Growing Up
These are pictures of the puppies as they grow up.

Many thanks to all of you who have sent pictures to me!

Click on a picture in the Gallery, (below), to see it larger.
Amber, showing off her lovely coat inherited from Dad, Winston and all that white, from her Mom, Susie. She was only a one-year-old in this picture.Blaze- on his first bithday.Hasten lives in Florida with a family of four. The Mom is a professional photographer so he can be her perfect model.Lucy on the far right.Katie in Florida. She looks like Winston!Lindy and Megan.Lindy, what a lovely collie in such a pretty setting.Murphy and Sadie, far from Illinois but in a perfect place!Murphy in a picture all by himself.Rocky, Ginger/Winston June 2006. He sired a litter of his own!Murphy and Sadie when they first went home to VT. Both are Ginger/Winston puppies of 2007.Smith and Wesson, New Mexico. Wesson is in front, he is Susie's son, see the white factoring he has? Smith is Ginger's son, they look like quite a set!Tango- named by her nice stepping moves, like her Mom, Ginger.Wallace, Ginger and Winston son- of their first litter.Wallace at his first show.Victoria with her boy Clark, a Pearl and winston puppy from January 2008.Wesson, without Smith, a Susie/Winston puppy 2007. Not even one-year-old yet and as handsome as ever! Winston son who will darken as he gets older yet. See the white factoring he got from his Mom, Susie?Shasta with Bill, in front of the CA Mountain that Bill named Shasta after.Shasta at the beach, taken by Bill of his wife and their puppy.Amber, now from Wisconsin, in their Christmas card picture.Luke, from Ginger and Winston's first litter. He was tube fed for two weeks, and he survived. He grew up to be absolutely beautifull.Annie at her new home. She is Ginger and Winston's puppy from 2005.Kallie is Buddy's litter sister.Bella, Ginger/Buddy 2008, at home with her lab- being shown the rules of the house.Cassie and toby at home in Ohio.Chole.Lexie, a Susie and Winston puppy from June 2006.Cindy with Lexi. Courtney took Duke to a show.Courtney and Duke showing.Duke won a trophy for Courtney!Timmy at work in NJ. He was featured on the Lassie Dog Food website! He is a ginger & winston puppy from June 2007.Kallie and Kassie doing the homework.Lexi with her new puppy, Sasha. Lexi is a Susie/Winston puppy from June 2006, now grown up, and Sasha is a Pearl/Winston puppy from January 2008.Marki with Wallace, a Ginger/Winston puppy from November 2005. She has shown him at an AKC show using his favorite bait- chicken McNuggets!Molly with her buddy in KY.Murphy looking great and they tell me his personality is great too!Toby is where he wants to be- behind the "John".The other side of Toby- who no longer fits in this "perfect" location!Prince, taken as soon as he made it to Idaho.Sadie, one of the smartest dogs there is- proof by how much she can get into. Her Mom tells her its a good thing she is so pretty!Sadie's close-up.The tri is Susie's puppy, now a year old and the blue is Pearl's from 2008. Lexi and Sasha.Shasta, Owned by Bill in CA, and the model for the blog article Bill wrote on ear setting. Lexi getting a little bit of spoiling!Beauty, a Susie/Winston puppy 2007 on a day she came to visit.Cassie the tri, Pearl/Winston 2008 and Toby the sable, Ginger/Buddy 2008. Now in Ohio and so very comfy with each other! Remington built this house for Prince! His Aunt Barbi owns the puppy and lives in Idaho.Prince at 9 months old. He is a sable/merle from Winston and Pearl. This is in Idaho.Here is Prince's close up. Very handsome.Escher in the snow, Sent to me as a beautiful Christmas card.TuckerMollyMolly with her friend, a Great PyrnessTuckered out TuckerHeart at the VetLexi is on our left, Sasha is on our right. Lexi is a Susie and Winston puppy, now an adult. Sasha is a Pearl and Winston puppy, here at 9 months old.Sasha poses for the picture. She is our first Blue Merle born here, out of Pearl and Winston. She lives with the "half sister" Lexi, who is an older puppy of Susie and Winston's.What a glamous picture! I received a wonderful letter with the picture about how much they love her- I can tell! Shasta getting something to drink. Many of us have tried this method.Ollie and Walter, who live in Californis, but went to play in the snow. Ollie is a Ginger Winston puppy from June, 2007.Sweet Heart, at home in WA. She is a Diva and Winston baby from Dec, 2008.Lola and Lisa on their first day. Lola is a Diva and Winston puppy, Dec 2008, and flew to Alaska in Feb 2009.Peyton and Samantha at the water's edge on the East coast. Peyton is a Ginger and Winston puppy from Sept 2008.Jazz, sleepy boy, was born Dec 27th, 2008. He is one of Pearl and Buddy's. Celebrates the exact same birhday as my grand daughter. He lives in WA with Barbara. Ken with Alvin. The object in front is the top of a yard lamp! Alvin now has a new goldeaf collie baby to share the attention with. My first picture of a puppy dressed up. This is Alfie in his stylish raincoat!Alfie, without his coat on!Lisa and Lola playing in the snow. How wonderful for both of them.Lola with Micheal at obedience class. She's a good listener.Jim and Dee brought Max back to visit his parents, Buddy and Ginger. At only one-year-old, he is already much bigger than either of the parents! They are so proud of him and for good reason- he is beautiful and very well behaved. Kudos to them for all they've done accomplish that.Here is Jazz at only 14 weeks and at a show, learning all about it.Jazz with his owner's "show buddy". I can see she's very used to all of this enviroment and he's not so certain about it.Tigger now lives on a horse farm and is learning so much about the daily routine there. I hear he is very attached to his new Mom and goes with her everywhere. I can tell by her phone calls that she is very attached to him too!Michael with Lola.Sid and Alfie enjoying the moment.Ok, so two sisters aren't always posing pretty by the pool! I just love this playful picture because this is what I see often while I'm raising a litter.Now, they are watching the edge of the water together. I'm told they stay together all the time and seem to move as a unit!Smith is grown up here. He is a Susie/Winston puppy and is half of a 'team". See the next picture..........................Wesson is a Ginger/Winston puppy, now an adult! He looks so much like Ginger, only bigger and with a heavier coat. Of course, because he's a male.Here are Smith and Wesson together.Julia hugging one of her two white collies. This one is Madge, I'm pretty sure.Our first puppy named Bella. She is now an adult and is really beautiful! How did they get her posed so well with two others!?Healy, on the left, and Tucker, on the right, are sitting on the top edge of a hill. They were watching children playing. Tucker is a puppy from Pearl and Winston. This is a lovely shot of her two collies together!Another spring, and another picture of Molly, posing the same and even more elegant!Escher and MonicaTucker in Idaho with Healy, his mentor. Tucker is a Pearl Winston puppy.Maya is in CA and her owner sent me this lovely picture! Maya was born in Jan 2009, out of Emma, by Winston. She looks so settled into her new place.Bella at Christmas.Mary was able to get this candid shot of Sid and Alfie. It has a certain intimate mood to it with a sense of location as well.Smith and Wesson. One is Ginger/Winston and the other is Susie/Winston, both of 2007Cooper, Susie/Winston 2009. when he first went home.Cooper with his new "sister" Autumn. She needed another collie in the house! Cooper was so spoiled by Susie Q I'n really glad he was so fortunate to have Autumn in his new place.Tucker, (Ginger/Winston), and Healey in their lovely garden in CA. Tucker is the younger one, one the ground.This is Lola on her first birthday, with her hat on!For only one-year-old, and a girl, Lola surely has a great coat already.Ollie going on a road trip. He's won at shows, best of class and best of breed. Jeanne is very proud, rightfully so!Max and Doug at my house during a visit to Max. Doug is going to retire soon and take Max then.Pamela sent me this beautiful picture! Tucker has grown into the perfect model!Cozy, at one-year-old, in the New Jersey snow!Laddie at home with Alvin. Both are Goldleaf Collies. They each have one tan leg and one white leg. Bella and her new parents. She's out of Emma, by Winston, Jan 09. Holding Tassie and loving every bit of her!Here's a really good view of Cozy. She's out of Diva, by Winston, just gorgeous!
*Seven puppies have the same name.

