Photo by Mike Fine

On May 11, 2002, through the generosity of Carol Craswell (Kelbren Shelties), we welcomed Chet into our home.

Chet settled beautifully into our home, and we can't thank Carol enough for allowing him to join our sheltie family. Chet is such a happy dog. No matter what he's doing or where he is, he's always smiling and wagging his tail.

Chet's promise as a show prospect and his lovely structure were apparent at an early age as evidenced by this photo of him at 16 weeks of age.

FLASH: On July 25, 2003 at two and a half years of age, Chet finished his American Championship. We'd like to say a special thank you to Rose Linton George (Glendower Shelties) for putting those delightful first three points on Chet and to Judy Stachowski (HeartSong Shelties) who put both majors and the remaining points on him. Rose and Judy did a lovely job of presenting Chet to the judges, and we were thrilled to have them at the end of the lead for Chet's wins.

Chet is the first American and the first Canadian champion for his dam, and he is the second American champion for his sire.

Genetic testing is very important to us, and Chet has had all of the appropriate testing.

 

 DOB 12/20/00
 Height  15 1/4"
 OFA  Excellent
 Eyes  CERF Normal
 Thyroid  Normal (Full MSU Panel)
 vWd Clear (VetGen)
MDR1  Normal/Normal
 Other  Full dentition, bi-factored, & non-white factored
   Frozen semen available to approved bitches

 

Chet has sired two AKC breed champions and one MACH, and he currently has five other pointed sons and daughters and several other offspring that are well on their way to achieving their MACH's. Additionally, Chet has multiple offspring that are titled in Rally, Obedience, and Herding. To see photos of some typical Chet puppies, click here.

Our first litter sired by Chet was born in January 2005, and our first homebred champion, CH MACH CastleGate's Daily News OF, CGC, came from that litter.  We repeated that breeding in March 2007, and we kept CastleGate's Mercy Me MX, MXJ, XF from that litter.  Photos and full pedigrees for Geraldo and Zelda can be seen on their individual pages.

We tragically lost our beautiful blue boy on February 21, 2009. He'll live in our hearts and in our memories until we are reunited with him again at The Rainbow Bridge.  You can read our tribute to Chet here.

Photo by Flessas


"We just love it when Chet flashes us one of his trademark smiles!"

Here are two informal photos which showcase Chet's side gait and rear movement:

 

Pedigree

Sire
BISS Ch Granville Merisle Commotion
Sire
Ch Crocodile Dundee
Sire
Ch Macdega Glenhart Grand Prix ROM ROMC
Dam
Heritage Rosebud
Dam
Granville Merisle Mosaic
Sire
Ch Dundee Amos Moses ROM ROMC
Dam
Granville Rainboh Mercedes
Dam
C/Ch Kelbren Tresta Tatianna
Sire
Ch Dundee Amos Moses ROM ROMC
Sire
A/C Ch Dundee Famous Amos
Dam
Ch Fiego Star of Africa
Dam
C/Ch Kelbren Life of the Party
Sire
A/C Ch Bare Cove Keep On Tri-N Am UD, Cdn CDX
Dam
Candega's Party Girl

 
 

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