Welcome! We hope you enjoy your stop at our new website. We are long term breeders providing good dogs for good people.

 My family fell in love with this breed years ago. I ended up finding a home for the first two ACD's we purchased. I was terribly disappointed and felt because they did not live up to the breed, it had to have been poor breeding.  

We had bred livestock in the past and did very well. My son Steve competed with FFA. We learned to know the standards and to look for the stock that would fit these requirements. We had to be very particular in our foundation stock to get the off spring we desired. Steve placed in the county, district and state his first time out with his own stock. He bought his first truck, a 54 Ford with his earnings. 

From our past experience the search was on. After purchasing our first well bred female we were hooked. She was true to the breed and not only met our expectations, but surprised us daily with her intelligence, loyalty and just pure joy to be around. 

I had been raised with dogs. Not ever remembering a time without them. I came from a family of big hunters. We had a large number of dogs for hunting and pet.  Up to 40 at a time. (For those who don't know there are different dogs for different hunts. Deer, squirrel, fox, bird, etc.)  In fact these old pens of days long ago are now where I'm locating our kennel. My grandfather created the first circle feeder where all the dogs could get in to eat. An old tractor tire cut in half.  

We did not happen into this with the birth of puppies just for fun. Our very first litter was well thought out. I believe poor and careless breeding has done more to damage this dogs reputation and character than anything else. We are now in our 6th generation of adult dogs.

 I have invested in well bred, healthy dogs over the years and nothing less. I find a breeder and will wait for my pup. I have waited as much as three years. We have gone back to the foundation stock that came into this country as well as recently imported bloodline from Australia. I am so confident of the quality of my pups, the surprise would be to have one that didn't fit our standards. I just don't believe you can breed two jackasses and get a racehorse. 

We have not cut corners in our breeding program, daily food and maintenance or our vet care. I do have to give much credit to my first vet, Dr. Pat Galligan. I would not have the quality and health of my dogs I have without him.

You can see the pedigrees listed with my dogs. Our dogs are from top kennels and we practice selective breeding. I have never had to advertise and always had a waiting list until our relocation at this time. So now a website. The new kennel name is Sapphire Kennel for the blue. We had been calling our older dogs Keller, or Ouachita (Washitaw).

 My husband Bill, of 35 yrs, and I are country folks if you hadn't already figured that out. We have two married children Steve & Julie and four grandchildren. Our family also consist of my grandmother  age 94, and Bills' Mom, 90. They are at an age they love to tell how old they are, so it's ok. They keep us all straight. I had said we needed to call the kennel Corn Bread kennel as much as we cook around here.

 We are at this time moving back to the farm my grandparents left me some time back in Camden AR. from Asheville NC. A home of love & warm memories. The dogs are doing well here. I think of my grandfather a lot and of the days I spent in the back of the truck riding on the dog box down dirt roads looking for our dogs tracks. He would get out and blow the horn made from an old steer horn that I now have to call them in. He could tell me which dog it was that was responding. As my grandfather did, I can now tell which dog I hear and exactly what is going on by my dogs bark. He is one person that would understand my love of this animal. Man's best friend.

 If it ever gets where I can't find a good home for my pups, I guess I will have a lot of adult fixed dogs running around. My family can't imagine life without a heeler or a yorkie for that matter. I always say "A heeler and fufu keeps you balanced in life." Webster, our 3 lb. male, as big as it gets yorkie, honestly believes he can take the whole school yard on. We haven't told him any different.

We love our dogs. Thanks for stopping by! 
Vickie Langley Keller