Welcome to our website. We are Graham & Colleen Stead and although Clovabrae is a very new affix in the Beardie world we have lived with this wonderful breed for 21 years.

It was never in any doubt that when we got married we would of course be getting a dog.  We had both been brought up with dogs, the only problem we had was deciding on which breed would be right for us. 

When I was about 12 years old I had met a Bearded Collie who had jumped all over me and just about knocked me over and I thought he was just fantastic.  We did a little investigating and our search took us to the market town of Malton where we found Liz & Mick Jay of the Talraz Bearded Collies.

Remarkably, they had a litter due and so in September 1988 we were married and our first Beardie, Murphy, came home too.   

So here we are, 21 years later .......... who'd have thought it ?? Bearded Collies have definately been the right breed for us.

We hope you take the time the look around our website, where we will introduce you to our dogs, past & present and hope you enjoy them as much as we do.

Colleen & Graham