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WTCH Las Rocosa Charlie Glass CD, RDX3 comments

alpinepub wrote 2 months ago: WTCH Las Rocosa Charlie Glass CD, RDX was highly influential in founding the breed’s modern working … more →

Tags: Australian Shepherd, Australian Shepherd temperament, Dog breed history, herding, history of the Australian Shepherd, influential dog, RDX, WTCH Las Rocosa Charlie Glass CD

Longevity1 comment

alpinepub wrote 3 months ago: Today, I viewed a trailer for the Herding Videos – Herding I, II and II we did in 1989. One of the s … more →

Tags: Australian Shepherd, Australian Shepherd character, breeding dogs, Chiquita, health in dogs, herding videos, longevity in dogs, traits to breed for

Era of Positive Training

alpinepub wrote 6 months ago: People who equate positive training techniques with the era of modern thinking never met Jay Sisler … more →

Tags: Australian Shepherd, Australian Shepherd temperament, Learning, early Australian Shepherds, early trainers of Australian Shepherds, history of the Australian Shepherd, Jay Sisler, Queenie, Stub

A Few Good Aussies1 comment

alpinepub wrote 6 months ago: Some of our greatest lessons in life come from dogs. Through the years we’ve been blessed with so ma … more →

Tags: Australian Shepherd, Australian Shepherd character, Australian Shepherd temperament, Dog breed history, Australian Shepherds with kids, character of the Australian Shepherd, early Australian Shepherds, Elaine Hartnagle, Hartnagle's Badger

Australian Shepherds and Open Range Sheep Ranching

alpinepub wrote 10 months ago: By 1935, sheep raised in the United States were numbered at 51.8 million with 60 percent being raise … more →

Tags: Australian Shepherd, Australian Shepherd temperament, Dog breed history, herding, sheep dogs, david cook, farm collies, open range sheep ranching, Warren Livestock Company

A Dog Named Bob – Additional History of Australian Shepherds in Colorado1 comment

alpinepub wrote 10 months ago: After posting The Colorado Connection – Some Aussie Trivia, I received a fascinating e-mail from Col … more →

Tags: Australian Shepherd, Dog breed history, Australian Shepherd in Colorado, cattle dog, Cedaredge, Col. Jon Eckert, Colorado, early Colorado ranches, Harry Sanburg

From Letters to Books1 comment

alpinepub wrote 12 months ago: With the Internet only a click away, it is difficult to imagine a time in our history when access to … more →

Tags: Australian Shepherd, Add new tag, Hartnagle's Las Rocosa, beginnings of the Australian Shepherds, establishing the Australian Shepherd, training books, early Border Collie trainer, Carl Bradford, Ohio State University Research Center Shepherd

The History of Australian Shepherds and the Spanish Shepherd Dog9 comments

alpinepub wrote 1 year ago:     The Spanish herding dogs in California and the Southwest have always been known to early fancier … more →

Tags: Australian Shepherd, Dog breed history, Basque shepherds, Spanish herding dogs, Maryland Little, Spanish type herding dogs, Spanish Dogs, Leon Shepherd Dog, Carea Leones

How an Australian Shepherd Saved the Day4 comments

alpinepub wrote 1 year ago: Autumn is the time of the year when livestock is rounded up and gathered to be shipped to market.  C … more →

Tags: Australian Shepherd, Australian Shepherd character, Australian Shepherd temperament, Fall Roundup, heroic Australian Shepherd, Joe Taylor, Lester Taylor, ranch dogs, Taylor's Whiskey

The Colorado Connection – Some Aussie Trivia3 comments

alpinepub wrote 1 year ago: Colorado was significant in birthing the development of the foundation bloodlines of the modern Aust … more →

Tags: Australian Shepherd, Dog breed history, Juanita Ely, history of the Australian Shepherd, Colorado Australian Shepherd, Fletcher Wood, Wood's Jay, Ely's Blue, Hartnagle's Las Rocosa

Why Are Aussie’s Tails Docked?13 comments

alpinepub wrote 1 year ago: People often ask, “Why is the Australian Shepherd’s tail docked? Some of the reasons are tradition, … more →

Tags: Australian Shepherd, Dog breed history, Australian Shepherd tails, history of dogs, tails

Dr. Weldon Heard3 comments

alpinepub wrote 1 year ago: On July 26th we lost one of the most significant names in the foundation of Australian Shepherds, We … more →

Tags: Australian Shepherd, Blue Mistingo, Blue Spice, Dr. Weldon Heard, Heard's Flintridge line, influential Australian Shepherd breeders

The Temperament of a Breed6 comments

alpinepub wrote 1 year ago: Australian Shepherds were developed in a time when ranches were measured in sections (square miles), … more →

Tags: Australian Shepherd, Dog breed history, Add new tag, temperament of the Australian Shepherd, historic use of the Australian Shepherd

Lesson from Louis L’Amour 12 comments

alpinepub wrote 1 year ago: In an interview, Louis L’Amour once said, “Historians follow the main line. One historian follows an … more →

Tags: Australian Shepherd, Dog breed history, Australian Shepherd Foundation, Australian Shepherd origin, Basque shepherds, Hartnagle, Juanita Ely, Las Rocosa


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