Linspan Shelties

Year in Review 2010

2010-12-31T22:46:00.004-05:00

Last blog of this year 2010, many things to be thankful for in 2010, first and foremost, I do believe in God and love celebrating Christmas which to me is a celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ, born to his mother Mary and his father Joseph a carpenter in the town of Bethlehem in Jerusalem. He was raised under God's leadership as they were preparing him for his big role of Christ, but first he had to be persecuted and died on the cross for his beliefs. I have never wrote about this in many years, but because this is my blog and only one follower, doesn't matter, makes me feel good to talk about my beliefs. These are the things we were taught as children and these are the things I teach my Grandson now.

Many other things to be thankful for in 2010.........we have our health and without your health you have nothing!
I am thankful for my sons, for without then, I would not have all these wonderful things to say about people.
I am thankful for my friendships with many people in my life, for they make the road much shorter to travel.
I am thankful for my grandchildren, they bring out the best in us grandparents, doing things we never would do if they were not around. I once rode down a huge hill on a 4 year old kids bicycle and almost killed myself when trying to show my grandson how easy it was....funny now, but you should have seen the look on his face!

Linspan Shelties had a very successful year in 2010, we had a first, a BPIS win with a young male at the tender of six months old. BPIS Ch. Linspans Melodaly Gambler, he took 9 points his first weekend out in Quebec, finishing his Championship in 3 shows, we were thrilled for his owners Dany Therrien of Melodaly Shelties.

We are looking forward to all the firsts in 2011 and wish everyone a very happy New Year and a special mention to a very special woman, who is very dedicated and works so hard on all our stuff for the web, PennyLynn of Ruffleith Shelties.

Linda xo

Christmas with Jesus Christ this Year - For Dad.

2010-12-15T18:26:00.007-05:00

I see the countless Christmas trees - around the world below.
With tiny lights, like heavens stars - reflecting on the snow.

The sight is so spectacular, please wipe away that tear.
For I am spending Christmas with Jesus Christ this year.

I hear the many Christmas songs, that people hold so dear.
But the sounds of music can't compare, with the Christmas choir up here.

For I have no words to tell you, the joy their voices bring
It is far beyond description to hear the angels sing.

I can't tell you of the splendor, or the peace here in this place
Can you just imagine Christmas with our saviour, face to face

I'll ask him to light your spirit, as I tell him of your love
So then pray for one another, as I lift your eyes above.

Please let your hearts be joyful, and let your spirit sing,
For I am spending Christmas in Heaven, and I am walking with the King.

by Wanda Beneke

Ice & IronMan puppies 7 weeks

2010-11-25T20:16:00.007-05:00

I am hungry..............where's my dinner........

This georgeous Tri girl is sweet as they come.....a wagging tail for eveyone......very social butterfly, my little Einstein, too smart...

Joker gives us his best side......and just keeps looking better and better.....a real nice Boy...

This sweetie face is "Joker" and he loves to gives kisses......and never ceases to amaze us with his antics......with a sweet expression with melting blue eyes.

This beauty is as sweet as "Hunny" a blue merle female with Blue eyes, who has the happiest temperment just like Mom.......a real doll face......

This little doll face is Tyson a blue Merle Male with Blue eyes, he is smart as a whip, and loves everyone.

These puppies are out of Ch. Nitelatchs Grandgables IronMan and BPIG Ch. Linspan's Ice-Ess at Willowgate............a quality packed litter......

Ice & Charlie Puppies - 10 days old - born 10.10.10

2010-10-21T07:30:00.006-04:00

Boys will be Boys.

Girls just want to have fun.

These are our new arrivals at Linspan, these georgeous puppies are out of BPIG Ch. Linspans Ice-Ess at Willowgate and sired by the handsome Ch. Nitelatches Grandgables IronMan.

Ice & Charlie Puppies

2010-10-12T07:03:00.006-04:00

Very serious about Motherhood.

She is ready for her close up....

New puppies born here, Sire is Ch. Nitelatches Grandgables IronMan X Ch. BPIG Linspans Ice-Ess on Willowgate. These 4 puppies were born on 10.10.10. We have 2 females one Tri and one Blue Merle and both boys are Blue Merle. Mom and babies are all doing great!

Proud Breeder and Owner

2010-09-18T06:14:00.002-04:00

Just wanted to post this picture of my boy BPIS Ch. Linspans Melodaly Gambler who was invited to the Purina Canine Classic in July and he got a Herding Group 4th win, at only 7 months old. He also received a PBIS win at his very first show at the tender age of 6 months old..........I am so proud of this boy and his owner Dany Therrien in Quebec......Gambler is out of Ch. Can/Am Grandgables O Henry and my female Ch. Willowgates Impressamea, (Mea) this is Mea's third champion offspring. ...........we were thrilled to say the least when we received this news.......in fact I had a few little tears in my eye.

