Welcome home Ceana!

Bringing home Baby:
I have been searching the internet high and low to get detailed information on what to expect with our new border collie puppy Ceana (kee-nah) Un fortunetly I have not been able to find all of the info I need. So, for future reference of anyone who is interested, as well as for mine and Christopher's own personal intrest, I am starting this bolg of our trials and tribulations with our new pup Ceana. Hopefully this will shed some light onto her training habits and on border collie pups in general. Here is a little back ground upon how we stumbled on our new little one:

Christopher has wanted a Border Collie puppy for a long time. We have been reaserching the breed and searching on the internet for a pup for about three months now. About a month ago I came across an advertisement in the paper. The pups in the advertisement were not pure bred, but the woman I talked to recomened me to her firend who did have pure bread borders. That is where we met Holly.

Holly has a farm out in bennet with her female companion tri - black border as well as a few other dogs. This was Ceana's mom, McKenzie. Ceana's father belongs to the original woman I spoke with and he is a red and white border. He is a strong worker and actually lost an eye to an accident while working with horses. Both dogs were on the smaller side and wheighed around 25-35 lbs. Ceana was the runt of her mother's first litter. We aranged a meeting with the pups and parents when the pups were 5 weeks. Both parents were incredably sweet and Ceana's mother yearned to be a lap dog. She was incredibly sweet while we were around her pups and they played with us and their mom and dad. Ceana stayed backand watched the situation for a while before she approached Christopher and I. After a fifteen minutes or so however she hopped in my lap and began playing. At five weeks the puppies all came when they were called and had very nice temperments. Ceana in particular was Holly's daughter's favorite and recieved special attention from the little girl, making her ideal for getting along with other children. At 3 days prior to 8 weeks we picked up Ceana and took her home with us to begin her new life.