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Lost Creek Ranger Ceilidh

 

ILR # 266907

female  b. 11-17-04

Ranger Dusty x Ramblin’ Rosie

 

 

 

Ceilidh likes everybody! Despite the fact that Ceilidh will offer to go home with anyone (especially those with food), she is NEVER for sale. :-)

We are very pleased with Ceilidh’s coat, muscling, and conformation. She has inherited her sire's energy and willingness, and her gaits are quite adequate for packing — a distinct improvement over her mother's — even though they are not enough of an improvement to be well-suited to work in harness. Her ears hear just fine, but they aren’t “the right shape” according to the aesthetics-driven showing world (and more than a few people who are also highly biased towards a specific “look” even though they wouldn't begin to admit it out loud). What all that means is that Ceilidh isn't perfect for everything or by everybody's standards ... but who is?

Thanks to sire Ranger Dusty's influence, Ceilidh's maternal traits have proven to be "a distinct upgrade" from her dam — Ceilidh is a devoted mother who is delightfully cheery throughout whatever hormonal swings are happening, and she is always happy to share her babies with us.

We felt Ceilidh was just too valuable to the gene pool to sit idle just because we keep our births to a manageable number, and initially leased her for two years. We came out on the short end of that so-called "deal", but Ceilidh herself returned home in good health in the spring of 2011, and that was by far the most important thing to us!

Ceilidh likes attention, but food trumps everything (a curse inherited from her dam).

Ceilidh is now retired and living out her senior years with her sisters, keeping growing new youngsters in line. Maintaining adequate weight is starting to become a challenge and so Ceilidh gets extra FOOD; she is certainly these really are the golden years!

“Ceilidh” (pronounced kay'-lee') is Irish or Scottish for a traditional gathering with music, dancing, and storytelling. A ceilidh is also a specific Scottish dance. Our Ceilidh sure is the dancing, extroverted party animal.

Meet Ceilidh's offspring bred and born at Lost Creek: