810-L*nca«ter Farming, Saturday, September 22,1990
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DENVER (Lancaster Co.)
Like all dog lovers, Yvette Parkin
son of Denver thinks her dogs are
the best. She raises Australian She
pherds and she can’t stop bragging
about them.
She said, “Australian Shepherds
are the number one family dog.
They are so playful and all they
want is to be loved.”
She claims that the dogs jrin and
their little back ends wiggle like
mad when they are happy.
Yvette has been raising Austra
lian Shepherds for three years. She
sells them to people who show
them, use them for herding lives
tock, and those who just want a pet.
Most of her dogs have blue eyes,
but some have amber and some
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have mixed colored eyes.
The breed has a variety of coat
colors. The blue merle (bluish
grey) with blue eyes is usually the
preferred for those who like to
show dogs. But the dogs may be
red merle or solid red or solid black
or a mixture of black, white and
copper. The coat color often
becomes darker as the dogs
become older, but the color stops
changing when the dogs are one
year old.
Yvette is always careful not to
breed a merle-colored dog to
another merle colored dog because
a gene could cause deafness, blind
ness, and sterility.
The litters usually arc from four
to nine dogs. Yvette has a litter of
seven and a litter of nine now.
The Australian Shepherd breed
is registered with the National
Slock Dog Registry, because they
are working dogs. Many farmers
like Australian Shepherds to herd
their sheep, cattle or horses.
Those who don’t need the dogs
for herding find them the ideal
house pet. Yvette has a friend who
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11 Many people get caught in moving parts
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owns a day care center and an Aus
tralian Shepherd. The dog follows
the children everywhere.
“It feels so nice to have a puppy
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to greet you when you come
home,” Yvette said.
Call (215) 267-6857, for more
information.