Planned Litters

At this moment Grace is our only breeding bitch for the future. She won't be bred until she reached the age of 3 years and passed all her health tests.

Her pups will only be placed with people that will work with their dog or at farms. She has a lot of working instincts and will pass that to her pups. In the meantime we'll look around for a nice male for her for the future. Of course we are looking for a male that looks great, but we find health, temperament, a good pedigree with working lines and a male that has the right working capacities very important. We want working lines in the pedigree, because we find most of the show lines way too big, heavy, hairy and most of them don't have the capacities to work like the working lines do. The working lines are in general healthier. A sick dog cannot work at a ranch, so in the working lines the breeders had very different thoughts about breeding than breeders that have more showlines.

An Aussie was bred to herd the cattles and the sheep on the big ranches in the States. An Aussie was bred to guard the ranch and keep unwanted visitors away. An Aussie was bred to be reserved towards strangers. An Aussie was bred to be able to work all day.

If you want an easy dog, the Aussie is not the right dog for you. If you want a very friendly dog, the Aussie is not the right dog for you. If you want a dog that does not bark, the Aussie is not the right dog for you. If you don't have experience with having reactive dogs the Aussie is not the right dog for you.... Training an Aussie is not an easy job. If you just like the looks and not the other things I mentioned, please look for a different breed.

Our 5 year old daughter Amy is competing with Grace and Spice. I'm a UFO Board member my self and therefore not competing at frisbee competitions anymore. It all looks awesome, a 5 year old girl having so much fun with her dogs. However, Amy grows up between the dogs and at the dog training school. She has shared many hours watching and training since she was a toddler. She's been helping me with the puppies since she was two years old. It's absolutely not a common thing that a young girl can cooperate with a dog like Amy does. And definitely not with aussies! We are very careful with placing our aussies with families with small children. Aussies are not the easiest dogs with children and visitors..... They tend to bark a lot, they are reserved towards strangers, they are pretty reactive. And they need mental excercise!!! Every single day...

I have small children myself and I definitely have to be careful when our 1,5 year old son Lewis is walking around, though a bunch of my dogs work as therapy dogs regularly. That means that I have to be there all the time or make sure the dogs are locked away. Dogs and children may never be left alone!!!

We have a bunch of problems with epilepsy in Australian shepherds in Europe. We will do our best to reduce the risk for health problems as much as possible.... We are looking for males in the United States and we will probably breed Grace in the States.

For reservations or information for future litters please contact Karen

Some pics of Spice and Mistretta's Bear Named Balou