It took 3 years of relentless research throughout Europe, Canada and the United States to finally find the male who meets all our selection criteria.

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I dreamed of a blue-merle Collie, but beyond the color on which I was ready to make concessions, I wanted a GREAT male, 100% American and above all, genetically healthy for all hereditary diseases of the race.

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After many disappointments, waiting, I began to give up...I had been following the breeding of the Newmans: Wind whispers for several months, who do a remarkable job of raising Collies close to their origins and in good health. But Montana is far, very far... It was on a Sunday morning that I saw the advertisement for this splendid, absolutely perfect 8-month-old blue-merle male, I had just told my husband that I gave up my research a week earlier!!! Of a go-getter and optimistic nature, I forgot all my doubts and sent a message to Suzi asking if it was possible for Brave to come to France, and to my delight, she said YES!

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The meeting with Brave was beyond all my expectations! He is a very nice dog, very well educated, the bond was put in place immediately to never leave each other...