Kilfinan  is the home of Chris and Tony Burscough, 12 Bearded Collies and  Badger the Skye Terrier.  We live in the village of Lloc near Holywell in Flintshire, North Wales  where we moved to 14years ago from The Wirral when the dog population of 6 beardies and 3 Skyes were beginning to outgrow the small semi we lived in at that time.

Back in 1987 we  shared our lives with a12 year old Old English Sheepdog  called Cinders and a horse called Leah. Life was fairly peaceful and we trundled along  oblivious to the fact that all would change one day  when Tony, visiting his parents, was introduced to  a young dog next door to them looking for a new home.  The dog was a Bearded Collie called Bixie  or Stowbourne Bixter as he was registered. It was 21/3/87 and his first birthday and we bought him for £50 little knowing the journey we would travel as a result of falling under his spell! 

Bixie's breeders , Jackie and Ken Stow, lived locally and introduced us to the world of showing, agility and obedience. Bixie had a go at all three disciplines and dragged us along behind him. He had a wicked sense of humour and a zest for life which taxed us to our limits but undeterred and a lot younger then we added another Beardie to our family. 6 month old Ceilidh also came from Jackie and Ken  and  taught us a lot about obedience and agility. She was a sweet soul and sought to please, doing well in very lowly competition with a keen but novice handler . We did gain our Senior Working Test after a few attempts which must have gone straight to our heads as we then added another puppy bitch to the growing brood.

 Wellknowe Skara Belle of Kilfinan(Skye).