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Giefer Ranch English Shepherds

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Sire: Bard Giefer

Date of birth: April 8, 2013
Registration: ESCR
Hip screen: OFA: Good
Other testing: MDR1 - Mutant/Normal

Description: Bard is a hard-working cattle dog who gets along well with cats, kids, horses, and loves everyone he meets. He works cattle on verbal or hand cues (because it is often too windy to be heard here on the Plains), keeps varmints away from the barn and corrals, thinks water is for drinking (not swimming!), rarely barks, and is always neat and tidy. He can run through a mudhole to chase a cow and come out caked in mud, but he has that ES characteristic of a self-cleaning coat. Two minutes after running through the mud, he looks like he just stepped out of the beauty parlor.

Pedigree: Cimarron King Biscuit  x  Foothills Toshi
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Dam:  Avon Giefer

Date of birth: January 23, 2015
Registration: ESCR
Hip screen:
OFA: Good
Other testing:  MDR1: Normal/Normal by Pedigree


Description: Avon is a varmint patrol specialist who barks when anyone drives in, considers all water to be a swimming hole (pond, creek, water tank, water dish), keeps livestock off my back (which is especially handy when the wind is blowing so that I can't hear approaching hooves), and has a self-maintaining coat that is cat-soft.

Pedigree: Blankenship's White Oak Ruff x Catherin's Lady Sadie


Comments:
Litter born June 29, 2022

This will be the final Bard x Avon litter. They should be excellent livestock dogs, varmint patrollers, and all-around family friends!

Previous Litters (date & number of pups)
06-03-2016       6 pups
04-04-2017       8 pups
04-10-2018      10 pups
05-25-2019       9 pups
11-29-2020       7 pups
06-17-2021       9 pups

Breeder Info/Location/Contact Information:
  • When did you have your first ES litter?  2016
  • When did you acquire ES breeding stock?  June 2013 & March 2015
  • Did you own ES before starting your breeding program?  Yes. I had Bard and fell in love with everything about him including his work ethic.

Nishi Giefer
Kansas
785-743-2498
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