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Our Mini Aussie and Mini American Males


All our males live in & are loved by co-own homes in Colorado and Wyoming! They go through STRICT evaluations before staying in our breeding program. They MUST do super on structure and personality evaluations.  We are looking for athletic dogs that have very balanced outgoing personalities and the structure to hold up for many years doing performance events as well as win in the show ring.  We do stand some of our males to approved females.  Write us for more information.
                      ***ALL OUR DOGS ARE WICKETED for height - the heights listed are ACCURATE!***

UNION JACK - 2017 MASCA #1 Conformation Dog
"Union Jack"
GR CH #1 Dog 2017 MAJC 74 Ranch Union Jack
International/National ICE Puppy Champion
ICE Silver Champion
ICE Top 10 Puppy & MASCA Top 10 #8 2016
MASCA Champion and Grand Champion
Multiple Best In Show
Best of Breed - MASCA Nationals 2017

Sired by Jack Jr out of Chatter
Titles: RO-I, mHIC, V-1
Height: 17 1/4", 30#
DOB: 2/19/16
Owned by: David Otto, Michele Herbst and Rachel Hyer
Bred by: 74 Ranch and MAJC Aussies
CERF: clear
OFA: Excellent
Elbows/Patellas: Normal/Tight
HC: n/n
DM: n/n
CEA: n/n
PRA: n/n
MDR1: n/M
See Extended Pedigree
***Union Jack #1 MASCA Mini Aussie 2017 and # 8 MASCA Mini Aussie 2016*** Union Jack is a GORGEOUS son of Jack Jr (74 Ranch Head N To Vegas) out of Chatter (CH 74 Ranch Talk N Up A Storm).  We loved him clear back when he looked so cute in the Chewy box and we love him even more now.  He was Reserve Winner's Dog his first show out at barely 6 months old.  Then at 8 months old he got Best of Winners, show 1, and WON the Specialty Show with a Best of Breed and Best of Winners.  He also took Best Male Head Type that day and helped 74 Ranch Mini Aussies win Brood Bitch and Breeder's Showcase!  This was all done at the WOWMASC show in Cheyenne, Wy October 22nd under Judges Sharon Elkins and Jean Pero. This boy has a SUPER personality - knows no strangers, loved agility from the day he 'sampled' it, loves to herd but has a great controlled, sweet personality.

A few months later Jack has gone on to get several Best in Shows at the ICE show in Colorado Dec 8-9.   Some of the judge's comments included: "Outstanding Breed Type", "Level Topline", "Solid excellent temperament", "excellent side gait", "beautiful young dog", "good smooth shoulder with nice depth", "strong rear", "nice reach and drive" and "impressive".  With just 1 weekend show he was in the Top 10 of ICE Puppies! 

Union Jack got his GRAND CHAMPIONSHIP in ONE day March 11, 2017 in Seward NE with 3 Best of breeds. He went to MASCA Nationals 2017 and got his Intro Rally title and BEST OF BREED!  He got 2nd place in head type and movement also.  Union Jack has done all he can in the Mini Aussie conformation world so we took him AKC Miniature American Shepherd in April 2019!

Later in the year he passed his herding instinct test which made him eligible for a V-1 Award! Then he went on to achieve the #1 dog in MASCA 2017!!!  ASA registered. AKC Miniature American 4/19.

URBAN - AKC Grand Champion
"Urban"
AKC GCH Kadels-N-Mj's Blue Ain't Your Color
Titles: AKC Grand Champion
Height: 17 1/2", 33#
DOB: 12/16
Owned by: Michele Herbst
Bred by: Joyce Kadel
OFA: Good
Elbows/Patellas: Normal/Tight
HC: n/n
DM: n/n
CEA: n/n
PRA: n/n
MDR1: n/M
See Extended Pedigree
***Urban***  We found this cutie and couldn't resist adding him to our program.  We needed an outcross merle male for some of Jack/Union Jack tri girls.  We are excited to see what he throws crossed on them.  He has a SUPER personality - very happy, outgoing, resilient and friendly.  He is an AKC Grand Champion finishing his Grand with several Best of Breeds in Sioux Falls SD the end of October 2019 with 2 Best of Breeds and a Select - he has extra points to go on to the next level of championship too!  We appreciate MJ Rudsell for showing him almost to his grand before we ever purchased him. 

