We raise Miniature, Standard and occasionally a Toy Australian Shepherd
on our 17 ac farm in the community of Oakway Sc (Westminster) We have been raising Aussie's for about 10 years starting with
my girl Sheila. She was my first! and still with me today. I've always had a way with animals but the Australian Shepherd
really won my heart. Such smart, loyal, fun, happy dogs! Always ready to please master. As a breeder, I know when people are looking
for a dog they want to know as much as they can about the breeder, I would. That’s why I build my website to represent me and what
we do and how we care for our dogs and what kind of dogs we bred. (personality wise etc.)
I want people to know we are a “clean”
hobby breeder of only “Australian Shepherds” and our dogs are loved and cared for. We do not live in a single-wide
trailer with kennels strung-out across our property. Our dogs are not cattle, they are part of our family. Each one has a
personality and one gets as much attention as the other. Puppies “are not” raised in cages, they are raised on
the ground so they can feel grass between their toes.
I have made mistakes when I first started
when purchasing a dog “sight unseen or seen”. I bought an adult female from a well know line of dogs from a breeder
up north and stressing the point that socialization was a top priority on my list and personality. They assured me she was.
They shipped the dog to me by plane, picked her up, got her home. She wouldn’t come out of the crate “at all”,
forced her out and never touched the dog again, she wouldn’t let me. She had never been socialized or loved and these
people flat-out lied to me.
Another example, I bought a young adult male
from another so called “animal rescue”/ breeder below Atlanta. After having the dog a couple months he began to
have seizures. The seizures got so bad I had to have him put to sleep. The breeder wouldn’t return my calls, didn’t
clean up his breeding program, didn’t care.
So when it comes to my dogs, I want to know
about anything and everything that goes good or bad from 6 months to 10 years from purchase. I do allow people to come to my farm to meet
the parents. Most breeders would never consider that because of diseases that can be carried in, or they are trying to hide
something. I am taking chances doing it but I feel that people should be allowed to see how the adult dogs are cared for and
where they live. If they are living in filth or in tiny cages they want produce balanced puppies. “Happy, Healthy Adults makes for Happy
Healthy Puppies!”
I want people to see that I do live
on a farm, we do have free range animals and they do poop. Puppies “Love” poop! Especially chicken poop. Sometimes
it causes stomach upset (upsets mine thinking about it)I try to prevent it but I do let the puppies run and play in and around
the barn when I’m outside. Sometimes it causes coccidia in puppies and your vet is going to tell you that your puppy
came from a nasty breeder and from their own poop but it’s not, it’s because they ate a piece of Turkey poop the
size of a golf ball. Some vets will tell you anything to keep the $$$ flowing.
I believe in honesty.
I want buyers to be happy with their puppy. If I feel that this puppy wouldn’t be right for you, I will tell you so.We are raising Aussie's with temperament, personality,
bone structure, conformation. We are not forgetting to raise them for intelligence. Allot of people are forgetting intelligence.
WE BREED FOR QUALITY, NOT QUANTITY !
