CH. Chelsea Charidan Carte Blanc, HIC, ROM Betsy at 3 months DAM of 7 ROUGH CHAMPIONS! OFA Good #CO-1784G24F-T Normal Thyroid Through OFA Registry---CO-TH12/21f DNA Profile # V40013 Normal/Non-carrier for Canine Cyclic Neutropenia
Click Here to see a copy of Betsy's "Register of Merit" Tribute in Collie Expressions' magazine!
The story of Betsy and how I came to acquire her..............
While judging a puppy match in the summer of 1997, I fell in love with a beautiful 10 week old tricolor puppy, bred & shown by Dante EG Fangon of Charidan Collies. She would have gone 'Best In Match' but she was hating the sun and heat and was not behaving very well!
Following the match, I couldn't stop thinking about her….. Normally puppies like this are not for sale, but as luck would have it, she was mine 3 weeks following the match!!!
By the age of 2½ Betsy finished her championship with four majors, all owner handled. By the age of three she passed her HIC! However, the true reason I had wanted her was to incorporate her into my small family of Collies. She was bred to her best buddy "Bailee" (Ch. Chelsea The Crown Prince) and whelped her first litter in August 2000. She proved to be a free and easy whelper and an absolutely fabulous mother! It was one of those events where one just sits back and relaxes! From that litter of six puppies, four went to show homes and all four finished their championships! They are: Ch. Chelsea The Crown Jewel, HIC, Ch. Chelsea Elegan Crown Princess, HIC, Ch. Chelsea T' Crown Heir of Squire, HIC, and Ch. Chelsea T' Crown Regent of Squire, HIC. Click HERE to see their pictures!
In 2001 I repeated the breeding and Betsy whelped a litter of 9 in June (on Friday the 13th!). Three of those puppies ended up being shown and again all three finished! One of my all-time favorites, Ch. Chelsea Summer Blonde, HIC finished her championship at 16 months, with 4 majors and multiple Sweeps wins. Three majors were won from the puppy classes and she was owner handled all the way! Another bitch, Ch. Chelsea Elegan Crowning Glory HIC, went to Janet Hitt and finished her championship with 3 majors. The third sister (owned by us), Ch. Chelsea Sunshine Girl, HIC, just finished her championship in the Fall of 2007 with 3 specialty majors, all owner handled!!
All of Betsy's champions are rough-coated
and all have won at large specialties under respected longtime
Collie breeder judges! Plus….more than pretty faces, all
passed their HIC tests with flying colors!
With SEVEN champions to her credit, Betsy qualifies for the coveted "Register of Merit" title awarded by the Collie Club of America.
Continuing into the next generation, Betsy's granddaughters, Ch. Chelsea Midsummer Classic finished her championship in 2006 and Ch. Chelsea CoCo Chanel just completed her championship with four specialty majors!
Betsy is enjoying her retirement lounging around the house and can usually be found on one of her two favorite places……the couch or the bed! Currently she is 11 and is in wonderful condition and health! She is truly a credit to her owner, her breeder and her heritage!
Sired by Arcadia's Red October ex Countryview Charidan Isolde Bred by Dante EG Fangon of Charidan Collies
