The "Rink Aussie"

Our little Fab 4 Girl, Bindi, became a "Rink Rat Aussie" after Forever owner, Mike, introduced her to the "mountain" behind the area.

We get great pleasure seeing our "Checkerboard Aussie" pups and their Forever Owners have fun and grow together.

Cindy, Owner/Breeder of The "Checkerboard Aussies".

Semah's Family Picture Day

It really warmed my heart to see Semah included in his Forever Home's "Family Photos".  This is what a Forever Home is all about to a Checkerboard Aussie pup, to be included in EVERYTHING.  Anyone who now owns or has owned an Australian Shepherd knows how they do not want to be excluded from ANYTHING !!!

Many thanks to Semah's Forever Home, Linda, Mike, Mackenzie, and Liam for sharing your Family Moments with us.

Cindy, Owner/Breeder of The "Checkerboard Aussies".

Heading Back Home Bindi

Word is out that Bindi's Forever Home Owner, Mike, no longer has any worries about finding his way back home since Bindi has came into his life as you can tell .....

Thanks Mikes for the Videos, as we LOVE seeing them.

Cindy, Owner/Breeder of The "Checkerboard Aussies".

New Whelping Box Flooring

Time is fast approaching for the arrival of the new litter.  Yesterday morning my poor girl Mercedes had herself a wee accident through the night.  These things can happen in the last few days proceeding the birth of a litter with the pressure of the pups bearing done making ready for their entrance into this World.

"It was only a matter of time I had everything cleaned up and scrubbed thoroughly, before Mercedes was back in the pen all happy and very grateful I might add."

"Last night after supper we got the new flooring cut out and ready to line the inside of the whelping box.  We opted to buy bevelled strips for the edges to hold the flooring in place, as I did not want it glued down in case it somehow was chewed causing a problem with toxins of a glue.  The metal strips can be un-screwed and reused when the time comes to put in new flooring to re-line the box again."

"Approval of the new flooring was met by Mercedes in no time at all."

I am pretty confident we are all ready for the arrival of Mercedes and Buddy's first litter of babies.  Have I mentioned yet how excited I am????

Here is an interesting site I had come across in constructing a whelping box HERE.

For those new "puppy owners", we here at The "Checkerboard Aussies" have crate trained our dogs for over 20 years.  We highly recommend it and have always experienced "positive" results.  Here is an article on "Crate Training" that I enjoyed reading myself just recently:

http://dogtime.com/housetraining-crate-training.html#

Hopefully the next blog post will be one filled with Puppy News !!!!

Cindy, Owner/Breeder of The "Checkerboard Aussies"

It Is A "Sprite" Photo Update !!!

Thanks to Sprite's Forever Home Mama, we received some new photos yesterday.  Thanks Sara !!!

"As you can see Sprite had claimed a spot in her new home with the comforts of having herself a "froggy" layout nap.  She is very photogenic ... um, are these "rare" times she is not on the move I am wondering?"

"Sprite being the smallest (for now) of her new Aussie family, Pixie and Cola, still seems to being holding the upper hand on the playing and sleeping end of matters."

As always, we look forward to any and all shares from our Pups Forever Homes.

Cindy, Owner/Breeder of The "Checkerboard Aussies."

Eleven Weeks Old And ...

... smarter then the average 11 week old Aussie girl.  She is not only cute, she is extremely smart as you will be able to see yourself.

Really, we are truly blessed to have such wonderful Forever Homes for our "Checkerboard Aussie" puppies to give them the love and time they deserve.  An Aussie will give it back tri-fold in his or her lifetime with you.  

Thanks Mike, we can't wait for our next Bindi "fix".

This is a book I first started with when purchasing my first Australian Shepherd, Blue, ten years ago, thanks to my friend, Barb, who owned two Australian Shepherds herself.  Please find at the following link:

http://www.amazon.com/Australian-Shepherds-Complete-Owners-Manual/dp/0764141376

Lots of good tricks and tips.  A few I have used and passed on myself.

Cindy, Owner/Breeder of The "Checkerboard Aussies".

Happy 1st Birthday "Spectacular Six" Puppies !

First off I would like to extend my appreciation to the Forever Home owners of all our "Checkerboard Aussies" puppies who have been kind enough to stay in touch with us, as well as sending us photos from time to time.  We LOVE seeing how all our babies are doing.

Today is another special day as it is a 1 YEAR OLD BIRTHDAY for the "Spectacular Six" 2012 litter.  It didn't seem all that long ago we were taking them to their very first Vet visit HERE, and had their last group photo together.

"Happy Birthday Riff Raff.  Riff Raff's Forever Humans came all the way from the Haliburton area to claim their girl.  From the reports I have been getting she is one "spoiled" Mommy's girl."

"Our Blue Merle Boy, Injaca, received his name by his Mama's love of India, Japan and Canada.  Word is out they get stopped many times with compliments on this boy.  Happy Birthday Injaca !"

"This is our very handsome Black Tri, Myles.  The thanks we keep getting from Myles' Forever Home Mom is beyond flattering.  We are just so happy Myles has such a wonderful loving home, as all our Checkerboard Aussie puppies do.  Happy Birthday Myles !"

"Here is our Red-Tri Male, Jake, who now lives in his Forever Home over in the countryside by Collingwood.  He is so handsome, and still has that cute little "cock of the head" going on.  Here is what his Forever Home emailed me with his last photo to us ... Hi Cindy, got your voice mail.  Hope all is well with you & yours.  Look at our beautiful boy, Jake!  He's the most handsome dog as well as being good as gold!  And I have to thank you again for training your dogs so well.  People still remark on how well he behaves.  Take care,  Pete & Marg.  Thanks to you, Pete & Marg, as really it is all the love and training you have given your boy that has made him adjust so wonderfully in your lives.  Happy Birthday Jake !"

I can not tell you how happy we are to see our "Checkerboard Aussie" puppies are so well adjusted and in such loving Forever Homes.  Happy Birthday and thank you for remaining in our lives.

Cindy, Owner/Breeder of The "Checkerboard Aussies".