I first saw Daily at the 2002 ASSA National in Shreveport, Louisiana, and I fell in love with her soulful expression and her happy go lucky disposition. When the judge was going over her on the table, Daily's tail never stopped wagging! She had a great time repeatedly taking the plastic off of her x-pen that week too. <G>

Linda Sanders (Shamont Shelties) generously allowed Daily to join our sheltie family in 2003, and we were delighted to have such a lovely tri bitch as part of our breeding program. Daily loves to show, and when she retired from the conformation ring, she had six points toward her championship (including a four-point specialty major) and more major reserves than I care to count.

Daily has produced some lovely puppies, and we're very pleased to have four of them living here---Geraldo, Lydia, Zelda, and Bliss. Her offspring are competing successfully in the conformation, herding, agility, and obedience rings, and Daily is the dam of three conformation champions, two MACH's, and one VCX. She has several additional offspring that are nearing their MACH's too.

Now that Daily is spayed and has retired from the whelping box, she loves to spend her days supervising the other dogs from the middle of her leopard skin doughnut bed and from underneath the A-frame. She has a particular fondness for UPS delivery trucks and never fails to alert us when one starts down the driveway. Daily has an awesome sense of humor, and she's a joy to live with. We are blessed to have her as part of our sheltie family.

Daily, Ellis (Shamont Paden Blu) and Geraldo (CH CastleGate's Daily News)

Daily at nine years of age
Photo by Karashome