The HarvestHil Story - "from our hearts to yours"
Many years ago (circa 1969), Elsie Piotto went looking for a sable coloured Collie for her 3 year old daughter
Lisa Jane. Now, this Collie couldn't be just any Collie; she had to
look like "Lassie", as young Lisa was thoroughly infatuated with that
TV show. So Elsie searched high and low, and finally found a true
"Lassie" type Collie @ the kennel in Glen Williams, Ontario known @
that time as GAYWOOD Collies. Home with the Piotto's came little
"Lassie" as she was named, formally known as "Gaywood Monalisa Lassie".
Elsie decided to try her hand @ raising this breed, so Lassie became a mom, and by that time, Elsie & Lisa were both hooked on the world of Collies.
It would be several years before they bought the foundation bitch from which the future HARVESTHIL dogs would come from. This girl, bought from Helen Pope of SUMERSET Kennels of Fergus, Ontario, was to be known as "Peppi" (Sumerset's Golden Harvest). Peppi was the actual start of all of the HarvestHil dogs, even her name became part of Elsie & Lisa's registered kennel name (the Harvest part in HARVESTHIL.)
Shortly thereafter, Lisa, now a young teenager, decided she wanted to try showing Collies, so back again mother & daughter went to Helen Pope, and Lisa purchased her first dog which was truly her own - this dog became "Sumerset's Shifting Sands", better known as "Duran". With the combination of these 2 dogs, plus other breedings of each to outside dogs, was formed the HARVESTHIL kennel.
All of the current HarvestHil Collies can be traced back to these original 2 dogs, and you will find their pics on our "some of our best" page.
Elsie decided to try her hand @ raising this breed, so Lassie became a mom, and by that time, Elsie & Lisa were both hooked on the world of Collies.
It would be several years before they bought the foundation bitch from which the future HARVESTHIL dogs would come from. This girl, bought from Helen Pope of SUMERSET Kennels of Fergus, Ontario, was to be known as "Peppi" (Sumerset's Golden Harvest). Peppi was the actual start of all of the HarvestHil dogs, even her name became part of Elsie & Lisa's registered kennel name (the Harvest part in HARVESTHIL.)
Shortly thereafter, Lisa, now a young teenager, decided she wanted to try showing Collies, so back again mother & daughter went to Helen Pope, and Lisa purchased her first dog which was truly her own - this dog became "Sumerset's Shifting Sands", better known as "Duran". With the combination of these 2 dogs, plus other breedings of each to outside dogs, was formed the HARVESTHIL kennel.
All of the current HarvestHil Collies can be traced back to these original 2 dogs, and you will find their pics on our "some of our best" page.
