MRF ChurchGrim

Grim is my stud fee puppy from Thatcher x Grace. Grace was 11th at the 2023 National Finals in Nursery and competed in Open, she is now teaching a new handler the ropes. This breeding was quite similar to the cross that produced Alicia Lund’s Stevie and Chris Elliott’s Troy.

​I thought of the name Grim while at the finals, she was born on Halloween the next month. She was very coordinated even as a tiny puppy and quick to mature. She has wiggles and love for everyone, but she is devoted to me. In her downtime Grim enjoys carrying many toys at once, getting into any car with a door open, playing sprinting games with dogs, and finding tiny treasures.

Grim is dynamic, smooth, and forward with excellent stock sense and moderate eye. She has a natural outrun and thinks about her path very intelligently, a gentle clean grip, and plenty of forward. She works lambs gently but firmly. She is calm in tight spaces and never gets flustered or dirty, but has been known to take a clean shot out in the open when she thinks the livestock aren't moving fast enough. 

Grim truly understands the whole picture of her work and has great heat tolerance and endurance. Grim is also a talented cattle dog who will hit a head or a heel thoughtfully, she has been my introduction to working border collies on cattle and I could not imagine a better dog to lead the team competing in cowdog trials.

Grim runs in Open on both cattle and sheep. 

We hope that Grim will play a major part in breedings to come at Folklore Border Collies and are very excited to breed her for her first litter in 2026. 

Dob: 10/31/22

Registry: ABCA

OFA:

Hips Excellent

Shoulders Normal

Elbows Normal

CAER Clear 2024, 2025 

BAER - Normal 2025

​DNA carries no testable diseases - https://www.wisdompanel.com/app/s/0l61x7p