Don't let her name fool you, Nipper is a great little dog out of our Jess.
In fact she is very much like her momma in both looks and action. She is very sweet, loving and eager to please us. Nipper has a very strong herding drive and a few of her pups have gotten the chance to go to working farms and have really shown how that drive can carry on generation after generation. She learns very quickly and has a great little trick routine that
is very entertaining!
Nipper's sire is a very strong herding dog named Miki. He is owned by Orville Maxwell of Dunlap IL, a well know breeder of old fashion working stock dogs.
I know that Miki was in several herding trials the two years that we used him as a stud dog, but have since lost track of him and his owner.
Nipper has produced several fantastic litters for us. Her pups are very willing, smart, active,having a strong working instinct and play drive, and beautiful too!
Looking for a herding dog?
Here is a recent update on Nipper's
herding sister...Attie
Hi Patti!
I have some great news about Attie. Last summer and autumn we entered 4 sheepherding trials, her first ever. Attie took FIRST PLACE in two, and placed second and third in the other two! In fact she took first place in her VERY FIRST TRIAL! Amazing. Now people want to know who I am and, more importantly, they want to know all about Attie. Of course I tell them about you and praise you and your dogs! Bottom line, Attie is a tremendously talented worker/herder. The upcoming season will be very eventful, as we're entering a lot of trials. I have a video of Attie's first First-Place championship run; I'll send it to you shortly. We're also on YouTube, just do a search using "Attie and Steve's Winning Run." Please let me know about the possibility of a puppy! Steve
