References

When looking for a dog to buy over the internet, it's hard to know who you're dealing with and whether or not the breeder is honest and fair or just has a fancy website.

Adding a dog to the family is a big decision and I ask potential buyers a lot of questions to gauge whether or not they would make a good home for one of my dogs. I have no problem with anyone checking me out as a breeder. However, looking at my website, you can see my dogs have done their fair share of winning over the last 20 years. The people I have competed against and beat are not always singing my praises. So, if you would like an unbiased reference on me and my dogs, I have provided the following list:

My Veterinarians:

Park Place Vet - Dr.Winnie Morenz, Dr.Carla Folkert and Dr.Kathy Reilly - Keene, NH 603-357-4049

MA Veterinary Referral Hospital - Woburn, MA - Dr. Nancy Cottrill - 781-932-5802 (certified opthamologist)

Club Affiliations:

Collie Club of America:

(Collie Club of America President's Award Winner for Smooth Breeder of the Year - won twice)

NH District Director - Dianne Bishop - gbish0@comcast.net

MA District Director - Andrea Nelson - cacollies@comcast.net

CT District Director - Jackie Caruso - rjcar@prodigy.net

ME District Director - Barbara Corriveau - crispincol@aol.com

Collie Health Foundation - President - Nancy McDonald - nancy@collieexpressions.com

(CHF Board Member, Treasurer, Auction Manager - President's Award for Volunteer of the Year)

Collie Club of New England - Officer - Annette Stringer - sealorecollies@aol.com

Cheshire Kennel Club - Officer - Terry Jo Terrell - featherstone2farm@yahoo.com

Collie Rescue League of New England - Diane Mancini -

I also belong to the American Working Collie Association and the International White Collie Club - Past president of the now-defunct American Smooth Collie Association.

Service Dogs Organizations:

We have donated dogs to www.neads.org of MA and www.freedomguidedogs.org of NY

A Few Other References:

Maine - Kathy Bangs - Flatlander52@aol.com

Chele Dubois chelehikes@yahoo.com

Cheryl Martel (Arrowstar Collies) arrowstarcollies@hotmail.com

CT - Chris Bailey - chris.bailey2@hotmail.com

Kelly Kasheta kelakash@cox.net

NH - Tracey Strother (Storybook Collies) storybook384@tds.net

Joany White (Mountainside Collies) mtside@ncia.net

Amee Abel aabel98@hotmail.com

VT - John and Katee Dyer (Caledonia Collies) caldonia@sover.net