Twist
Borderpride Classic Affair
Photo above at 10 months courtesy S. Newton
Tonkory Yves Saint Laurent JW x Borderpride Act Of Love
D.O.B.: 09 December 2005
Genetically DNA CEA Normal DNA CL & TNS Clear
BAER Hearing Tested Normal
Hip Score: 3 : 2
**Border Collie Club of GB Puppy of the Year 2006**
*Midland Border Collie Club Top Puppy Dog 2006*
Stud Book Number ~ Crufts Qualified For Life
1 RCC
Twist is now available at stud to approved bitches only.
Twist!! Just something about this lovely young man, very special & I absolutely adore him!!
Very much a sweetheart, a true gent with the most wonderful temperament & personality, an absolute pleasure to live with. Twist can also be very cheeky!! If you have to tell him off or "no" for something he turns his head & waves a paw at you almost as if to say "I don't mean it/I'm only playing!" 
(Ok so maybe you need to see it for it to be funny ~ lol!!) Twist loves to come for his cuddles & either sits in a lovely present position or glued to my side, that is unless he's in the lounge & then you'll find he very un-gracefully lands on your lap!!
Twist made an absolutely fabulous start to his show career in 2006 with several 1st places at Champ shows along with Best Puppy Dog, Best Puppy In Breed & then the ultimate, BCC of GB Puppy of the Year 2006!! Twist also qualified for Crufts 2007 where he was awarded VHC in a large Special Junior Dog class.
At Twist's first show of 2007, Midland Border Collie Club Champ Show, also his first Junior class, out of an entry of 13, Twist won Junior Dog followed by Novice Dog. A great start to the New Year! This means that Twist is now qualified for Crufts 2008.
I am so very proud of Twist. Every bit the showman, 2007 proved to be another very successful year, never out of the cards & several first places. At Leeds Twist had to be put up into Post Graduate due to his litter brother Troy (B. Classic Story) being in the Yearling class (Troy qualified for Crufts 2008!). I was a little nervous being up with much older dogs but I needn't have worried, Twist held his own, showed his paws off & came away with 1st place!!
2008 is proving even more successful with several 1st places including gaining his KC Stud Book Number qualifying him for Crufts for life!!
STOP PRESS!!! At Bath Champ Show Twist was awarded the RCC!!
The 2 photo's above taken at Southern Counties 2007; Twist aged 18 months
Twist winning Puppy of the Year with judge Marion Hopkinson.
(Twist was more interested in going off to play with the girls than standing for his photo!!)
Twist pictured above at 10 weeks
Photo at 7 weeks
