Old-Time Scotch Collies
The Scotch Collie is truly the original farm dog. Today we can find value not only in their abilities as a working dog, but their qualities and traits lend themselves fabulously to life in the home as the family dog as well as excellent candidates as service dogs. Highly intelligent with a strong desire to please, they are easily trained for a variety of situations. As a landrace breed, our desire is not to preserve them for similarity of appearance, but instead with a focus on health, temperament, and character. Check out https://www.scotchcollie.org/ for more information on this amazing breed!
Our Program
Puppy Culture is at the heart of our breeding program, along with other supplemental resources. Here's an intro to the Puppy Culture program. And if you're interested in why we chose Puppy Culture, visit our blog post here. From the moment the puppies are born they are neurologically stimulated and enrichment exercises are carefully chosen to create emotionally stable, mentally and physically strong, biddable puppies. They will be well socialized and ready for a variety of home, work, and service placements. Around 3 weeks of age we begin to introduce new objects, change the environment, introduce people (strangers, elderly, kids) and other dogs (puppy & adult) to expose the puppy to as many new experiences as possible! Here is the list! Outdoors (when weather permits), structures, climbing, touch desensitization, toys, grooming desensitization, household desensitization, socialized with other animal (farm animals, cats, dogs), manding, puppy temperament evaluation, surface and tactile stimulation, initial house training, scent introduction, and noise desensitization.
Meet Lucy
We brought Lucy home from Holbrook Homestead in SC in December 2020. She has been a dream ever since. Her quiet temperament with just enough spunk to play and keep our 7 children safe. She's never far from any of us. She prefers the outdoors and keeps a constant watch on the hillside in front of our home, overlooking the garden. The desire to help with our chickens and goats is there and we are working with her to make her an effective working dog. Her biddability and level of training at her young age far surpasses any other dog breed we have had. Intelligence and the desire to please are strong characteristics. She was a fantastic mama with her first litter and we are excited to breed her again either this Fall 2023 or Spring 2024.
What people are saying...
"I have to say every day I am more and more impressed with Cello (Polly). Everyone is amazed at her abilities for her age...phenomenal impulse control...She is such an amazing girl. Thank you! I really think she was meant to be here". ~Sarasota, NY
"I have to just keep bragging on this sweet puppy!! He's so good, Charity! I'm so impressed with him. He's just the best thing." ~ Duncan (Edmund) Marshall, NC
"Worth every penny! He tags along with the kids all day long. Last night our daughter woke up after a nightmare...he comforted
her all night. Best pup ever!" ~ Finn (Beaver) Roanoke, VA
"The vet and his office have been so impressed with his abilities at such a young age thanks to all of his EARLY TRAINING!" ~ Sherlock (Peter) Raleigh, NC
"Tonight he put up the ducks. No barking. No chasing. Just gentle pressure and no direction from me...it was a beautiful thing." Finn (Tumnus) Roanoke, VA
"Lilly is doing really well. She has such a sweet personality. The boys love her and she loves them back." ~ Oklahoma City, MO
Application
We are accepting applications for a litter expected January 6th, 2024! If you are interested in more information please email us at bramblymountainfarm@gmail.com. Or click on the button below to subscribe for updates.
