“Astra Sheepdogs - dedicated to the welfare and improvement of the Border Collie breed, by endeavoring to ensure the optimal health, of the Astra sheepdog bloodlines, with the help of our dedicated International Owners."
Puppies:
Born: 23rd October 2015
Nine Puppies
Five Boys
Four girls unfortunately one did not get cleaned out of the birth sac in time and never took it's first breath leaving us with just three girls.
Medium drive pups for Herding or Agility homes
these have the potential to go to the top in any dogs sports or herding work.
Tess was purchased in the summer 2015 to bring in some new bloodlines into our breeding program.
She has a very nice balanced character and is an easy dog to have around, she gets on great with everyone.
But she does have one thing wrong (some may not see it as a problem) She loves to play in and with the water trough so we have made a huge one with block in it and now she cannot drag it around she is playing less in it. It was a shame to spoil her enjoyment but we spent all day filling the water for the other dogs. This way we do it once a day.
This will be her first litter.
Tess as a working dog
Tess is very stylish worker, a good listner and eager to please, she has good pace on her sheep and her outruns are relativey natural and she is learning to drive but needs more confidence but she is still young.
This bitch would be an asset to any farm, but she will join our team to teach students how to train and handle sheepdogs.
CEA "Carrier" by test = but because this litter is out of a "carrier" mother, they will NOT be affected by CEA
but they must be tested before breeding from them.
to purchase a puppy from this litter or to ask about any other puppies.
Preference will ALWAYS be given (where choice is available) to potential WORKING homes (herding or competition performance sports).
It is human nature to select on looks alone.
BUT it is through our considerable experience that we advise you to take into account the puppies character in the selection process;
because selecting the wrong character is much harder to live with than the wrong white markings,coat colour or coat length.
As we like to place pups to the right home by Character we ask you give us your choice of three puppies in order of preference.
This is essential as we may well have several requests for the same puppy and we, of course, cannot dissect the puppy.
Your choices will always be considered and mutually agreed upon before final choice is made.
Character develops from five weeks of age and I will be looking closely at the pups to establish which in my opinion will make the best possible dog for your requirements,
I will tell you the character of each pup as it develops.
Puppies are marked SOLD on the website once the choice has been agreed with the new owners and a deposit has been received.
Regular photo updates (we try to do this once every week to ten days) and also try to include some video.