*Some new owners have kept the puppy's baby names- the name we gave them.

*Some puppies have been given a particular name for a very specific reason.
*Seven families took home two of our puppies to have them grow up together.
Some puppies were from the same litter, some were from different litters a few weeks apart in age.

*Nine other families now have their second Goldleaf Puppy.

*We have 15 families with two Goldleaf Collies. Many owners have more than one collie as well.
Goldleaf Collies reside in 21 different states:

AK, CA, ID, IL,  IN, FL, GA, LA, MA, MI, NJ, NM, NY, OH, OK, OR, SC, TN, VT, WA, WI.
This page was last updated: February 15, 2010
by the pool, twwo white collie sisters
Cooper is in there!
He's the tri collie, just 9-weeks-old. The rest are Shih-tzus.
After this, he will be easy to find!
Look at the bottom of the page for the answer to which one is he?
white collie sistes, out of Pear
I really like this picture with the reflections of the puppies in their pool.

To see the owner's paintings go to:
www.orasorensen.com
The "going home" pictures were saved on another page, click: HERE.
* Vermont and Florida-  the longest drives to come here, in person, and pick up the puppies.
* The longest flight was Alaska.
*The closest puppies are:  Serina about 4 miles East and Cory about 5 miles South East,
                                       Lindy and Megan, who live together, about 4 miles West,
                                       Max, about 5 miles North.
3 mo. Half-off Gold & Platinum
Here's what I figured out, (I magnified the picture). Only the fourth puppy from the front to the back, on the left side, has his tail up and its not a plume. He also shows his white collar.
She is a lovely California girl (Emma/Winston)
and he is a
charming
Chicago Man (Pearl/Buddy).


I am so glad to get pictures sent back to me of my collie puppies growing up to share with all of you.