Rainshade Soul on Ice
"Benson"
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Rainshade Marjo Great Spirit x Rainshade Renaissance

Notable Descendents:


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Benson ranks among the most beloved Collies at Rainshade and his effervescent personality, intelligence, and wonderful sense of humor are consistently passed on to his descendents.

Benson and his littermate were the first Collies conceived from frozen semen in the United States (their sire, Rainshade Marjo Great Spirit, had been exported to Switzerland). Benson produced his own litter of pups by frozen semen to Kingsmark Out of the Blue at Rainshade. This breeding produced a litter of five beautiful male puppies, including Rainshade Poetic Just Ice and Rainshade Blizzard of Awes. Benson also sired a litter to Rainshade Out of the Blue, CD (in Iowa) by artificial insemination using fresh chilled semen. This litter produced six puppies, including Canadian Champion Mareb's Crystal Blue Persuasion, CD.


Benson is certified normal-eyed with the Canine Eye Registration Foundation certificate #CO-722-92-16 and certified free of hip dysplasia with the Orthopedic Foundation for Animals certificate #CO-1098G24M-T.

Benson's pedigree




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