**Lawgade**
Australian Shepherds
I acquired my first Australian Shepherd in 1986. Although he was unregistered he was the best guard, herding, and companion dog I could ask for. Especially since this dog was deaf from birth and had only had minimal training from a 30 year old military dog handbook and trained by a complete teenage amateur. So it was no wonder that when God finally took him from me in 1996, I immediately started my search for another. But this time I wanted to find a dog to start a breeding program of my own.
We believe highly in the health of not just our dogs but the health of our breed as well. All of our dogs are DNA'd, have their hips OFA'd, eyes are checked yearly, and all have been tested for the MDR-1 gene. This includes our Altered dogs who's bloodlines are part of our breeding lines. We do not breed dogs showing signs or symptoms of epilepsy and will not knowingly breed to an outside dog/bitch that does. We also support the ASHGI's 10 steps to a Healthier Australian Shepherd Breed and open discussion of the health of all our dogs. If you have questions we encourage you to ask.
Over the years I
have met some wonderful people that have not only helped me to aquire some truly special
dogs but have taught me alot. I would especially like to thank Diana Farthing of Aladdin
Aussies for her quidance and assistance, not to mention my wonderful boys over the years.
And thanks to Julie Humeston of Heartfire Aussies for my Angel (I don't know what I would
do without her) and her grooming and movement tips. Thank you to Lynda Peppel
for her grooming tips (and letting us borrow the items I forget at home). Thanks to
Heather Hawkins for her showing tips and handling of some of my brats. There are many
more that have offered assistance and help over the last few years and it has been greatly
appreciated as we make our transition from showing horses to showing dogs. Thanks to
everyone.
**The "Lawgade" name was adopted after finding that all variations of my ranch
name were already in use as kennel names for either AKC or ASCA or both. So we
decided to come up with a nonsense word that was a combination of both. We have
also decided to change our Ranch name to match**
We are lifetime members of ASCA
and are now an ASCA registered kennel.
***News***
(I didn't keep track of anything for almost a year,
oops)
09/29/07 "Rogue" Altered-Best Of Breed-JTASC-Judge Sue Gardner
09/29/07 "Rogue"
Altered-Best Of Breed-JTASC-Judge Lou Guerrero
09/29/07 "Logan"
Reserve Winners Dog -JTASC-Judge Lou Guerrero
(Heather Hawkins handling)
09/29/07 "Angel"
Reserve Winners Bitch-JTASC-Judge Lou Guerrero
09/30/07 "Rogue"
Altered-Best Of Breed-JTASC-Judge Helga Kane
09/30/07 "Lucy" Winners
Bitch-JTASC-Judge Helga Kane
(Heather Hawkins handling)
10/06/07 "Angel"
Passed her Canine Good Citizen Test
12/15/07 "Lucy" Reserve
Winners Bitch-HiDASC-Judge Judy Coffman
The
Girls New Litters
