Our dogs

Most importantly, our dogs are pets — they all live in the house, go for walks, play with children and enjoy their cuddles! In addition, they get to do as much or as little 'work' as they enjoy: Aragorn loves his obedience (and he was a huge fan of agility until I had to say that enough was enough due to injuries), so we do regular training as well as attending shows. Bilbo had to be neutered in 2006, which put an end to his breed show career, but he still loves his weekend agility shows. Gala attended only breed shows up to 18 months, which she though was great (lots of treats!), but she is now also competing in agility, obedience and herding. Eowyn is a very natural herding girl, but she enjoys her time in obedience and conformation rings too.

We aim to breed dogs with a solid temperament, which are suitable for any discipline, be it breed showing, agility, obedience, or herding. Healthy dogs are very important to us — this is the reason we started the Anadune Border Collie Database which allows breeders to check that planned matings are free of hereditary diseases.

We take a long time over deciding on possible stud dogs, making sure they complement the girls in every way. The dogs in the Anadune kennel are a mixture of New Zealand, Australian and English lines, and we research the dog's background thoroughly before signing them up for the job! Please take a look at the puppies page if you are interested in owning an Anadune puppy: there are also occasionally puppies by our Aragorn (we have photos of his Fenborders puppies from November 2007, his 2008 and 2010 litters with Gala, and his June 2009 litter with Brady bred by Cloverdale).