1. What risk would you take to breed a great dog?
  2. The Importance of Mentors- Who is your mentor and what did you learn
  3. What Is a family of dogs
  4. The Best breeder creates a family of dogs, that reproduces the excellence time taught them. The strength behind any individual dog is found in the family they come from. Do you think this is a true statement
  5. What trends positive and negative do you see today
  6. How many dogs do you campaign at one time. What do you think of the current trend of breeder/owner/handlers, not professionals, who empty out their kennels, the “good, bad, and the ugly” to build majors Does this hurt or help the breed
  7. Do you think we have lost the “striving for excellence”
  8. What Is some of the best advice you have ever been given
  9. Social media. Has it hurt or helped the breed and the sport of dogs.
  10. For one of your significant breedings, why did you breed the dogs you did together. In choosing the stud dog what virtues did you look for, what were you looking to achieve and what were the results. Why breed x dog to y bitch?
  11. What is your goal in breeding dogs?
  12. Do you think the lack of match shows has affected the breed negatively
  13. The “who’s he by syndrome” Do you think you can upgrade mediocre bitches by breeding to top studs. Do you think the brood bitches are just as important as the stud dogs and only breed your top bitches.
  14. The numbers game. Do you think we are now too caught up in the numbers game. How do you think this has affected the breed? How does this contribute or detract from stiving for excellence?
  15. Do you think you need to have large numbers of dogs to do well and have others respect your efforts? Can you achieve success on a smaller scale?
  16. Who are your heroes in collies?
  17. Excellence is never accidental. It is chosen, repeated and defended.
  18. Steve Field once said “the way to judge puppies is to just watch!” How do you evaluate puppies. What is your process?
  19. From George Horn You learn most by going where the competition is tough and your dogs must be good to be competitive. Showing against second rate dogs makes you lazy. Set your sights high and don’t lower the bar, but raise it. Do you think the way we show today and the number of shows available may be changing what we breed.
  20. Collie jeopardy – Collie history!
  21. How to research a pedigree? How to read a pedigree
  22. The difference between genotype and phenotype … and, how much emphasis do you put where when selecting a stud dog?
  23. To freeze or not to freeze Should every stud dog be frozen?
  24. Why doesn’t Collie semen stand up to extenders? Why is Collie semen fragile?
  25. Should every bitch have puppies? How do you begin to evaluate your bitch to determine whether or not to breed her?
  26. Progesterone testing / Timing / Elective c-sections (Pros and Cons)
  27. Reproductive Health – General topic
  28. So you think you want to be a breeder? Why? Is everyone meant to be a breeder? Can Fanciers make contributions to the breed? Fancier vs Breeder
  29. Leasing a bitch – when would you consider and why?
  30. Linebreeding , Inbreeding and Outcrossing. When and why?
  31. Or the club may choose their own topic