The Lockehill Extended Family
These people have played an important roll in my life with shelties. My daughter Donna Flynn grew up showing horses and did quite well. For ten plus years we owned horses and I enjoyed the competition as much as she did. When Donna went off to college and we sold the horses and a few years later I acquired my first sheltie, went to "puppy kindergarden", on to Obedience, and then Conformation and breeding.
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This is my daughter, Donna and her Fanny son Lockehill BadBad Leroy Brown. He is “Dante” to her but will always be “Leroy” to me! Leroy is my show pup who kept growing but we loved all 17" of him! He adored Donna but loved to come home to "Camp Run-A-Muck" for visits when Donna and her husband Hugh are off on vacation.
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This picture of Donna and Lockehill Homerun Derby "Vladdy" was taken on Easter in the bluebonnets near Livingston Texas. Such a handsome boy! Vladdy turned out really nice but Donna is way too busy to compete with him in Agility. He keeps she and husband Hugh on their toes thought. Vladdy is Leroy's great nephew but Leroy kinda kept that hush hush! He is just the "Brat" as far as he was concerned. |
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This is my daughter, Donna and her Saddlebred gelding "George" and her Arabian "Banner". They were quite a pair, taking many wins in Show Pleasure Horse competition and Equitation. Our last hurrah in horses and both were sold when Donna went off to College. It was a great time, good for body and soul. I still think that a great horse is the most magnificent animal that God put on this earth. |
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| Allana Hemenway helped me through a very difficult time, took Lillianna home, whelped her litter and raised the pups for me. Her reward was "Summer" who she kept from the litter. Allana took her from a not so self assured pup to her championship. Here she is showing Ch Lockehill Careless Summer to a Major at the Dallas Specialty Nov 2007. Allana has been showing my
shelties for a few years now, they are always very well presented and much loved.
She has shown Lottie to a group third. Allana finished Lottie, Lillie, and Layla for me. Allana and her husband Dan of Atwater Shelties make quite a team and I know they will make a mark in the sheltie world. |  |
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Nancy Greer of Kirkfair Shelties with Lockehill Kirkfair Desperado, a Fanny son. Nancy and I met in 1990 and she is the single person responsible for my sheltie afliction! She is my mentor and beloved friend. We spent countless hours going through Sheltie magazines, sitting ringside at shows explaining the ins and outs of the show ring to me. I watched my first sheltie litter being born in her bedroom, an awsome experience. She was by my side when I whelped my first litter. She suggested the breeding that resulted in my first champion. She has always been there for me and I owe her so much. She has moved to Ft. Worth and I miss her very much. Nancy shows and raises her shelties under the kennel name Kirkfair |
| Jackie Geister of Prairie Shelties and a pup we called Kisses. Jackie is my partner in the sheltie world as well as a very dear friend. She has also mentored me and we co-own several bitches. How many friends would get up at 2AM to drive you to the vet when you had a bitch in labor having trouble. Not once but twice!! She thinks nothing of driving with me to Dallas or Houston or wherever and back in one day to keep me company. She is the Best, a once in a lifetime friend. |  |
Barbara Wright showing Layla. Barbara and I have become great friends in this game of dogs. She purchased Diedra (Ch Lockehill Chosen Delight) from me as a small pup and this began our shared sheltie experience. We later co-owned Diedra's sister Daisy and started co-breeding litters. Her champion Davis (Ch Chosen Dedication II) their sire, is prominent in my pedigrees. We now co-own Juliette (Lockehill Chosen N Bejewelled) and Carrie (Chosen Lockehill Carrie On). When I was very ignorant as a beginner to this game, I thought Barbara was "stuck up" because she would not sell me a show pup to adorn my sofa. Now that I know what it takes to breed a champion, my attitude has complete changed and I regret the time lost when she could have been a superior mentor. She has the "eye" for a pup and I regret the times I did not follow her direction and grow out a promising pup that just didn't seem enough for me. I have learned to heed her advise! Things are getting better.... |
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Sandy Staffan showing Whisky. Sandy helped me a lot when I was first starting out.. She showed Whisky and Lottie and took Best of Breed with both of them from the puppy class. She is now an AKC judge and no longer able to show my dogs |  |