Sues Dogs

LUCE ISDS 206336 DOB3/8/93 - 24/5/05 was a BWT smooth coated bitch. She only ever worked the cat and chickens but she bred some very good working dogs; Jess, Jade and Lace being three of them .

SPARC isds 214870
Sparc was a B&W rough
coated dog with a wall eye
who had the most superb
temperament. He belonged
to Gwyn who placed and
won with him before he
was retired young due to
illness. I also placed with him..he was an exceptional dog to work. He lived here with me for 11 yrs. He was a dog that was verging on the genius and had the potential to go to the top. He was the sire of Jade and Aled Owen's Gwyn. Sparc died in Oct 08 aged 14 yrs; after a bad bout of festibular.

Starting working Dogs : It was here in Dolgellau that Sue first had a taste of working sheepdogs. She was introduced to training, working and trialling by the late Vic Humphries, a real character, through the ATB (Agricultural Training Board). She bought a Border Collie, Will, who didn't turn out, although he remained a family pet for nearly 15 yrs.

Horses: In her teens Sue was heavily involved with horses. She raced trotters and pacers at the Prestatyn Raceway in its early years and then after college, went on to work with National Hunt horses & Point to Pointers. The horse side of things calmed down somewhat when she married Allen and had children but she continued to work with Riding for the Disabled as an Instructor and Judge before moving down to Dolgellau.

Tea Room: With the children at home she decided to open a Tea Garden
at the bottom of Torrent Walk, Dolgellau and spent 8 years baking and serving specialty homemade scones and cakes to walkers. This side of her life led her to catering for the 1991 Welsh National at Dolgellau..a very wet experience!

Gwyn Jones : In 1996 Sue took Luce to be served by a dog belonging to Gwyn Jones, Penmachno. Gwyn offered to help her with some problems she had with Jess and he became her mentor and friend, impressing upon her his methods of training, working and handling.
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JESS isds 210667 dob: 30/10/93 - 22/4/08 Jess was a very stylish
bitch with a little too
much eye. She had a
good feel for sheep and
ample power. She was
relatively easy to work
Best score = 4 1/2 pts.
Jess died in 2008 aged
almost 15 yrs old. after a festibular attack.

                                JADE    isds 234014
                                dob: 10/6/97 - 14/5/2010
                              Jade was a smooth coated
                                B&W bitch. She was a
                                natural outrunner and built like a whippet. She had ample power and was an excellent hill dog.   Best score = 4 pts
Jade retired from Trialling and heavy work but still 'kept her hand in' at home doing much of the close work.She partnered with Lace superbly in work . My loyal friend, companion and right hand.

JAFF isds 185086
Jaff was a big rough coated
B&W dog who had a tremdous
feel for sheep, natural balance
and pace. With more handler
experience he could have been a very good dog. He was an excellent hill dog and was a really cool customer Best Score = 3.5 pts lost

Lace isds 251448 dob: 30/6/00 She is a strong well built bitch. BW smooth coated with pricked ears. She is a 'hot head', hyperactive. She has little eye but a good feel for sheep although quite sensitive too. Not an easy dog to handle but suits a big course or the hill. . Best Score = 4 1/2 pts Lace does all the main work around the farm now.
Lace had an exceptional run in the 2009 National with a score of 191 but not good enough to be in the Team, I let her down with a couple of handler errors.
Lace is now 11yrs old and is as fit as she ever was...work is everything to her. She is having problems with hormones so has given up trialling but enjoys herself working with me with the young dogs.

In recent years Sue has fitted in travelling abroad to the USA and European countries to Judge and take clinics eg. Italy,Germany, Sweden, USA, Canada.
She was one of the organisers of the 2002 World Trial in Bala.
She is on the panel of Judges and judged the Welsh National in 2009 with Emyr Lloyd. She is also a Director of the International Sheep Dog Society; and writes articles for the Society's magazine.

Gel isds 283751 dob: 12/2/06 Gel is special and will hopefully stay that way. He is Medium coated BW dog. He is sensitive at times when not on sheep but very bidable, friendly, intelligent and keen. He is stylish with many good attributes but can be a little stuborn at times.He is of similar ilk to Jaff when he was young.

Sue is married to Al and they have 3 sons, each having either married or have a partner and 6 gorgeous grandchildren . (total that is ,not each!)

Fleece and Max are two pups that I kept from the litter on the ''puppy blog''
Both are very keen. Max is very bidable and does not appear to have a a lot of eye. While Fleece has more style and intensity in her work. Max has now been rehomed.

Meg .
was a birthday present from my family. She was born Feb 2010 and is 20 weeks old in the photo.
She is very intelligent, stylish, playful and afraid of nothing...well almost! She loves children and playing football. Hope for the furure! Meg is now 18 mths old and is looking very promising on sheep. She has a nice cast and feel for sheep, is stylish and very biddable.....will hopefully be ready for the nurseries later in the year.

Midge
is the latest addition to the kennels here at Llwyn Iolyn, she is about 11 mths old and had been started when I bought her. She is keen and appears to to have ample power, She is extremely friendly and loves to work although I will take things very slowly with her now.