Aspen Collies

We bought our puppy from Aspen Collies (Amber) and we were very pleased. Amber is very quick and detailed when she answers any questions, including our many questions. She takes very good care of her dogs (parents) and the puppies. The dogs all receive everything they are supposed to from the vet, she provides all the certificate information, and she provides great information about their care (specifically related to Collies). Our puppy is in great health and very intelligent, he is a laid back and happy, he especially likes our 5 year old daughter who can be very hyper, but he just chases her around plays with toys and he even wanted to lay with her in bed (before we had to put him in his kennel so he doesn't potty and chew things). We would definitely buy from Amber again. The experience was FAR better than going to some Humane Society or Animal Shelter.

I feel I should make the public aware of my experience with our collie who came from Aspen Collies. She was a wonderful collie, and had a great personality, and gentle temperment. The collie did have a genetic mutation called Degenerative Myelopathy. Google DM in Dogs, to read more.It is like ALS, or Lou Gehrig's disease, in a dog. The dog appears healthy until about age 7 , which the back legs slowly become paralyzed, until the dog cannot walk. It looks like a very old dog, but is only 7-9 years old. There is a mutation , that is affecting the spinal cord. In their defense, the breeders at Aspen Collie may not have known about this problem, when my dog was born in 2012. However, when I made them aware that we had to have this dog euthanized, before she was 9, and completely unable to walk, it took them 2 weeks to respond to my email, asking for more information. Amber wrote that she now tests her dogs for DM. I wrote back asking her, WHEN did they start testing their dogs.... in other words, there may be 60-70 of Aspen dogs.... or maybe only ten dogs... which could be affected with this problem, from one of their breeding dogs , who was a carrier of this mutation. She did not reply at all, which I think is very unprofessional. And discourteous. If owners were told now, your dog should be tested for this, they might begin to show symptoms, this would be have important. There will be people who own these collies, and she should have told them all, the full disclosure. Amber said she is now testing the dogs for this mutation..... but this is not stated on her website. We loved our dog, but the owner's response was inadequate and unhelpful. It s as if she is more worried about some information getting out, than she is about a potential suffering or concern for the dogs she has created . Ask for a test for DM. I wish we would have known, after we went to great, futile attempts to figure out what was wrong, that a healthy 7 yr old dog, begins to be unable to walk .

We love our tri-colored collie that we got from Aspen Collies. He is smart as a whip, easy to train, curious, and full of love. Thank you so much for our special boy.