RoseRidge Miniature American Shepherds

31/12/2025

I contemplated writing a different “Year in Review” for RoseRidge but since RoseRidge, Creative Canine and I are hitched at the hip 😂🤣 there really isn’t much else to say.

2025 was a weird year litter wise with the LiftXDream litter being so small and little Peanut’s incredibly short life journey. As sad as it was, I feel deeply grateful to have loved and known her. She brought beautiful friendships into my life. Peanut’s lessons will live on forever with each new litter.

There are plans in place for TWO spring litters 🤞(prayers and well wishes grateful received)❤️. My list is absolutely full at this point.

27/12/2025

24/12/2025

Happy Holidays/Merry Christmas 🎄 from my tribe to yours thank you for your support and friendship 🥰

13/12/2025

3 generations: Rise, Light, Lift ❤️🎄

06/12/2025

I’m sharing this EVERYWHERE because it speaks to the core of my being! Puppies are raised here with the core values laid out in this piece central to everything we do.
Careful environmental design, appropriate stressors, community built into puppy development and lots of rest 🥰

The Missing Layer of Childhood

30/11/2025

The TWO UNPLANNED 😂🤣 keepers lol who will never leave me. Light and Zinnia - both Dream daughters and Tig grandchildren. So different in personality, both the coolest dogs ever in my eyes❤️🥰

PS: it’s HIGHLY ironic that I’ve ended up with two Merles lol .. since anyone who knows me personally KNOWS that I’m a hard core black tri lover 🤣😂 BUT 1) I do not pick on the basis of colour for anyone including myself 2) when it does come to colour RICH VERY DARK pigment IS absolutely a must for me.
Light is one of the darkest red shades I’ve ever seen and Zinnia’s black is the a true BLACK

Zinnia without a shadow of a doubt is the best most correct moving dog here. I will work to improve shoulder layback and length of upper arm when/if I breed her (pending health clearances). She is in training in for: competitive obedience and rally and will start competing at the end of March 2026. Zinnia will be 2 in May

Light is a TANK so much bone! She’s in a “wonky stage” right now at 8 months old so I’m trying not to look at her structurally lol. Light is in training for: agility, rally and competitive obedience. If I was still teaching she 100% would be my school dog. She’s a very friendly confident young dog. She’s a BLAST to train and learns unbelievably quickly. The tentative plan is to enter her in Rally and pre-novice in April 2026

30/11/2025

8 months looks good on you kid 🥰

28/11/2025

Lift ❤️ had 13 puppies (including little Peanut lost but never forgotten) in total. She’s 5 years old and the sweetest funniest little dog.