It was almost an accident that introduced
Kay Alexander and Elizabeth Dundas-Mouat
PETERBLUE, whose original breed was the
Poodle, to the Smooth Collie, their
foundation bitch only acquired to save her
being put to sleep after Miss Grey considered
her out of place amongst her predominately
sable and white Rough Collies. Redevalley
Rosita of Ladypark, who later carried her
title, whelped six Smooth Collie Champions
from three litters, all by Rough Collie males, in addition to providing the foundations to the likes of Mrs Joan Hill SELSKARS, another who did much to establish the Smooth as a viable entity. It is now reasonable to claim that with this one bitch the Smooth Collie fraternity not only gained its most influential kennel of the post-war period, but also a bitch of real significance who shaped the breed for many generations.
The second important event centred around the fact that the Smooth Collie had not had a dedicated breed club since the original club amalgamated with the British Collie Club more than 20 years previous to a group of Smooth enthusiasts meeting at Birmingham Dog Society’s ‘National’ in 1955, which culminated in the establishment of the Smooth Collie Club of Great Britain the following year. Each of these episodes playing a substantial part in the Smooth Collies eventual survival by encouraging interest at all levels, the effects seen by an increase in annual registration to 53 by the end of the decade.