 ROY - 2016 MASCA #7 Conformation Dog
"Roy" - Standing to approved females!
CH Sagonige's King Cowboy at 74 Ranch
IABCA International Champion
MASCA Champion
ICE Champion

Sired by Sling Shot out of Lucy's sister Gage
Height: 17"
DOB: 3/7/15
Owned by: Chuck/Rebecca Peterson, WY & 74 Ranch
Bred by: Sagonige Kennels 
CERF: clear as puppy
OFA:  Good
Elbows/Patellas: Normal, Tight
HC: normal by parentage
DM: normal by parentage
CEA: normal by parentage
PRA: normal by parentage 
MDR1: n/M
See Extended Pedigree

***Roy- #7 MASCA Mini Aussie 2016***  We purchased Roy from Sagonige Mini Aussies in South Dakota. He and his siblings personality evaluated fantastic and we fell so in love with the litter- that we got 2 of them. They are sired by our Grand Champion Top 10 Sling Shot and out of Gr Ch Top 10 (#1 two years in a row) Sagonige's Gigage Ada (full sister of our Lucy). He is an absolutely gorgeous black tri boy with 2 blue eyes. He loves everyone, including children and works/plays around the ranch full time (except when he gets cleaned up for a show). 

Roy got WD in his first WOWMASC show then went on to a show in Greeley CO and got Best of Breed, Best in Group Bred By Exhibitor and more.  He got his MASCA Championship at a year old in his 2nd show too.  He received some wonderful comments from judges: "very nice young dog, handsome, very well presented, lovely ring presence, strong and compact, strong masculine head, well muscled front end with nice lay back, good bone, good shoulder, proper bend of stifle, moves well with good reach and drive, fluid movement, young and excited!"

Roy got Best of Opposite in the October WOWMASC Show under Judge Jean Pero!  He's well on his way to his grand championship!

Roy is available to be bred to approved Mini Aussie and Mini American females. ASA, IHDA and MASCA registered

 HOWDY - BOB/Best Aussie Puppy
 "Howdy"
Fullertons Shake N Hands At 74 Ranch
Sire: ASDR CH Lil' Aussie Town's Cool Hand Luke
Dam: IABCA CH Fullerton Peaches and Cream
Height: 15 1/2"
Owned by: Penny Taylor/74 Ranch Mini Aussies
CERF: clear 2/19
OFA: too young
Patellas: too young
CEA: n/n  
PRA: n/M
HC: n/n
MDR1: n/n
See Extended Pedigree
Howdy is a super sweet, little boy who loves to snuggle.  He is very social and confident. Amazingly he never gets in trouble either!  He has a beautiful head, nice structure, great personality, amazing copper and gentle brown eyes.  He was purchased from Fullerton's Toy Aussies in Nebraska.  His parents are toys (13 3/4") but he is a small mini at 15 1/2". Howdy's first show weekend was a run-away - he got ALL 3 Best of Breeds with a nice number of pups.  He got Best Aussie Puppy at the ASA Specialty.  He got Group 2 Herding Group Puppy.   We look forward to crossing him on our girls in the future! Howdy is now owned by Penny in Colorado, we have reserved 3 breedings to him!
ASA and ASDR registered. AKC Miniature American

Upcoming Stud Prospects:  Co-own Males
"Wink", Black Tri Male
 74 Ranch Give N Hints
Sired by Charlie (Jack X Suzie) out of Lady (Sling Shot X Echo)
Titles:
Height:
DOB: 4/30/19
Owned by:  Norm and Cindy Germaine
Bred by: Kari Cussins (CeeWhy Aussies) and 74 Ranch
CERF:
OFA:
Elbows/Patellas:
HC: n/n
DM: n/n
CEA: n/n
PRA: n/n
MDR1: n/n
See Extended Pedigree
Wink is an awesome boy.  The blue merle pictured is his sire.  He got an obedience certificate at a very young age.  We look forward to seeing how this stout boy turns out when he grows up.  AKC registered.

"Rudy"
74 Ranch Root N For a Champion with Prince Ranch
Sired by CH Roy out of GR CH Candor
Height:
Owned by: Christine and Austin, Montana and 74 Ranch
DOB: 11/25/2018
CERF: clear 1/19
OFA: too young
CEA: normal by parentage
PRA: normal by parentage
HC: normal by parentage
MDR1: pending
See extended pedigree

***Rudy***  We kept this super nice boy in our guardian/co-own program.  He is sired by CH Sagonige's King Cowboy at 74 Ranch out of GR CH 2017 #1 Female 74 Ranch Tell N It Like It Is.  He is super sweet, laid back, confident, smart little boy with super nice structure and movement. We kept his full sister Lexus too.
ASA registered

Upcoming Stud Prospects:  We kept breeding rights on these boys for the future!


