Misty Mountain Aussies


Pincie Creek Mountain Man


 

    Where we've been and where we are...
        We are farmers.  We do not have a big ranch with thousands of cattle, but we are farmers none the less.  As such, we need dogs that can help us with farming.  Certain breeds of dogs are better at this task than others.  Border collies make good working dogs.  Chows do not.  This is because certain dogs have been selectively bred for certain tasks over the years.  We therefore owned Australian shepherds to help work the livestock and Great Pyrenees to guard the livestock.  The first Australian shepherds our family owned were amazing work dogs because they had been bred for generations by ranchers and cowboys  to be so.  Eventually our original dogs grew old and passed away.  However, since the time we first obtained our first aussies, a change or rather a split had occurred in the breed.  A significant portion of the Australian shepherds have been bred for conformation with little emphasis on preserving the working instinct.  We purchased more than one of these dogs.  They were smart, loyal, and all-around wonderful dogs.  Unfortunately, they did not have the instinct to help in the farm work.  And it was becoming increasing clear that Rose Marie and Lou were not getting younger and they really needed help on the farm.  They needed another aussie that could get the cows and goats up for them and keep the bull away at feeding time.  Early in 2000, we performed an extensive search for aussies that still had the herding instinct.  In the end, we purchased two puppies from Pincie Creek in Alabama:  Monty and Gypsy Rose.  Monty especially contributed a great deal to the dogs we currently own. We have continued to focus on working lines and have retained females from our litters that best match our goals and bred them to carefully selected males that will hopefully continue to improve our lines.
 
 


Pincie Creek Gypsy Rose




Fall 2009 Litter

Our fall litter between Callie and Char has arrived. >>Click here for more information on this litter.<< We recommend placing a reservation early, particularly if you are interested in a particular color or sex because we already have some serious interest in this litter. The pups out of the coming litter have the potential to be great cattle dogs and great performance dogs. Please don't hesitate to call if you have any questions about our dogs.


Warning: Suspicions of Unfortunate Behavior

We have reason to believe that dogs might be being taken in our area, presumably to be sold to Class B Dog Dealers under false pretences. (Class B dealers sell random source dogs for primarily research purposes.) We have recently lost Mischief and assume that she was stolen. She was sleeping on the front porch that night and was gone the next day. When we asked around the community, a very high number of people had lost their dogs in a similar situation and no evidence has been found for any of the dogs missing. We also know people who lost their dogs in a very similar fashion while spending the weekend here away from their permanent homes in Little Rock. We don't have any hard evidence, but please be very, very cautious about leaving your dogs outside (even in a fenced area) at night or when you are not home, particularly if you have remotely friendly or trusting dogs. We were not intending to post this despite our heartbreak over losing Mischief. However, more and more people have experienced the same situation recently and we feel obligated to warn others. It is very possible in the rough financial times that someone is taking unethical steps for their income. I wish they would consider all the tears they leave behind.




 

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Phone:  (870) 365-9410
Angela’s email: walkeranma@gmail.com

Louis and Rose Marie’s email: lbrandt42@gmail.com