He’s top of the pups! Adorable Collie sets new record by fetching £2,600 at auction 

Father and son farmers Norman and Chris Bell are hoping they’ve got their paws on a fine sheepdog after shelling out a record £2,600 at auction for Silver the collie. 

The pedigree pup will eventually work on the farm near Skipton, North Yorkshire.

Silver the superpup was sold recently at an auction at just two weeks of age and is still with her mother and siblings in the village of Garth, mid-Wales.

Breeder David Bevan, 45, said Silver would remain with her Collie family until about nine or 10 weeks of age and then head off north to live in Yorkshire.

The new owners will soon be training Silver to herd their cows and lambs on the 165-acre farm at Cowling, near Skipton.

They bought the tiny puppy as a long-term investment.

The odds are that there money has been well spent as Silver comes from the very best stock.

Her father also sired Kim, a border collie who last year smashed the world record for the most expensive sheep dog when she was sold for £27,100 aged one.

Silver will start to be trained at six months of age and by her first birthday should be a fully-fledged working dog enjoying life in the beautiful Yorkshire countryside.

Chris Bell, 34, said: ‘We have an old working dog who is ready for retirement and so she will take over. We bought her so young because of her very good pedigree, but it’s still a bit of a gamble.’

The farmers hope Silver will work with them for a decade before it’s time for the next generation to take over.