Lassie is an unbroken puppy, born on March 12 with an unusual lilac colour. She smashed the previous record of £6,100 for an 11-week-old black and white puppy, Bet. Lassie was sold by Glynne Jones, of Pentir, near Bangor in Gwynedd at the working dog sale on May 18-19 at Skipton Auction Mart. Described as a lively, confident and healthy pup, she is a product of outstanding parents, coming from the first litter of pups by Reiver Gray, bred by well-known shepherdess, Emma Gray, now farming on the Isle of Bute. Lassie’s dam, Graylees Cêt, has been owned and trained by Glynne since being bought as an eight-week-old pup in August, 2014, to lay a very solid foundation for his Pentir Sheepdogs breeding programme.
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A dog trainer who spent £7,600 on a sheepdog puppy in an online auction says she is worth every penny .
The nine-week-old is believed be among the world s most expensive sheepdog puppies.
Owner Damian Barson, from Preston in Lancashire, said he paid more than he was expecting but was looking forward to the challenge of training her all the same.
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Lassie Rockets to £7,600 World Record Price Sheep Dog Pup
Four five-figure sales to a top of £13,800 for fully broken dogs, plus a new world record price of £7,600 for an unbroken puppy just turned nine-weeks-old, were recorded at Skipton Auction Mart’s latest two-day timed online working sheep dog sale this week. (Tues & Wed, May 18 & 19)
Setting the world record price for a pup achieved an official sale was Welshman Glynne Jones, of Pentir, near Bangor in Gwynedd, with his March 12-born Pentir Lassie, an unusually lilac coloured bitch, which smashed the previous record of £6,100 established at Skipton’s previous online sale in January for an 11-week- old black and white bitch, Bet, from another well-known Welshman David Evans, who also clinched £13,800 top call at the latest renewal.