Blackboots Australian Shepherds (2025)

10/02/2025

We had a great weekend at the Gateway ASC show this weekend!

Heist got more RTCH points, bringing him more than 3/4 of the way to his title. Just need masters points now.
He also got his last needed REMX leg with a 199/199 to finish his REMX and RTX!

Tali finished her A-SCCH this weekend, even when her only goal in coming was to be my bed warmer!

Riza got a a few more ATCH-2 points, going 3/4!(which is huge for her in regular)

Nora tagged along for exposure, to see how she handled the chaotic environment and the ring, and she was great! (from our Swayed x Tali litter)

09/01/2025

Still looking for A New Zip Code

SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS WILL BE MADE TO ACTIVE PERFORMANCE/ WORKING HOMES

HeartStoppin’ Nuclear Option
“Lizzie”
Born: March 18, 2023
SDCH FTCH VCH AKC GCH/ASCA CH CarMel Dark Matter CDX RMX PATDsc RTDsc “Carbon” X Cut’n Loose On My Way To You STDc OTDs REX RM CGC TKN “Nia”

Lizzie was recently returned to me and is adjusting beautifully to the house lifestyle. Lizzie is beautiful moving, very balanced, converges well. Deep red with a moderate coat.

While a puppy Lizzie was outgoing, confident, and afraid of nothing. With maturity she has become more soft towards other dogs but still gets along with everyone she has been around.

My household is very structured with well set boundaries and Lizzie has adjusted well to them despite increased female hormones, and cats. With that said her new home will have to have very similar boundaries with crate time and supervision around playful kittens. Lizzie has gotten along well with my one cat that isn't fond of dogs and will frequently play with my young kitten, though she is unaware of her size and can be a bit rough. She can be told to tune it down and/or called off easily. She reads cat behavior well and adjusts according to what they want.

Lizzie is biddable, smart, and already a started stock dog. She will be taken out to cutn loose Stockdogs to see just how much she knows. I have done basic novice rally maneuvers with her and she picks it up quickly. As mentioned before she is on the softer side. She would do well showing with someone that is confident and kind. While she has been poorly socialized I have started taking her out on the town and working with her on all the scary things and with some reassurance she is doing beautifully. And will continue to be worked with until sold. I will be picky on WHERE she goes. Considerations will be made to an established show home. I’d love to see how far she could go on stock.

15/12/2024

Had fun this weekend at the ARF ASCA trial in Columbus! Heist finished his RS-O title, and Riza got some nice points towards her ATCH 2.

Made even better by spending time with friends and Riza got to make friends with her niece Jade!

25/08/2024

Riza's last ATCH gamble Q, and one of Heist's runs.
Thanks for taking video Anne!

25/08/2024

We had a great weekend at the ARF, Agility and Rally for Fun ASCA trial this weekend!
Heist picked up a couple legs, and Riza finished her ATCH!
I'm shocked and thrilled at the way Riza has been running recently, I was not expecting her to finish it this quickly!
It was a smoothly run trial, and we had a great time with friends :)

Thanks to Candidly Canine+ Photography for the photos!

04/08/2024

We had a great weekend this weekend at Greater Ohio Australian Shepherd Club 's trial! Riza got a couple much needed legs to get her even closer to the end of that ATCH, and Heist came out of the weekend with 3 new titles! (JS-O, GS-N, RS-N) super happy with how he's holding his criteria, now to remind him what 12 weave poles are.

Always a fun show getting to hang out with friends too :)

25/05/2024

Decided to make a fun trip down to Smokey Mountain ASC's show in TN with Dawn on a judging assignment, and entered their Saturday rally trials.
Heist got another REMX leg, as well as another QQ to add a good number of Masters and Excellent RTCH points.
He also got HIT and High Combined the first trial! His first!

Good boy buddy!

14/05/2024

Wishing a very happy 3rd birthday to the Grease Monkeys!
Breaker, Heist, Buggzz, Charm, Torque, and Ratchet 💕
You all are growing into some gorgeous dogs, with personalities to match.

17/02/2024

We had a fun weekend at Gateway ASC's show. The best part is always getting together with friends and celebrating each other's successes!
No huge brags from us, but Heist collected a few more RTCH points, and Tali got two lovely elite gambler Q's. Torque improved how he handled in the ring with every show and amazed me with how he naturally was nailing his free-stacks. (I've not trained these)

With the boys and Charm also at the show we had half the litter together, so we had to take a photo with momma Tali. :)

Ring photos by John Beals Photography

16/10/2023

Life's been busy lately, but we were able to enjoy a couple local agility trials in the last month.
Tali is still slowly getting back into the swing of things after her last litter, but always having a lot of fun.
Riza has been making some huge improvements this year, and she's managed to pick up a handful of Elite Regular Q's, getting closer to that ATCH.
Heist is finally far enough in his agility training to get some FEO ring time. He's still new to sequencing, and obviously does a lot of baby dog stuff, but he's showing me some really cool things and I'm excited to see where he goes.
Though after giving me a lot of really good effort this weekend he's finally starting to enjoy himself a little more and test boundaries. 🙃
I of course had to get photos of the baby dog especially, for the photo dump, haha.
Thanks to Madie Konz(on turf) and John Beals(on dirt) for the photos.

