26th April 2016 – Scan on Jack Mack’s Hefin Huw – Confirmed pregnancy showing puppies due, Tien is 4 weeks and 1 day to the date of mating so puppies due at the end of May 2016 all being well.  This will be our first litter of Smooth Collies, so we will no longer be Shandlmain Rough Collies but will now be Shandlmain Rough and Smooth Collies, a new chapter for us at Shandlmain, our first home bred Smooth Collies.  Puppies will be co-registered with Nick and Anne Smith as we are co-owners of Tien.  

29th May 2016 – Puppies Born to Jack Mack’s Hefin Huw (Tien) – This morning, Tien gave birth to 7 healthy puppies, 6 blue merle dogs and 1 tri colour bitch.  We were hoping for a blue merle bitch for our partners Anne and Nick Smith in Spain but was not to be so Nick and Anne will have a Blue Merle dog puppy instead and we will retain the tri colour bitch as planned, Mark however also has thoughts on retaining a blue merle dog too!  Mark collected Anne from Stansted Airport this afternoon, Tien had finished whelping and was settled by the time Mark came home with Anne.  Lovely for Anne to be able to be part of the early stages of the babies lives.  

(unfortunately as sometimes happens with breeding – at day 3, one of the blue merle dog puppies passed away, so we have remaining 5 dog puppies and the tri colour bitch puppy who are all healthy.  The dog puppy although appearing healthy never gained weight from birth).