Talraz Bearded Collies

Hello and welcome to the website of

TALRAZ

BEARDED COLLIES

Family portrait: Lacey & Leroy with children Midas (left) & Macy (right) posing at Scarborough Open Show in July 2016

Lacey with her litter by Leroy, born 1st May 2014

"BYRON" (Fr & Int Ch In Vogue Island Come To Look At Me) - five year old dog who came over from France for a few months as our house guest. He put in several appearances at the shows and was always delighted to meet new friends and be admired! He also more than fulfilled our ambitions for him, gaining 4 x CCs (twice with BOB) and 2 x Res CCs in his six months of showing, including to our great pleasure Best In Show at the Bearded Collie Club Championship Show 2012. A handsome and very intelligent Bearded Collie - we very much enjoyed his visit to the UK. Thanks so much to Vanessa and Pascal Craipeau for allowing us to "borrow" their special boy

Proud mum Beattie with her litter of seven sired by Byron in September 2012

"LOLA" (Talraz Wild Honey) owned by the Gibbons family, moving out well in her class at Leeds Championship Show 2012

AN EASTER PORTRAIT OF "BEATTIE" (Talraz Hot Favourite)

"TEAM TALRAZ" at Crufts 2012

DIVA (Talraz Indiana) our lovely "action dog"

TALRAZ HONEY TRAP JW ("Honey") pictured at Belfast Ch Show in September 2011, shortly after winning the Bitch CC under judge Mrs Fran Kaye

Champion Talraz Tamarisk ("Barney") owned by Anne & Martyn Soar

A trip to the Northumberland coast for Talraz girls Beattie and Lacey, pictured above with Laura and on left of group their Beardie friend and relative Jessica (aka Ch Kyleca Spring Breeze)

TALRAZ HOT FAVOURITE - "BEATTIE" aged two years

Liz with Beattie (Talraz Hot Favourite) at Blackpool Championship Show 2011 where she won the Post-Graduate bitch class under respected judge Mrs Ferelith Hamilton (photo by Kirstine Maclean)

Liz with her Best In Show at the Czech Republic Club Show, held at Jihlava on 28th May 2011, the young male, Darbujan Chlupaty Hopan, owned by Zdenka Altova

MAY 2011 - BEATTIE (Talraz Hot Favourite) poses with her certificate, having passed her KC Good Citizens test at Birmingham National Ch show

"TEAM TALRAZ" AT CRUFTS 2011

MADGE (Talraz Sweet Honey) pictured at age seventeen months having just been awarded the Reserve Challenge Certificate at the December Bearded Collie Club Championship Show

Mirk (Talraz Supertramp) refuses to let the December weather spoil his enjoyment of his favourite pastime, herding sheep!

ABOVE: Litter brother to Mirk, this is Creaglion (Talraz White Feathers) aged two and a half years, in show pose

and BELOW: Creaglion's lovely daughter ex our Talraz Honey Trap JW - Talraz White Lace (Lacey) born 17th September 2010

We are a small family kennel based in a tiny village in rural North Yorkshire, just north of the beautiful city of York

Our dogs are our passion, and we have shared our lives with this wonderful breed since the arrival of "Razzle" (Rayre's Rhapsody-in-Blue) in 1979 at our former home in Norton, near Malton. She was soon joined by the beautiful "Tallie" (Deanfield Black Lace of Talraz JW 1CC) - between them of course they gave us the inspiration for our kennel name, Talraz

LINK http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBjtTwd1WS8&feature=email

(To see DIVA - Talraz Indiana - living up to the Kennel Club "Fit For Function - Fit For Life" slogan!)

Razzle was bright and brainy, a real dog and a half, and in self defence Liz took up obedience classes with her. She proved a quick learner, though with a challenging streak of wilful defiance and an inappropriate sense of humour which cost points and places at competition level. A great dog to learn on!

ABOVE: Thanks to Sue Long for a lovely picture of Razzle (on right above) with her son George (Talraz Blue Baron) from our 1982 litter

Tallie was the pretty one, and took to the show ring like the proverbial duck to water, introducing us to the world of dog shows. All our current Beardies trace their ancestry back to Tallie, and often we still see echoes of her in their expressions, or the way they move, or the wonderful dark brown eyes which were her special legacy.

