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Tovarin

lineageII hentai art Our aims are modest — to preserve the integrity of this worthy breed by ensuring that our dogs

have earned the respect of our fellow show ring exhibitors;
comport themselves as proper sheepdogs;
are keen performers in whatever venue they compete;
may brighten the dreary hours of the elderly, the handicapped and the unwell;
and above all, serve as relaxing, affectionate companions for our quiet hours indoors (while ever alert to the antics of the critters on Animal Channel!).

Our kennel name TOVARIN ("ToVAHrin") memorializes a Siberian Husky, our first show dog, BISS Ch. Foxhaunt's Tovarisch CDX (1960-1970), whose Russian name expressed the tradition of comradeship now so nobly carried on in our Border Collies.

I was not yet in my teens when I first read these lines:

. . . And trotting soberly at his heels, with the gravest, saddest eyes you ever saw, a sheep-dog puppy, perfectly compact, utterly lithe, inimitably graceful with his airy-fairy action: a gentleman every inch. Silent he worked, and resolute, and even in those days had that famous trick of coaxing the sheep to do his wishes. 'Och, the devil's in the dog! It's no cannie ava!'

(from Bob Son of Battle by Alfred Ollivant, Garden City Pub. Co., copyright Doubleday, Page & Co., 1898)

But it was many decades before I found a community of dogs and dogfolk that would provide a congenial setting in which I might pursue the image of that gallant dog of my childhood fantasies.

True, our Border Collies, raised in the gentle suburbs of Los Angeles, California, need hardly endure the epic struggles of "Owd Bob" in the rough hill country of northern England. Perhaps that is why their expression is seldom really sad like his, but rather studious, often intense, at times fiercely determined, and quick to register delight as they master the complexity of the task before them. Still, to witness them in action is to know they have the wit, the stamina, and the nerve to meet any challenge they might be called upon to handle.

Now if only they could help me figure out the meaning of "no cannie ava"!

Betsy Korbonski

"Tovarin"

Pacific Palisades, California

(310)459-2230

Breed referral and liaison with

American Kennel Club

Border Collie Society Of America

Border Collie Club Of Greater Los Angeles

Malibu Kennel Club

Therapy Dogs, Inc.

Delta Society

UCLA Medical Center People-Animal Connection

Puppies occasionally available

I would like to thank the following for their much appreciated contributions:

Ric and Lea Plaut of Alibi Acres, our show handlers.
Terry Kenney, our herding trainer-handler: herdem@aol.com.
Joyce Collis and Felix Cosme of Beagold Kennels, England, who sent us Selkie.
Paul and Nid Schevenels of Eyes Of The World Kennels, Belgium, who sent us Johnny.
Mary Arango, a number of whose photographs grace our website, and
Judita Preiss, of Anadune Kennels who designed it.

Latest news

Ch Tovarin's Thistle Do HSAs finished her first B course title HSBs with a score of 87 for lst place and High In Trial at the Terv trial on 12th November 2006.

Johnny

Ch Eyes Of The World Yan Tovarin HIAs CGC

Thistle

Ch Tovarin's Thistle Do HSAs HSBs

Hamish

Ch Tovarin's Homage To Selkie PT CGC

Cayley

Tovarin's Copper Ceilidh

Cisco

Tovarin's Cisco Kid

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