The boys at Silveraurora are pretty darned special to us. Solid temperament, amenable to handling, tolerant of guests, breed type, and of course herding ability makes our guys so special to us. All of our boys go into the show ring and we feel it's good to help make them comfortable in strange and often noisy situations, as well as getting judge's opinions on structure, movement, and overall adhearance to the breed standard. Unless a dog has been injured to not safely allow participation in the herding venue, our boys also trial on stock and are working on their herding titles too. Their health testing results are listed on each's writeup. Only those that are currently an active part of our breeding program are here for your viewing, our server is having a fit with too many webpages so we're trying to conserve space!
We hope you enjoy visiting our gents here at Silveraurora!
Jake is a super dog, the kind of personality that enjoys people and other dogs who are polite to him. He started and finished his show career in only 6 shows, 5 were majors and one reserve. He became a champion before he turned 9 months old, breeder/owner trained and handled exclusively. His temperment and abilities are being passed on to his get with a number of kids now champions. 3 of our girls, Martha, Ella, and Betty, are all sired by Jake. When he was a year old he crashed pretty badly on the ice and since then has had trouble with his stifle so we really limit his time on stock, even tho he will go forever and has an exceptional gather and fetch. The vet just asks that we don't work him unless needed, much to his chagrin. We love him dearly so he gets to live the life of Riley! Jake competed in the AKC PT herding arena and qualified for his title in 2 runs. His daughter, Betty, has her HSAs herding title too!
Jake is out of Felling Special Readhead, now deceased but was a darned good worker, by Ch Silver Hills Never Give Up.
Jake is OFA Good, Eyes 2007 clear, BAER bilateral, PRCD B, full dentition, perfect scissor bite. Jake has been collected for our future use.
Bear is a newer resident here at Silveraurora. A talented boy, he has incredible abilities on stock with a consistent low heel grip. A lot of power, a lot of drive and persistance, and unbelievable concentration on stock, he's has a bright future in the herding arena. Bear is pretty exceptional. His structure is true to the breed standard with a magnificent head, bright and affectionate personality, and the desire to please. He is already pointed in the conformation ring. He gained one PT leg on sheep at less than 10 months old in his first trial and finished his title at his second trial May 2006.
Familiar stockdog names can be found in his pedigree - Kuawarri, Catchem, "Banjo", "Syd", Olman, Silver Hills, Jambo, and others. His grip is pretty exhuberant right now so we're working on relaxing out there on stock and we're taking our time to give him a good base instead of asking too much of him. We expect to have him in the trials and showring again in 2008, since we took a break in 2007. In just 5 shows, he's already taken 3 Best of Breeds!
Bear is BAER Bilateral, PRCD A, eyes clear August 2007, full dentition, perfect scissor bite. We just got his OFA results back and he's OFA Fair hips, Elbows normal! WAHOO!
Chuckles came to us from Meaghan Thacker of Quickheels kennel. His sire is the same as our Aggie's sire, and he has the natural herding instinct that we'd hoped for. Slow to mature but fast to grow, it took a while for his brain to catch up with his body. Now that it has tho, and as his body is filling out into maturity, our 'big goofus' has become a dedicated cattledog with a heart of gold. His personality is that of a willing partner with a big heart - he's forgiving, extremely affectionate, and loves his sheep. He's not a suspicious nor edgy cattledog, instead he happens to love all little kids and warms up to kind adults easily. He also has one peculiar habit... he will scale a 6 foot fence in one leap if he thinks I'm in trouble. Chuckles is the kind of dog you just like knowing is there. Always ready to play with a ball or rope or toy, he has a certain relaxed air about him that is refreshing.
His daughters Anna and Rose reside here and he has a son in the UK that quietly gathers cattle over a large area. At 2 years of age Anna already has 3 herding titles to her name and we expect to see her out in the trial arena for some years to come. Several of HER puppies already have their herding titles too. We consider Chuckles to have a good influence on our breeding program.
Chuckles is OFA Good, PRCD Pattern A, eyes clear 2007, bilaterral hearing, and perfect scissor bite.
Our boys in our breeding program will be collected summer of 2006 for our own use. In the future we will consider AI to an AKC bitch that has qualifying OFA, CERF, and BAER results, and has demonstrated good herding ability. You are welcome to email us!
Several boys who are here with us but not on our website are:
Yarraman's Uluru The Rock - British Import - our young pup sired by Ch Silveraurora's PW Tom Thumb, HIC (exported to the UK)
out of Yaapeet Jody Blue Yarraman, ACD Best Bitch Crufts 2005.
Silveraurora's Expected Outcome, a lovely blue boy out of Anna by Jake, is our newest guy here. His info comming soon!