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EXPECTED LITTERS         PLANNED LITTERS


CURRENT LITTERS



BREEDER: RICOCHET
Joey and Rhonda Kelmer
Atmore, Alabama

WHELP DATE: 6-25-10
SIRE: Ricochets Silver Jaguar (WTCH Manchado Poco Buena x Starstuffs Cashew), full brother to our Hall Of Fame Sire, Fuego
DAM: Fairoaks The Rose of Ricochet (Fairoaks Rylos x Fairoaks Darkerthn Amber) AVAILABLE PUPS: one dark red merle female who is already creeping up on her litter mates and the cat and is showing some natural going to the head. We also have a dark red merle male available who seems to be the thinker of the bunch.

Jagger has a natural fetch and works sheep on our farm although he has some age on him now. Rose is just starting her training now.




BREEDER: WYATT
Bill Wyatt
Hubert, North Carolina

WHELP DATE: May 21, 2010
SIRE: Wyatt of Rabbit Cross Farm ATDsc DNA-VP (WTCH Diamond S Just Do It NT x Wyatts Just Jess OTDsc)
DAM: Pincie Creek Sioux of True Grit STDc OTDs DND-CP
AVAILABLE PUPS: 2 red merle males

Both parents are good farm dogs, intelligent and biddable. Sioux is used for demos and classes and light chore work. Wyatt is a good all-around dog He has learned to take his time but can be as tough as you want him to be.




BREEDER: FLYING A KENNELS
Andrea Scott
Greenleaf, Idaho

WHELP DATE: July 10, 2010
SIRE: Winslows Burning Ring of Fire ATDcd OTDs, “Cash”
DAM: Twin Oaks Take By Storm STDcsd
AVAILABLE PUPS: 3 blue merle females, 1 black female, 1 blue male, 1 black male. All are red carriers.

Both parents OFA Good, Eyes cleared. Cash is the son of WTCH Sweetgrass Black Jack, grandson of ASCA Cattle Finals Champion HOF WTCH 45 Ranch Wind Wolf. Storm is also Twin Oaks; her sire is “Billy”, ASCA Finals Champion. Cash is excellent on all classes of livestock, particularly cattle—he has worked bulls that other dogs can’t. Storm took Most Promised Started at the Twin Oaks Silver Bullet; Cash did the same at the Utah trial. Both Cash and Stormy are tough, but very biddable. Cash is one sheep score away from WTCH, Stormy is in Open, but I have not been trialing recently. Working homes. Cash’s offspring have excelled on stock, in agility and obedience. This is Storm's first breeding. Working homes.




BREEDER: CUT'N LOOSE STOCKDOGS
Jamie L. Burns
Whitesboro, Texas

WHELP DATE: June 21, 2010
SIRE: Dally Up Cowboy Cattlac, STDsd, DNA-VP
DAM: Cut'n Loose Sheza Hoot, DNA-VP
AVAILABLE PUPS: 1 red merle male, 2 blue merle males, 1 blue merle female, 1 black female, 1 red merle female, 2 red females.

This cross has some nice cowdogs in it. HOF WTCH Misty Ridge W Lazy J Spur, HOF WTCH Deharo's 2-Bits, HOF WTCH Hangin Tree Dude, HOF WTCH 45 Ranch Wind Wolf and many other strong sires. On the maternal line of working gals: WTCH Bar LW Miss Red Spur, HOF WTCH The Sting of Twin Oaks, HOF WTCH Windsong's Rip Rap, WTCH Justus Lucy McCain, HOF Cut'n Loose Mi Kinda Sweet and many other strong dams. Dodge and Hootie have a natural rate. Hootie will heel and hit heads, while Dodge prefers to work the head. They tend to make my job easier with what is naturally their working style; they both cover VERY well. Very easily trained. These pups are guaranteed to work. I offer a 30 day NO charge training on the pups around a year of age.




