunity to learn about professional dog training and handling methods.

ASTRA KEYNE winner of the SKC Scottish Dog or the Year Final 2007, congratulations to Dane Redford his owner, handler and trainer. Dane runs the Dundee Alsation and Training Club along with Pam Duncan. Astra Keyne is by Dolwen Chips out of Dessiree.

As a border collie breeder she has achieved recognition for breeding the border collie puppy with power, agility, stamina and natural obedience.
Her Border Collies have excelled not only in Sheepdog Trials at National level. Our Puppies have also gone to the top in Dog Agility and Flyball, all the way to the level of agility at Crufts and agility at Olympia proving their all round ability

A Border Collie puppy learns young how to retrieve even tin cans, ignore strange noises.

A Border Collie Puppy which will eventually make a Sheepdog and become proficient at herding sheep

Border Collie Puppy, puppies of all the colours Slate, Lilac, Red or Brown Merles, Blue Merles and the dilute version of each merle, along with the standard classic Black/White and Tricolour, including the red merle in the image here!

Janet has specialised in producing ISDS registered border collie puppies with strong sheep herding instincts and has placed a great deal of emphasis on wonderful temperaments and biddability which are essential for herding, agility and obedience.

Janet breeds all colours of Border Collie puppy including Slate, Lilac, Red or Brown Merles, Blue Merles and the dilute version of each merle, along with the standard classic Black/White and Tricolour.

All coat lengths together with the merle versions and dilute colours of lilac and slate are also bred but the emphasis is always on Fantastic Temperaments, Biddability, Trainablitity and above all excellent Herding Instinct.

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Some Sheepdog Handlers and their Border Collies Dogs shown beside the round pen at the training centre, the round pen is where a border collie puppy will learn the basics to become a herding sheepdog.

Handlers and sheepdogs awaiting their turn to run their dogs on the elementary herding clinic.

In the classroom in Italy with interpretor Riccardo Borroni of Belsit Sheepdogs (kelpies)

From 1990 Janet started to compete in sheepdog trials with her Border Collies with some success.

Though, Janet enjoys Sheepdog Trials, she say's hill gathering and training young sheepdogs give her a far greater thrill. "Competing at top level requires more concentration and calm nerves than I posses" . 
Though she has done well to achieve the level of success in the open classes in Scotland, Wales and England; when the pressure is really on Janet says she is unable to guide her dogs without great excitement and nervousness, this is not inducive to consistantly placing at the top.

Astra Sheepdog's border collie puppies showing keen on sheep at ten weeks.

Therefore, she is concentrating more and more on giving the young Border Collie puppy a good schooling to get them well on their way to becoming competant working sheepdogs, and using her knowledge and experience to help people nurture the potential in themselves and their dogs instructing at clinics in New Zealand, Australia, Japan, USA, Europe and at her Centre in Scotland.

Due to work commitments on the Farm and within the dog training kennels, Janet has been unable to compete on a regular basis during 2000 to 2007.

A promising young Italian Handler during a herding clinic in Italy Feb 2005