"Tank"
Brunskill's Cowboy Up Ona Full Tank
AKC Miniature American Shepherd
Sired by Linderland N Heartlands Cayenne Pepper out of Brunskill's Steppin Out In Style
Height:
Owned by: Michael and family in Green River Wy
Bred By: Brunksill's Mini Aussies
DOB: 10/28/2018
CERF:
OFA: too young
Patellas:
CEA: n/n  
PRA: n/n
HC: n/n
MDR1: n/n
See Extended Pedigree

LOVE Tank's personality, structure and super cute face/expression!  Brunskills Minis from South Dakota had 3 boys available and I'm so glad I got to go meet them the day she evaluated them. Happy I didn't let this one go and that I get to use him in my future program!!! Watch for him in the AKC show rings!!!  Registered AKC Miniature American Shepherd

"Yukon Jack"
74 Ranch Feel N The Burn at Crystal Hill
Sire: #1 GR CH MAJC 74 Ranch Union Jack
Dam: ICE Top 10, CH Sagonige's Amber Brandy at 74 Ranch
Height:
Owned by: Crystal Hill Mini Aussies, Iowa
DOB: 11/9/2018
CERF:
OFA: too young
Patellas:
CEA: n/n  
PRA: n/n
HC: n/n
MDR1: n/M
See Extended Pedigree
 Yukon is beautiful and confident- we are excited to see how he turns out!  I like him even better than his daddy, the #1 Mini Aussie Union Jack... We sold him with breeding rights to Crystal Hills Minis in Iowa but kept 3 breedings to him.
ASA registered

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Reference or Retired Sires:

"Jack" Retired 9/18
GR CH Top 10 Ridgestar Bareback Jack at 74 Ranch
Multiple Best In Show
MASCA Grand Champion
ICKC Junior Champion
ARBA Junior Champion

Titles:  CACIB UCI CH, UCI Ehren CH, SCT-I, mHIC, M-I, RO-N, V-2
Height: 19 3/4" 48#
Owned by: Laurie and John Whitman, Colorado/74 Ranch
Bred By: Ridgestar Aussies/Mona Cooper
DOB: 4/7/11
CERF: clear 
OFA: Good 
Patellas: Normal 
CEA: n/n  
PRA: normal by parentage
HC: n/n
MDR1: n/n
see extended pedigree
***Jack- #5 MASCA Mini Aussie 2012*** --  Foundation male for us!  Jack knew no strangers. He was an exuberant, fun, well built boy with super bone and a gorgeous head. Jack came from Mona Cooper at Ridgestar Aussies in Washington. He was about 3/4 standard and looks like the gorgeous standard Aussies you see out in the show rings! Jack's won several Best of Breed and Best of Opposite Puppy, many Best of Breeds and Best in Shows. He was MASCA Top 10 (#5) dog in 2012, has won many Movement, Male Head Type, WowDog Award and High In Trials. He was a MASCA Grand Champion and an ICKC championship. He was 1 point from his ARBA championship before retiring from the show ring.

One of the judges told the handler we sent him with, Rachel Hyer, NOT to take Jack out of our breeding program no matter how big he is, she said, "He's a fabulous specimen".

Jack has gone on to produce some awesome dogs in our program including 74 Ranch HeadN To Vegas (Jack JR), CH 74 Ranch Casanova of Quail Run who won the 2019 ASA Nationals as well as GR CH #2 MASCA Female 2017 74 Ranch Tell N It Like It Is (Candor) and her brother Crooz.  Now he's an awesome grandpa.... with GR CH Union Jack, CH Sway, Spring and Troy Oliver's CH Stella. He is the sire of the Best of Opposite winner of the ASA 2019 Nationals and #1 MASCA 2018 Sagoige's Rivers of Living Water who lives in Cheyenne WY and the Best of Opposite, Best of Winners and Winner's Dog at the 2019 ASA Pre-Show Quail Ridge All Revved Up his first show as well as Winner's Dog of the National Show.  We couldn't be happier with this awesome boy being a huge part of our program!!!

 "Sling Shot" - LIVES IN IOWA - stands to approved females!
GR CH Top 10 74 Ranch ShootN For the Stars
MASCA Grand Champion
MASCA Top Ten #5 2015 and #3 2017
ARBA Junior Champion
​KCUSA Junior Champion
KCUSA Champion

