About the Miniature American Shepherd / Mini Aussie

 

The Miniature American Shepherd is the AKC (American Kennel Club) name for the Miniature Australian Shepherds registered with the AKC. Because there were registration problems naming the Mini Aussies as a separate breed -  an agreement was reached to allow them to enter the AKC under the title of Miniature American Shepherd - however these little dogs will, and always will be, smaller Australian Shepherds! They have not been crossed with any other breed but are as a result of a selective breeding programme from the 1960s in the USA to breed smaller Australian Shepherds which were more suitable to work sheep than their larger cousins.

 

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Mini Aussies were first imported into the UK in 2005 - the founder breeders going to great lengths and expense to import the foundation dogs into the UK. Since then numbers have steadily grown with more dogs being imported to introduce new bloodlines and increase the genetic pool. 

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