Welcome to the blog for Southern Star Mini Aussies, now also known as Miniature American Shepherds, affectionally called "Wiggle Butts". This is a wonderful breed that is very intelligent, loyal and can be somewhat active and may be reserved with strangers. Many excel in performance events such as herding, agility, disc dog, flyball, dock diving, rally, conformation, and enjoy most being your best buddy. Mini Aussies range in size from 14"-18" top of shoulder and 20-40lbs. The smaller versions are referred to as Toy Aussies. These fur-kids are very much like potato chips and you can't have just one. If you would like to be owned by an Aussie, we would love to talk to you.

Monday, May 14, 2012

Update on Jade, aka "Cricket" from her family

Hi Leslie,

Cricket is doing wonderfully! You are correct about her being 100% fearless! She's been many places with me already, met lots of people, and has been simply golden with all of it. After a few days in Dallas, we just got home tonight, so it was her first time to meet my other dogs. She was bold as can be, instantly greeted them, then went to their food (and ate about three times more than I've ever seen her eat before!) Kira, the BC mix, simply adores her. Cricket was running around like crazy, and Kira followed her around for almost half an hour. Whenever she wanted to get Kira's attention, she would go up and grab Kira's tail and tug it. They lie right next to each other, and Kira almost seems to be watching out for her a lot of the time. Ace, the lab, is more jealousy prone (especially since she started playing with his toy), but he eventually warmed up to her some. And she loves all of the cats. 

Housebreaking is going very well, she has never had a single accident indoors! She responds to her name /most/ of the time, and knows sit and down (though we're still working on her staying put for more that a few seconds!) At night, she cries for about 5 minutes when I first put her in the kennel, but then is quiet all the way through the night until about 6. Even with all of her energy, she is an amazingly easy puppy! I have never had a puppy who has been so trouble free the first week! I'll take pictures soon to send you. She's simply precious.

All the best,
Morgan

2 comments:

  1. gotta love the Southern Star "Crickets"! we are in perfect bliss with our 1 year-old girl!

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  2. I told Morgan there was another cute Cricket in La.... Have some gorgeous black tri girls now Katherine... HAHA

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