Show Wins 2024!
BPIG, Multi Group Placing, CH. Prairiepine’s Chain of Gold
(Am GCHG Aurealis Play For Keeps CCA Select Dog ’24, 3 X AOM X MBISS Can GCHB Headline Prairiepine’s Out of This World)
Link finishes his Championship unbeaten from the classes at only 6 months old! He also took two huge group placements:
BPIG & Group 4 : Raymond Yurick
Group 2: Jim Black
Link has one of the best fronts we’ve ever seen on a collie. He has a happy attitude, beautiful face and head, and exudes type! We thank the judges that have recognized him and look forward to 2025!
BBPISS Prairiepine’s Chain of Gold “Link”
At the Collie Club of Canada Regional Specialty, Link takes Best Puppy in Sweeps under Judge Julianna du Pree and…
Best Baby Puppy in Specialty Show under Breeder Judge Susan Bertrand!
Link is living up to his stellar pedigree:
(AM GCHS Aurealis Play For Keeps CCA Select Dog ‘24, 3X AOM X MBISS Can GCHB Headline PrairiePine’s Out Of This World)
GRANDPARENTS:
GCHS Aurealis Coldplay ROM CCA BOS/BOB
GCHB Wyndlair Classique Incandescent ROM CCA BOS/BOB
GCHG Southland Aurealis Island Nights ROM CCA BOB ‘23
GCHS Headline’s Flair For The Dramatic ROM CCA BOB ‘22
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New American Champion AND BISS at the COLLIE CLUB OF CANADA NATIONAL SPECIALTY!
BRIE! MBISS Am Ch. National BISS Can Ch. VanIsle’s Black Diamond of Wyndburr
(AM GCHG Southland Aurealis Island Nights ROM X AM CH Can GCH Afterhours Diamond in the Rough at VanIsle Can. ROMX)
In two weekends Brie garnered the following:
BISS under Breeder/Judge Connie Dubois
BOV over specials under J. Donna Conod
BOV over specials under J Ricardo Saldana to finish!
BOV and Group 4 under Butch Schulman
Polishes off the weekend with two BISS under breed icons Nioma Coen and Tom Coen!
MBISS Am Ch. National BISS Can Ch. VanIsle’s Black Diamond of Wyndburr “Brie”
(AM GCHG Southland Aurealis Island Nights ROM X AM CH Can GCH Afterhours Diamond in the Rough at VanIsle Can. ROMX)
Brie comes back to Canada and wins the Collie Club of Canada National Specialty under Breeder/Judge Susan Bertrand!
American Champion #3 for 2024!
Am Ch. BIS Can GCHB Headline Prairiepine’s Fly With Me to Brackenbrae “Brock”
Brock finished with 5 majors inclusive of Group Placements in a tough herding group.
In Canada he is a BEST IN SHOW winner, BEST PUPPY IN SHOW winner and has multiple group placements shown sparingly. Having just turned 2… the best is yet to come.
Thank you to Dave Slattum for putting most of his AM points on him, to Monique Arpin for training, showing and loving him so and to all the others that have taken his leash!
Our week at the Collie Club of America was a dream come true!​
Katy took WB, BW and Best Bred By finishing her American Championship in style!
Introducing NEW American Champion CGCH Headline Prairiepine’s Firework
(Am GCH. Headline’s Golden Marquis X Am GCHG Headline’s Flair For the Dramatic ROM CCA BOB ’22, BOV 19,21,23)
Show Wins 2023:
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October 2023:
Introducing Maia! Aurealis Obsession (MBISS AM GCHG Southland Aurealis Island Nights CCA BOB 2023 X Am CH. Aurealis Classical Era)
This exquisite young girl is a stunning combination of Aurealis and Wyndlair. (see full pedigree on “Females” page.) Incredibly sweet expression, lovely head detail and great legs! Only shown a few days she has taken multiple BOB, a Group Two and BPIG! We are grateful to the Aurealis ladies for sharing her with us! Maia resides with Val Marshall and is co-owned with myself.
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September 2023
Our puppies out of AM GCH. Aurealis Invincible X MBISS BPISS Can, GCHB Headline Prairiepine’s Out of this World are definitely living up to their pedigree!
Two new Champions from the junior puppy class!
Ch. Prairiepine’s Shake Hands With The Sun “Jimee” Finished in 4 days with a puppy group! We are over the top excited about this elegant boy!
