About Liska

Welcome to the web home of Liska Shelties.

My name is Carol Williams, and I live in Devon, Alberta, Canada, near Edmonton. I have been involved with the breed since 1975, and produced my first litter in 1984. I share my home with my dogs, and they are all couch potatoes.

Liska averages one or two litters per year. I breed mainly blues and tricolours, but also have the occasional sable litter. More recently, I have begun breeding biblacks and biblues.

A veterinarian regularly examines all my dogs and puppies, and my veterinarian attends to all necessary vaccinations during the course of their annual checkups.

I show in conformation (the "breed" ring), and trial in obedience. More recently, I have begun competing in Rally obedience (lots of fun!). In the past, I enjoyed scent hurdle racing, and also dabbled in Agility and Tracking. Formerly I was an all-breed obedience instructor. I am a Canadian Kennel Club Rally Obedience judge, and a Canine Good Neighbour evaluator.

My favourite successes in the ring include:

• a homebred Best in Specialty Show/multiple Group 1 dog


• several other specialty winners


• 3 other group placers


• 2 ROMCs (my foundation female and her granddaughter, whom I bred and owned)


• 2 dogs I owned, trained, and trialed to multiple High In Trial wins


• 2 high aggregate winners


• and three other High In Class winners

I have been thrilled to see dogs I bred and sold go on to achieve breed championships, specialty wins, obedience titles, agility titles, rally obedience titles, and herding titles. See my Titles page for more complete information.

My greatest joys have been the dogs I have owned and loved, and the many friends this hobby has brought me. The companion puppies I have sold have introduced me to some wonderful people. The show people I have met have greatly enhanced my circle of friends.

You will see many dogs on my website, some living with me, some with others. Currently my home crew includes Elliot, Morgan, Moxi, Dusty, and Sparkle. Morgan and Dusty are shared in partnership with their co-breeder Pam Cazes (Kimicko Shetland Sheepdogs), and split their time between my home and Pam's. Pam and I have done several breedings together, and enjoy nothing more than chatting on the phone or at her kitchen table discussing the Shelties. I have also done some joint breedings with Brenda Muddle (Mudels Shelties), and we currently co-own two girls from one of our breedings.