Aussie pups! We've got puppies! Beautiful, healthy, fat, Australian Shepherd puppies!
This is a Hisaw and Copper Canyon strain of Australian Shepherds. Copper Canyon is a foundation sire for this breed, and Hisaw is active in both show and herd activity today.
We have both parents, Ginger Canyon Storm, (ASCA # E104739) and Emperador Maximilliano (ASCA #E135235).
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These two are working dogs with great conformations. They are agile, smart, loyal, and have coats and feet that will hold up to California's harsh summer brush. They are natural heelers and herders, and have an intuitive sense of what you expect of them.
Ginger is very sweet and loving to her family, and is very protective of us, and her territory. This is classic female Aussie temperament. She has allowed her pups to be handled by us from the very beginning. She was extremely easy to train as a young pup herself, and continues to learn new routines.
Max is a big, gentle, soft guy. He absolutely loves our grand children, 2 - 6, and allows them to groom his feet, and pet him all over. They pretend to feed him and he pretends to eat! Max follows voice and hand directions, learning this skill almost without any help from us. He loves to "do the chores," with us, running from station to station, as if to say, "Now you go here!" If a critter has gotten out of its pen, he waits for the instruction: "Get that," or "Go 'round." And then releases the animal to us, without injury. His favorite pet is our feral cat, Nosey.
Ginger and Max are our third and fourth Aussies. When Aussies one and two went to dog heaven, we hesitated to get a pup because all I could find for puppies were either "show dogs" or what appeared to be puppy mills, folks who were frequently advertising and always seemed to have fresh puppies. (Some of those people are still advertising!) And then, finally, we found Max, from a local couple, JoAnn and Chuck Ahlswede, who had just a pair of two adult dogs. He was the pick of the litter. Now, Ginger's "pack" was once more intact. And we could go shopping alone!
In looking for Ginger, and also Max, we were seeking dogs that had good conformations, great blood lines, but that had retained the working dog instinct that is so inherent in a real Aussie. And, in these two, we have found what we wanted.
As you can probably tell by now, we are not showers or breeders, just Aussie lovers. We did not intend for a breeding to take place, as puppies are a HUGE amount of work, and we had other plans for this summer.
So when it came time, Ginger and Max were separated by a gate that I have to slide my foot under and raise up, while pulling out the bar, in order to open it.
Yeah. So when these two managed to open that gate, in the space of 30 minutes, given the great bloodlines that they came out of themselves, we decided to let Nature take her course.
And this is what we got!
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These puppies were born July 8, 2005. They will not be available until around September 8, 2005.
Yes. there are eight of them! And they all have different little personalities. Some are laid back, some are tanks, and some are personality plus! Four are Black Tri's, two male and two female. Some of these have a light grey gold on their legs. There are two solid Red Tri's, males, with lots of gold and no collar, and two solid Black Tri's males, with no collars. One has his grandfather's fuzzy coat, the rest will have their parents' full heavy straight coats, I think, although Ginger is a little curly along her neck. And yes, I can tell them all apart. It is too early to tell the colors of the eyes, but I think one of the Black Tri's will have blue eyes.
Aussies are very special dogs, in that they are very intelligent, very intuitive, and like to have "jobs." They require the owner's attention at certain important times in their first 15 months, so that they understand that you are the leader, and they don't have to do that job. Most Aussie owners allow their dogs in the house with them. The Crate Method makes housebreaking really easy. In most case, the Aussie will fall right into the family routine.
These pups will have their first set of shots, and are guaranteed to be sound. I am available to the new owners for advice as they raise the puppy, if necessary.
They have already had contact with children, and much handling by ourselves. All dogs and all young children should be supervised together at all times.
The litter is registered with the Australian Shepherd Club of America. (ASCA) This is the more important registry for Aussies, as not all Aussies owners went over to AKC. Max is ASCA and AKC. Ginger is ASCA only, but there is another petition in the works for AKC to open their books (again) to ASCA dogs, which would then make these pups eligible for AKC registry too.
If you have questions, I am available at 408 779 2719. I am in Morgan Hill California .Or you can e-mail by typing "blufrogg" the "@" and "garlic" and ".com" into your e-mail address bar.
Mary Phillips
Thanks for looking!
