My first memories of the Rough Collie breed stem from my childhood. My Father was an avid fan of the breed and I vividly remember his first litter. "Lassie" had her pups in the whelping shed and once they were of age I remember them venturing out into the garden and my father had to pick my up as they were nipping at my heels. I must have been about 3 years old. The puppy which the family kept from that litter was "Shep" and she was my constant childhood companion until I lost her aged 13.

After we lost our last rescue dog aged 13, I decided that I wanted to return to the pedigree Rough Collie and I also found that I was drawn to the dog show world. Of my current Rough Collie family, my grown children purchased the first "Rani" [Balami Blue Diana of Trenic] as my first show dog, unfortunately Rani didn't see it that way as she really didn't take to the ring" She is now retired and is a well loved family per who is matriarch of the rest of our pack. As I had now experienced a taste of the show world I was keen to carry on. My husband kindly purchased "Seeta" [Our Indian Princess of Trenic], I could see a pattern forming as again Seeta wasn't keen on showing, so became another well loved pet.

I was desperate to home my first show dog and so "Sona" [Sachenda She's a Star of Trenic] arrived. A true show bitch, she qualified for Crufts 2006 and seemed to really enjoy the show ring, she taught me so much about this world and we were over the moon with her progress. Well it wasn't to be again as we lost her in tragic circumstances aged 10 months. She suffered a fit that the vet just couldn't bring her round from, her internal organs began to fail and the end was inevitable.