Welcome to Acero Aussies! Acero is a small program with a huge passion for the Australian Shepherd breed. Our dogs are very loved and share our home and life in every facet. We have a lifetime with the Aussie breed and are members of the Australian Shepherd Club of America. We offer show, performance, service, and companion puppies and young dogs to select homes on a limited basis.
Our dogs receive excellent care including regular vaccinations as recommended by the American Veterinary Medical Association and regular internal and external parasite control including year-round heartworm prevention. Our dogs enjoy the same diet as the last 10 consecutive Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show Best In Show winners- Purina ProPlan. We provide coconut oil, FortiFlora, DE, 2% milkfat Greek yogurt, salmon oil, Show Stopper, InFlight, and NuVet vitamin supplements as needed to fuel healthy happy dogs. Our dogs have hundreds of dollars worth of fancy toys and treats at their disposal, but of course empty water bottles and ice cubes seem to be their favorites. They enjoy safe supervised playtime outside on pretty days and hogging the people-bed at night. Our dogs are well known around town and have a loyal local following, and join us in everything from routine trips to the home improvement stores to cross-country road trips. They love swimming at the pasture pond and spending summers at the lake house, weekend visits to the farm, and evening walks around the lakefront subdivision. They are truly members of our family with all that that entails. We hope you enjoy meeting our "little ones."
While we may occasionally have a puppy or young dog available to a select approved home, we reserve the right to carefully select their homes and decline applications from homes which are not compatible with our puppies. Matching each of our young ones to the perfect home to suit their individual personality, energy level, and potential is our utmost priority. We do not price or sell our puppies based on their hair or eye color- there is so much more to these special little souls than that! We dedicate a tremendous amount of money, time, and passion into each puppy we bring into the world, and their lifelong well-being is always our primary concern. We require that any puppy produced by Acero Aussies be returned to us immediately if their new family cannot keep them for any reason, at any point in their lifetime. They are never to be sold or given away, or surrendered to any shelter or rescue group. We do require that all of our puppies receive microchips before leaving our care, and that our contact information remain on the dog's microchip registration data for life. We want to ensure that our dogs always have a safe, loving, knowledgeable home. We only place puppies in qualified, carefully-screened homes with spay/neuter contracts and AKC Limited Registration, and never sell them to pet shops, dealers, or casual or commercial breeders. We do rescue, rehabilitate, train, and rehome special dogs and puppies (of any breed or mixture of breeds) from time to time, and are fully supportive of local shelters and rescue organizations. We believe that all good homes who adopt shelter/rescue dogs- and those who purchase puppies from ethical expert breeders- are supporting the bright future of our beloved canine species.
We would like to remind everyone that PETA and HSUS (Humane Society of the United States) are SCAM organizations who solicit donations from tender-hearted animal-lovers (Yes- their commercials are tear-jerkers! NO- they will not be saving animals like the ones featured! In fact, they are under investigation for illegal mass-euthanizations of "rescue" animals, as well as for killing beloved pets that they STOLE from people's yards.), and then direct those donations to RADICAL Animal Rights ("AR") extremist activities and political lobbying- all aimed at making pet ownership a crime for everyone! Their official stated goal is to end ALL pet ownership, and exterminate domestic species including dogs and cats since they are not "natural." 1% (just enough to maintain the scam!) of their profits go towards animal welfare efforts- the rest goes into their pockets and to fund activities that have landed them at the top of the FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation) Domestic Terrorist Watch-List. PLEASE---> Support your Local Shelter and the rescue organizations working with your favorite breed or in your region- NOT these dangerous con-artist organizations!