GCH Lindale Merlin’s Starry Knight RI CGC DCAT TKI ATT IT
(GCH CH Fantasy’s Look to the Stars × CH Cassori Demuir Coffee Clique HSAs)
Magical Merlin
Group placing, multiple NOHS group winning. Merlin finished his Grand Championship in only 5 weekends, with 5 majors over specials, 3 of which were specialty majors. He is currently one of the top Owner-Handled Rough Collies in the country. Merlin finished his AKC championship with limited showing, with a specialty major and multiple NOHS group wins, entirely owner-handled. He was awarded a CCA 2025 class placement.
Notable wins:
Group 3 Placement – 2026 Onondaga KC – Judge Krista Hansen
Best of Variety – 2026 Central Penn Collie Club – Judge Bob Kelly Sr.
Best of Variety – 2026 Clemson KC (in conjuction with the GA Collie Specialty shows) – Judge Jon Cole
Best of Variety – 2026 Clemson KC (in conjuction with the GA Collie Specialty shows) – Judge Charles Olvis
Best of Opposite to BOV – 2026 Rochester Collie Club Debbie Ferguson
Merlin has produced beautiful muzzles and expressions, with his sweet personality. Merlin loves to participate in rally, obedience, FastCat, and enthusiastically passed his herding instinct test. He is also MDR1 Normal and has been health tested above and beyond OFA CHIC requirements.
We are excited to watch his first progeny as they enter the show ring!
Breed
Collie (Rough)
AKC#
DN74372403
Sex
Male
Date of Birth
January 20, 2023
Color
Blue Merle
Availability
Terms
To approved, health tested bitches, with contract.
DMS
aabb
MDR1
n/n
DM
n/n
CEA
Mild
PRA
n/n
CN
n/n
Hips
Excellent
Elbows
Normal
Pedigree
GCH CH Fantasy’s Look to the Stars
CH Cassori Demuir Coffee Clique HSAs
GCHG Southland Aurealis Island Nights, ROM
GCH Fantasy’s A Thousand Stars
CH Southland's Bowen Island, ROM
CH Aurealis Rumor Has it, ROM
CH Taliesin Gentleman Thief
CH Fantasy's Party Time
CH Southland's Confederate Gray
CH Southland's Glorious Rebelle
GCHG Aurealis Endeavor, ROM
Aurealis Bedazzled
CH Tartanside Tour De Force, ROM
GCH Taliesin Fresh Powder O'Paray
GCH Fantasy's Rising Dragon, ROM
CH Fantasy's Garden Party, ROM
GCHG Southland Aurealis Island Nights, ROM
GCH Demuir A Time to Remember
CH Southland's Bowen Island, ROM
CH Aurealis Rumor Has it, ROM
GCH Headline's Soldier of Light, ROM
Demuir Midnight Expresso
CH Southland's Confederate Gray
CH Southland's Glorious Rebelle
GCHG Aurealis Endeavor, ROM
Aurealis Bedazzled
CH Corjalin's The Whitelighter, ROM
CH Hollyoak in Th'Face of Danger, ROM
CH Wild West's Mercury Rising
CH Demuir Midnight Edition