One of a handful of Welsh kennels to gain an international reputation the ‘Collie Club of Wales’ ’ decision to protect the Coverdale affix is as much a tribute to its owners, Prue and Len Green, who had a long association as founder members and officers of the society, as it is to the importance of the affix to Welsh Collies.

Len and Prue Green were well on the way
to making up Prue’s Golden Regina by
the time they registered their Coverdale
affix in 1954, she like all their subsequent
Collies owed a great deal to Beulah
breeding.

Never more than a small hobby kennel
Len and Prue Green rarely had more
than the occasional litter, nor did they
campaign their Collies extensively, with
only one of their Challenge Certificates
earned north of a line through Birmingham.
This despite having an interest in all three colours although it was the sable and whites which brought the greatest success and all their Challenge Certificate winners were of this colour.

Len and Prue Green’s canine interest were not confined to breeding and showing, and as early committee members of the West of England Collie Society they soon developed an aptitude for canine administration. Founder members and long term officer of the Collie Club of Wales they piloted the youngest Collie breed society to Championship status and national recognition, their long tenure as chairman and secretary respectively affording the club a degree of stability few others have enjoyed in their formative years.

Ch Prue’s Golden Regina

Sable and white bitch and Mr and Mrs Green’s
1st Champion Rough Collie gaining her title in 1955

Coverdale’s Filipepi

sable and white, and the only Coverdale male
to gain a United Kingdom title.

Ch Coverdale’s Lady Shan

sable and white bitch of all Coverdale breeding bringing together all the original sable and white foundation lines