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My mom,
Nancy Hildreth, had her first Sheltie litter in 1958. At first, she
had trouble coming up with a kennel name. She and my dad, Richard,
thought about combining their names, as others had done, but felt
Nan-Dick kennel left something to be desired. Finally, she took Cinda
from the name of one of her first Shelties, Rhodes Golden Cinderella,
added hope and voila! Cindahope! She registered her name with the AKC
in 1959.
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Left: Mom and
one of her first Shelites, Ch. Sheltie Glen Lance (Lanny).
Above: just a
boy and his dog. Dad, playing with one of his first dogs, Rex. |
Mom
bought her first champion from Sea Isle - Ch. Sheltie Glen Lance.
Many years later, Lanny is fondly remembered by my mother. Sweet and
gentle, he loved children and especially loved my mom. As with many
of our male Shelties over the years, Lanny always wanted to be by her
side and would follow her from room to room as she did her housework
and took care of her kids.
Mom and
Dad finished their first Sheltie, Ch. Neilly O'Havic, in 1975. Neilly
was the 22nd and last champion of BIS/BISS/AM/CAN Ch. Malpsh Great
Scott ROM. We bought Neilly from Hazel Mott of Havic when Neilly was
10 months old. She quickly became a "daddy's girl" as she
loved to be at Dad's side.
Although my parents didn't have a lot of champions in the early
years, they did own and breed producers of champions. Cindahope's
Lovey Dovey (Ch. Betsubar Ringmaster x Deerfoot's Queen of Spades)
was bred to Ch. Halstor's Peter Pumpkin - producing Sunnybrook's Abby
of Cindahope owned by Rebecca and Charles Cram (Sunnybrook). They
bred Abby to Ch. Romayne's Sportin' Life ROM and produced three
champions - Ch. Sunnybrook's Barnaby Jones, Ch. Sunnybrook's Dream a
While and Ch. Sunnybrook's Matchmaker. Matchmaker would later produce
Ch. Sunnybrook's Heritage Spirit ROM/ROMC. (There is an article on
Heritage Spirit in the Sheltie International June/July '97 issue
under "Sheltie Greats," pgs 50-53.)
Our
next champion was Ch. Beltane Bonnie Jean - a daughter of Ch. Beltane
Kitty Macleish (a Great Scott granddaughter) and Ch. Halstor's Peter
Pumpkin ROM. We bought Bonnie when she was a just a puppy from
Barbara Curry of Beltane. Bonnie was not only the second dog we
finished, she turned out to be the matriarch of a long line of
champions for us. Click
here
to learn more about Bonnie Jean and her offspring.
Ch. Beltane
Bonnie Jean
photo by Gulie Krook
Cindahope did not just "do"
sables. We had a beautiful blue merle bitch named Ch. Cindahope
Heavenly Songfest ("Jan"). Jan was the first champion that
was owned and bred by my parents. Her sire and dam were Marji's
Brandy's Toby Tyler (who we co-owned with Ruth Merrill of
Goldenledge) and our own Banchory and the Angels Sing. Jan was shown
by Linda More and finished very quickly. It's not hard to see why,
when you consider the fact that Jan was known to give judges kisses
while being examined on the table.
Jan was
Winners Bitch, Best of Winners, and Best of Opposite at the SSC of
Greater Baltimore in April '81. Jana-banana also got a CD, with a
little help from Dad, when she was 10 years old.
In the
early eighties, my mother and Ruth Merrill (Goldenledge) bought a
handsome bi-black male from California named Sumersong Conv'rsation
Piece. Conner was the son of Ch. Sumersong Hurry Sun Down and
Sumersong Glory Bi Night. We finished Conner in 1984. An interesting
bit of trivia is that Conner is the only bi-black Sheltie to win the
working group. Conner's win is mentioned in an article in the 1987
ASSA Handbook called "The History of the Bi-color Sheltie"
(written by Jean Simmonds).
Our
next male champion was Ch. Mainstay Atitude Adjustment - a Heritage
Spirit son out of Ch. Mainstay Rumor Has It. Chipper finished in '85
when he was 18 months old.
Chipper
sired 6 champions - Ch. Appleton Blossomtime, Ch. Brandymen's
Royal-T-Bear, Ch. Westwood's Chorus Girl, Ch. Valdawn's Star
Attraction, AM/CAN Ch. Ventura's New Attitude, and AM/CAN Ch. Kylene
Cindahope Town Cryer ROM.
AM/CAN Ch.
Kylene Cindahope Town Cryer ROM/ROMC
photo by Gulie Krook
T.C.
was bred by Kathy Dziegiel and Richard Hildreth and owned by Kathy
Dziegiel and Arlene Bulens of Kylene. Kathy handled T.C. to his
championship in 1991. Since then, he has sired 34 champions
(including four of our own champions).
Kathy
and Arlene bought their first champion from us - AM/CAN Ch. Cindahope
Crystal and Gold HC a.k.a. Sara Lee (as in "nobody doesn't like
Sara Lee..."). Sara is the daughter of Ch. Rockwood Goldstrike
ROM (owned by Barbara Kenealy) and Ch. Park Ave's Crystal Clown
(owned by Betty Belliveau). Kathy finished Sara Lee in 1987.
Sara
was not only Kylene's first champion but she also produced their
first home bred champion - AM/CAN Ch. Kylene-T-Thirty Eight HC
(Talon). She is also the mother of Town Cryer. |
