Classical was established in 1976 by myself, Bea Sawka and my husband Kevin when we obtained our first Bearded Collie and became involved in breeding and showing. After competing successfully with her Standard Schnauzer, Julie Kempster obtained her first Beardie in 1977 and we met the following year. 

Over the years we became good friends and shared a lot of the same ethics and goals with our dogs and later Julie joined us at Classical. Kevin and I are located in Lindsay, Ontario, approximately an hour and a half from Toronto and Julie and her husband Dave are located close to us in Omemee, Ontario.  Between us, we now show and (sometimes breed) Bearded Collies, Pointers and Havanese.

While we truly enjoy showing our dogs and showcasing their accomplishments, they are first and foremost our beloved family pets. They live in our homes, sleep in our beds and everything in our lives revolves around our dogs.

We strive to produce superior quality, healthy puppies that excel in temperament, soundness and correct breed type. Our puppies are home raised and are very well socialized to ensure that they are friendly, outgoing and easy to live with. Our puppies are born in our guest room where we sleep with the mother and her puppies for the first couple of weeks to ensure that all is well. After the first couple of weeks they are moved into our office for more socialization and then later into the kitchen/living room. When the pups are about 3 weeks of age we start taking them outside several times a day and introduce them to as much as possible both inside and outside the home.