October 1, 2022 : Allana Hemenway took my eight month old pup Drew to the Centex show today in Belton and he took Winners Dog and Best of Winners under breeder judge Lloyd Grazer.

He is Lockehill Atwater The Windwalker (Ch Kismet Breyson Luck Of The Draw x Lockehill Atwater Breeze). Drew is the first show pup I have grown up since I retired 12 years ago. I just missed it so much!

Thank you Allana Hemenway, his co-breeder for presenting him so well, hope this is the first of many more.

Drew shares the same father as Tye shown below and their mothers are cousins.

.July 29, 2022: Sky is now Ch Atwater Crimson Lights, she finished today in Longview. She is the third champion for her dam BISS GCH Ch Atwater Lockehill Daydream Believer.

March 26, 2022: MBISS GCH Ch Atwater Chosen Family Ties was shown at the ASSA National Specialty and was given an Award Of Merit by breeder Judge Jan Howard. Mendy Gleason was showing him among a group of 138 Champion Shelties. As a member of the "Family", I am so very proud of this dog.

February 12, 2022: Pictured is Tye, BISS GCH Ch Atwater Chosen Family Ties winning Best in Specialty Show twice at our Alamo Area SS Club Shows under judges Randall Sheets and Charlotte Tull Swinson.

I am so proud of this boy and what his owner Barbara Wright has done getting him ready for all these wins and his breeders and co-owners Dan and Allana Hemenway for finding just the right dog to breed their Star to. The litter alread has Tye and Poppy finished and Sky just needs two points. The fourth pup is a beautiful dog but alas, he went over the size limit. See Tye and his dam Star below.

Tye's tail female line on both his sire and dam go back to Lockehill Careless Lucinda "Lucy" through her daughters Ch Diedra and Daisy. Tye's sire Chivas comes down from Diedra and Tye's dam Star comes down from Daisy

.Feburary 9. 2020: Atwater's Chrimson Fields "Poppy" was winners for a 3 point major, she needs one point to finish. Her sister Atwater's Crimson Lights "Sky" was reserve winners.

February 8, 2020: What a great weekend at our own Alamo Area Shetland Sheepdog Club Specialties. The morning show had Ch Atwater Chosen Family Ties "Tye" winning his championship with his third specialty major. Shown here with his dam Star and owner/breeders Dan and Allana Hemenway.

Thank you to Jo Virden, Brenda Miramon, and Jane Howard for the 3 specialty wins and Sandy Staffan for putting him BOS to his mom, "Star" who was Best of Breed from the Veterans Class at the afternoon specialty. Tye, on the right, now has started his specials career.

Thank you to all the people whose breeding programs are behind this dog. "Tye", Atwater Chosen Family Ties, is sired by CH Kismet Breyston Luck of the Draw (GCH Ch Laureate Invincible X GCh Ch Kismet's Serendipity Caress) X Multi BISS GCH Ch Atwater's Lockehill Daydream Believer CGC (Ch Macdega Allegience X GCh Ch Lockehill Le Premier Pas "Layla"). Layla whose name means The First Step, was my first opportunity to do the Lottie - Lucy cross which has been very productive. Tye will now allow me to continue this line breeding as both his sire and dam go back to Lucy.

I am so proud of Dan and Allana and I trust they will keep my Lockehill line of shetlies going well into the future.

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February 8, 2020 : It was a wonderful weekend for our FAMILY of sheltie breeders. We have been best friends for decades with our common interest the beautiful shetland sheepdog.

Barbara Wright seated to the left of Tye with her daughter Sheri Overbay were first to be afflicted with "sheltie fever" more than 40 years ago and her line of Chosen Shelties continue through Tye who Barbara named "Family Ties" to celebrate this long connection.

I (grey hair) began my Lockhill line thirty years ago and was fortunate to use many of Barbara's fine champons in my breeding program and Tye decends from her Ch Chosen Dedication bred to Lockehill Careless Lucinda.

The lovely couple standing center are Danny and Sheryl Kendrick of Serendipity Shelties who I met years ago whe they purchased Lockehill Stellaluna who produced their first champion, Ch Lockehill Tis Serendipity. Tye decends on his tail female line from Ch Kismet's Serendipity Caress - Ch Kismet's Chosen One - Ch Lockehill Chosen Delight - Lockehill Careless Lucinda.

Dan (upper left) and Allana (seated right) Hemenway are the breeders of both Star and Tye. A very talented couple of breeders and handlers. I have know then since they moved to Texas from Canada and quickly recognized their talent with shelties. Allana finished many champions for me. She finished my "Layla" GCH Ch Lockehill Le Premier Pas and I leased her to them for a litter as a thank you. That litter produced Star, Tye's dam.

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October 5, 2019: Atwater's Crimson Field "Poppy" right and her brother Atwater Chosen Family Ties "Tye" shown taking Winners Dog an Winners Bitch at the KC of Greater Victoria show.

