Welcome to Ngalla Kennels & Cattery

NORWEGIAN FOREST ANNOUNCEMENTS.

Latest updates. Plans have changed for several cat litters!

Athena has 6 babies born 10th Ocotober, 3 left. (new photos 5th Feb)
Flirt has 5 babies born 3rd November, 3 left. (new photos 5th Feb).
Both Orcadia (all have homes) & Fly (4 left) decided have their babies on 12th December, (new photos 3rd Feb).

To see Norwegian Forest Cats go to the Norwegian pages and then go to the different pages for more details on the current litter plans and kittens on the way. Plans are always just that, and are subject to change.

AUSTRALIAN SHEPHERD ANNOUNCEMENTS:

New litter born 23rd January and plans have been updated for future Aussie litters.

Young Nixie is looking for a forever home, see available section for photos of her.

"The Gambling" theme litter (featured below).



Below is Phily (lying down & brother Ace) who is my youngest hopeful. She is from Georgia who I imported from the USA in whelp. Philly's dad is primarily working lines, so she and her brother Ace bring some new bloodlines into Australia.





I hope you enjoy looking at my dogs, cats & other animals.



Ronan (above) has gained a Puppy in Group award & Runner-Up to Best of Breed in his first weekend just over 6 months of age. More recently was Reserve Dog at the Tasmanian Collie & Shetland Sheepdog Club show, under breed specialist judge, Mr John Rice from SA.



My girls only have litters occasionally. Lots of thought and planning goes into each and every litter I breed. All dogs and bitches are x-rayed and scored for hip dysplasia, prior to having their first litters, and all pups are checked for Collie eye anomoly. My pups and kittens are raised in the house with their mums. The pups spending up to four months being house puppies before spending any time in the kennels. The kittens are in the house until they are ready to go to their new homes.





I started back in 1986 with the purchase of a collie as a present for my friend, Len. Then next year I was interested in having something to do on weekends. Try dog showing he says!

As the first girl was not purchased as a showdog I went back to the breeder and was offered another girl, pick of her litter. My very first show was the Collie Club of NSW, National Show in 1997. My girl Krystle was 3rd in her class out of 27 pups. I was hooked.

With time and research I came to learn more about our beautiful breed and a particular bloodline always caught my eye, the Corydon line.



After moving to Tasmania I was lucky enough to become friends with Mim Bester of Baqilodge Collies and purchase from her Baqilodge Evening Star who was down from two Corydon imports. Some time later Mim let me know of a proven brood bitch that was for sale, down also from a Corydon import. Tyagong Goldstars Hope came to live with me in 1993, what wonderful additions these two girls were to make to my kennel.



With the addition of Australian Shepherds, life will never be dull. I had admired these dogs for many years before getting one myself. In 2001 I went to watch the Victorian Australian Shepherd specialty show. There in intermediate dog class was a lovely looking young blue merle male who really caught my eye, Ch Hats Creek Hitchn A Ride to Oz (Imp USA) aka Hiker. Some months later a puppy appeared in the showring here in Tasmania - sired by Hiker - I knew then that I had to find one for myself. I found there was a litter in Queensland sired by Hiker, Brenna bowled into my life in 2002 and the rest speaks for itself. These dogs are great companions, and are willing to take part in any activity you can think of! Mine love herding, and many excel in obedience, agility, tracking, search & rescue as well as flyball. Herding is great fun and it is great to see the dogs do what they were bred to do. I had a great opportunity to lease, with Kate Lorkin of Rozate Australian Shepherds a wonderful dog, Ch Windfalls Craftsman, he has now returned to USA, but puppies from him can be seen around Australia.

My thanks go to Kate Dourley (Rozate/Mazasuka Knls) and Karen Sherlock (Tillsun/Mazasuka) for trusting me with many of their dogs and being great mentors for me in starting off in this wonderful breed.



I added Norwegian Forest Cats a little while ago, they have their own section - have a look! They are the second largest domestic breed of cat that originated in the forests of Norway. They have a wonderful long coat that is relatively easy to maintain. Large ears and a long tail are a feature of this breed. They are one of the few cat breeds that will come down a tree head first. The breed dates back to the days of the Vikings, cats with a long history.



Thanks to Alison Roberts of Snowstars Norwegians and Denise Grace of Jaymlynkatz (NZ) for trusting me with some of there beautiful cats, both have also been wonderful people to deal with and a wealth of knowledge about NFC. Alison not only sold me my first cats but helped me contact the right breeders overseas when I was looking to import.