BREEDER: WHISKEY CREEK SHEEP FARM
Sandra Holmberg
Washington, MO
phone: 636-583-4551
reference breeder: Anne Jespersen, BIRCH HOLLOW

WHELP DATE: 5/28/10
SIRE: WTCH Holmberg's Running Spot RTDs, HTADIIs, HRDIIs (Smudge)
DAM: Birch Hollow's M n M Pup STDd, HTADIs (Emma)
AVAILABLE PUPS: 3 black tri females, 2 blue merle females, 3 blue merle males, and 1 black tri male

Smudge is an easy working dog who widens out well, has nice balance and a very sweet personality. On cattle he is a header. He has been the main chore dog at the farm for several years. Emma is a hard hitting heeler with some eye. She has a lot of intensity combined with very nice biddabilty. She really widens out on sheep in a big field. She is a loyal, reserved and intelligent dog.This is a repeat litter - the first cross four years ago produced very nice dogs, all good temperaments. Some puppies are spoken for but which ones go to which homes will be decided around 7 weeks when personalities are evident. Puppies will get an eye exam at 7 weeks and can go home at 8 weeks. They have had early sensory stimulation exercises from an early age and continue to be exposed regularly to new parts of the farm/ footing surfaces/going for walks/friendly dogs and people.




BREEDER: 4MILE
Allison and Michael Bryant
Ball Ground, Georgia

WHELP DATE: March 15, 2010
SIRE: WTCH Twin Oaks Buccaneer RTDsc OFTDs DNA-VP
DAM: WTCH 4Mile Jane St. Clair RTDs DNA-VP
AVAILABLE PUPS:2 black tri males, 2 black tri females

Buck is a full sibling to WTCH Twin Oaks Phoebe, the 2009 ASCA Sheep Finals Champion, and is currently campaigning for the 2010 ASCA Stock Finals. Jane is from the very successful PCH WTCH ATCH 45 Ranch Wind Roper X SVCH WTCH ATCH A-CH Twin Oaks Pony cross. Both Jane and Buck have a lot of finesse on stock and do a good job of making their handlers look good. This cross was selected to be highly competitive and have the structure to last a long time. Jane's puppies from her first litter have already earned titles in stock and agility and very competitive.




BREEDER: JUSTUS
Marti Parrish
Marysville, Washington

WHELP DATE: April 22, 2010
SIRE: Colorado’s Mighty Bluedigger
DAM: Justus One Tuff Oreo STDc OTDds DNA-vp
ANNOUNCING: 1 Black Bi Female, 1 Red Merle Female, 2 Blue Merle Females

This litter should produce pups with lots of stock savvy and power along with excellent structure and movement. Digger works on a cattle operation north of Denver, Colorado. Oreo is a very talented young stockdog with lots of savvy and style.




BREEDER: SAVVY
Jan Wyatt
Fittstown, OK

WHELP DATE: 02/24/2010
SIRE: Slash V Steel Smoke
DAM: Savvy's Freckles Farkles
AVAILABLE PUPS: 2 black bi males, 1 blue merle male, 1 blue merle female

Freckles is by WLazyJ Stingray Savvy (Red x a Dude dtr), works w/my husband every day on the ranch. She has also produced titled offspring, and in very limited showing won her class every time she was in the ring. Smokey is currently Slash V's WTCH producing stud dog. Getting close to HOF status. These pups have already been to pens and have shown strong instinct.




BREEDER: TUFF HILLS AUSTRALIAN SHEPHERDS
Andy & Lorrie Parrish
Blue Ridge, Tx
ph: 972-213-7798
email: alparrish420@msn.com
Reference Breeder: Jamie Burns, CUT'N LOOSE

WHELP DATE: January 10, 2010
SIRE: Wildrose Kodiak of Tuff Hills
DAM: Broken Spoke Bella's Blue Lady
AVAILABLE PUPS: 1 red tri male and 1 red tri female

This cross is really old Los Rocosa blood with Kody (sire) being a grandson of LR Bonny Kyle and Blue (dam) being a great granddaughter of LR Lester. These pups at 13 weeks are already very interested in stock and heeling anything that moves. Sire is very stylish on stock, hitting both ends and is also the strong silent type. Dam will hit heads, but prefers heels. Both parents are great ranch dogs with loads of natural instinct and athletic ability. Should be a great outcross for someone looking for the "old time Aussie"!




BREEDER: SL AUSSIES
Sarena Leppert
Dazey North Dakota

WHELP DATE: March 28, 2010
SIRE: Sire: Hillsides Tuff Bull of SL DNA-VP
DAM: Sox-A-Slicin' Sand
AVAILABLE PUPS: 2 black tri males & 2 blue merle females.

