Miller’s Legacy Australian Shepherds

01/15/2025

These puppies are smart, intuitive souls.

Here is Sienna using her eldest sister as a pillow. Ruby is our 12 year old Maltipoo with Canine Cognitive Dysfunction, aka doggy Alzheimer’s.

Baby Ru (her nickname from way back!) developed CCD a couple years back, and has issues with remembering semi-basic functions. Some days we have to remind her what eating entails, as an example. She is doing great, isn’t suffering or in pain. Just a little confused. Ironically, just over a year ago we had a tiny dog dumped on our property and little Juniper has helped Ruby more than anything!

Sienna is kind, understanding and compassionate to Ruby. If she were nervous or avoidant I would not fault her as Ruby’s behavior can be a bit erratic. Sometimes she startles me! Tonight, they both had high value treats to chew on while we ate dinner. Ruby wanted what Sienna had, Sienna willingly gave it to Ruby, took Ru’s chew and went on with her day. Many dogs (puppies especially!) would have acted out to protect their possession, it never entered Sienna’s mind.

This isn’t something I can train, it’s just who they are. 💜

01/14/2025

And just like that, we have ONE pup still seeking his new home. Our sweet Dark Blue!

He is almost 11 weeks old, has had two rounds of vaccines, working on house breaking, basic obedience and being a sweet, sweet boy. He even comes dressed for formal events, he practically has a built in tuxedo!

Local TN or KY meetups (towards Knoxville, Nashville or Chattanooga, TN or north into KY) are possible!

Message me for info! (He’s the guy on the right looking like he saw a ghost. He hadn’t seen me since Thursday night!)

01/08/2025

These pictures from 2021 of Miller taking one of his infamous Snow Naps. It was a very rare Texas storm that devastated the area. During the time this was taken, Archer (the pup’s dad) was literally being born! Nerve wracking as I wasn’t sure we would have power to keep babies warm enough, I had to come up with some weird contingency plans just in case! Everything was just fine and grandpa Miller still LOVES to be frozen.

We still have two pups (scroll back a couple posts for photos of Dark Blue and Gray! Contact me for their profiles explaining activity levels, etc.) and are almost guaranteed to be changing travel plans due to a big impending snow storm here.

Pups can be brought just past Orlando Friday night if their new homes happen to be that way. And if you’re like hey... Orlando Friday night? This storm was maybe a miracle and I’ll see you cuties Saturday. 😘

01/06/2025

Good morning!

I feel as if I am consistently a couple days behind with my to do list. I’ll be reaching out to everyone today to confirm puppy travel plans if I haven’t already.

We still have our sweet pups Dark Blue (black tri male) and Gray (black tri female) looking for their homes. Please reach out to learn more about them! They can hop along on any trip this week to meet their new families, or if you are in a different area, let me know and we can chat about options.

Wednesday the 8th, I have pups headed to Cookeville, TN in the early afternoon.

Thursday the 9th, I have a pup headed to Hot Springs, NC in the early afternoon.

Saturday the 11th, I am headed to Valdosta, GA and can meet almost anywhere along that route. Guessing my arrival time to Valdosta to be around 3pm give or take, as we still await the storm set to hit our area to firm up its plans. Cross your fingers it’s less intense than it’s looking.

These are pictures of Sienna, formerly known as Purple, in her new home. She settled in instantly, almost as if she had been born there. 😉 Loves her dog family, her humans and all of the other critters she meets daily. Still not sold on being followed by chickens, however. 😂

01/01/2025

Happy New Year!

The pups are NINE weeks old today. How?!

To celebrate, they dumped 2.5 gallons of water, tipped over their food into and made a… mush slip and slide. My fitness tracker recorded a three hour (fairly intense!) workout. Except it was just cleaning that mess and bathing everyone. Definitely a workout!

I lectured them, let’s hope we don’t have a repeat performance!

Didn’t get pictures of everyone because I was soaked and trying to hurry, while keeping my kitchen from being saturated from everyone shaking to help dry themselves. 😂

12/29/2024

We have two pups still looking for their families!

Dark Blue, black tri color male (pictured with a paw up in the grass)
Gray, black trim color female (pictured behind the chain link with her favorite brother!)

Both will be "ready to fly" after January 8th. Reach out via private message if you'd like info on either pup!

I have three trips scheduled to meet new families, and they're welcome to ride along if you're in those areas

January 8th - Cookeville, TN
January 9th - Hot Springs, NC
January 11th - Valdosta, GA (can stop in/near Chattanooga, Atlanta, etc. on the way as well!)

12/25/2024

Finally had my phone when we were out to play.

We hope everyone has had a Merry Christmas! These pups put me through it today, let’s hope they take it a little easier on me tomorrow. 😉

12/24/2024

12/21/2024

Are they pictures? Yes.

Are they good? Heck no.

These guys are BUSY and there’s no such thing as a real clear photo anymore. Unless we count the “prison pictures” of course.

