Mossyfern Easy Breeze from Foxbarton (Willow)

Sh Ch Sheltysham Swagman x Hawkesmere Echo
15.05.1997 - 21.03.2012

Photo by Sue Domun Qualified for Crufts 2006

My sweet Willow was bred by my good friend Julia Dickenson. Already booked by someone else when I first saw her as a pup, she nonetheless stole my heart. Four weeks later, Julia got her back again – some people just don't know when they've struck gold! Willow came home with me and she really was a treasure! Highly intelligent, instantly obedient and totally devoted – what more can a Border Collie be?

Willow had to put up with my learning to show her and run agility, but I'm sure she was smarter than I was and we won and were placed repeatedly in Breed and Agility Competitions, and Willow had the Gold Kennel Club Good Citizen's Award and she qualified for Crufts 2006.

Her finest achievements have to have been her 3 beautiful litters of puppies, by Brooksbid High Society, Sheltysham Shepherd Boy and Foxbarton Royal Lion, JW. I kept Jazz from her first and Bliss from her last, and thanks go to Nicky Juneman, who lived next door to us, and owned Willow's litter sister. Sadly, Nicky lost her beloved Sky on Christmas Eve 2011. My sweet Willow went to join her sister, and my darling Jazz, on 21st March 2012. They can all run free together once more.

Willow was the fount of the whole Foxbarton line and she leaves a fantastic legacy to so many of my owners who adore their Border Collies. She lives on in her descendants and she'll be forever with me, in my heart.

Photo by Nicky Junemann

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Pedigree of Mossyfern Easy Breeze from Foxbarton