This is Tuff's 4th litter here at SL and all of his past puppies are currently working or being trained to work on a farm or ranch. These puppies I expect to be just like their brothers and sisters. Loyal hardworking stock dogs. Sox-A-Slicin' Sand is mostly Fairoaks & Twin Oaks and Hillsides Tuff Bull of SL is mostly Twin Oaks & Twin Oaks II. All of my puppies come with a training stock book, working guarantee and regular health guarantees.




BREEDER: K-J AUSSIES
Carol & Lyle Gerken
Battle Ground, WA

TWO LITTERS; hips good, eyes cleared on parents

WHELP DATE: 12/6/2009
SIRE: Pincie Creek Ty Stoks
DAM: K-J Paint Me A Birmingham
AVAILABLE PUPS: Black Tri Female, Blue Merle Female

WHELP DATE: 9/9/2009
SIRE: K-J Braveheart STDcsd
DAM: K-J Kyoti's Red Jade
AVAILABLE PUPS: Blue Merle Male

 

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EXPECTED LITTERS



BREEDER: 3 C'S
Chris & Janine Caldwell
Ridgefield, Washington

WHELP DUE DATE: September 4th, 2010
SIRE:WTCH Pincie Creek Red Cloud (Rocky) DNA pending
DAM: K-J Alotta Hannah Banana Split STDcs DNA-VP

Hannah is a great female that produces extremely nice puppies. She is a great worker with strong gathering instinct and lots of bite. Rocky is a great young male that qualified for finals this year in all 3 stock. He finished the year at #3 adv cattle, #3 adv sheep and #1 adv ducks in the ASCA merit program after only 2 weekends of trialing. These puppies will be great cow dogs and great family dogs with all the qualities of the old working Aussies.

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PLANNED LITTERS



BREEDER: MRE FARM
Maureen Elgert
100 Mile House, British Columbia, Canada
email: herdensheep@gmail.com
reference breeder: Marilyn Ballard, RAFTER MT

PLANNED BREEDING DATE: November/December, 2010
SIRE: MRE Jus Taggin Along OTDsd STDc RTDc DNA-CP, AHBA HRD1
DAM: Lor A Quemada Queen DNA-CP

Tag is black bi (red-factored); OFA hips Good; elbows normal; CERF 2010 clear MDR1 normal/normal. ASCA, AKC, Canadian KC reg. Works on small sheep farm; offspring in working and Agility homes.


Maude is blue merle w/copper & white; OFA hips Good; CERF clear. ASCA and AKC registered. Works on a large Montana cattle/sheep ranch. Offspring on ranches and/or ASCA stockdog competition.

Both are biddable and sociable with people and other dogs, and are good, proven working dogs. They represent two different, currently underused, old working lines. The goal of this breeding is to help preserve these endangered genetics, in the hope of contributing to the genetic variability needed for a healthy gene pool for the future working Aussie.




BREEDER: AD ASTRA FARM
Mark Hodges and Anne Owen
Lawrence, Kansas

PLANNED BREEDING DATE: August, 2010
SIRE: HOF WTCH J Bar D Tank PATDcs RTDs DNA-CP, “Tank”
DAM: Ad Astra Halcyon STDcds, JS-O RS-O GS-N DNA-VP, “Hallie”

Sire is Blue/white with OFA-E, eyes cleared, full dentition, scissors bite. Dam is Black tri with OFA-G, elbows normal, eyes cleared, full dentition, scissors bite. Both are ASCA and AKC reg. All colors are possible.

 

Tank is fully Vest linebred, a multi-time ASCA Stockdog Finals qualifier, full brother to WTCH LC’s Mr. Man and sire of the 2009 High Combined ASCA Finals winner. Hallie is Hangin’ Tree linebred, a full sister to WTCH Ad Astra Magnum Force RTDsc, and both a HOF WTCH Hangin’ Tree Dude and HOF WTCH Hangin’ Tree Black Bear granddaughter out of HOF WTCH Diamond S Bozo and HOF WTCH Bear’s Aurora of Windsor. Hallie was Most Promising Started both times she has been trialed. Pups are guaranteed to work. We are seeking working and trialing homes where the pups will be family members and working companions.




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