WORKING BORDER COLLIE SHEEP DOGS
3 year old Gail joins Kristian on his sheep farm in Maine. Gail is one of the nicest and most talented dogs to leave the farm. She needed / wanted / deserved a one-on-one relationship with a kind human …and sheep.
Work began immediately for Gail …and she is just fine with that! The dog who always has a smile on her face has reason to smile.
10-April-2026. The dogs are enjoying snow-free fields again. Winter is over. We are waiting for spring to arrive. The 5-month-old pups are in heaven! It has been snow and cold since they were born on 25-October-2025.
…and my #1, Peter. I can never take too many photos of this dog.
In a country with a free press, new is whatever people deem it to be. I didn’t need this kind of ‘publicity’. However, for all its shortcomings of a ‘free press’, it better than the alternative. News of the Groundhog Day Missing Puppies from Thundering Paws Farm was the talk of the Vermont side of the Upper Valley. Only 2 months later did I see that the story hit the local newspaper. I was too busy trying to make sure the puppies didn’t escape …again. With 60 cm of snow on the fields, running down the 1/2 mile driveway to seek adventure was almost irresistible.
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March is still a cold month in Vermont. Temps down in the teens at night. After a long, cold winter, the fields are mostly clear of snow this last day of March 2026.
A friend of 9 months here on the farm left today with Sabine and Geoff to their horse farm in Cheshire County, New Hampshire. Sabine and Geoff lost their 13 month-old pup during a routine neutering operation this month. Devastated, they sought to rill and indescribable gap …and found Leif, one of the sweetest dogs I have ever bred.
Leif had never had never had a person of his own. Now he has found one…
4 month old, perfectly tempered and athletically gifted Drew (Nel x Blu) joins pre-med undergraduate Thomas at nearby Dartmouth College. Thomas hails from Los Angeles, a neuroscientist heading off to med school -with Drew- after he completes his undergraduate work.
Drew trades the fields of Thundering Paws Farm for Webster Ave, the Dartmouth Green and Hanover running paths. I could not have asked for a better person and home for my Drew. What a sweet life he is going to have! Thank you Thomas!!
A professional trainer that I sometimes recommend to new owners needing training assistance looked at the video and wrote this back to me. Way to go, Thomas!
At 4 months, the pups in the Nel x Blu litter of 10 are coming into their own. I am very impressed by this litter. Three are off to new homes. The remaining 7 are under development. It is going to be very tough not to keep them all.