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Ch. Prairiepine’s When the Stars Go Blue “ Jackson” Finished in 5 days with 2 puppy groups and a group 2!
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Prairiepine’s Candy Girl at Whiskeyjack. “Sugar” 4 puppy groups and a Best Puppy in Show making her currently the #1 Smooth puppy in Canada!
This litter is bred by: Susan Minard, Brenda Caswell, Theresa Ballantyne and Valerie Marshall
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August 2023
“Brock” BIS, BPIS GCH. Headline Prairiepine’s Fly With Me to Brackenbrae (CCA RWD) (Am GCH Headline’s Golden Marquis X MBISS GCHG Headline’s Flair For the Dramatic CCA BOB ’22, BOV 19,21,23)
Brock continues to amaze us. We love everything about this dog. Stunningly elegant, Athletic, gorgeous headpiece and outgoing personality. The judges are really appreciating him too!
Best In Show under herding specialist Jo Ann Pavey at only 14 months old!
Best Puppy in Show under Judge Pamela Bruce!
He also headed to MN and picked up his second major under Specialty Judge Sulie Greendale-Paveza
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March 2023
“Katy” MBPIG, BPISS Can. Ch. Headline Prairiepine’s Firework (AM GCH Headline’s Golden Marquis X MBISS GCHG Headline’s Flair For The Dramatic CCA BOB ’22, BOV 19,21,23) finished in Canada in two weekends picking up 2 BPIG’s! She then went Stateside and took her large class at CCA.
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January 2023
Wyatt finished his US Championship with 3 all-breed and 1 Specialty major AND attained his International Championship taking a BIS! He is also in the top 10 rough in Canada with only attending a handful of shows.
Am CH. / BISS, MBPISS Can GCH. / Int’n Ch. Prairiepine’s The Lawman of Tairis ( Am/Can CH. VanIsle Prairiepine Affirmation X Am Ch. Tairis Love Walked In)
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2022 was an extremely exciting year! Five new Champions, all finished as puppies, from our breeding: MBISS AM GCHC Southland Aurealis Island Nights CCA Select Dog ’21 & ’22 X AM CANGCH Afterhours Diamond in the Rough at VanIsle ROM.
From this litter, Tego ( BPIS MBPIG GCH Prairiepine’s Montego Bay) is #1 Puppy in Canada!
At CCA Adam took First, Tego second and Charlie third in their class as junior puppies. This was a dream come true!
Ace finished the year as #2 Smooth in Canada plus attained his Bronze Grand Championship with all points coming from Group wins!!
After being the #1 Collie puppy in Canada in 2021, Mars also blew us away in 2022 and took TWO Best in Specialty wins along with a Best Puppy in Specialty and then blessed us with 9 beautiful babies in December.
We are so very excited for 2023!
Tego:
Tego is currently #1 ROUGH COLLIE PUPPY IN CANADA!
Tego’s puppy’s career has been amazing!
Group One and Best Puppy in Show under Judge Pat Taylor
Group Two: Darle Heck
Group Three: Carmen Haller, Grant Townsend, Lee Anne Bateman, Rosemary Shoreman
Group Four: Rick Fehler, Todd Foley, Wayne Thompson
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BPIS, MBPIG, Ch. Prairiepine’s Montego Bay
(AM GCHG Southland Aurealis Island Nights ROM X AM Ch. Can GCH. Afterhours Diamond in the Rough at VanIsle)
Finishes 2022 as #2 Smooth in Canada plus attained his Bronze Grand Championship with all points coming from Group wins!!
Ace:
Group One: Olga Gagne
Group Two: Shawn Nichols, Sandra Lex.
Group Three: Cheryl Meyers-Egerton.
Group Four: Cheryl Paterson
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AM CH. CAN GCHB. Brackenbrae Prairiepine Onyx “Ace”
(Am CH. Blu Ridge State of Mind X Am/Can GCH Prairiepine Afterhours Lady Million)
Mars:
Takes TWO BEST IN SPECIALTY WINS in 2022! BISS/BPISS under Glen Stark and BISS under Jo Ann Pavey! She also attained her Bronze Grand Championship.
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MBISS, BPISS, MBPIS, MBPIG GChB. Headline Prairirpine’s Out Of This World “Mars” (MBISS GCHS Southland Aurealis Island Nights (CCA Select Dog ’21,’22) x MBISS GCHS Headline’s Flair For The Dramatic (CCA BOB ‘22)