New Champion

2010-07-12T18:45:00.003-04:00

We have a new Champion - our boy in Quebec, its now Ch. Linspans Melodaly Gambler and he has attained his Canadian Championship at 7 months old, thanks to respected judge Virginia Lyne, Gambler was awarded Best of Winners and Best of Opposite Sex and Best Puppy in Breed at Three Rivers Quebec on July 2nd to finish his championship, this lovely boy also has a BPIS under his belt. Special thanks go to his owner Dany Therrien of Melodaly Shelties. I am tickled pink with this boys wins at such a young age, he will be out again this summer and fall.

Funny Day

2010-06-17T16:59:00.003-04:00

No pictures this time I promise.........its been a real hilarious day, with me blogging again, you tend to forget the stuff you learned a while back, they say, if you don't use it - you loose it, and I have lost it.............I will have to take a course to get all this stuff right..............first I post a picture of my BPIS winning dog sideways, and then I post a picture of my beautiful plant in a postage stamp size.............so I am the breeder of sideway dogs and my gardening skills are very teeny weeny plants..............help someone please! Stay posted.........for my next entry on the Blog! Calgon take me away! As I don't have any followers on my blog anyways, it is only a place for me to vent and try out my good humour and antics.

Money Tree Pic's

2010-06-17T16:40:00.003-04:00

So this is the picture of the money tree that I had blogged about a week ago, I know the image is small but at least you can see it now. Having the dardest time sizing my photos, either they are too small or too big, so this will have to do for now...............I know don't give up my day job......I shall never make it as a photographer!

BPIS Pic - Up Close and Personal

2010-06-17T07:49:00.003-04:00

Here is a right side up shot of "Gambler" at only 6 months old, and first time in the ring, he has started with a bang!, so lots of good things to come for this young Sheltie boy in the future.........this is my second blog to day, so I am happy about that. I had lots of problems with my pc and my camera which were all related.

BPIS Picture of Gambler

2010-06-17T07:28:00.004-04:00

We just received this picture yesterday from proud owner Dany Therrien of Melodaly Shelties in Quebec.
We are very proud of this boy indeed, he was awarded BPIS on June 5th by Elaine Whitney and WD and BOW by judge Butch MacDonald the following day, for a total of 9 points, all at 6 months old and his first time in the ring..........introducing Linspan's Melodaly Gambler, out of Am/Can Ch. Grandgables O Henry and Ch. Willowgates Impressamea.
Sorry about the sideways view, I could not figure out how to turn it on my blog......

Best Puppy In Show in Quebec

2010-06-06T23:12:00.002-04:00

I received a call from some very happy owners of one of my puppies from my last litter, he started his show career with a big bang, first time in the ring at just 6 months old, Linspan's Melodaly Gambler was awarded Best Puppy In Show at Beauport Quebec, judged by Elaine Whitney, on Saturday June 5th, handled by Natalie Clement...........wow we have been so excited, the sire of this litter is Ch. Can/Am Grandgables O Henry and the dam is my girl Ch. Willowgates Impressamea..........we are all still dancing, and it gets better, he got Winners Dog and BOW on Sunday at the same show for a total of 9 points first weekend out, not a bad start.........can't sleep at all now......OMG.......I will post the show picture as soon as I receive it. The very proud owner of this striking O Henry son is Dany Therrien of St. Leonard D'Aston Quebec........and I heard that there was another O Henry daughter that also got a BPIS win at Erie Shores all in the same weekend......wow what a weekend for the O Henry kids.............where is Sweet Marie.............lol

Money Tree

2010-06-04T20:29:00.004-04:00

I have not been on the blogger for a while, and this one is not about a dog, its about a plant, a braided Money Tree. It is thought by the Chinese that it bestows good luck to its owners. This plant/tree I purchased for my son for his Birthday one year ago, and it was doing OK at his place, until the cat started swiping at it and they all loved this plant so much everyone started watering it, so it was in real bad shape and my son Tim asked me to take it home and put my green thumb to work, when we carried the pot to my car it was really heavy and was so full of water, from the kindness of all. At my house in front of my kitchen window, after a couple of weeks of drying out, it started dropping all the leaves and looked really dead, I was going to pitch it out in the garbage, but I decided to cut it all off and see if it would grow again, I waited for weeks and in the hot weather we recently had, it started to grow again, it was literally growing new leafs every day. Once I remember how to re-size my images I will post the picture of this beautiful tree. more to come.

