Thank you for stopping by our site….. On
this page you will find out about our
wonderful breed, our first dogs and how we
got started and our current dogs today. So
please continue on, and we hope you enjoy
learning a little more about us and our fur
kids.
Royal Hill is a small hobby kennel located
in South Jordan, Utah. Mike and I moved from
Olathe, Kansas to Utah in 2005. Utah we have
found it to be beautiful with a lot’s of
mountains.
IIn
1987 Mike and I got our first blue merle
sheltie. Sammy joined our family at 10
weeks and in 1989 became Ch. Shadow
Hill's Royal Ribbon. Sammy helped me
learn about shelties, showing in
conformation and how to be trained by a
sheltie! I was really excited and had
lot to learn, I went to shows, including
the national, talked with breeders and
handlers, and became involved with my
local clubs. I recommend the book
Sheltie Talk to anyone interested in
becoming involved in our breed. Ch.
Sammy gets credit for getting me hooked
on breeding and showing, it is my
favorite hobby.
Our puppies are born in the bedroom
and raised in the home by Mike and
myself. Our children have grown up
and moved on to jobs, school and new
families while we remain here in
Utah to enjoy the dogs and the
beautiful view of the mountains. We
have a lovely ranch home with a very
large, fenced back yard with plenty
of room to run and play under the
trees. Our dogs are raised like our
children and we take them for walks
and socialize them. The
neighborhood kids come to play so
they get lots of kid attention, love
and spoiling.
We sell our puppies and occasional adults to
pet, conformation, or performance homes.
Several dogs we have placed have gone on to
become wonderful therapy dogs as well. All
of our dogs are tested for known genetic
problems in the breed.
I have always loved of animals and also
enjoy working with Delta Society (http://www.deltasociety.org/
) and Intermountain Therapy Animals (http://www.therapyanimalsorg
)at
the nursing home, children group home, etc.
I also volunteer to help children and adult
to learn new skills in sign language. The
rest of my time is usually spent with my
family, friends, volunteering, and my job
and of course with our dogs. My husband,
Mike enjoys flying and has flown various
types of aircraft from small airplanes to
military fighters. He tries to play golf
when he has the time. He loves to watch old
movies especially the old western movies. He
is a retired marine who served 29 years in
the corps. He has been a soccer coach for
about nine years.
We are currently members of the
American Shetland Sheepdog Association
,
Great Salt Lake
Training Club
and
the
Utah
Shetland Sheepdog Association Please
feel free to visit through our website and
hopefully you will contact us or return to
visit us as much as you can to see all the
new updates. Thank you for stopping by and
we hope you enjoy your stay.
