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When Mike bought Sport he was a new to herding and his previous dog was a Rough Collie. He has done a great job with Sport and his new dog Mia. He's not a famous or exceptional handler and probably didn't have regular access to any famous/top clinicians. He's dedicated and loves herding and worked hard. But you can be all of that and if you don't have a dog that wants to work and can work you won't get anywhere near the finals. Sport isn't perfect but no dog is. Karen

Sport is from Holman's Mike who is ABC & AKC registered x Contact Point's Full Tilt who is also ABC & AKC registered. I registered the litter with the AKC. I could go back and register Sport and any other pups from this breeding with ABC but it hasn't been done and once the dogs are over 3 then you have to have DNA testing done on the parents as well as the dog(s) that are applying for registration. It was deemed not worth the expense a couple of years ago. I am now dual registering all litters when it's possible. It was basically an oversight. When registering with AKC it is easier to restrict breeding rights and sell on a limited registration and ABC at the time didn't offer option that to my knowledge. Since most of the dogs I sell are not sold with breeding rights then it was easier to register with AKC at that time. Obviously Sport did not need to be ABC registered to compete. I am a Border Collie breeder and most of my pups do go to people that like to do agility. I also sell pups to people that like to do herding. I have a small ranch and keep over 100 head of sheep for herding and there is a full time herding trainer that lives on my property and teaches 40-50 lessons a week. I resent people assuming that my dogs are not working sheep and that the pups I breed are only doing agility. Karen

Wow. I don't know who you are but I'm shocked that you would say that Mike has been bred to death. He will be 12 years old in a few days and he has sired 12 litters over 11 years. Hardly bred to death. Mike is well loved and taken care of and has produced some very nice puppies for me. Many of his pups are herding and also doing well in agility, flyball and other sports. They have excellent temperaments and have all been placed in good homes. Karen