Blue Rock Australian Shepherds

08/28/2024

Sometimes it do be like that 😂😂

08/27/2024

Tongue Out Tuesday!
Puck can’t hold his licker! 😂😂

Blue Rock What the Puck
Co owned with Margaret Brooks

08/26/2024

Welcome to the world Gleeks!

Lushie had a textbook whelp last night and brought these 6 adorable lil cuties into the world! We are so excited to watch them grow!!

Lennon x Lush

5 girls and 1 boy!

Very ✨LIMITED✨availability in this litter! Please email me if you’re interested!
www.bluerockaussies.com/litters

08/22/2024

A little pond action for the boys today 💙🩶🤍🖤

Kevin + Easton

08/13/2024

Finishing up the summer with puppies!
Lush is due at the end of the month! We are so excited to see these babies!

Thank you Jackie Barbour of for letting us use Lennon!

All 4 colors expected! These babies should be spunky and ready for anything!

Contact us FMI!
✨LIMITED Availability on our waitlist!✨

08/07/2024

Lake Taco 🌮

08/03/2024

Luci & Azrael

08/02/2024

07/17/2024

Summer is in full swing 😎

07/13/2024

Mazikeen has to pay for her class some how ;)

Such a good sport, she let us put 5 pairs of panties on her and a couple dollar bills. 😂😂

06/23/2024

Just chillin with my girlie at the ASCNE Stock Trial today. Was fun to watch and help out 💙🖤

06/16/2024

Das just my baby dawg 🖤

•Easton•
Blue Rock H E Double Hockey STX
Kuma x Maz

06/15/2024

Get you a dog who looks at you like Luci looks at Julia 🩵🤍

06/11/2024

So proud of this team!

Congratulations again Nora and Venture! So excited to see where the future takes you two!

Saturday at Colors of Summer SBJ Lori Anglemyer awarded Venture BOBP!

Blue Rock Puck Around and Find Out •Venture•
Kuma x Maz
Bred by myself and Jodi Dovel (Crystal Winds Aussies)
Owned by Nora Landers and myself

06/10/2024

ASCA/AKC Ch. Vesper’s Illuminate

1st AOM ASCNE Colors of Summer Specialty 2024 under SBJ Laura Gibson

Bred by Jennie Williams + Emmy Adasiewicz
Owned by myself and Jennie Williams

✨Exclusively Owner Handled and Spoiled✨

📸: Amy Johanson Photography

06/06/2024

Great Conversation to have and topic for breeders to sit with and have an honest convo with themselves about.

Are you Breeding to Show or Showing to Breed?

Do you know what I mean by this question?

Let me first say that there is no right or wrong answer. As breeders, exhibitors and dog show people, we are all doing this sport for different reasons and we may enjoy one area more than another.

When I first started showing and then breeding dogs, I was very much encouraged by my mentors that success is at the breed level. There was little interest in going beyond a championship with a dog. It's important to remember that when I started programs like the Owner Handled Series and Grand Championships were not yet in existence. If you went beyond showing a dog to its championship you were going for BOB or BOV or BOS, group placements, etc. In short, it was much more challenging to do much beyond a championship unless you had a really superior dog and could show it well enough to be competitive.

The goal was really showing your animals to their championships so they could be bred. Of course, good breeders know that a championship is not be all and end all and certainly not all champions need to be bred. But, it's also true that just because an animal is not a champion doesn't mean they shouldn't be bred. We are all looking for different things in our breeding programs and an unfinished animal isn't a dealbreaker for many of us.

This is what I would consider, Showing to Breed. The interest is in breeding and while we still show our dogs, we aren't breeding with the intention of campaigning a dog to obtain Best in Shows or break records.

Then, there are people who breed each litter with the dream of producing that truly special specimen who, with the right handler, financial backing and all stars aligned can achieve multiple BIS, National wins and break breed records. This is what I consider, Breeding to Show.

I have found that while I have never intended to heavily campaign a dog, I have had breed goals that I enjoyed setting and achieving, I am more Showing to Breed. That said, I love showing and am certainly not participating just so I can finish dogs and breed them, but it is a big part of it.

