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Contents

1. Links to links
2. Organizations
 2.1. Registration / (Kennel) Clubs
 2.2. Databases
 2.3. Trialing
 2.4. Rescue
3. General Information / large and active sites
4. Training centers / breeders
5. Breeders / Kennels / Personal home pages
 5.1. Working
  5.1.1. Europe
  5.1.2. Other than Europe
 5.2. Mainly Show
6. Sheep and flocks
7. Genetics/Breeding
 7.1. General
 7.2. Population and Quantitative Genetics
 7.3. Inbreeding
 7.4. Health
 7.5. Software
 7.6. Other
8. Miscellaneous

1. Links to links

bordercollie.beginthier.nl (in Dutch)
Honden.nl (Dutch)
Border Collie zoek en start (Dutch)
Danish Border Collie Homepage by Dennis Melhede
Dog-Play - Fun with Your Dog (Diane Blackman)
Mainly Dutch links (Schapenhoeve, Abbink)
Border Collies in Action links
GTV spots sheepdog links
Black Dog Farm (Border Collie and Working Dog Links)
Cbel (Border Collie Dogs links page)
CoolDogSites.com - 'Where the Cool Dog Lovers Hang Out'
Open Directory Project (human-edited directory of the web)

2. Organizations

2.1. Registration / (Kennel) Clubs

International Sheep Dog Society (ISDS)
International Sheepdog News (formerly WSN)
UK Kennel Club
Dutch Kennel Club (NHSB, Raad van Beheer)
Border Collie Club Nederland (BCCN, Dutch)
Dutch Sheep Dog Society (DSDS)
USBCHA (United States Border Collie Handlers Association: trials)
ABCA (American Border Collie Association: registration of working dogs, 20000 dogs anually)
USBCC (United States Border Collie Club, no registration but extensive information)
AKC (American Kennel Club: also show dogs)
Border Collie Society of America
Kennel Club UK
ABCD (German Club: Arbeitsgemeinschaft Border Collie Deutschland, in German only)
Continental Kennel Club (open registry for all breeds)
Northern California Working Sheepdog Association (trials and newsletters)
Belgian Border Collie Club (in Dutch, not online anymore?)
A.F.B.C. (Association Française du Border Collie)
Österreichisher Club für Britische Hütehunde (ÖCBH, Austria, in German)
KUSA (Kennel Union of Southern Africa)
UKC (United Kennel Club, USA)
FDR (United States Farm Dog Registry)

2.2. Databases

SVaK-vallreg - Swedish Herding Dog Database (>27000 dogs, mainly herding)
Norwegian BCDB (NSG, >22000 dogs, Norwegian language only, goto Gjeterhund-programmet)
Danish BC database (>21000 dogs, Fairy Idyll BC's & Danish BC Homepage)
Dutch BC database (>6000 trial and show dogs, Pia Gutjens, Shamrock Field Kennel)
Dutch Kennel Club (NHSB, Raad van Beheer, go to 'Rashonden' and then 'Stambomen Online')
Finnish Border Collie Database (>1400, mainly show)
Finnish Kennel Club database (partly in English)
European Studdog Database for Working Border Collies (males only?, by the German ABCD)
Border-Collie-Stammbaum VDH/FCI (Eva Buhl and Volker Hampe)
Danish Border Collie Database (not many, in Danish, mainly show)
Australian BC DataBase (data file with 4500 dogs for the breedmate program)
Belgian Sheepdog Databases (so not Border Collies)
Anadune Border Collie Database (>60000 show dogs, Judita Preiss and Joe Hurd)
Border Collie Club Czech Republic (Czech only)
Border-Wiki.de (in German)

2.3. Trialing

Dutch Open International Sheepdog Trials
Belgium Trials' Diary (includes links to German trials diary)
Some Swiss site with trial dates and results (in German)
Trialing dates (Dark Rose Kennel, Amanda van den Oever, Netherlands)
Nidderdale Sheepdogs (Kim Gibson/Poulter)
English National Sheep Dog Trials (Kim Gibson/Poulter)

2.4. Rescue

Border Collie Rescue (North Yorkshire, UK)
Border Collie Rescue (USA)
The Senior Dogs Project

3. General Information / large and active sites

American Border Collie Network (Candy Kennedy & Jon Apogée
A-Z all about the Border Collie (Hondenschool en Adviescentrum 't HOS)
Kennel 'Nice of you to Come Bye' (Danielle Boshouwers)
Border Collies In Action (USA online shop)
DogDazes Book Store (Diana Pagel and Bill Evans, USA)
Border Collie Museum (Carole & David Presberg)
Colliewobbles on-line shop
Sheepdog Shop
Commander Sheepdog Whistles
Clever Collies (Deborah Jones, UK)
Come-Bye.com (UK)
ABCN (American Border Collie Network)
LittleHats.net ('Sheepdogging for newbies', Heather L. Nadelman, USA)
The Working Border Collie (Magazine by Bruce and Linda Fogt, USA)
Sheepdog.com
Smartgroups Workingsheepdog (mailing list)
DogsIncluded (hotels en campings that accept dogs, in Dutch)
Border Collies in Action (on line shop)