Pups will be 8 weeks on Christmas Day! They’re learning to sit, trying their best to start understanding the stay/wait command and we have maybe 1-2 accidents a day. We are pretty impressed with their progress and dispositions. Every puppy is sweet, affectionate and outgoing. They’re all learning so quickly. This next week we will have more emphasis on going potty outside and start spending some time crated to get more acclimated to that.

Dark Blue and Gray are still searching for their homes! Reach out through private message if you’re interested in learning more about them. We will have transport available part way to Nashville, TN, east towards NC and they can hop on for the route going to Valdosta, GA as well!

12/18/2024

Their entire area was cleaned mere hours ago. Litter dust everywhere? Yes. Any accidents? NO!

Can we get any clear photos that don’t qualify as “prison” shots? Also no. 😉

Tried earlier and it would have been an interesting game of “who owns that ear?” “Is that my pups tail?” “Cute back left leg!” at best.

Ten vs. one (or two!) is still just not fair. 😂

12/15/2024

Time to officially introduce eight of our ten pups! We still have two still looking for their families, I'll share about them below! We definitely woke them to take these and they were fairly sure we should have fed them for their inconvenience, a few aren’t real thrilled with me as you can see. 🤣

Without further ado…

Light Blue is now Koopa

Red is now Maverick

Orange is now Percival (Percy)

Light Pink is now Kira

Bright Pink is now Nesta

Purple is now Sienna

Yellow is now Davis

Lime is now Boone

Still looking for their families - Dark Blue (black tri male) and Gray (black tri female)

Dark Blue is going to be on the larger side. He has four white "socks" and a solid tail. His energy level varies between moderate and “lower” high energy. He is adaptable and loves to play with his siblings! Would thrive with another playful dog in the home, but would also do great as an only pup with enough activity to keep him busy.

Gray is our smallest, expected to stay closer to 40-45lbs. She loves to explore, isn't phased by anything! Outgoing, but not overly in-your-face. Energy level is moderate, she loves to play with her siblings and would do great in a multi dog home. She would also be fine as an “only kid” with enough activity with her human(s) to keep her busy. She seems to be a fast learner and her (VERY) early impulse control seems to be there. I could see Gray being a great therapy dog prospect, she loves people and her cute social nature might be a perfect fit for folks whose benefit from her visits!

12/15/2024

The only time I get an in focus picture these days.

These babies are BUSY and ten-on-one doesn’t feel quite fair. 😉

Hoping to get individual pictures of everyone today, because I can formally introduce you to eight of the ten! The other two (Dark Blue, black tri male and Gray, black tri female) are still seeking their homes.

12/13/2024

Surprise bath day! Let’s not even discuss what happened to require this. They’re totally fine, I’m a little traumatized though. 😳

Almost have everyone dried off, took a break to give them some (late) lunch!

12/11/2024

SIX WEEKS OLD!

First vet visit today, we received so many compliments I was teary eyed leaving. These babies really are the best, so well behaved and personable. I’m so excited for their new families!

We are waiting on one last decision and a name or two, but I’ll be able to reach out to a couple folks waiting on an update about who’s still available. At that point, I’ll “formally” introduce you to everyone with their new name and share a bit about who is still looking for their family!

Here is a (muted) video of pups listening to fireworks today. You’ll see everyone flinch, that’s when I hit the volume up as high as it would go. Their full recovery took about 2 seconds, right as I got a call which killed the video. Why does it always work that way? 😂

12/10/2024

These party animals broke out of their pen overnight and had a 🎉 PARTY 🎊.

I’m not sure how long they were out, but when I discovered them, I wasn’t even worried. Didn’t think “oh no, they had to have made a mess!” because they are such good babies.

Total damage? One little puddle. Fluffy angels, I tell you.

(Also if they form a puppy band this would be an awesome album cover, right??)

12/09/2024

A whole bunch of sort of blurry pictures from this evening! These babies are growing so fast, eating us out of house and home and keeping us busy!

By Wednesday/Thursday, we should know most of these kiddos new names. 💜

12/05/2024

Some new pics of our five week olds!

Updates have been slow, turns out 10 puppies vs. 1 me is… a lot. 😂

They’re all thriving. Growing and changing daily. Everyone on our deposited waitlist gets a detailed weekly update and I told them things would change week to week. Almost made myself dizzy with some of the changes in these guys personalities over the past week! Hard to believe we’re down to just about a month left with them.

11/30/2024

ONE MONTH OLD! I can hardly believe it, but these little day before Halloween babes are a month old.

Personalities are really starting to shine, some have changed so much in just the past few days. It’s crazy to me how they go from helpless little potatoes to these big personalities in such a short time. And let’s not forget about the sheer amount of fluff! They’re like my own little heated blanket when they all want to cuddle.

Just some pictures, will add a video in the comments as FB doesn’t allow you to combine photos with videos. 🤷🏻‍♀️ Not everyone pictured, trying to grab pics where I can and they’re busy busy babies.