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Welcome to 4 Paws Miniature Aussies
We are a new website but no stranger to Aussies and the dog world. Debi Shambaugh has been training dogs for over 35 years, mainly in the obedience field. Debi trained and handled dogs for movies and TV commercials for 10 years and her first Aussie; Jessie, was in a Walt Disney movie; Flight of the Navigator (pictured) an episode of Miami Vice, a Florida power and light commercial plus other commercials. In addition Debi has raised, trained and trialed border collies in the herding field to better learn the drive and instincts of the herding group. Debi has raised, adopted and rescued standard Aussie's for over 20 years. Debi has had 11+ years experience as a senior animal technician.
Today as a breeder of miniature Aussies, Debi and her husband Bruce, strive to produce and preserve the Australian Shepherd in a smaller package. Health testing, behaviour management, temperament & structural evaluation and selection of strong genetics is all part of our breeding program.
Bruce and Debi Shambaugh
Maverick
Maverick is seen on each of the pages laying with one of the pups. We call him the baby sitter. He is a standard aussie that I rescued and could not part with. He was dropped off at a cattle auction and when I was called to rescue him, he had stopped eating and was giving up on life. When I rescued him he was close to death because he had refused to eat for the shelter people and this 65+ lb boy was a rack of bones. I had to hand feed him my speciality chicken balls to get him to eat. It took 2 weeks of hand feeding before he would eat on his own and even then I had to stand with him while he ate. He got over his fear of being left alone. He is guessed at the young age of 13 "ish"yrs. He has a wonderful personality and is very kind to the pups. He is what we call a velcro dog, he is your shadow and will follow us all over the ranch.
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Jessie on the set of Flight of the Navigator
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Debi with a group of her rescues that have become our house pets
Bruce and Piper collecting bugs
in the mountains
Bruce and Debi
Our 40 Acre ranch in Wyoming. The original part of our house was homesteaded in 1910.
What's new at 4Paws:
Elle,
My new dog mobile
Honda Element
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Debi and Ben practicing off lead obedience.
Ben demo's his obedience for training classes.
Ben is one of my rescues that my son and I rushed to a shelter over an hour away to get there before he was scheduled to be put down. He had come to the shelters' short time limit for life. We arrived only minutes before his time was up. It was such a relief to have made it and saved this wonderful dogs life. He is a pleasure to have around. He is now at the young age of 12.
1 young adult male for sale. 2 year old. Blue Merle male. Will be sold as Breed & Show quality or Pet.
Click here for more information.
We are selling all natural elk antlers for dog chews. For more information, Click on the elk antler.
We are now carrying Elk antler chew bones!
some of the cartoon animation by www.artie.com
Wyoming wind socks!
FOR SALE
Wyoming umbrella
Piper, our 2 yr old female has been removed from our breeding program due to her OFA report of a finding of "slight dysplasia" on her right hip. We do not breed any dogs with fair or below and obviously any with signs of dysplasia. Piper is such a true aussie in personality it is a shame not to be able to breed her. She is such a joy in our lives she has been spayed and joins our group of house pets.
This is why it is so important to OFA any breeding dogs! Find out more about OFA click here
We are now PRA testing all our dogs!
prcd-PRA test is a DNA-based test that helps you avoid one form of Progressive Retinal Atrophy (PRA). PRA refers to a group of diseases that cause the retina of the eye to degenerate slowly over time. The result is declining vision and eventual blindness. “prcd” stands for “progressive rod-cone degeneration” which is the type of PRA known in several breeds.