4. Training centers / breeders

Lowland's Blacksmith Border Collies (John & Carola Jansen, Holland)
Stichting Westlandse Schaapskudde (Pieter Dekker en Etienne Smit, Dutch)
BC trainingscentrum Odoorn (Roelof G. Wichers, Dutch)
Environ Border Collies (Michel ter Stege, Hengelo, Dutch)
Margaret Jurgens (Middelbeers, Dutch)
BC kennel v.d. Schapenhoeve (Hans & Greet Abbink, Holland)
Barking Mad (Hetty van Hassel, Holland)
Aled Owen Sheepdogs (Wales, UK)
Killiebrae Border Collies (Derek Scrimgeour, UK)
Pembrokeshire Sheep Dogs (Anna Lou Daybell, Pembrokeshire, UK) (also see this page)
Astra Sheepdog Breeding and Training Centre (Janet Beale, Scotland)
Achnacone Farm (David Colthart and Sandra MacCorquodale, Appin Argyll, Scotland, UK)
Tweedhope Sheepdogs (Viv Billingham, Selkirk, UK)
Bertie Dog Training Club (Nij and Jo Vyas, UK)
Kilcreen Sheepdog Centre (Seamus Gormley, Co.Derry, Northern Ireland)
Kensmuir Working Stock Dog Center (Bill Gary and Mary Sullivan, UA)
Mainline Border Collie Training Centre (Barbare Sykes, Yorkshire UK)
Courteous Canine, Dog School and Doggie Gym (mainly non-herding, not online anymore?)
Red Top Kennels (Patrick Shannahan, Caldwell, ID, USA)
Bright Water Farm (Steve and Kathryn Paxton-Hill, Maryland, USA)
C.Seabourne (Denmark)
Reality Canine Center (USA)
Border Collie Breeders (list on www.champdogs.co.uk)
Byrne's Border Collies (Dan and Geri Byrne, Tulelake, CA, USA)
Laverock Holiday Cottages (Markus and Mandy Bainbridge, Yorkshire, UK)

5. Breeders / Kennels / Personal home pages

5.1. Working

5.1.1. Europe

Netherlands
LLanfarian Border Collies (Serge van der Zweep, Holland)
Big Saren Border Collies (Tjitse Terpstra en Ellen Lagerveld)
Sheepdogs.nl (Michel ter Stege)
Tremynydd Fach (Piet en Ineke Westelaken, Holland)
Schaapskudde Eiland van Dordrecht (Huug Hagoort, Sjako van de Merwe)
Schaapskooi Ottoland (Huug Hagoort)
Shamrockfield (Math en Pia Gutjens, Holland)
Maeglin Border Collies (Raf de Winter, Belgium)
Thoroughbred (Stalhoef, Dutch)
Kayleigh's Border Collies (Thineke Dieterman en Mark Evers, Dutch)
Roel Harms' Border Collie Homepage (Dutch, not online anymore?)
Bordercolliestuff (Dre Broen, Dutch)
Vrudenhoeve (Ineke Mul, Holland)
Bordercollie-zeeland.nl (Simone en Jeroen Goetheer, Holland)
Bath Sheepdogs (Nicolai Brands, Holland)
Hybeck Border Collies (Tony Bramley, Holland)
Conquest Border Collies (Ron Snoeck, Holland)
(Marit Bos, Holland)
Border Collie Kennel Wannahave (Richard en Patricia Buitendijk, Holland)
Gabrielle Brinkman (Holland)
d'Ambrise's en Whitemoorborders (Ron Rogaar en Caroline Visser, Holland)
Trialing Borders (Teunis Mul, Holland)
Sparkling Dutch Border (Michiel Poelenije, Holland)
Dutch Highlands Famke (Geert Reinders, in Dutch)
Border Collie Kennel Sparkling Dutch Border (Michiel Poelenije, in Dutch)
Stickmaker (Jan en Gisela van Elburg)
BluesBorders, Bordercollies&Sheep@Work (Wiet van Dongen)
Veluwe Borders (Erik Bijlsma)

