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| About Us |
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| The first litter at Timberline was born in 1995. We had been involved with showing for a few years prior to actually venturing into breeding. We bought our first show dog, a handsome boy we called "Sonny" who graces the front page of our website, around 1993. He did some winning, and had a fantastic temperament and we enjoyed his company very much. When Sonny was two years of age we added "Kelly" to the family, aka Multi-group winning, BPIS Ch. Anaheim's Uptown Girl, an amazing show dog, and great companion and protector. While we first ventured out with a professional handler on Kelly, Tony eventually got up enough confidence to try it himself, and from Kelly, on, he has owner-handled all of our dogs. |
| Kennel owners, Tony and Colleen Vandendool, with some of our kids, "Paige", "Hudson", "Riggs" and "Whiskey" |
| At the same time we were enjoying showing Kelly, we found ourselves with a brand new girl, who was two years of age and looking for a home as a brood bitch. With her excellent structure, fantastic, strong temperament, and a sound, healthy background behind her, "Whiskey" became the foundation of Timberline, and her line is still around today, with the recent addition of Ch. Ebonypaw's Perfect Alibi OVC, a Whiskey great-grandaughter. In 1997 we received a phone call regarding a female show prospect from Kelly's breeder. While there, Tony spotted a beautiful male in the kennels. He had been returned by his owners who had divorced and could not decide who should get him. His name was "Hudson." As Tony loaded him in the truck he could not believe that this dog would be coming home to live with us. He was 18 mos old and had more attitude and presence than any dog we'd ever seen before. He would play ball all day long, and would scale 5 ft fences, picnic benches, and everything else you could think of to get to that ball. He was so intelligent you could just see the wheels turning in his head. He was a gentle giant with our puppies, rolling all over with them, he was a big puppy himself. Hudson finished his championship quickly and went on to a few group placements including a Group 2nd, while shown as a Special. He is also the sire of 8 CKC champions, with lots more pointed progeny actively working on their championships right now. His champions include: Ch. Lynlane's Brandy OVC Ch. Timberline's Dr Becker V Zarko OVC Ch. Timberline's Diablo's Thunder OVC Ch. Timberline's Heaven's Thunder Ch. Timberline's Tasha Westenberg OVC Ch. Timberline's Mia of Ebonypaw Ch. Timberline's Grand Duchess Ch. Timberline's Thundrbolt Atlaheim Hudson's most successful litters were linebreedings on his father and uncle, Sel Ch's Anaheim's Bronson OFA and Anaheim's Brigadier OFA. Our bloodlines are based on this very successful combination. |
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| Hudson age 10 |
| In more recent years, we have begun adding in some new bloodlines. While we have loved our Hudson progeny, we know its time to move on through his sons and daughters. Our current bloodlines, in addition to our Hudson progeny, include our 7 yr old girl, Ch. Survival's Indecision Timberline OVC, aka "Chyna" who is a wonderful tempered girl, who is producing very well for us, and we are quite enthusiastic about her up and coming kids. She is the dam of two Canadian Champions, with more on the way. Her champions include: Ch. Timberline's Mum Sayz Ima Keeper OFA H/E Ch. Timberline's Thundrbolt Atlaheim A daughter of GV Ch. Caraland's Unlimited CD TC OFA, Chyna brings the stable, sound temperament her bloodlines are known for, and the beautiful structure and rich pigment as well. In the last three years we have added two new males to the kennel. We hope both of these boys will give us the movement to be highly competitive at the Specialty level. Ch. Millertime's Stealin' Kisses OVC H&E is an outstandingly sound boy, with tons of personality, and awesome movement. A son of Chyna's littermate, we know his bloodlines are sound and healthy, and we look forward to seeing what he produces in the future. More recently we added a Sel. Ch. Kismet's Sight for Sore Eyes OFA ROM son, "Reno" to the family, who we feel has an excellent future ahead of him. Finally, we have had the exciting experience of co-owning, raising, training and loving the 2006 Canadian Futurity Victor, the wonderful "Eddie", who is the best friend of our youngest daughter Rachel. Eddie is co-owned by his breeders and our good friends BrownHill and Kysarah Shepherds in New Hampshire. We have high hopes for his show career, and are continually impressed by the beautiful show puppies, and wonderful companions he is producing. |
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| Ch. Millertime's Stealin' Kisses OVC H&E |
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| More about us...... |
| Our home is made up of 4 kids (Julie, Ryan, Kyle and Rachel) (14-24 yrs of age). We have two Shetland Sheepdogs, and "Keeper" residing in the house with us (the greeting committee). We also have a thoroughbred named "Diamond" (14 years old) and an Arab-Morgan cross named "Gem" (2 1/2) that Rachel rides. Tony is a Real Estate agent with Royal LePage State Realty, and Colleen works for WeLoveYourPet Boarding Kennel in Cayuga, Ontario. We live in a rural area surrounded by hundreds of acres of open farm fields. Our dogs love having the run of all this space, and we often take them for walks in the wooded areas around our house. We have large outdoor kennel runs, but every dog comes in at night to our converted "Dog Room", which used to be the garage...now it is a sleeping, feeding and grooming area for the dogs. Our litters are born and raised in our home. As you can see by the photos below, we give lots of swimming lessons during the summer, and we are looking into a bigger pool as an investment.... We enjoy the dogs immensely. We love raising litters, and experiencing the close relationship with our puppy owners, many of whom have become our friends over the years. The shows we attend have been a great pastime for us, and we find dog shows to be something that both we, and the dogs enjoy a lot. We are very friendly, and easy to get along with, and we welcome phone calls or visits to the kennel with an appointment. We hope you enjoy the website, and the dogs, and feel free to contact us about any upcoming litters, show prospects, or anything else! |
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| Ch. Timberline's Diablo's Thunder OVC |