General Listing Information
| Breed: | Dog > Australian Shepherd |
| Breeder: | Marilyn Bardash |
| Location: | Co Spgs, CO |
| Date/Time: | Wednesday, Sep 16,2009 |
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We are thrilled to announce we are now taking reservations for our upcoming litter of Australian Shepherd puppies due the end of October. Puppies will be ready to go around Christmas.
Marset Kennels is a small family owned kennel that lovingly breeds Australian Shepherds for temperment, athletic/herding ablility and breed standard conformation. We begin crate training at 4 weeks and Socialization, Manners, and desensitizing to loud noises, etc., are on-going until puppies go to their forever homes. Sweet temperment, Beautiful, Active and Healthy. INTELLIGENT Australian Shepherd puppies with Conformation/Obedience Champion Bloodlines, and solid herding instinct. Great dogs for the Show Ring, obedience, agility or high quality best friend. Puppies are given all shots, wormed, and have a health guarantee. Double registration - AKC, ASCA.
VISIT OUR WEBSITE: AUSSIES.ISS-1.COM to see previous litter puppies & for more information about our beautiful litters.
Like many working breeds, the Aussie has considerable energy and drive and usually needs a job to do. It often excels at dog sports such as frisbee and dog agility.
The four most common colorings of Aussies are blue merle, red merle, black tri(-color), black bi(-color), red bi(-color) and red tri(-color). Aussies can come in many other colorings as well, such as solid red, or solid black (called self black or self red); all can occur with or without white markings, tan (called "copper") points, or both. Dogs with tan and white along with the primary color are called tri-color. Dogs with white or copper only along with the primary color are called bi-color. It is a common myth that too much white on any Aussie is frequently accompanied by deafness and/or blindness. This is not nescessarily true, as the amount of white has very little to do with being either deaf or blind. It is entirely based on genetics. Deafness and/or blindness often occur when two merles are bred together (a double merle breeding, producing an aussie called a 'lethal white'). The amount of pigment around eyes and ears is not an absolute indicator.
There is also great variety in the Aussie's eye color. An early nickname for the breed was "ghost-eye dog". Aussie eyes may be green, hazel, amber, brown, or blue; they may have two different colored eyes, or even have bicolored or "split eyes" (for example, a half-brown, half-blue eye), which appear to be linked to the merle coloration. Merled eyes occur as well, where one color is mixed in and swirled with another. Any combination of eye color is acceptable in the breed standard, so long as the eyes are healthy. In general, however, black Aussies (self, bi-color or tri-color) tend to have brown eyes, while red (self, bi-color or tri-color) Aussies tend to have amber eyes.
The breed's general appearance also varies greatly depending on the particular line's emphasis. As with many working breeds that are also shown in the ring, there are differences of opinion among breeders over what makes an ideal Australian Shepherd.
A black tri-color conformation Champion.Reflecting the great variation that still exists in the breed, an Aussie can stand between 18 and 23 inches (46 to 58 cm) at the withers and weigh between 35 and 70 pounds (16 to 32 kg). For show dogs, females should fall in the lower heights and males in the higher ranges.
A hallmark of the breed is a short bobbed or docked tail in countries where docking is permitted. Some Aussies are born with naturally short bobbed tails, others with full long tails, and others with natural partial bobs, where the tail is midlength and appears stubby. Most breeders dock the tails when the puppies are born.
