Finding Suri

Now that I had decided to get a puppy, I needed to find my puppy. I spent hours looking at various websites, reading online forums as well as contacting Kiri’s breeder, Julie Dimler, to see if she had any litters planned or recommendations. Julie did have a breeding planned, but it hadn’t happened yet, so a puppy from that would be over 4 months out, even if the breeding took.

Meanwhile I had stumbled across Robin Brown’s website, Broken Circle Border Collies. Robin is an active stockdog trainer and breeder, as well as a top stockdog trials competitor. As I looked through her current and planned breedings, I was very excited about the Jenny x Ben litter. (Learn more about Jenny and Ben in this post.)

I reached out to Robin and really enjoyed talking with her on the phone. In addition to getting a puppy from good working stockdog lines, I was *hoping* to get a tri-color, prick-eared female. While appearance is not the most important factor in choosing a dog, I spend a lot of time looking at, and photographing, my dog, so looks do matter to me. There were 3 tri-color females in the litter, but all were spoken for. But there was a really cute black and white girl and I decided that with the potential I thought this breeding could produce, I didn’t want to bypass this litter; I felt extremely lucky that Robin even had a pup available for me!

And so I had found my puppy! Getting ready for her arrival and finding her name were the next steps. I thought about names a lot over the next couple of weeks, even running my top choices past my son and his girlfriend. In the end, Suri was both my and Kylan’s top pick.