Bodacious Bearded Collies is located in sunny
Southern California-Los Angeles,California, the home
of Beardies with gorgeous heads, well-rounded
temperaments, wonderful movement, and VERY loving
Bearded Collies who have longevity and good health.
Bearded Collies live in my home as have all my dogs,
and some even choose to sleep on our bed. We’d love
performance homes, loving homes and conformation
homes for our Beardie pups!
**Warning, Bearded Collies are like
potato chips, you can't just have
one! Well, you can try...but YOU'VE
BEEN WARNED!
A thing happened in 2021, Emerald
had puppies with Z and we kept
Tootsie! She is a dream and her AKC name is
Bodacious Dreamz Do Come True!. It’s just so
exciting here at Bodacious Beardies to be raising
Tootsie along with her mom and Sapphire, who is
Emerald’s aunt.
I started a “Tootsie” page. And you can see more
information about Z, Z’s pedigree, Z’s sire and dam
here.
See pictures of the loving families that got to take an
Emerald puppy home here. If interested in our next
breeding, see the contact me page and reach out to
me.
Joining us in 2018 is EMERALD! I was
attracted to her by pictures at the
very beginning. By the time I got to
meet “yellow” (that was her neck
collar) in person, not really realizing
it, I was IN LOVE with "Emmy." Just
thinking about her and the love
brings cheers of joy to my heart!
When I was visiting the litter, Emerald
always greeted me 1st, always sat with
me above the others, it was a bond from the get-go.
Looking back at the pictures, I can see how she wound
me right around to fall in love with her. I am proud and
honored to be able to have her join our family. Emmy is
from the Dreamchaser Kennel and Sapphire's sister,
Shelby Ann is the mother, and her father is from
Europe and a World Dog Show winner of many titles,
Rony! We have our own page, check Emerald out! And
also don’t forget to see the puppy pictures from my
visit!
I have lived in Los Angeles, California all my life and I
started in Bearded Collies in 1979. Bearded Collies are
very versatile and smart. They can do many things; for
instance, Bearded Collies can do conformation and
look pretty showing themselves off in the show ring as
well as obedience, herding and agility. Many Bearded
Collie owners are now doing barn hunt and scent work.
The Bearded Collie can do dancing!! Keeping a
Bearded Collie busy makes life fun for you and them.
After my first Bearded Collie died, we had several
other breeds, but really missed the personality and
longevity of the Bearded Collie.
Read about my adventure of owning Bearded
Collies in "About Us."
About Us
A bit of history about us!
I grew up in the San Fernando Valley, Sunny California, part
of Los Angeles, California. My first Bearded Collie was in the
late 1970s and began with Time's Buff-Up. His name "Times"
was the breeder's kennel name (Susie Tranquillo) and Buff-Up
was an Amway product to which all the puppies of that litter
got named after. I was not fond of the name but the breeder
wanted them registered that way, so we just called him
"Bufferin." I used to joke and say that he gave me a
headache, he was a brown Bearded Collie, after all! I thought
I would have more Bearded Collies some day and name them
after pain medication, it seemed funny at the time: Codeine,
Motrin, Percocet!! This did not happen as my heart was
broken when he died and another Bearded Collie would not
enter my life for quite a long time after that. Bufferin died just
one month short of turning 18 years old. He was a really
sweet born Bearded Collie with a nose that you always
wanted to kiss.
My story continues here: In 2001 I researched and found
several breeders, all very nice people, but I felt something
different with Robin Lee Hood. Besides feeling like I had
known her for years, I enjoyed her stories about the dogs and
their antics. She was producing very healthy, super gorgeous,
and versatile Bearded Collies. We talked by phone and
emailed regularly. We waited for a puppy. It was the "Harry
Potter" litter. We flew up to Washington to see who would
come home with us. During this time, I had been getting
pictures regularly of the puppies. It was very exciting. We left
our 3 young children with my parents while we took our
weekend trip by airplane to get our new puppy. We left early
on a Saturday and returned in the afternoon on Sunday.
The mom was AM/CAN CH Pentangle's Magnolia Blossom, a
lovely mom with great movement who has done well in the
show ring. She is beautiful. The dad was BISS AM/CAN CH
Hermosa Mtn Colquhoun McDuff, winner at the National
BCCA in 1997. He was a really nicely put together dog. We
got "Harry," the pick male, Colquhoun's Sir Winston Brody,
call name was Winston. Robin kept Hermione, Winston's
sister,who has also done well in her showing career.