Belgium
Of Xilver Highland (Ilse Verbercht, Belgium)
Joyful-Breed (Dirk Vansant)
Patrick Vansantvoort
Great Brittain and Ireland
Kinloch Sheepdogs (Kelvin Broad and Angie Driscoll, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland)
Main Border Collies (Allen and Sue Main, near Bala)
Rooten Brook Sheepdogs (Longton family, Quernmore, Lancaster, UK)
Comebyanaway Border Collies (Mandy Bainbridge, UK)
Whiterose Sheep Dogs (John Atkinson, North Yorkshire, UK) (also see this page)
Pentwyncoch Sheepdogs (Mike and Christine Hall, Wales, UK)
Ballyglass Sheep Dogs (Con McGarry, Ireland)
Detania (Tony and Angela Gillespie, UK, via Hetty van Hassel pages)
The Working Sheepdog (Andy Nickless and Gill Watson, Kings Green Farm, Worcester, UK)
Sarnfaen-dogs (Emrys Jones, Wales, UK)
Corrie Dhu Cottage (Laura Cunningham)
Lake District Working Sheepdogs (also see: Troutal Farm B&B)
irishsheepdog.com (Gerard Graham, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland)
G.M.N Border Collies (Gary Norris, Co.Waterford, Ireland)

Germany
Der Border Collie als Arbeitshund in der Landwirtschaft (Ulf Clausen und Eckhard Sievers)
Hermes - Bordercollies (Anita Hermes)
From Shepherds Own (Kirstin Piert)
Degenerhof (Anna Krüger-Degener)
Kennels 'von der Neckarburg' and 'of in and out' (Gaby & Stefanie Hopfensperger)
Ulf Clausen (German)
Capricorn's Border Collies (Gisela Norrman)
Border Collies vom Thurnhof (Herbert Sehner)
Shepherd's companion (Horst Ludwig)
Clan Alba (Christine Fischer)
Border Collies of Sheep Valley (Gitte Anders)
Cottage of Harmony (Sonja and Nina Deiss, in German)
Bendigedig (Kerstin Schwarze, in German)

Austria
Tinkahof (Stefan Schiffer, Vorchdorf, Austria)
Magic-Borders (Marion Fuchs, Austria)
Maho (Margit u. Horst Huetterer, Austria)
Styrian Heart (Barbara & Alex Weinrauch, Austria)

Italy
Sheepdog in Italy (in Italian)
Black Sheep (Gianni Canopoli, Italy)

di Cambiano (Maria Teresa Garabelli, Italy)

Switzerland
Templemoyle (Karin Bischof Maier, Switzerland)
Downreed (Claudia Steiner)

Scandinavia
Kennel Litgov's (Janne Litgov, Danish)
Tony Ottesen (Fyns Hoved, Denmark)
BorderCollin (Collin Seabourne, Denmark)
Kennel Litgov's (Janne Litgov, Denmark)
Cabaroo Border Collies (Katja Tamminen, Finland)
Kennel Decathlete's (Janita Leinonen and Petri Rinne, Finland)
Cabaroo (Katja Tamminen, Finland)
Kennel Tending (Riitta Jantunen-Korri & Pekka Korri, Finland)
Kennel Random (Ylva Holgersson, Sweden)
Carl-Magnus Mosse Magnusson (Sweden)
Klinthult Border Collies and Australian Shepherds (Angela Berghuis, Sweden)
Gjeterhund.com (Thor Vidar Tangeland, Norway)
Karin Mattsson and Jo Agnar Hansen (Norway)

Other European Countries
Mawlch - Border Collie and Croatian Sheepdog (Alen Marekovic)
Casa d'Arínia (Ana Rita Cunha and Sónia Alves, Portugal)
Gulden Land border collies (Ivan Linhart, Czech Republic)

5.1.2. Other than Europe

DeltaBluez Farm (Jeff & Diana Pagel, Seattle, WA, USA)
the Willard's all Natural Lamb and Border Collies (Ken Willard, CA, USA)
Skyeland Farm (Border and Bearded Collies, Lisa Davis, USA)
Black Dog Farm (USA)
This, this, or this: Contact Point Agility Center (Karen Moureaux, CA USA)
Waipori Border Collie Stud (Robert McNabb, New Zealand)
The Dog House (Francis Raley, Texas, USA)
Fox Hat Farm (Lara Forchuk, USA)
BorderSmith Stockdogs (Amelia Smith, Valley Center, CA, USA)
Standsure Jynx Border Collies (Kimberley Anderson and Darren Plummer, Canada)
Creekside Border Collies (Fiona Robertson, Canada)
Outlaw Kelpie Stud (Geoff & Kathy Gooch, Australia)

5.2. Flyball, Agility, Obedience, Show (and sometimes a bit working)

Border Collie Kennel from Borders Home (Hans en Joke Smit, Holland)
Round Robin (Ils Geerts)
Wendevick Border Collies (Mrs. M.L. Driessens, Belgium)
Rustling Rose / Hurricane Border Collies (Lieven en Rosita Ruysschaert, Belgium)
Willianways Border Collies (Geoff and Fiona Paton, UK)
Pets 4 You - Border Collie Breeders Listing (USA)
Darkwind Border Collies (Mark & Robyn Powley, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA)
Corinlea (Karen Dalglish-Holliday, UK)

