A few years ago I approached Gudrun Hartmann of Jack Mack Smooth Collies in Germany with the view to hopefully purchase and import to the UK one of Gudrun’s Smooth Collies as I have always admired Gudrun and the Jack Mack Smooth Collies.

Whilst in the process of purchasing a blue bitch puppy call name of Tien, I had an accident at Paignton Championship Show (2012) and was left with a permanent disability so there was a real chance that my dream of having a Smooth Collie would not be achieved.

 Luckily whilst speaking with Nick Smith of Tentola Collies (Rough and Smooth), Nick and Anne offered to have Tien for me in Spain where they now live for a year whilst I recovered enough to be able to show well enough and keep up with a Smooth Collie.  

With such a generous offer, I offered Tien in partnership with Nick and Anne, so it was agreed that Tien would go to Spain with Nick and Anne for a year and then she would come to the UK and remain here with us at Shandlmain.  

Nick and Anne have campaigned Tien in Gibraltar, Spain and Portugal and Tien has been made up a Spanish, Portugese and Gibraltar Junior Champion and has had 11 Group Placings and also won Adult CAC and CACIB before she left Spain at 17 months old.  

Tien also qualified for Crufts 2014 whilst being shown in Gibralatar and achieved 1st Junior Bitch at Collie Association Championship Show at her debut show in the UK and also 1st in Special Junior Bitch at Crufts 2014 so has already qualified for Crufts 2015. 

Tien came back into our sole ownership in 2016, many thanks to Nick and Anne for campaigning her on the Continent. 

Tien has achieved a Reserve Best In Show at East Anglian Collie Association and also won Reserve CC at Scottish kennel Club giving her her UK Stud Book Number amongst various other wins at both Open and Championship Shows.

At the end of May 2016 Tien produced a lovely litter of puppies to Ch. Foxearth Frappuccino of which we retained 2 puppies, the only bitch puppy born and a blue merle dog puppy.  

One blue merle dog puppy will be going to Nick and Anne Smith to live in Spain in their sole ownership, Tien has been returned into our ownership and no longer co-owned with Nick and Anne.  

A dog puppy has gone to live in Germany with Tien’s Breeder, Gudrun Hartmann  and one dog puppy went as a service dog with the other is living in a pet home.  Both Smooths that have gone to live abroad now hold multi Champion Titles. 

Tien, after having her litter, only is shown occasionally, in September 2018 we took Tien to Sheringham under Breed Specialist Emily Benelman’s where she won Open Class and Reserve Best of Breed.