OLDRainshade Collies in the Lead

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Rainshade Collies are dearly loved here at home– and around the world! Rainshade Collies have traveled to join families in almost every state in the United States. They have been exported to families in several countries, spanning four continents. Wherever they go, Rainshade Collies enrich the lives of “their people” with years of love, laughter, entertainment, and close companionship.

Our sweet Rainshade Collie adventurers have each accomplished great things. Several have earned championship and/or obedience, herding, and agility titles. Some have served as therapy or service dogs. Other Rainshade Collies have appeared on television, graced the pages of books and magazines, served as commercial advertising models, and participated in community service activities.

No matter where they go, or what they accomplish, Rainshade Collies fill people’s lives with joy and leave deep footprints on the hearts of everyone they meet!

OLDRainshade Collies in the Lead

For more than three decades, Rainshade Collies has helped Collies and Collie breeders by providing information on how to improve the Collie breed by eliminating genetic problems. Much of the advancement in breeder awareness about genetic problems in Collies has been attributed to the valuable information Dr. Vanderlip presented in her widely acclaimed book, The Collie–A Veterinary Reference for the Professional Breeder (1984).

Dr. Vanderlip has also been a leader in promoting advanced breeding techniques in animal reproduction. For more than twenty years, Dr. Vanderlip has produced numerous Rainshade Collie litters from frozen semen, using non-invasive, non-surgical insemination techniques, including transcervical insemination.

Dr. Vanderlip works with universities and research institutions on projects of importance to Collies. She continues to do research and add to information on health issues and about Collie coat color genetics. Dr. Vanderlip is co-author of a chapter on the merle gene (Canine SINEs and Their Effects on Phenotypes of the Domestic Dog, Genomics of Disease, Springer, NY, 79-88). She has written many scientific publications and books.

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