Winston was a bright, energetic, independent and lovable
Bearded Collie. He has a stunning head, nice coat, great
movement. He got his championship, it just took us a little
time to get him trained and get to shows. A few years later, we
wanted another Bearded Collie.
Robin was breeding to one of Colquhoun's kids, Budweiser,
who's a really high achieving agility Bearded Collie owned by
Karen Barratt. So in 2004, we were sent our sweet, got-to-
love her princess. We named her Colquhoun's Princess
Ebony, and she has lived up to that name. She is a riot,
always wanting to sit on a chair, sleep on the couch or our
bed. She does some really cool tricks too. She is a real love.
Ebony finished her championship "her way" on the July 4th
weekend, 2007, at the supported entry days following the
BCCSC Specialty. She has a gorgeous head, great
movement and wonderful temperament. We were devastated
to hear of our dear friend/mentor Robin Lee Hood, who was
Calhoun Bearded Collies, passed away in December 2021. I
will always miss her dearly.
We are so happy to have these two dogs in our home as our
pets, show dogs, companions.
Joining us on April 15th, 2011: Dreamchaser Sapphire Skye,
bringing us up to 3 dogs at present. I have enjoyed looking for
and making friends with other breeders along the way. Robin
(Hood), Jennifer Schyett and I did a lot of research and when
this litter was born, we felt confident that we were the luckiest
people in the world to be able to get a
Dreamchaser/Strathearn dog and the relationship with their
breeders: Deb and Geoff Quadland, Tom Dixon and Graeme
Burdon. Deb Quadland has been a joy to talk with and we are
looking forward to our journey with this new puppy in our lives
and a new extended family too. Sapphire's dad is the
infamous Hart/Strathearn Hart & Soul owned by Tom and Ann
Dixon and her mom is Tory, Strathearn Dream Chaser owned
by Deb and Geoff Quadland. We are honored to be owned by
this darling girl!!!
In October of 2012 at the BCCA's National held out here in
Los Angeles, Sarah and I got to meet Tom Dixon, Deb & Geoff
Quadland and Graeme Burdon. What a joy! Nicest people you
ever want to meet. Check out the links page to see National
pictures of many dogs there. Sarah won Best of Juniors...and
Sapphire, as always brought us much joy!
Joining us In August of 2018: Dreamchaser Elegant Emerald.
I flew to Toronto, and went off for 11 days leaving behind my 2
Beardies and my family to spend time with the litter that Deb
had (Dreamchaser). What an adventure and time I had living
there with all the dogs and the puppies. I cannot even attempt
to tell you what I learned from Deb & Geoff and Lisa, Deb's
wonderful friend and breeder friend.! Thank you both for your
time and teaching me things about structure and Beardies! It
was pure joy and I can't wait to visit again!
In the meantime, I brought home the "yellow" girl, and named
her Emerald, calling her Em, Emmy, Emerald! What an
amazing temperament she has! See Dreamchaser Elegant
Emerald! You can see all the pictures from my visit under "our
Beardies" and then "Emerald" "Dreamchaser-Puppies-2018."
Sarah (my youngest daughter) now co-owns Emerald with me
together and we bred Emerald to Z.
All dogs we breed with or to are DNA tested, Clear for CEA,
OFA for thyroid, hips, eyes and some for elbows.
Tootsie is the result of Sarah and I breeding Emerald to Z.
See Tootsie’s page here. You can read about Emerald and Z
here and see all of the puppies and
their new owners here too!
Besides enjoying my Bearded Collies, I now have chickens
and love their eggs and visiting with them in our backyard. I
am also an artist and engage in drawing dogs, mostly
Beardies, but if the picture I see strikes me, I draw it. They
can be made into cards or Giclee paintings. The
background(s) can be changed, making them very unique.
What a GREAT gift for you or a loved one! You can view the
Bearded Collie artwork here: www.beardieart.com or other
dog breeds - dog art or other animals - pet art. Please check
out my Etsy shop.
In 2018 I began making custom Satin Martingale collars,
matching leashes and bows. You can view them on these
sites: collarmyworld or Etsy-closed for now).
And then, during 2020, I started to do glitter items, painted
items, dog bowls, dog buckets/pails, cat bowls, tumblers…just
ask, I might be able to make you something wonderful too.
Visit CustomTumblers here
Want to talk to me, see the "Contact Us" page.
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