ABOVE: Tallie as a veteran surrounded by four of her offspring from three different litters. Left to right the youngest T Lunar Lashkar and T Leading Lady (by Ch Briaridge Lyrical Lord), then on back of sofa our Kayleigh (T Laura's Joy) by Ch Pepperland Lyric John at Potterdale, and on right Henri (T Black Brocade) by Ch Potterdale Patch of Blue, owned by Sue Long who kindly supplied this memorable picture - all five of these wonderful Beardies are gone now but memories live on

In 1982 we bred our first litter with the Talraz affix, from which we kept sweet little Zephyr (Talraz On Target). Zephyr proved a great dual-purpose dog, being naturally obedient and easy to train as well as a modestly successful show dog. She still remains the blueprint for the ideal Talraz Bearded Collie, and has never truly been equalled - her memory holds a special place in our hearts.

In 1988 we moved to the peaceful and pretty village of Crambe, which proved an ideal place for our children to grow up. Since moving to Crambe we have run a small but very busy pet grooming service from our home, under the name of Superdogs. We specialise in Bearded Collies of course, but many other breeds find their way through our doors. See the page "Visiting Beardies" for some pictures, or for more information about our grooming services see www.spanglefish.com/superdogs

We specialise in grooming Beardies - here regular visitor Harry relaxes on the grooming table as he awaits his bathing and grooming session........

...and here's Harry after looking very smart and enjoying being admired!

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Please visit our

"NATURAL DOG CARE"

page for information about the way
we raise and care for our dogs and puppies.

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Senior Beardie This was our veteran girl Jessie (Talraz Passion Fruit) posing with the daffodils in our front garden in the spring of 2006. She was a great-granddaughter of Tallie (Deanfield Black Lace of Talraz) by Ch Chriscaro Charlock of Merrythorpe (Bruce) Jess had a Junior Warrant and a Reserve CC to her name, but was not shown nearly as much as she deserved, preferring to rule the roost at home. She was in semi-retirement since winning Veteran Bitch at Crufts in 2005 We said goodbye to Jess in July 2010		A puppy leaves for his new home Mick and Liz plus Ruby (Talraz Golden Earring) saying goodbye to one of Ruby's small sons. Mick needs a haircut and Liz with no make-up on so that's about par for the course! Both dressed in our "favourite oufits" of jeans and fleeces - the TV makeover teams would find plenty to get their teeth into if they ever chose to visit our village!

Sunny and his favourite lady It wouldn't be fair not to mention Sunny, our clever little cockatiel. He considers himself more than equal to any Bearded Collie in the household. Loves to chat to them when the opportunity arises! To be truthful they find him a little intimidating. Here Phoebe pretends to be asleep hoping he will eventually leave her in peace.		Why won't you play? This is one of my favourite pictures, taken on the back steps in the September sunshine of 2006. The youngsters Honey and Diva are hopeful that their older relatives will be tempted to join them for a playtime, but Ruby and Jeannie aren't too impressed.

Pretty Jeannie I moved in closer to get this head study of Jeannie (aka Talraz Silver Charm) I think it captures the sweet wistfulness of her expression and sums up totally the essence of a Bearded Collie lady!		Honey at Crufts 2007 Thanks to Lenke (Kiaora Beardies and Skye Terriers, Czechoslovakia) for some super photos from Crufts 2007. Here's Honey, 3rd in Junior Bitch

Ellie at Leeds 2007 Thanks to Linda Pierson for this nice photo of Ellie, taken on a grey day at Leeds Ch show 2007		Diva in flight Here's Diva aged two demonstrating her ball-catching talents, she loves to fly high!

Her first encounter Diva meeting sheep for the first time and circling quite keenly at a good distance. For updates on her herding activities see our NEWS page and the BEARDIE HERDING page		Honey on the move Thanks to Alan Hood again for this lovely action photo of Honey, on the way to winning her class at the Three Counties Ch show in June 2007

Blaze and Cawley Two of our youngsters, very happy in one another's company!		Diva with Dillan Diva enjoys a stroll with Dillan the cat for company