I'm sure many people will say that they are both Showing to Breed and Breeding to Show and that's totally fair. Though I would say that all of us lean a bit one way or the other.

What are your thoughts? Again, no wrong answers! Neither is right or wrong.

Look for an upcoming live roundtable discussion on this topic soon!

06/02/2024

06/02/2024

Dog Show Syndrome
By: William Given

http://caninechronicle.com/?p=289125

I have this friend, and he has a disease, I am sad to say. No therapy, no surgery, and no medication have given rise to a cure. There seems nothing that will put his symptoms at bay. He loves his dog, his cause is, and his motives pure.

Though it tears at his heart, and his nerves have been strained. He mumbles a bit, stutters at times, and he cries a lot. It is Dog Show Syndrome, I fear, which has set fire to his brain. Showing dogs for so long has left his stomach in knots.

This affliction he suffers, is it physical or mental? Is it passion, obsession, or addictive by nature? His love of the game seems really quite spiritual. He’s never going to quit, that is for certain, and he will suffer well into the future.

Many miles he has driven, all the fast food he has eaten. Showing dogs, breeding champions, bringing dreams to fruition. The big red, white and blue rosette serves as a beacon. Entry fees and expenses, about as much as four years tuition.

Half of a lifetime of dog shows, there have been quite a few. In expo centers, grand ballrooms, county fairgrounds are the best. Across deserts, over mountains, and some were hard to get to. Satin ribbons and silver, yes, but it is the love of dogs that fills his chest.

He often speaks a language all of his own. Talk of knuckling over, missing teeth, and faulty gait. He speaks of things called cow hocks, weak stifles, and heavy bone. He asks, what are you currently using for bait?

Perhaps you know other people who suffer too. They work their craft for hours on cement floors or manicured lawns. With leashes in hand, Best-In-Show is the goal they pursue. They have bathed and dried, brushed and combed since the break of dawn.

I have this friend; he is so very ill. I have to ask, is it contagious? I have not a fever, nor have I a chill. You see, I love this young dog; he has won his first point. Outrageous!

05/29/2024

Jump for joy as we accomplish the dreams we adore - Patch Adams

I love exuberance in my dogs in the ring, even if it means they’re not perfectly behaved. I’m a very competitive person and appreciate my dogs goofing off now and then to remind me that it is in fact JUST a dog show are we are here to have fun. I never take for granted every time I get to step foot in the ring with them.

05/29/2024

“GAIT: Smooth, free, and easy, exhibiting agility of movement with a well-balanced natural stride”

Kevin really has ShowDoggin figured out.

Blue Rock Bacon Me Crazy

Bred by: Jenna Vermette Gerow + Jodi Dovel
Owned by: Jenna + Cooper Gerow

📸: John Beals

😂😂😂

05/18/2024

Muffin Watch

Skylar x Lush

04/17/2024

I absolutely cannot with this puppy…

Blue Rock What the Puck •Puck•

Kuma x Mazikeen

04/17/2024

Such a lady waiting for her turn in agility.

ASCA Ch. OleTown Don’t Call Me Angel at Terra-Blue •Mazikeen•

04/12/2024

Happy 10th Birthday to this handsome devil. We should all be so lucky to walk through life with a dog like you; only going through things; never around, rarely meeting a stranger, enjoying chillin at outdoor bars and closing deals by waiting until they’re 10 feet away from me to steal the ball or frisbee and bring it back 😂.

Love you buddy, thanks for being perfectly imperfect.

ASCA Major Ptd/AKC Ch. Terra-Blue Escape Route 2 Crystal Winds

04/06/2024

Last photo of everyone together. The first puppy left today. You’ll have to look closely to see Dwight and Kelly 😂

03/24/2024

Happy

Genetics are cool.

On the left is Shem; OleTown Final Round at Terra-Blue (Lush’s littermate)
On the right is Michael; Skylar x Lush

03/23/2024

The Boys

Kuma x Mazikeen
Skylar x Lush

03/23/2024

The Girlies

Kuma x Mazikeen
Skylar x Lush

03/09/2024

Untrimmed but nailin them free stacks.

AKC Ptd. MaineSail Too Glam To Give A Damm ✨Sparkle✨
(Porter x Giselle)

Bree by and co-owned with