Our Breeding Priorities:

We don’t breed for show. Our breeding priorities are, in a nutshell, health and happiness in family pets. I’m more concerned with a robust, loving dog than a dog with perfectly sized ears, and a tail that’s less than six inches in length. For example: one of our favourite girls flattens her ears whenever she gets excited or affectionate. It's adorable, but it doesn't "conform" to the ideal breed standard. However, she is a dear sweet girl who loves our children and we think she's drop dead gorgeous, too. Her puppies have been just amazing, and we're thrilled to have her as part of our kennel.

My breeding priorities may differ from other Ontario Scottie breeders, but I let my dogs (or, their families, rather!) speak for themselves: references are always available, and people who visit our kennel have the chance to meet and play with our dogs, particularly the parents of puppies for sale.

Rest assured, just because they aren’t showdogs doesn’t mean our dogs don’t look like Scotties – whenever we take our Scots out in public we’re routinely stopped because people recognize the distinctive “Scottie dogs” and want to have a visit. A few years ago we took our hound cross and our first Scottie (our foundation dog) to Manhattan to visit a friend. I was walking the hound, while my husband walked the Scottie. Every two blocks or so I would stop and realize once again that I was alone; turning back, I would yet again see my husband “talking Scot” with a New Yorker who had stopped him to chat and meet our girl. Walking a Scottie is a lot like driving a Smart Car: be prepared for people to stop you and ask admiring questions!