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First Harmony Farms sells quality Border Collies, Miniature American Shepherds, and English Setter Puppies from health tested parents. All health testing about the parents is on their individual sites. We do not usually have adults for sale as our dogs live out their lives as pets here at First Harmony Farms. If we do have any rescues, returns, or other adults become available, they will be listed here as well. 
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We are located in Tiskilwa, IL. We can set appointments to come see the animals at our home. Please set up an appointment to come and meet them as we are not always at home. email: [email protected]. You can contact us via phone at 815-876-6796.  Tiskilwa, Illinois is located in Central Illinois about two hours from Chicago, an hour from Peoria, and an hour from the Quad Cities.

Raising puppies at FHF: 
Go to this page to see how our puppies are raised. Every household is a bit different, but we all try to do the same basics. Puppies at Dawn's and Lisa's get raised with cats as well. 
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Visit our Facebook page for information about Puppy Play times. These are open for anyone looking to meet us, our dogs, and our puppies that are old enough to come out. We also try to post videos and extra pics of the puppies and dogs to the Facebook Page. As picking is happening we will post as puppies are picked. We will post if there are any puppies left available after the deposit list picks which puppies they want. We also have many people come and meet us at shows when we are in their area. 

Play times-at our house with puppies and adults to meet:
We try to have a play times at our house each month. These are open to anyone on our deposit list or those hoping to get on our deposit list. This is the perfect time to come and meet our adult dogs and any older puppies we currently have. We try to also have some of our co-owns at these times to meet. We can also do private meetings occasionally, but will not be able to get as many dogs to meet for these. 
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Shows are a great place to meet some of the adult dogs: Details
Call me if you would like to know what dogs we will have at the different shows and would like to meet them in person. We do not usually take litters to shows, but will take a lot of our up and coming dogs in training as well as the dogs competing. 

Prices:
Our puppies are all $1500 for non breeding homes and varies by puppy and contract for breeding homes. We usually only allow 1-2 pick puppies in each litter to go to breeding homes and most of those stay in our breeding program. Prices include Illinois Sales Tax.  The deposit is $500 (cash, check, or Zelle) and the balance is due, in cash, upon pickup. 

Current Deposit list:  
Puppy picking begins around 7 weeks old. Only dogs staying in our breeding program and stud picks will be picked before the deposit list. Puppies that are reserved for co-owns and breeders will be labeled as such. Then the deposit list will pick in the order we receive their deposits. On average, we will take 5 deposits per planned litter.  We may get more or less puppies than planned in a litter so the wait does vary a great deal.
We are currently taking deposits for:
Border Collies-Spring 2026-8 more spot available
Aussies/Minis-Spring 2025-4 more spots available
English Setters-Fall/Winter 2025-6 spots available
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​Border Collies ​​​
  1. Nancy
  2. Kevin
  3. Mark 
  4. Kristie
  5. Nathan 
  6. James & R
  7. Rosemary
  8. Amanda
  9. Matt
  10. Mike P
  11. Renee
  12. Erica
  13. Michael M
  14. Jay 









Aussies/MAS ​​​​​​​​​​
  1. Brooke
  2. Jenny
  3. Caitlin
  4. Maranda
  5. Megan



















​​English Setters ​​​​​​​​​​​​
  1. Janelle
Picking of the puppies will start around 7 weeks old, starting with our co-owns and then the stud owner. People on the deposit list get the next pick and any left available will be posted to Facebook ASAP. It is easiest if people come and meet the puppies in person before it is time to pick, but we understand that it can be difficult to travel for some owners. We try to have puppy play times between 5-7 weeks old so everyone can play with the puppies in person before picking begins. These are usually on weekends, but some weekends we may not be available. Puppy Play times are posted every week to our Facebook page. I usually know what days we hope to do weeks ahead of time, but will usually plan the time a few days before to accommodate weather. These are great times to come and meet us, the puppies, and the dogs. During picking, we discuss each puppy on the phone and have people pick their puppy over the phone.
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​Puppy
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Application: 
If you are interested in one of our puppies or adults, please fill out our quick application. 
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Contracts
​This is a general contract for our litters. Some may vary depending on any extra stud dog requirements. Each litter will have the contract listed for it if anything is different.

Puppy Go Home
This page should answer most of your questions about pickup day and preparing for your new puppy. 


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Our Border Collies are bred for sports and some are working/herding lines. Our pups have been successful herding, flyball, agility, obedience, rally, disc, dock diving, barn hunt, scent work, trick, therapy, and service dogs.  All litters will be registered with ABCA and/or AKC. Each litter is listed below. Click on the parent's picture or name to get to their individual webpage for more details on them. 
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Planned Litters for the next year:
Most stud dog choices are up in the air until the girl goes into heat. The timing of breeding does not always allow us to use our first pick of stud dogs. Some of our favorite studs are 24 hours away and traveling with minimal warning does not always work as planned, so a more local backup stud may be used for certain litters. The timing can also postpone a breeding until the next heat, but we do try to keep this up to date.

Encore X Cal 2026
​Fly X Fret 2026

Encore X Spencer
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DOB 4/3/25. Ready to go home 5/29/25. 
This litter will be born and raised at First Harmony Farms. 
The much awaited sport litters keep coming. These pups should make some phenomenal sport and working prospects.
Expected to be med-high drive. 17-21", rough coats 
AKC registered.
​Pedigree
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Topher-Male
Herman-Male

Lyric X Zayne

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DOB 5/3/25. Ready to go home 6/27/25. 
This litter will be born and raised at First Harmony Farms and Megan's. 