6. Sheep and flocks

De Grazerie (Erik Verstappen en Louise Liebenberg, in English and Dutch)
Sheep @ Purdue University
Stichting Zeldzame Huisdierrassen (SZH, Dutch)
De Ruiner schaapskudde (Dutch)
Schaapskudde Loenermark (Dutch)
Zeeuwse Schaapskudde Heinkenszand (Dutch)
Het Kempisch heideschaap in Heeze-Leende (herder Kees Kromhout, Dutch)
Haaglandsche Schaapskudde (Dutch)

7. Genetics/Breeding

7.1. General

Animal Genetics (Internet articles by Sue Ann Bowling)
Breeding information (by Fred Lanting)
    (including: Hips and Breeding Value in German Shepherds, Reiner Beuing)
Wageningen Animal Breeding and Genetics Group (Holland)
Online Genetics Tutorials and Activities
Medical Genetics (University of Illinois)
Border Collies - Populatiegenetica (Dutch, simple)
Quantitative Genetics, Coancestry and Status Number (mini-course, Dag Lindgren, Sweden)
Basic Population Genetics (MT Dorak)
Mathematics and the Genome, some short historical articles
Amongst others, an article on breeding, by Roy Goutte
Genetic terminology
Locating genes with markers
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center (FHCRC Dog Genome Project)

7.2. Population and Quantitative Genetics

The Gene School - Population Genetics (simple)
Population genetics by Knud Christensen, online introduction
Quantitative Genetics (about a book by Mike Lynch and Bruce Walsh)
'Evolutionary Computation Models from Population Genetics'
Some info on Restricted Maximum Likelihood (REML) Methods (Arnold Neumaier, not online anymore)
Population Genetics Links (Carlos Lara-Moreno)

7.3. Inbreeding

Inbreeding Coefficients (explanation of Wright's formula)
Coefficient of Inbreeding - Wright's Equation and Hardiman's Method
PEDIG (inbreeding coefficients, Van Raden, Meeuwesen methods)
NetPeds articles on/against (in)breeding
(In)Breeding articles (HatTrick Dalmatians, simple)

7.4. Health

Info on eye disorders
PennHIP - The University of Pennsylvania Hip Improvement Program
Hips, USBCC Newsletter, Summer 1994
OFA BC Hip Data (also other disorders)
info on PRA by Catherine Marley
info on deafness (in Dutch) by family Rill
deaf dog forum (in Dutch) set up by family Rill
Optigen Genetic tests for several diseases in several breeds (e.g. CEA in Border Collies)
CEA database(s)
CEA test results
CEA test results list (Austria)
Border Collie Genetic Health (Yahoo Group)
Versatile Border Collies (Yahoo Group)

7.5. Software

BreedMate Pedigree Software (pets)
CompuPed (pedigrees, pets)
Instaped (pedigrees, pets)
Pedigree Central (Jim Trethewey's WebGeneal)
Brian Kinghorn's homepage (Pedigree Viewer and other software)
WinCanis (pedigrees + COI)
Progeny (pedigrees, professional)
PEDSYS (pedigrees + analysis, professional, free)
Opti-Mate (pedigrees + COI)
Genetic Linkage Analysis, (Rockefeller University)
    Genetic Analysis Software list
    LINKAGE User's Guide
    COMDS manual
    Perl as a tool for linkage analysis
VCE, program to estimate covariance matrices (Germany)
DFREML, estimate (co)variance components
Arlequin population genetics software (DNA level)
Genes software, Bob Lacy's Home Page
Ken Lange ('Mathematical and Statistical Methods for Genetic Analysis')
MATLAB Biotechnology Tools
MEGA (Molecular Evolutionary Genetics Analysis)
POPGENE, Freeware For Population Genetic Analysis (DNA level)
Genepop, population genetics software package.
Genetic Linkage Analysis Software
List of Software for Population Genetic Analyses (DNA level)
List of software in animal breeding
SAGE: Statistical Analysis Package
Numerical/statistical software
List of books and software on REML
Forest Genetics & Tree Breeding (Several interesting software packages and other information)
Electronic Statistics Textbook

7.6. Other

Institute for Animal Science and Animal Husbandry (Germany)
Online Econometrics Textbook, RLS and REML
Literature Database (Department of Genetics and Animal Breeding, University of Potsnan)

8. Miscellaneous

BBC Countryfile
Defra (among other things Foot and mouth disease, UK)
Dog-O-Mania ('The biggest dogs related search engine')
CSJ Canine Feeds (Ceri Rundle)
SitStay.com (general online shop)
Make-a-Wish, 'Academy of Dog Training & Behaviour' (Jenni Watson)
Sheep driving games