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ASCA Breed Standard

We follow the ASCA breed standard for our dogs. ASCA is more true to the original breed purpose.

-For Breed standard in full please click on the link below-

Registration

Our registry of preference is ASCA however we also have dogs registered with AKC, NSDR, and ASDR. The current dogs we have registered NSDR and ASDR will be our last. In the future we will only add quality ASCA and AKC dogs to our breeding program.

Testing

All of our breeding ASCA/AKC dogs will have at least the following genetic testing done some may have more:

OFA (hips & elbows)

~Orthopedic Foundation for Animals

CERF

~Canine Eye Registry Foundation

HSF4/HC

~Hereditary Cataracts ~

MDR1

~Multi-Drug Resistance

CEA

~collie eye anomaly

Prcd-PRA

~Progressive Retinal Atrophy

DM

~degenerative myelopathy

What does this mean to you? Well it means you will know for certain that any AKC/ASCA puppy purchased from me will not be afflicted by any of the above genetic issues.

We will never under any circumstances breed two merles together we do not believe in culling out the resulting double merle puppies. I know there are still some beeders out ther who do this in order to produce more merle puppies for sales. I would much rather have more tri's in my litters that are happy and heathy than knowingly bring unhealthy lives into this world. That is why our males are tri or bi colored and our females are merles so there is never any chance of accidents. If you are not aware of what a double merle is this page is very informative