After enjoying these photos of pups from some of our litters please read the important information below on how we raise our puppies!
We are a very small breeding and showing establishment. We don’t breed often but we average one litter every 4 years or so (which is not that often!). We breed to improve our line with the hopes of getting a puppy or two for the show ring. When we have either show quality puppies or companion puppies available we provide information here and/or on the Available page.
Our puppies are born and raised in the home with endless love and attention. We expose them to lots of people, new challenges, and include them in our daily life from a very early age. The pups start their lives with their mom in a quiet place, but by the time they are 4 or 5 weeks they are moved to a more central location in the house where they can start being introduced to people and our other collies.
We expose them to a lot of new things at a very early age so that they easily adjust. We do temperament testing at 7 weeks old. All our puppy and adult dogs are ‘inside dogs’.. infact I share my bed with most of them on a nightly basis! We have over an acre fenced for the dogs in 2 separate exercise areas.
Eyes are checked by a Certified Veterinary Opthalmologist between 5-7 weeks old. Puppies are seen by my veterinarian. They are given necessary vaccinations and worming treatments. I follow Jean Dodds vaccination protocol recommendations for puppies. I breed and raise my dogs as carefully and holistically as I can.
When you purchase a Spellbound Collie you receive their eye check certification, health check from my vet and any pertinent health records along AKC Registration and a ton of information on collies, collie health, best feeding suggestions, etc.
Spellbound Collies breeds for health, temperament, quality, soundness and conformation. We do several health tests; and only include into our breeding program those that have good eye checks and are sound dogs with OFA Good or Excellent hips.
We raise all our litters using the BATTAGLIA EXERCISES. According to Carmen Battaglia who developed this program for puppies claims that introducing neonatal puppies to a few very brief ‘exercises’ will cause neurological stimulation, none of which naturally occur during this early period of life. These exercises impact the neurological system by kicking it into action earlier than would be normally expected. The result being an increased capacity that later will help to make the difference in its performance.
Five benefits have been observed in canines that were exposed to the Bio Sensor stimulation exercises.
The benefits noted were:
- Improved cardio vascular performance (heart rate)
- Stronger heart beats
- Stronger adrenal glands
- More tolerance to stress and
- Greater resistance to disease.
For more information about Carmen Battaglia and his neuro stimulation program for dogs visit his website at: Breeding Better Dogs by Carmen Battaglia
“Come Fairies, take me out of this dull world, for I would ride with you upon the wind and dance upon the mountains like a flame!”
`- William Butler Yeats