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Great Spirit Australian Shepherds
Aussies Since 2007 ~ Selah!
Great Spirit Australian Shepherds
is an ASCA Registered Kennel
Introducing Moon Valley's Oh! Zana
AKC/ASCA pointed CGC
Australian shepherd, blk tri puppy ~ 5/29/08
Dec. 2009 Eukanuba Long Beach ~ class & RWB winner!!!
CH Laurelwood Workin The Angles X CH Melody's Macy Parade
Bred by Richard Goertzen and Kathy Davis
Proudly owned by Linda Reau
Great Spirit Aussies
australian.shepherds.us@gmail.com
Junior Handler
showing Judy Elyse's red tri, "Jackson"
Agility anyone! Blue Merle ready for action!
"Percy" shown with owner/handler Jeni Mahan
Western Washington Australian Shepherds Association's Members Achieve Greatness
(Poster created by Junior Handlers)
Photos of
Laurie Thompson & "Tucker"
Judy Elyse & "Spike"
Kristin Ziegler's Aussie public handouts
and
Jr. Handlers produced a photo slide show
Lori Thompson and "Tucker"
AKC/ASCA/CKC
CH. Whidbeys Moonlight Frost RA
Laurie Thomson's "Tucker"
Top U.S.A. ranked Aussie ~ all systems
Breed Links
AKC Meet The Breed - American Kennel Club
ASCA Registered Kennel
Member of AKC, ASCA, CKC, USASA
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Meet The Breed
Seattle Kennel Club
March 2009
As our club's past Ed. Co Chair of Western Washington Australian Shepherd Club, I was asked by Timberwood's Toni Viola Pearson, the founding President of WWASA, to help put on this years' Meet the Breed. Together we worked, in short order (two weeks), along with other WWASA club members' support to stage "Meet The Breed" at Seattle Kennel Club's All-Breed Dog Show.
Our own, OH! Zana, a promising Aussie puppy, a blk tri, was presented at Meet the Breed. Moon Valley's Oh! Zana is her name. "Oh! Zana" has come from a long line of Champion Australian shepherds as shown on her promising pedigree. That day in March 2009 she performed her task of meet & greet ambassador with proper airs of adventure and just a few wiggle butts! Our Princess Oh! Zana is a joy.
Jr. Handlers were also personally involved in greeting the public and sharing their love of the Australian shepherd breed with interested people of all ages.
Judy Elyse's red-tri, "Jackson", handed out many smiles to his visitors at Meet the Breed as he showed-off his mastery of many smart dog tricks. Ask him to "Spin to the right!" and "Spin to the left!" First, he will look at you to see if you are paying attention. Smart dog!
Jeni Mahan, a WWASA club member, showed the bond Australian shepherds enjoy with their people. "Percy" was our Meet the Breeds' agility dog. Her merle coat dog, Percy had to leave his jumps outside the ring. He had come prepared to wow the crowd. Just the same Jeni's dog enjoyed the excitement and was a joy for his visitors to see.
Our aim for Meet the Breed was to showcase the variety and versatility our wonderful breed. We involved Juniors. They made the breed display posters.
Judy Elyse's champion rescue dog "Spike" was our Poster Dog. Judy Elyse's champion rescue dog, Spikes Home At Last UD RAE OAP NJP NFP was also the hero performing in the obedience ring during Meet the Breed. Judy continues to amaze us all with her expert training abilities.
Kristian Ziegler, WWASA Ed. Chair, graciously, provided the Aussie breed handout materials for the public; and I brought to the ring a variety of books relating to the Australian shepherd.
Junior Handlers also created a computer photo slide show by emailing WWASA members asking for a wide variety of club member's Australian shepherd photos.
Laurie Thomson brought her beautiful blk tri, "Tucker". It was a particular joy to have Tucker and Laurie at "Meet The Breed." Tucker was #1 ranked Aussie all systems 1/31/09 : AKC/ASCA/CKC CH. Whidbeys Moonlight Frost RA "Tucker" He is a joy to watch in the ring. Thank you, Laurie for the lovely pose with Tucker for my photos at meet the breed. Tucker is truly a remarkable Aussie.
American Kennel Club ~ (AKC) In 1992 AKC opened their registry to the Australian shepherds.They are now listed in the herding group. AKC produces a bi-monthly magazine called Family Dog and a monthly journal called Gazette & Events Calendar.
United States Australian Shepherd Association ~ (USASA) a parent club to AKC they produce a bi-monthly magazine called Australian Shepherd Journal.
Australian Shepherd Club of America ~ (ASCA) the national parent club established in 1957 is a full service club. The official bi-monthly magazine publication is titled Aussie Times.
Western Washington Australian Shepherd Club ~ (WWASA) A local affiliate club began in late 2007 here in Washington State. The club began as a long time dream of our club's founding President Toni Viola Pearson to promote AKC/USASA club status in our area.
Thank you to the many people who participated to make this years' Australian shepherd "Meet the Breed" a success.
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