We got our first Australian Shepard in 2010 and fell absolutely in love with her. She was a working dog on a farm in Colorado before she came to us. This is the only breed of dogs for us and our family for so many reasons! We have a small homestead in southern Massachusetts and our dogs are not only part of our homestead but part of our family. We currently have two Miniature Australian Shepard's that have had their very first litter in December! Our female Ruby is a true Mini Red Tri and our male RT (we call him Buddy) is a AKC registered Black Tri with heterochromia iridis (2 different colored eyes one blue and one brown). Ruby will be 3 August of 2024 and RT will be 2 in November 2024. We have small children and other animals (Cat and Chickens currently) that all our dogs get along with and have respect for. We encourage and train our dogs to protect our property, children and animals along with being able to play with them all (cat included surprisingly). We love our homestead with our prized animals being our dogs. They are part of our family and make it all so much fun.