Memorial To Dad

2010-01-10T20:19:00.006-05:00

This is a memorial to my dad, who passed away 5 years ago. January 1th is his Birthday. Dad is missed by all his 9 children and his many grandchildren, and great grandchildren, but he left a legacy behind for all of us, his sense of humour, he always told us, to keep your chin up and smile. He always had a joke to tell everyone, he touched so many lives with his sense of humour. We know how proud he would have been of all his children. This is a poem our family keeps close at heart when thinking about our Dad.

Miss Me But Let Me Go

When I come to the end of the road and the sun has set for me, I hope that you will realize my pain at last is free.

Miss me a little - but not for too long, and not with your head bowed low. Remember the love we once shared Miss me - But let me go.

For this is a journey that we all must take, and each must go alone. Its all a part of a master plan, a step on the road to home.

When you are lonely and sick at heart, go to the friends we know, and bury your sorrows in doing good deeds, Miss Me But Let Me Go.

Fun with Ayden and the Puppies.

2010-01-03T19:06:00.016-05:00

We had a very busy Christmas and Ayden and I were trying to decide which pictures we would put on our Blog of the puppies who are now 7 weeks old. Santa was good to us and gave us a new camera, so here are a couple of the first pic's we took of the puppies with the new camera, nothing professional, but I know as time goes by we will get better.

Hey did Mom just go by................

Yes I think she went that way...........

Little Eyes are Watching

2009-11-29T19:39:00.016-05:00

The Boys in the Hood are two weeks old now, their little beepers have just opened. Amazing watching them grow every day, the sound of contentment. You can watch them grow here........

Playground With Pappa Tony

2009-11-24T06:13:00.006-05:00

Ayden was very happy and excited to hold one of the puppies, we are just waiting for the little eyes to open now. Then it was off to the playground with Pappa Tony, they spend lots of time at the Playground together.
We had the playground all to ourselves on Sunday morning, where were all the kids? So we were the kids.

Think I am getting the hang of adding these photo's to my blog now. I have become a camera junkie, instead of carrying a purse with me, I have my camera hanging on my shoulder.

Fun at the Playground

2009-11-23T20:40:00.005-05:00

Now that things have somewhat got back to normal life with the puppies here and all content and growing, we are waiting for their beepers to open now.

Ayden was so happy to be able to hold one of the puppies, we decided to go to the playground and have some fun, so off we went

Mea's Boys in the Hood

2009-11-18T20:14:00.004-05:00

Here are some pic's of the Boys in the Hood here at Linspan, also a picture of one of my greatest joy in life, Ayden my grandson, who is four years old, and loves the dogs and puppies, he is my puppy socializer. You will hear many Ayden stories in the months to come.

Boys Are Back In Town

2009-11-16T07:52:00.004-05:00

Mea finally gave in and after many sleepless hours for me, she gave birth to 5, yes I said five boys, and we had painted our puppy box pink! Mother and puppies are doing fine, they are all such robust puppies all weighing in at seven and eight ounces, they came into the world kicking. They all have white show collars, sable and white beauties. You would not believe my suprize as each one was born and the boys just kept coming, we truly have "Boys In The Hood" here. Mea had five puppies in two hours, so she was fast, once she got into the mood. I guess she got tired of the thermometer. Ch. Grandgables O Henry is the proud sire, he's "The Man" I will post a picture later this week. My 13 year old granddaughter Lexi was here to assist me in the whelping of the babies, what a great experience for her, I am sure she will have lots of stories to tell all her friends. My four year old grandson "Ayden" is so excited he can hardly wait to come and see the babies next weekend...................more to come.............

2009-11-14T19:02:00.001-05:00

So this will be my first blog entry, and I am going to start with what is happening now in my life, and my girl Mea was due to have her Sheltie puppies yesterday on Friday the 13th and everyone was saying O NO not on Friday the 13th well Mea was listening to everyone and now we are on the 14th and I am following her around the house with my thermometer and every time she see's me with it, she runs like hek to the other room, saying "O no" not again.........hopefully I will have some news soon on the birth of these puppies soon, Mea was bred to Ch. Grandgables O Henry, and we are waiting.........

Welcome to my Blog

2009-11-13T09:54:00.002-05:00

I have been reading other people's blogs for some time now and truly enjoying all the stories and pictures. I figure, why not have one too. I have stories to share and pictures of things I like.... so here I am. Hope you enjoy some of the stories I will be sharing in months to come.

Enjoy!