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Capricorn Australian Shepherds
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How did we get our start? Well, I asked for a pony, and I got a dog. How's that for being born under a bad sign?
When I was young, my parents adopted a stray Doberman, which my Mom took through some obedience classes so she could get some control over him. I was immediately drawn to these classes, but unfortunately, good ol' Max weighed as much as I did, and had a tendency to run away when he was off lead (he was a former stray, after all!). Mom promised that our next dog would be small enough for me to train, and fast-enough maturing to not destroy the house.
Enter the Aussie. Meeka, specifically. We got her in October of 1985, an early present for my birthday. Purely by coincidence, one of Max's trainers at obedience class was Chic Acierto (the former and longtime ASCA Treasurer), so when we did the puppy-search, Chic and his wife Marty directed us to a litter that Deb Gower had. We went to see them when they were 8 weeks old.
