Myriehewe Forget Me Not
and her daughter
Bluchip Monachs Moonlit Skies


Myriehewe Forget Me Not
1994 - 2007

I have always loved dogs - all dogs, but especially Collies and I would have dearly loved to have one as a child, but Mother said no, so that was that. So I did the next best thing, I walked all my neighbours dogs big and small, all breeds. When I got married and the children were school age I told Michael [my husband] I wanted a dog, he said no...but I was made of sterner stuff by then and said I would buy one with my money and I would do everything for her. Chloe arrived at eleven weeks old, a tri colour bitch from mostly Rokeby lines and she was my shadow for 13 and a half years. When she was seven I suggested to Michael that we get another dog as he loves fell walking and Chloe always went with him, but obviously as she got older she would find it difficult. It was quite a wait because I wanted a blue merle bitch and they didn't seem very thick on the ground. Eventually we got Skye [Myriehewe Forget Me Not] a pretty little bundle of blue fluff from Gwen Beaden.



Bluchip Monachs Moonlit Skies 1CC & 2RCC'S
1996 - 2005

She showed promise and we were persuaded to show her but due to commitments of a young family this was only once or twice. When she was 2 years old we decided [or should I say I decided] to have a litter from her and decided on Ch Brilyn Rum'n Black, a well-known tri-colour dog. Skye gave us a lovely litter of 6 and was a devoted Mum.

We kept a tri-colour bitch who my son named Tiffany [B. Monachs Moonlit Skies]. She was the light of my life, I loved everything about her. She won BP & BPIG at her first show and we were hooked. She and Skye won everywhere they went for the next 12 months at Open Show level and aquitted themselves well at Champ. Show level. Tiffany gaining her Junior Warrant and Skye her Stud Book Number. After this Skye was retired as she didn't really like the show ring and much preferred to be on the fell tops with Michael.

Tiffany was mated to Ladyfayre Blue Lagoon of Karava and produced 8 puppies. We kept a blue bitch who we called Ailsa [B. Skyes Silver Lining]. She is a beautiful colour with a fantastic outline and she won very well as a puppy winning BPIB at SKC at 9 months. Tiffany came back into the ring at Leeds winning the Bitch CC, closely followed by 2RCC's at SKC & Midland Counties. Tragically she had an accident and spent 4 days at the Vets fighting for her life while they pumped everything they could think of into her. She survived but was never the same again.

Skye had a second litter to Wicani Knight in Satin Amour at Vonarkle from which we kept Shona [B. Skyes Moonlight Shadow] who we had a lot of fun with and who gained her Stud Book Number.


Bluchip Skyes Moonlight Shadow

Bluchip Skyes Silver Lining

 

The highlight of recent years was the puppy from Ailsa's litter to Ch Sundorne Spiritualist

There was only one bitch in the litter a blue but not as good a colour as her Dam. So we kept the blue dog puppy. I wasn't thinking of keeping a dog so hadn't really had a good look at him, but everytime I walked past the pen by the time the puppies were six weeks I couldn't stop looking at him, he stayed!! [Bluchip Spirit in the Skye - Ross]

Ross ,has had a wonderful show career (he now has 2 CCs & 1 RCC).
He is a lovely dog to live with and has proved to be a good sire.

BLUCHIP SPIRIT IN THE SKYE 2 CC's & 1 RCC



Ross has now retired from showing but may make an occasional appearance in veteran.
We had admired a Tiganlea tricolour bitch, Tiganlea Faberge, who was being campaigned at this time and decided to buy a puppy of the same breeding to put to Ross. From this subsequent litter we chose to keep a tricolour dog, Bluchip Skyewalker (Lewis). Lewis won well from puppy gaining his Junior Warrant with ease and has gone on to make a well grown handsome dog with a beautiful temperament.

BLUCHIP SKYEWALKER JW [Lewis]

His litter sister, Bluchip Skyemaiden 1CC, is owned and loved by Julie Growcott, and she has had lots of fun with her.
The high spot to date being the Bitch CC at Birmingham National Championship Show in 2008.

In an effort to increase the number of blues in our kennel,
we decided to mate Ailsa (Bluchip Skyes Silver Lining) again and chose Tiganlea Thrilling as the sire.
We kept a blue dog and a tri coloured bitch from the subsequent litter Bluchip Evening Skye (Arran) and Bluchip Tainted Skye (Erin).
Erin and Arran
[Sire: Tiganlea Thrilling x Bluchip Skyes Silver Lining]

Arran, although winning well as a puppy and qualifying for Crufts at his first show, then decided at 12months that he didn’t like showing, so, after much thought, we let him go to a family in Wales, where he is now a very happy and loved family pet.

Erin was hardly shown as a puppy and was slow to mature so we decided to mate her and chose, for the first time, a sable dog, Brilyn Secret Weapon. From this litter we to kept a bitch, Bluchip Secret Skye (Tay) who after a slow start, suddenly bloomed, as did her show career. She had several BPB awards at champ shows and BPIS at a Midland Collie Open Show.

BLUCHIP SECRET SKYE 1 RCC [Tay]



The photo of Tay was taken at the Northumberland and Durham Collie Club Champ Show 2007 where she was
awarded 2nd in a big puppy class but our best memory of that day was of Erin
being awarded the Bitch ticket (and she was only taken to keep her daughter company on the long journey!)
Erin isn’t heavily campaigned and she had just recovered from a life threatening accident so this win was extra special.

Bluchip Tainted Skye [Erin] 1 CC



Tay continued her winning ways and won the RCC at SKC in August 2007.
Her last show before dropping her coat was Crufts 2008 where she was placed 2nd in her class.

She has taken time out for maternal duties and should be back in the ring towards the end of 2008.
Below are 2 puppy dogs from her litter to Brilyn Fools Gold.

We now in our 6th generation here at Bluchip, all with good construction and good temperaments and enjoying good health and we have Skye to thank for that and we owe her an awful lot.

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Angela and Michael Coulson
Preston, Lancashire
01772 743409
bluchip@hotmail.co.uk