Trebricha history
The first I saw after having been
born was a Collie - and so I was born with love and passion in heart for this
wonderful breed which has always been the family dog. During my
years of growth our family dog was always a tricolour Collie bitch – from
different breeders and lines. No wonder my favourite colour today is a
tricolour ! That 3 of our 4 dogs today are sables is only due to the fact that
quality comes first. But I still look for that extraordinary tricolour bitch.
My deeper involvement in
Collies began “by accident” 11
years ago when my parents was going to buy two new puppies after the dead of
the old one. My mother ( with who I now co-operate) got the advice from the Vet
that she would get a better looking Collie if she told the breeder, she wanted
to go to shows. Of cause we had to keep this promise to the breeders. One was successful; She was a sable
bitch “Aynsley Bee Queen” who was by Corydon Hot Sun and Freelancer Done Into
Danish, and so being a granddaughter of Lynaire All In Black. Despite a bad
health which often kept her away from the ring, she collected a lot of Res. CAC. She never got puppies because of her health, but in type she
was a very elegant Collie with a wonderful deep golden colour (on his older
days she went more and more golden – probably being pure-for-sable). We lost
her in November 2000, just 3 months after her room-mate. The photo below shows
those two wonderful ladies at an earlier age (can’t remember when, but they are
probably not more than 5-6 years).
After establishing my own home I looked for a Collie of my own. The
time in and outside the show ring had given me an useful knowledge of breeders.
Some of the rarest to meet is a brood bitch who can produce plenty of champion
quality puppies in each litter, proving a very deep quality laying in the
genes. Kennel Sungrace was lucky to have such one; “Danborn I’m Impulsive” who
was a daughter of Ch. Angelfield Athens Star and granddaughter of INTCH
Angelfields April Affair. Sungrace had used Ch. Bhyllsacre The Saint for her
with great success and kept a CAC winning tricolour daughter. She was mated to
a new outstanding GB import “Jefsfire Just A Joker” in 1993. Already before the mating, I ordered a
puppy and they were only 3 weeks old when I chose a sable bitch with the help
of the breeder and the stud dogs owners. She grew up to be my foundation bitch
DKCH KLBCH Sungrace Victorious Vanity; a lady with a great personality and
intelligence, very successful at obedience, at agility (for fun but she loves is), and in her beloved
Show Ring.
Always placed as a junior,
she was finally shown 11 month old at the Danish Collie Club Championship Show
under Jimmie Tait (Aberthorne, GB) and got the CAC, BOB and finally BIS. 5 month after she turned 2 years (the
age to become champ), she went champion under Hugh Jones, GB. She was shown
rarely after this, but usual very well placed and she got the 4 Club-CACs
needed for her Club Champion title in just 5 Collie Club Shows. Her show
results are too many to be listed here, but at her two times out in 2000 she
went 2nd and 3rd
Best Bitch in Breed at All Breed CAC Shows under Allrounders.
When I realised that her
quality was so high that I could “allow” myself to breed from her, I started looking for a stud dog. I
knew from the start that I had to use top quality to get top quality.
I studied pedigrees night
and day, starting with making my bitch’s pedigree 6 generations back, mainly
with the help of the International Collie Handbook which I have, except for 2
editions, back till 1982. This also provided me with a lot of photos of her
ancestors in the pedigree – and it gave me a lot of knowledge about lines and
breeders. But I also realised that a photo did not tell much about the dogs; I
could not see their quality under the coat, faults, temperament or movements.
Anyway, looking at all those photos gave me one great advantage which many new
breeders miss; I could create my own interpretation of the standard. How should
my Collie look ! So I decided to create my own line from the very beginning. To
me a Collie is a working dog, and you have to be able to imagine her working in
the fields. Movement is the most important quality, but they must also possess
a pleasure of working and personality.
A well shaped head is just
as important, as just small faults in head, like a short underjaw, can spoil
the overall impression of the dog.
The second thing to realise
was that I could not line breed from my bitch. You will very often find that
all Collies in a line have the same good points – and the same bad points !
Breeding is a matter of eliminating faults and secure good points. Also, the
details I wanted to change in my bitch was so common for her line; a little too
deep stop and a little too short head for the perfect match with my “picture”
of the perfect Collie.
So I knew that I had to out
cross, making what I call “ type breeding”, that is, using a non related stud
dog who is not too different in type, but has the quality your bitch lack.
And I saw the benefit in
talking to more experienced breeders and ask their opinion and knowledge. It
was a dear fellow-breeder to me that opened my eyes for the first stud dog to
mate my bitch. He came from a very sound moving line, “Corydon”, being 2 x CAC
winner Aynsley Tiger Rag (INTCH Corydon Tiger Topps x INTCH WW89 Corydon Symbol
Of Glory). His expression was not the best, but my bitch had it, as well as his
dam. Many years later, in an
American article, I actually read an advice to new breeders; “Look at the parents
and the grandparents, and you need not look further”, and I agree with this.
