Monday, November 14, 2011

The Shire Shoppe

I have opened a new shop, just in time for the holidays!! If you love the English Shire, which is a heavy, draft horse you will love my shop.Many beautiful pictures of the English Shire of Illusion Farm are displayed on a variety of products. You may find the perfect gift there. SHIRE SHOPPE


 
                                    Zoe, English Shire Mare from Illusion Farm
                                                                    Fryeburg, Maine

Saturday, November 12, 2011

Holiday Season upon us soon!!!

The Holiday season is fast approaching. Need a special gift for the reader and book lover in the family, visit my shop and find that unusual book. Very reasonable prices and fast shipping from Amazon. I add new books weekly. Save time, fuel and money by shopping at Jopavist Best Books!

Jopavist Best Books is no longer in business. But I do have a nice shop at Cafe press. cafepress.com/shopsheltie

No Pups, so sad!

Our two litters that were expected did not materialize. One girl just completely missed. She is young so not too surprising, she will have pups some other time, when the time is right for her.

My other girl had one large pup, she was stillborn. Very sad for Ginger the mom, as after giving birth she continued for almost two days to search for her pup. The delivery was quite difficult as the pup was so large.Ginger will not chance going through this again. She will be six soon and has given us one beautiful litter. She has done her share.

But on the good side we do plan to have pups in January. We have bred our Brooke, to the lovely Ch Weststars Finders Keepers of Illusion Shetland Sheepdogs. These pups should be stunning.
Check back in a few weeks and we will know for sure if Brooke is expecting.
Once we know she is expecting we will post pictures of Brooke and Keeper on our Sheltie website.

Sunday, July 31, 2011

QUALITY COMPANION PUPS AND POSSIBLE SHOW PROSPECTS!

WE ARE EXPECTING TWO LITTERS MID SEPTEMBER.

LITTER #1 JOPAVIST KEEPSAKE OF FAIR ISLE BRED TO CH JESSTAR ADONIS.
POSSIBLE SHOW PROSPECTS FROM THIS BREEDING. ALL SABLE PUPS!

LITTER #2 JOPAVIST SHES GOT RHYTHM BRED TO ILLUSIONS TRU COLORS
IT IS POSSIBLE THAT WE WILL HAVE BLUES, TRIS AND MAHOGANY SABLES.WE ARE EXPECTING OUTSTANDING TEMPERAMENT AND WORKING ABILITY!

VIST JOPAVIST SHETLAND SHEEPDOGS TO SEE THE MOMS! IF INTERESTED ADD YOUR NAME TO OUR LIST, IT IS FILLING FAST!




Sunday, January 9, 2011

New Puppy in the House

We have a lovely new pup added to our family just before the holidays. He is a sable and white boy and is a full brother to our Brooke. We call him Bounty which means gift as he was a Christmas gift for us.
Brooke and Bounty are both sired by Ch. Jesstar Adonis and their dam is Mus-Arts Stairway to Heaven.
This combination is producing lovely pups. We have plans to start showing Bounty in the spring. He should be in full puppy bloom by then and we are hopeful that Brooke will be back in coat. Time will tell on that. She is just a year old and is in the stage of no under coat. She is well ready mentally and that is most important. She has been exposed to many different situations and has handled all very well.

We are looking forward to spring and getting the dogs out for training. In the meantime we are enjoying the quiet and peace of winter. Will do what training we can indoors.  There is much that can be accomplished with Bounty without having to go outside. He can learn to stand and watch the treat. He can learn foot placement and moving on lead.

We are very excited about this boy and have great hopes for him.!!!!! Stay tuned for progress reports!!