11/09/2023

Had a fun weekend at the Old Fashioned KY ASC show! It's a nice chill show, and I got to catch up with friends :). This was a weekend mostly about the boy dog as we worked on rally and obedience primarily, and played in confo.
He was such a good boy working for me, even though his brain was about to overheat by the second rally show Sunday.
There were 2 rally and 2 obedience trials this weekend, and he qualified in every run, including 3 X legs in rally. This is only his second show weekend doing masters and excellent.
-He finished his CD and REX.
-4th REM leg
-2nd REMX leg
-2 BOB

The girls had fun getting attention, Riza got to show off how cute she is with her stylin' bandana, and the KOA we stayed at had hiking trails and some cool cave/overhangs we got to check out after the trial Saturday.

09/06/2023

We started out the new ASCA year with a few firsts for Heist.
Since I couldnt leave the puppies overnight, Madie Williams took him to the Crossroads show. His first weekend away from home and first time without me there to handle him, and his first weekend out as a special. He was a bit silly and just got done blowing his coat, but he came home with his first BOB win over some nice specials.
He's still got some maturing to do, but I sure love this boy!

I was also able to make it for one day of the show and my bouncy boy got his first RM leg with a 191. (he lost every point with his excessive enthusiasm 🤣😅)

CH Blackboots A Stellar Plot Twist BN, RNX, RAX, RE
(Oliver x Tali)
2 years old

📷: John Beals Photography

14/05/2023

Happiest second birthday to The Grease Monkeys!
You have all turned into such lovely dogs and I'm so happy to see you all loved in your new families. ❤️
Breaker, Heist, Buggzz, Charm, Torque, and Ratchet.

How fun that's it's also Mother's Day! Torque and Heist will give her love from everyone else today 😉

14/05/2023

So proud of Charm and her human Lana Singleton for finishing her ASCA CH this weekend, even going BOB over specials from the classes!
This pair has been so busy doing all of the things! Lana has done an amazing job with her and I'm so happy that, more than what she can do, Charm is so evidently loved and a part of their family ❤️.

This is our second bred-by champion, and Tali's second finished offspring from her first litter, which doesn't even turn two years old until tomorrow! This litter was certainly full of beauty and brains. Two others from that litter are also pointed and major pointed. Thanks Lacey Kafer for letting me bring Tali to the handsome and talented Oliver.

ASCA CH Blackboots Charming Treasure RNX RAX RE RMX REM GS-E JS-E RS-O CD BN LF-N AKC DJ DS RN CGC TKI NADAC IAC
(OliverxTali)
Bred by: Alyssa Black

22/04/2023

Popped over to Columbus today for a RWD. The entries had the counts for a major, but there might have been one absent? Good boy handled it like a pro and had fun being my only dog for the day ☺️.

26/03/2023

We had fun today at BASC/Medina's joint rally/obedience trial. My main goal for today was to finish Heist's RAX (he needed one X leg).
And he did that! Finishing his RAX with a 198, he moved up to Excellent for the second show. It was his last run of the day, and his brain was a little fried, but he did pull off a 193. As a fun bonus though, I put him in Novice Obedience just to see what he would do. I haven't proofed him to my satisfaction on Stand for Exam, and I really didn't think he would do the stays, but in the second show he pulled out a 193 and was HIT!

Tali also came out of semi-rally/obedience retirement. (she's been off for ~4 years) and got a REM double Q, and her second CD leg. Thanks Cynthia for taking her in for the stays! I wasn't expecting really anything from her today, was mostly curious to see what she would give me. And while I can still tell she doesn't enjoy this 'game' particularly, she still gave me some really nice moments of connection and showed me she can still work through something she doesn't enjoy, and being(possibly?) 4 weeks pregnant! There was a jump posted right by the start line in rally though, and as soon as I took the first step she bolted for it, thinking we were doing agility. Only to be very confused why there weren't more jumps.
Riza was being a little naughty, but pulled out some okay scores.
It's been a stressful week, and this morning was a little rough. While I could see that in all the dogs, Riza tends to feel those things the most. Enjoy this silly picture of her stress yawn after a long run while I get the leash. XD

Everything but the HIT photo: John Beals

30/11/2022

Just sharing my candids from Nationals that I just got! My week in a nutshell, lol.

21/11/2022

The puppies are now old enough to compete in agility for real, and Charm knocked it out of the park her first weekend!
This girl picked up her JS-N and GS-N titles and went HIT Novice! I can hardly keep up with her adventure and I love it.
Owned, loved, and handled by Lana Singleton

Blackboots Charming Treasure RNX RAX CD BN JS-N GS-N AKC DJ DS RN CGC TKI NADAC IAC (ASCA Mjr pointed)
(OliverxTali)

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