Ukc-Ch Wildwest Nouveau Flamenco x Can Ch Wildwest Ole de Shelgrande - Tris and blues.  Possibly bi colors.  Will this litter materialize? I hope so.  Olé has missed the last three times so I am not holding my breath.  If it's meant to be ... it'll happen.  Puppies (if Olé is pregnant) are due late February.  All show prospects are spoken for.

What do I expect from this breeding?  Beautiful, healthy, fun and smart Shelties!  Both Capo & Olé have what I consider ideal show dog temperaments--they show, show, show, and at home they just chill out and enjoy life.  These guys are loving and sweet companions, very much enjoying snuggling on the couch, and also very responsive to me when I call them or ask them to do anything.  They both have excellent health histories.  Capo moves cleanly in all directions, and Olé has that beautiful flying trot.  Both carry a lovely coat without being too much coat.  Each has a sweet expression and each is just naughty enough and smart enough to do whatever they set their mind to. Capo loves to play fetch, and while Olé  is not a fetch-meister herself, her dad was so I am hoping to keep that love of fetch in my line with this breeding.  All in all, I think this could be one of my best litters yet. Oh how I hope it materializes and these hopes and dreams are realized!

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UKC-Ch Wildwest Nouveau Flamenco x Wildwest Sweet sauce - Tris and blues.  Possibly bi colors.  If the breeding was a success, puppies are due to arrive in late March.

I am also very excited about this breeding with Capo and Ditto.  Ditto is a live wire, tons of fun in a 20 pound Sheltie body.  This girl loves to go, to play, to jump, to live!  Thankfully, she also knows how to kickback and enjoy a quiet evening at home as well (but at one point we did wonder if she would ever settle down).  Her favorite lounging spot is on the back of the couch near her man, Earl.  Ditto comes from a line of "guy" dogs.  Her mom (the blue puppy pictured at the top of this page), her mom's mom and Ditto herself all love men best of all.  It's not that she doesn't like women, but she really turns it on for the guys.

Anyhow, Ditto brings her firecracker personality and Capo brings his sweetie-pie show dog-ness self into the equation to hopeful equal some outstanding Shelties.  Conformationally, these guys both bring beautiful fronts (helllooo prosternum!), clean movement in every direction, strong toplines, what I consider to be about the perfect eye, and lovely head detail. I am expecting pretty, pretty, pretty faces along with great structure.  I think there is a potential for an excellent performance prospect from this breeding as well as top notch conformation prospects.  I will be retaining the pick puppy from this litter.  A female companion puppy is already spoken for from one of these litters.