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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 or training field 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 usually $1500 for non breeding homes and varies by puppy and contract for breeding homes at 8-10 weeks old. They are $1600 through Good Dog due to additional fees.  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. Older puppies and adults are priced individually. The deposit is $500 (cash, check, or Zelle) or $600 through Good Dog and the balance is due, in cash, upon pickup, unless you are going through Good Dog.  

Current Approved Applicants list:  
Puppy picking begins around 7 weeks old. Only dogs staying in our breeding program and stud picks will be picked before the approved applicants list. Puppies that are reserved for co-owns and breeders will be labeled as such. Then the approved applicants list will pick in the order we receive their deposits. On average, we will take 5 applicants per planned litter.  We may get more or less puppies than planned in a litter so the wait does vary a great deal.
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​Border Collies ​​​
  1. Nancy
  2. Renee
  3. Michael M
  4. Ashley
  5. Trey
  6. ​Troy
  7. Kristen
  8. Charlie
  9. Eric
  10. Brent
  11. Annie
  12. Courtney
  13. Brianna
  14. Amaris
  15. Lisa

Aussies/MAS ​​​​​​​​​​
  1. Lois
  2. Tyler
  3. Dana
  4. Taylor
  5. Michael



​​English Setters ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
  1. ​Spencer
  2. Stephanie
  3. Alana
  4. ​
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 a couple days before the weekend so we can work around weather. 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. Feel free to shoot out a text so you know what days we are hoping to do ahead of time. 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 working/herding lines. Our pups have been successful in herding, flyball, agility, obedience, rally, disc, dock diving, barn hunt, scent work, trick, therapy, and service dog homes.  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 or Font 2026-VandeVenter House
Escape x ??-- 2026-Tara's House
Zany X Font-2026
​Glamour X Cal -2027
Fly X Font-2027
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Novel X Nox
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Date of birth 8/19/26. Ready to go home 10/14/2026. 
This litter should be perfect for sport and active pet homes. 
This litter will be raised at Lynette's house.
​This litter will be registered with AKC.
Puppies are expected to be 18-21". Rough or medium coats. Standard or curly coat. Black, black tri, black saddle, and merles (~268) of these colors are all possible.
Pedigree
Haiku-Male
Rhyme-Male
Poem-Female
Stanza-Female

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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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​Oops X ???-Dawn's House 2026
Squeak X ???-Tara's House-2026
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Katara X Wrigley
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Due 7/8/26. Ready to go home 9/2/26. 
​This litter will be registered with AKC as Miniature American Shepherds. Can be registered with ASDR as Miniature Australian Shepherds. 
​Puppies will not have tails docked or front dew claws removed. Natural Bob tails are expected.    
Pedigree
Spirit-Red Tri Female-Bob Tail--reserved
Spirit is a super friendly, fun girl. She loves to play, but is always up for cuddle time. She has great toy and tug drive. She was smallest in her litter and will likely mature around 15".  She would love a pet or sport home.
Freedom-Blue Merle Tri Male
Freedom is a super friendly, fun guy. He loves to play, but is always up for cuddle time. Great toy and tug drive. He was right in the middle of his litter for size and will likely mature around 16". He would love a pet or sport home.
Secret X Bolo
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DOB 7/15/26. Ready to go home 9/9/26. 
This litter should have some perfect Conformation, Sport, and Pet prospects. 
Pending evaluations, we may be looking for a co-own. 
This litter will be raised at Lynette's.
​This litter will be registered with AKC as Miniature American Shepherds. Can be registered with ASDR as Miniature Australian Shepherds or Australian Shepherds, depending on size. 
Puppies are expected to be 14-19".
​Puppies will not have tails docked or front dew claws removed. Natural Bob tails are expected.   
​Pedigree
Pensieve-Male
Auror-Male
Rusty X 
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Due mid Sept.
This litter should have some perfect Conformation, Sport, and Pet prospects. 
Pending evaluations, we may be looking for a co-own. 
This litter will be raised at Dawn's.
​This litter will be registered with AKC as Miniature American Shepherds. Can be registered with ASDR as Miniature Australian Shepherds or Australian Shepherds, depending on size. 
Puppies are expected to be 15-19".
​Puppies will not have tails docked or front dew claws removed. Natural Bob tails are expected.   
Pedigree

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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:
Misty  X Jingo-winter 2026
Artemis X ? -spring 2027

​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 3 litters of Baussies in our program. 
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Location
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Tiskilwa, IL

Contact Us

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