July 12, 2019: Congratulations go out to Allana Hemenway for showing Atwater's Crimson Field "Poppy" to Best of Breed under Judge Joy Brewster at the KC of Greater Victoria show. She took her first points from the 9-12 month puppy class..

July 18, 2019: At the Houston Reliant Shows, Poppy took WB on Thursday and WB for her first major on Friday. She is half way there with seven points and one major.

Tyw & Poppy's sire is Kismet Breyston Luck of the Draw "Chivas" and her dam is GCH Ch Atwater's Lockehill Daydream Believer, CGC "Star". Star can be seen below in a March 2017 photo. she is my Layla's daughter

.Feb 8, 2020 Update: Sam took Winners on Saturday afternoon at our Alamo Area Shetland Sheepdog Specialty show to add another 2 points, he just needs five singles to finish. Sam is tail female to my Lottie so he is another option to do the Lottie-Lucy cross.

October 14 , 2019: Congratulations to my best bud Jackie Geister on the big wins for Prairie Sam Spade at Serendipity "Sam" this weekend at the Trinity Valley Specialty in Canton. Sam is co-owned by Jackie with Donna Sammon and Danny& Sheryl Kendrick, Danny showed Sam to Best Puppy, Winners Dog and Best of winners for a four point major win. He also took the 4pt major win on the previous day.

This gives him both his majors in one weekend and 8 points toward his championship and he is just nine months old and out of coat.

Sam is sired by GCH CH Barwood Clearsky Fireworks and is out of Prairie Chosen Inspiration "Becca". Becca is tail female back to my Lottie and is another current sheltie going back to Lockehill.

Prairie Chosen Inspiration - Lockehill Chosen Love Story - Lockehill Jolene My Love - Lockehill Careless Love (see tribute below)- Ch Lockehill Careless Lillianna - Ch Lockehill Careless Carlotta.

September 11, 2019: It is with great sadness that I tell of the passing of my Lockehill Careless Love "Lovey" at 14 years old. She graced me with her beauty from her first breath to her last.

Lovey is shown here as a six month old pup and at thirteen years...never lost her beauty, just gained a bit of grey. She was awarded three best in sweeps, three best puppy, and two 5pt major reserves from the 6-9 puppy class. She was never brave and had an unfortunate encounter with a rough judge and began to hate the show ring so I retired her to become my champion of the heart.

She is behind all my current shelties and has two MACH Champions to her credit. MACH PACH Lockehill Cowboy Cassanova "Jacob" and MACH5 PACH Lockehill Lady Elizabeth Bronte "Ellie" (I left all the string of titles off them, they are long and well earned).

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April 21, 2018: This is the beautiful Ch Kismet's Breyston Amorada "Macie" bred by Patricia Dody, Guy & Thelma Mauldin and co-owned with Nancy Rainosek and shown by Mendy Gleason going Runner Up in Futurity at the 2018 American Shetland Sheepdog National Specialty. I mention her here because she is the Great Great granddaugher of my Lucy. Her tail female line is : Ch Kismet's Breyston Amorada - Ch Kismet's Serendipity Caress - Ch Kismet's Chosen One - Ch Lockehill Chosen Delight - Lockehill Careless Lucinda.

See photos of Lucy below in her final tribute.

March 4 , 2017: Allana Hemenway took her Layla daughter Star to the Austin Sheltie Club Specialty and took Best in Show under breeder judge Joy Bass.

I am delighted that Allana decided to bring Star out of retirement and go for a Specialty Best. The photo does not show her at her best so I added the photo of her first major win to illustrate her outstanding conformation....she moves as good as she looks!

Star is now BISS GCH Ch Atwater's Lockehill Daydream Believer. She really loves the dog show game just like her dam GCH Ch Lockehill Le Premier Pas did... her half brother Cooper, GCH Atwater's High Noon at Lockehill, loved it too but retirement is okay by him.

March 28 , 2016 : Diane with Layla just a few days before she passed away. It was a bad week for Diane and Gary losing two of their golden girls in one week

GCH CH Lockehill Le Premier Pas "Layla" died of liver failure today. In her younger days, she was quite a show girl, finishing her championship fairly easily with most of the handling done by Allana Hemenway. She went on to produce two champions, GCH Ch Atwater's Lockehill Daydream Believer "Star" and GCH Ch Atwater's High Noon at Lockehill "Cooper".

Layla was a real show girl, a beauty who loved the game...she will be missed.

March 21, 2016.: Ch Lockehill Chosen Delight "Deidra" passed away of what we suspect was a brain tumor at twelve years old. She spent her show career owned and loved by Barbara Wright and her retirement with Diane and Gary's Golden Girls.

She finished her championship easily if you don't count that last elusive point which took some persistance.  Like Layla, Deidra went on to produce two champions. BISS Ch Kismet's Chosen One "Mara" owned and finished by Danny and Sheryl Kendrick and Ch Chosen Samurai's Delight "Dyna" owned by Barbara and Kismet Kennels.

Deidra was a "delight" and never got over being a puppy at heart.