~ News & Updates ~
These pages last updated
October 26, 2006
Ailea may no longer actively breed shelties, but
Ailea remains a First Class Advocate
for this most loving and beloved of breeds. If you are looking to acquire a
sheltie, please do visit my
Available page for information on
anything Ailea may have, and for updates on other breeders who may
have shelties
available in the central North Carolina or greater Raleigh area.
The picture at right is our most beautiful granddaughter, Hannah. Here she is about 19 months old and is playing with me and the camera. There is an entire series of these images, culminating in this, my favorite of the group. Additional photographs of Hannah may be found on Hannah's own page, as well as in the News archives, below-
NOTE: If you have acquired a sheltie from Ailea Shelties or Ailea's Place, please read Ailea's Open Letter.
New at Ailea's Place today, October 26, 2006:
Ailea has added another new facet to
Ailea's Place. This time, I invite you to go with me on my meditative journey
each day, which I will share with you. The link to my meditations will be
located on Ailea's Home page, as well as included somewhere in the Site Map. I
invite all who may be searching to lift their spirit, to walk with me in the sun
as I strive to open my heart further to the blessings of Life. Let us journey
together in my
Meditations for the Day ~
New at Ailea's Place October 16, 2006:
Ailea
has added a new page of Sheltie books and magazines "For Sale". If you're
looking to find one or two issues to complete a set, you may find something
here!
For Sale
Ailea's News & Update Archives
Below are Ailea's news
announcements from the preceding year.
Please note, some of these older news items may have become totally defunct
with passing time and the resulting unavoidable evolution of Ailea's Place
Quick note - any image appearing in these Archives are thumb-nails. Click any image to view a larger version.
09/21/06:
***Check out my page on
Chatham County where we live!
***Go
visit
Rhia's and
Raiden's pages!
09/12/06:
***New additions to Ailea's
Rescue pages!
09/06/06:
***The
Nursery Page is done!
AUGUST, 2006:
***As should certainly be clear to all, the
format and layout of Ailea's Place has changed yet again. Since my focus has
changed, I hope I will manage to create a format most comfortable for everyone's viewing, with
easy access to all information from nearly all pages within the site. You will
find a link to the
Site Map at the bottom of each page, as well as a link to
send me an e-mail message, for your comments, questions or concerns. I
encourage everyone to please, feel free to drop me a note!
***One large thing of note to all is my
copyright protection. Though these pages are copyright protected, I have removed
the copy protect feature from all pedigrees displayed here, so any of you
interested can easily copy or print pedigree information for yourselves as you
wish. All other pages, images and files, however, will remain copy-protected.
Thank-you for your understanding, respect and support of all my efforts and hard
work!
***Not all of the links or areas of Ailea's
Place in new format is complete. You may stumble upon pages in the old format,
but I have tried, where the new format is not incorporated, to not activate
links at all, so there is no cross-confusion between the new and the old Ailea's
Place. If any cross-loading occurs, when the final page is newly formatted all
these glitches will be fixed and all the old format of Ailea's Place pages gone,
gone, gone, a thing of the past, dust in the wind. I seek your patience, as the
re-building of these pages has not been an easy task this time, with such
limited time to devote to the re-writes, research and new format(s). I am doing
as much as I can as quickly as I can, and I hope to have the entire new format
completed by the end of September. Please bear with me through this transition!
***You will find a truckload of new stuff
tucked away inside the pages of Ailea's Place. I hope none of it alarms or
concerns you, and that all of it manages to brighten your day just a little, a
payback for your many visits here. Of particular note are
Onyx's and
Hannah's
individual pages, but certainly, changes have been wrought throughout the entire
site. I hope you enjoy visiting as much as I have enjoyed creating and putting this new
format together for you!
JULY, 2006:
***In
honor of Onnie's new litter, Ailea has a new
Nursery Page!
***Onyx's puppies have arrived, whelping on
June 17, 2006. Three beautiful puppies - two bitches and a dog! This litter is out of my Eli daughter,
Onyx (Ailea Moonstone), sired by Wistwin Adonis,
a son of CH Homewood Hurricane,
ROM out of a Ch Macdega Asterisk daughter. The full pedigree can be found by
visiting
here. Links to pictures can be found by visiting
Ailea's Nursery. WOO HOO, are WE ever excited!!! It is impossible for me to
appropriately thank
Liz Oliver of
Jubilee Shelties for taking Onyx in and caring
for her as she whelped and raised this awesome litter of puppies. It is expected
Onyx will return home to Ailea's Place when the litter is about 6 weeks old, at
the end of July, 2006.
06/05/06:
***We are
thrilled to announce Onyx has been bred for a litter due to whelp sometime
around June 15, 2006! We are expecting a tri-color litter of gorgeous,
beautiful, precocious puppies to steal away our hearts! More information on the
litter can be found by visiting
Onyx's page, where you
will also find a link to the litter pedigree. All serious inquiries welcomed and
encouraged! Just
contact
Amy, thanks!
03/09/06:
***We are
thrilled to announce (again) our girl, Token is placed. More information
can be found by visiting
Token's page.
***It
is exciting to present another new picture of the granddaughter, Hannah, at
right. Taken at 17 months of age, Hannah is playing "keep away" with her Dah's
sunglasses - one of her favorite things to do (play "keep away"). Sometimes this
little sprite is too much fun! Please ignore her bad case of "bed head" LOL
***We
are further thrilled to announce we now have an awesome accomplishment
under our belts- Quinn, the unparalleled son of Onyx, is now
UKC Ch Ailea Emeralds Reign, earning the title in one weekend of shows, including judging by two sheltie breeder judges (AKC) as well as a Best of Breed,
Group One, and a serious consideration for BEST IN SHOW. HOORAY QUINN! Now if we
can just get his coat to come in, he'll be in the AKC ring to show the whole
world just how special he really is. All congrats should go to
Angel Maria, Amatras, for her excellent
ownership, training, handling, and presentation of this beautiful boy...
02/23/06:
***New picture of the grandbaby, Hannah, at left, taken when she was
16 months old- here she is playing in "her" cabinet in Mama Amy's kitchen -
filled with plastic containers and lids, she dumps as much out as she needs to
form herself a cleared area to sit on, climbs in, shuts the door and just does a
dist-appearing act like magic! Ah, we love
Hannah!
***Our
girl, Token, is in need of her forever home! She is a mature adult, tri-color
girl that, though she gets along well with others, would adore being the only
dog. Families with small children should be well experienced with dogs,
preferably with shelties in particular. More information on Token is readily
available on her page -
Token's Page, or visit our
Available page!
11/07/05:
***Token has found her forever home, and we
could not be happier! More info on Token may be found on
her page.
***Updates to the
Available
page have been made. Sorry- Ailea has nothing available.
A new photo of the granddaughter
(right)- taken on the day of her first birthday party n September,'05. Ah, how
sweet it truly is!
I survived the very difficult month of September, and then the equally difficult
month of October. We now are well into November with the holidays fast
approaching- With no current plans to go north at Thanksgiving time as has been
done in past year, it does seem as though one hurdle completed brings on a whole
new mess of hurdles to work on- - -
Please feel free to e-mail Amy with any questions or comments