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Five puppies born Jan 5th, 2026 

2 Dark red males with white trim 

2 Blue merle males with white trim 

1 Blue merle female with white trim 
   (All blue babies have heavy black merling)

Sire: Lane’s Tennessee Fire  

Aka “Shooter” 

Red Merle male, white trim, 45 lbs ., works cattle-low heels-quiet 

Dam: Lane’s Black Dahlia  

Aka “Dally” 

Black with white trim , 35 lbs., works sheep with strong eye- nice outruns- very quiet-would bite cows if prompted  

This 2026  litter has been in the works for a long while.  We are grateful to the Sire’s owner, Michelle Davis, who shares our vision in preserving the history of the breed.  Frozen semen from Shooter’s sire, Lane’s Mighty Cochise, unfortunately did not take with Dally on our attempts to make this bloodline cross.   

Their combined pedigrees actually enhanced the connection to our founding sire, Sorensen’s Gunsmoke.  We had to smile a bit when the white trim showed up on some of the puppies.  Not a huge surprise knowing that Gunsmoke’s mother had white trim.  

Most puppies born prior to 1970s had some…to a lot of white trim as shown in our early historical photos. Richard’s breeding program was influenced to breed away from white trim because the influence of white trim in the early days was a negative attribute due to the merle to merle breedings that created most litters. We all understand the genetics of merle genes now, but some mystery about it, early on, persisted, including the PIEBALD gene. Self merled dogs, (no copper trim) in this pedigree are: Sorensen’s Gunsmoke, Jefferys Shade, Rowe’s Comanche Warrior, William’s Laddie, Colorado’s Mighty Blue Digger, Ch. Colorado’s Clint; and notable bloodlines from Woods, Jones, Pincie Creek, Slash V, JBarD, Justus, Ruff N Reddy and Iacovetta. 

This litter and our previous litters of the last few years, have been bred towards eliminating any presence of Hemangiosarcoma, “HSA”, also known as blood cancer in dogs. Our early dogs lived to significant old age, 14 years being an average. 

Breedings to other bloodlines, showed that a couple of those dogs produced from those breedings, died mysteriously and suddenly in mid-life for no external or explained reason. History NOW has disclosed the probable fact that their death could have been blood cancer. Thousands of dollars were spent trying to find their cause of death.  

A simple blood test to identify Hemolytic Anemia “HA” (low red blood cell count)  may point strongly to blood cancer. If an owner of an Aussie wants to ascertain the condition of his dogs’ blood, testing for a normal blood count at 6-8 years of age may give an indication of what is possibly going to be a future health issue or a sigh of relief. We tested “Cash” at 8 years and his blood count is normal. An ongoing study involving a significantly mutated gene known as tumor suppressor TP53 is signaling breeds with this gene may be at higher risk for HSA.  So with testing and a focus on our past clean bloodlines, we aim to produce healthy Australian Shepherds who live a long active life. 

We can not however do this singlehandedly.  All breeders must do their due diligence to produce the healthiest dogs possible with testing and bloodline research. Keeping news of affected dogs private is a literal death sentence for all breeds. Let’s not forget Epilepsy and the effect that it had.  We can do better together, armed with information and intent to improve the health of our dogs.  We control their future. 

There is a glimmer of hope for DNA identification for this as we move forward to better the breed and do our part the best we know how.

More to follow…but we wanted to introduce the sire of the planned litter now.

Lanes Mity Cochise

Call us and get your reservation on the list!

This is most likely her 3rd and last litter so you will want to have one of these wonderful puppies!!!

Welcome to our home Dally!  Thank you so much, Mark and Ann, for giving us the opportunity to have Dally. (Lanes’ Black Dahlia)

She is a Lanes Walker daughter, and her dam, Cady, is a daughter of Lanes Mity Blue Cochise. Dally is marvelous worker with strong eye. SO easy to teach as she only wants to please. She is your shadow everywhere you go, just like her ancestor/ Sorensen’s Gunsmoke. Her pedigree leads directly to him.

Colorado’s You’re Looking At Country

Female, age 8 months.

Sire: Colorado’s Justified  OFA EX.
Dam: Colorado’s Powder Burn   OFA Good.  Parents DNA’d fully.

We are looking for a potential owner for her with an interest in performance events and eventually breeding her. We have an exceptional bloodline cross for her, keeping our Journey to Sorensen’s Gunsmoke in bright lights!

Please call to express your interest.

Born 1-13-23 10 babies! 2 blue females, 1 red Merle and 3 black. 1 blue Merle male, 1 solid red and 2 black. Lovely white and copper trim across the board!

$250 Reservations accepted now, guaranteed or refunded.

    

Thank you new clients!!!

Born April 20, 2022. Due to a cancelled reservation, this lovely pup is ready for a new forever home. Her breeding was well planned and goes back to our foundation lines. She has been imprinted for 21 days since birth. Was given our temperament test at 7 weeks and scored mostly perfect 3s. She is house broken, leash trained, doggy door trained, has basic commands and is super loving, friendly, confident and quiet when left to self play. She is a wonderful puppy!!! We guarantee her fully. She is clear and normal for the paw prints genetic tests and has had her shots, microchip, etc.

Call us! 970 568 3806/ 970 218 3891

“Emma” in training for her started and then open herding titles planned for May 2022.

Future litter planned. TBD.

Annie /Bill litter

Born on Thanksgiving 2021 and temperament tested on Jan 13, 2022

Call Leslie 970 568 3806