Expected to be med-high drive. 17-21", rough coats 
Puppies will be AKC registered.
Pedigree
Ariana--Female
Lady Gaga-Female
Selena-Female
Liza--Female
P!nk-Female
Elvis--Male

Fly X Cal

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Due early June. This litter will be born and raised at First Harmony. 
Expected to be med-high drive. 17-21", smooth and rough coats 
AKC registered.
Pedigree

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We raise aussies of a variety of sizes from 11"-20" tall and 7-50#. Our goal for size is 14-16" and 20-25# and most of our pups fall in that range with some outliers. Our pups have been successful herding, flyball, agility, obedience, rally, disc, dock diving, barn hunt, scent work, trick, fastcat, Racing, lure coursing, therapy, and service dogs.  We now register most of  our puppies as Miniature American Shepherds with AKC. We do have an occasional Australian Shepherd or Miniature Australian Shepherd litter, pending the parent's registries. Each litter will say how they will be registered. Each litter is listed below. Click on the parent's picture or name to get to their individual webpage for more details on them. 
Planned Litters for the next year:
Most stud dog choices are up in the air until the girl goes into heat. The timing of breeding does not always allow us to use our first pick of stud dogs. Some of our favorite studs are 24 hours away and traveling with minimal warning does not always work as planned, so a more local backup stud may be used for certain litters. The timing can also postpone a breeding until the next heat, but we do try to keep this up to date.
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Noel X ???-Tara's House
Squeak X ???-Tara's House
Katara X ???-Kayla's house
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Miranda X Doc
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DOB 3/10/25. Weaned and ready to Go Home. 
​​This litter will be born and raised at Dawn's.
This litter will be registered with AKC as Miniature American Shepherds. Can be registered with ASDR as Australian Shepherds or Miniature Australian Shepherds. 
Puppies are expected to be 15-18", medium-high drive .
Puppies will have tails docked and dew claws removed.  
Pedigree


Lilac--Female
Lilac is the smallest in her litter, but doesn't let that hold her back. She is also the most adventurous and loves to explore. She does the best away from siblings and likes to go everywhere. She is social with everyone she meets, but has more attitude with things she doesn't like-examining her mouth, toe nail trims... She is quick to figure things out and is very trainable. Lilac should mature around 15".
Azalia--Female
Azalia is always the first to greet everyone along with Daisy. She is a fun loving girl with a beautiful look and personality. Azalia is a happy go lucky girl that loves attention, but also has toy drive. She has doubts away from her siblings, but with a tiny bit of attention or food, she is all focus. She is very trainable. Azalia should mature around 16".
Fern--Female
Fern is a sweet girl with a beautiful look and personality. Fern is a happy go lucky girl that loves attention. She plays with toys, but will always pick cuddles over food and toys. Fern should mature around 15-16".
Daisy--Female
Daisy is a fun loving girl with a beautiful look and personality. If she didn't have too much white, she would have been our pick puppy. Daisy is a happy go lucky girl that loves attention. She also loves toys. Daisy should mature around 16".
Reba X Billy
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DOB 3/14/25. Weaned and ready to Go Home. 
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​​This litter will be born and raised at Dawn's.
This litter will be registered with AKC as Miniature American Shepherds. Can be registered with ASDR as Miniature Australian Shepherds. 
Puppies are expected to be 13-17", medium drive .
Puppies will not have tails docked or front dew claws removed. Rear dews will be removed.   
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Pressure-Female
Pressure is a sweet girl but more gentle than her siblings. She loves attention, but doesn't bite or tug as much as them. She likes carrying toys but is not an aggressive tugger. She loses some confidence away from her siblings but bounces back pretty fast. She is food motivated and is enjoying learning new things. Pressure will most likely mature around 15-16". She has gorgeous structure and coat and will add a lot of value to our program. Fern is available for a breed or co-own home. 

Kit X Comet

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Due early July
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​​This litter will be born and raised at Dawn's.
This litter will be registered with AKC as Miniature American Shepherds. Can be registered with ASDR as Miniature Australian Shepherds/Australian Shepherds. 
Puppies are expected to be 15-19", medium drive .
Puppies will not have tails docked or front dew claws removed. Rear dews will be removed.   
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Our setters are field bred and registered with FDSB and occasionally AKC. Our pups have been successful trial and hunting dogs. They have also been successful flyball, agility, obedience, rally, disc, dock diving, trick, therapy, and service dogs. Each litter is listed below. Click on the parent's picture or name to get to their individual webpage for more details on them. ​
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Planned Litters for the next year:
Artemis X ???-fall 2025

​Most stud dog choices are up in the air until the girl goes into heat. The timing of breeding does not always allow us to use our first pick of stud dogs. Some of our favorite studs are 24 hours away and traveling with minimal warning does not always work as planned, so a more local backup stud may be used for certain litters. The timing can also postpone a breeding until the next heat, but we do try to keep things up to date.



Border X Aussie (Baussies)
Although we do not purposefully cross breed our dogs, accidents do occasionally happen. We have had 2 of these happen in our program.  ​
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Chinchilla cages and supplies available. This was the cage before we added the levels, shelves, and one more wood house on the top level. There is a smaller carrying/transport cage and a traditional sized cage that is old but we used for outside time and time in the house with us. There are 3 food containers with hay, hay cubes, and chinchilla food. Dust, dust house, wheels, water bottles, toys, chews, food dishes, 2 igloos, and hay feeders are included.
​$200 for cages and all supplies. 

Location
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Tiskilwa, IL

Contact Us

Lynette VandeVenter
Email:
[email protected]
Phone: 815-876-6796
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