About Honey Creek
Honey
Creek Toy Aussies is a small canine breeding facility, specializing
only in Toy/Mini Australian Shepherds. Toy Australian Shepherds are
held near and dear to us. They are with us every day and root us in
life. We appreciate the privilege living and being pack leaders to
these bright, intelligent, social dogs.
Toy Aussies 10-14 inchs tall is a relatively new breed. We are American
Stock Dog Registered and the breed standard is, and should be, similar
to the full size Australian Shepherd .
The breed standard was written, then developed, by a hand full of
dedicated breeders in Oregon and Southern Washington State. Thanks to
the relentless strides by these individuals and the dedicated work of
TASAA our breed has advanced, markedly. It now can be said that if you
look at our best Toy Australian Shepherds, and have no reference to
gauge their size by, you
will find it difficult if not impossible to tell weather the dog is
standard size or toy size. This is a true milestone for our breed.
Breeding Toy Aussies is a two pronged endeavor. First we strive to meet the expectations of our breed standard and produce pups with the best attributes of the Australian Shepherd type, structure, temperament and conformation. Breeding for type, genetic integrity, good temperament and structural soundness make up the first prong. These factors are the nature part of the equation. The second prong involves social & behavioral development, the nurture component.
We socialize our puppies in order to impact their temperament. Early on we attempt to expose the puppies to as much variety as possible. Frequent handling, exposure to people, places, sounds, the feel of various surfaces ( carpet, grass, gravel etc.), other dogs, cats and objects help the pups adjust. We foster this development so that when one of our pups arrives in your home it has had the best start and chance of living a happy, healthy, balanced live.
E mail your questions to honeycreektoyaussies@gmail.com
ANNA BELL
Pups born 11-24-09
Harley