My foundation bitch was
successful in may ways, but as a brood bitch she was not a big producer.
Unlucky I was too that she jumped at least 12-16 months between her seasons. In the first litter born 21. July 1996
she produced only two puppies, both sable dogs with a wonderful temperament and
look, Trebricha Klods-Hans and T. Lille Tuk. To the stud dog owners regret as
they had ordered a bitch and could not take a dog. As it is almost impossible
to sell a dog as a show-/stud dog in DK, also my puppies were sold to private
family and we lost contact.
For the next litter, born
21. July 1997, I used INTCH Shep’s King Of Dreams (INTCH Steadlyn Signature x
INTCH Steadlyn Blueberry Dots), and the 3 survivors were two tricolour dogs and
a sable bitch. Again it was an out cross – type breeding with focus on
movements and the creation of longer lines in head and body.
The bitch Trebricha Frigg
was handed over to my parents as I wanted to secure her in the breeding. My
boyfriend got her litter brother Trebricha Tor as a pet. He has in body, bone
and head what I love and had he been ½ inch taller and able to keep his tail
down, he would be a dream in the show ring.
His sister Trebricha Frigg
is hard to show in a different way, as she always lacks coat because she gets
in heat every 6 month. She has great angulation, also in the front, and the
elegant lines I like. She is a impulsive bitch, full of herself, and absolutely
bored at shows, but anyway usual placed. She went best junior bitch with Res.
CAC under Lynn Westby, GB, at the Danish Collie Club 50 year anniversary show.
In all breed shows she has 2 x 4th best bitch in breed under
Allrounders and she got her first CAC under specialist Peter Chave, GB, in
2000.
My foundation bitch never
got another litter. In July 2000 she was mated to my own import from Brazil,
“Lakefield Lissandro Of Liable”, but 5 weeks through pregnancy she got an
infection in the uterus which meant the loss of both uterus and puppies – and
nearly herself.
In the search for my own
stud dog, I studied closely the Int. Collie Handbooks, looking at types, good
points and bad points. Each line has something I like and something I don’t
like. In the end I decided to buy a dog who had what I believe is the most
difficult qualities to find among Collies in Europe; pride, dignity and
strength - among others. I found Alex Carvalho’s Lakefield Collies in Brazil,
who has a type so very special, and with the rare qualities which I needed. I wrote to Alex in 1995
ordering a Collie. After many letters and a couple of dogs of interest who
turned out not good enough for me according to Alex, I finally got my Brazilian Lakefield Lissandro Of Liable
(Sando) in January 1998, 7 month of age. Except for his litter sister Lione who
was send to Switzerland in November 1999, I guess Sando was the first Brazilian
Collie in Europe.
My stud dog needed a lot of
time to mature why he was placed very different at the shows the first 2 years,
but he became better all the time. Being a tall and big-headed Collie with just
a little too wide set eyes the chances with English were not the best. To my great joy he already got his
first CAC, CACIB and Best Male/ BOS only 3 years of age under Kari Jarvinen
from Finland in June 2000. 3 weeks later he took his second CAC and BOS under
Danish Kennel Club Chairman Mr. J. Hindse Madsen. And 4 month later, being
completely out of coat, he took Res. CAC and 4.th Open at Collie Club
Championship Show under specialist L. Peelen from Holland. This made him be no 6 in rank “Collie
Of The Year” competition, both sexes.
In July 2001 he finally finished his title, after a lot of struggle with
an old injury who now made him limp. A lot of visits to a Dogs Masseur, the Vet
and a Chiropractor (who knocked his neck and loin bones back in right
position), he finally made a show in July without limping. But the visits will
continue a little longer, as an old damage takes a lot of time to heal up.
For the next generations to
come I will be working the Brazilian Collies into my line in the right
proportion. It will take time, but I am sure the result will be
outstanding. My breeding has been
very special from the beginning; I still live in a small flat on the 2nd
floor with 3 Collies, as a payable house is difficult to find. So everybody
think I am a little crazy. But when your entire life is Collie (and you have a
helpful and understanding family) everything is possible !
The
name “Trebricha” comes from Trea and Chari – my parents two Collies, and Brina
my first own Collie. Tre-Bri-Cha – 3 ladies who started our adventure with
breeding and showing.
The Inquiries and visits are always
welcome. Call me or write.
.........my foundation bitch Brina
(second to the left) with her daughter (far left), mother and grandmother (far
right).
4 generations. From left to right, daughter to mother. Grandmother and
Great grandmother is owned by kennel Sungrace:
CAC-winner Trebricha
Frigg
( by INTCH. Shep's King Of Dreams)
CH. Sungrace Victorious Vanity
( by 2 x CAC Jefsfire Just A Joker)
CAC-winner Sungrace Queen's Quinty ( by Ch. Bhyllsacre The Saint)
CAC-winner Danborn I'm Impulsive (Ch. Angelfield
Athens Star x a daughter of INTCH Angelfield April Affair).