Josie is one of the first puppies I bred for and whelped the litter. This was the beginning of SANJO SHELTIES. I have really enjoyed breeding and look forward to each new puppy as I have worked hard in being selective in my breeding program. I love to produce prospective winners in the show ring! Now that Josie is retired, I have been working hard on getting Josie's daughter "Page" out into the dog show ring. Finally! Success! Page and I have earned enough points to finish her with a Canadian championship.
Josie is now 15 years old and is physically healthy and scooting around the farm. She is still herding horses every chance she gets and is teaching all the younger dogs how to chase and bark at horses. I thought she would quit doing that a long time ago, but NO she enjoys what she is doing! It is so hard to believe that 14 years have gone by so fast. I have spent a lot of time and done a lot with Josie, conformation dog shows , obedience classes, herding clinics and she also had 4 litters of pups.
I just wish I would have had more time to show her off in her younger years, but I had to take time out to have and raise my own litter, Jason! My son! This did slow me down for a while, but now that he is crate trained......
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