Happy, beautiful and health tested Miniature American Shepherds who are wonderful family companions. These dogs NEED to be loved and included in your life.
Murfreesboro, TN
37129
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I've had five wonderful, healthy litters so far and plan to breed one or two litters of Miniature American Shepherds per year. Please keep checking back from time to time to let me know if you are interested or if you may have found your new family member elsewhere. Meanwhile, you can check on Facebook under Tracy Wilson or Stones River Miniature American Shepherds or go to my website www.stonesriverminiamericanshepherds.com I have owned Australian Shepherds for 25 years and now have Miniature American Shepherds (MAS) exclusively. I am a hobby breeder who is striving to produce healthy, intelligent, biddable and beautiful MAS. All of my dogs are fully health tested. I really like the smaller size of the "mini's" and find them to be as much fun and easily trainable as the larger Australian Shepherds. I am a member of MASCUSA the Miniature American Shepherd Club of the USA to which I regularly contribute photos of my dogs for their weekly newsletter. I am also a member of a local obedience club, where I train (mostly dabble) in various dog sports. I've done lots of activities with my dogs including lure coursing, conformation, obedience, rally, scentwork, barn hunt, therapy and agility. I love seeing what they might be interested in...which, so far, is everything. I also love taking them for hikes at the local park and to various doggy related festivals. They are a pleasure to take out in public so they get to go lots of places. Prada was my first MAS and is a great representative of the breed. She is the smartest, most loving animal I have ever had. She is so easy to train and gets along well with other dogs and loves people. She is game to try anything. She has had three litters and has been an excellent mother to her pups. She has now been retired from my breeding program but loves to interact with puppies any chance she gets. I’ve kept two of her puppies to carry on her bloodlines and wonderful qualities. I follow the Puppy Culture protocol for my puppies which includes creating a very interactive puppy environment with new experiences and objects/people being introduced daily. Go to www.puppyculture.com to see the amazing program that Jane Killion has devised. All of the dogs that I consider for breeding go through several tests. Here is an example of Prada's health testing: OFA Hips : Good and Elbows: Normal CERF'd yearly (Eye Exam) : Normal Degenerative Myelopathy (DM) Normal Hereditary Cataracts (HC) Normal Multidrug resistance 1 (MDR1) Normal Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis 6 (Neurologic Disease): Normal Progressive Retinal Atrophy (PRCD) Normal Thyroid: Normal I breed my Miniature American Shepherds as closely to the MASCUSA/AKC standards as possible. This means that even my “pet” puppies are of excellent type and quality regarding their conformation and parental health clearances. I also pay close attention to temperament as I feel that a pup/dog is not “healthy” if it does not have a sound temperament. And as you can see, I strongly believe in using all tests available and then using that information to help insure as healthy and as sound a litter of pups as I can breed. I have tested eyes (all breeding dogs have been checked by a certified opthamologist) and hips on all of my dogs. OFA good or better scores on all hips and elbows on all of my breeding dogs is a must. I am doing my best to prevent and avoid hip dysplasia or eye problems. Using information from personal experience with the pups, I try and match pups with prospective homes. I keep in mind what each home is looking for but will not place a pup where I do not think it will be a “good fit”. I place my puppies with loving companion or performance homes and a very few show homes. I am very particular about who I place my puppies with and do expect to stay in touch regularly with my puppy families. Their quality of life is of the utmost importance to me. I strongly advise new puppy parents to enroll their puppies in puppy class at their local obedience club and continue with obedience training if possible. My pet/companion price is $2000 regardless of color or gender. Prices may change. All pet/companion puppies are sold on a spay/neuter contract with AKC papers withheld until proof of surgery. I do not ship puppies so the families must plan to come pick up their puppy. That way I get to meet you and you can meet all of us!