Titles: CGC, RO-N, I-M, V-2
DOB: 5/1/12
Height: 18"
Owned by: Crystal Hill Mini Aussies, Iowa
Bred by: 74 Ranch
CERF: Clear
OFA: Excellent
Patellas and Elbows: Normal 
HC and PRA: normal by parentage 
MDR1: n/M 
DM: n/n 
CEA: n/n
see extended pedigree
***Sling Shot # 5 MASCA Mini Aussie 2015 and # 3 in 2017*** Grand Champion Sling Shot is a beautiful son of our little Champion EnV, sired by an awesome MASCA Champion, Lookout I'm Naughty All Night! He has moved to Iowa with Jeff and Jessica Peak of Crystal Hill Mini Aussies. He loves people and is very playful and smart! Judges remarks: well balanced, well muscled, proper breed type, lots of coat in good condition, nice, correct topline, covers the ground effortlessly and presents self well in the ring.  He has his MASCA championship and several Q's in performance events as well as his CGC. He got his Grand Championship being handled by Rachel Hyer of Sagonige Kennels in SD and was announced #5 MASCA Conformation Dog 2015 then #3 in 2017. He is red-factored and producing blue-eye tris.  LIke our other males he loves everyone. Sure am glad we use the personality evaluations and structure evaluations before deciding who should stay in our program.  Sling is a happy, fun-loving boy and a joy to be around!  Sling Shot along with Lucy have produced the #1 Miniature American Shepherd (preferred) Agility Dog 2019 - PACH3 Loyal To Kyle

"Jack Jr"  -Reference/Neutered 6/17
Int'l CH 74 Ranch HeadN To Vegas
IABCA International Champion

Sired by Jack out of EnV
Height: 19"
DOB: 12/2014
Owned by: Mark/Olga Kightlinger, Colorado/74 Ranch
Bred by: 74 Ranch
CERF: clear 12/15
OFA: Prelim Good
Patellas: tight
HC: normal by parentage
DM: normal by parentage
CEA: normal by parentage
PRA: normal by parentage 
MDR1: n/M
see extended pedigree
Jack Jr is a beautiful son of GR CH Top 10 Ridgestar Bareback Jack at 74 Ranch SCT-I, mHIC, M-I, RO-I, RO-N, V-2 out of Multi CH Sagonige's Turn N Heads at 74 Ranch mHIC, CGC, SCT-I, CD-M, RO-N, A-I, NTD, V-2  .  I loved this boy as a pup (and wanted a black tri Jack pup), he was very laid back and friendly, well-mannered so I wanted to keep him in my program.  Jack Jr lives with Mark and Olga in Boulder, Colorado.

Jack Jr has gotten great comments from judges: "beautiful young adult, nice outline, clean masculine head, great ring presence, expressive eyes, good shoulder with lovely lay back, well developed chest, good angulation in rear with nice bend of stifle, well muscled, level topline, proper croup balanced easy mover, easy stride, great reach and drive"

Jack Jr was only intact for a short time but wow, was it worth it, we have kept several of his babies back for our program including Union Jack (now a MASCA Grand Champion and #1 dog in MASCA Top Ten 2017) and Sway (a Champion at 7 months) as well as a sister to Union Jack in a show home, 74 Ranch MAJC Spring Snowstorm #6 in 2017!

 "Sway" -Reference Sire/Neutered 2019
CH 74 Ranch Come N Dance With Me
Sired by Jack Jr out of Echo
MASCA Champion
Best In Show Puppy ICE and Best In Show Bred By IABCA
International/National IABCA Puppy and Adult Champion
Titles:  RO-N

Height: 18 1/2"  36#
DOB:  9/1/16
Owned by: 74 Ranch
Bred by: 74 Ranch and Rachel Hyer
CERF: clear
OFA: Good and elbows normal
HC: n/n
DM: n/n
CEA: n/n
PRA: n/n
MDR1: n/M
We are so in love with this son of Jack Jr (74 Ranch Head N To Vegas) out of Echo (GR CH/Top 10 74 Ranch Wigglebutt Echo In Time).  He has a super stable, sweet personality, loving time in your lap and his daily massages and is super super good looking, very masculine boy. He's one of the happiest-go-lucky boys you will find. He loves everyone!  He got Best In Show Puppy at his first show in Colorado on December 10th. He was born Sept 1, 2016.  Sway got his first 4 pts towards his championship and his Intro Rally title in Cheyenne at just over 6 months old. He went on to get three Best of Winners and his MASCA championship at 7 months old.  He got 2 reserve Best in Show puppy rosettes and 1 Best in Show Bred By Puppy!  He will take some time off to mature and come back to work on his Grand Championship with MASCA and we will continue working with him on performance in the meantime! He's very fun, focused, loving and SUPER FAST! Now living in a pet home in Arizona/Montana.

Judge comments at 7 months old: "promising puppy", "pleasing expression", "nice lay back of shoulder", "nice type and balance, good proportion", "nice depth of chest and shape", "good neck that ties in well to a laid back shoulder" and "nice bend of stifle". Sway got his MASCA Championship at 7 months old with several Best of Winners.  He also got 2 Reserve Best in Show puppy and 1 Best in Show Bred By Puppy.

At 2 years old judge comments included "bubbly temperament, covers the ground with ease, nice angles, very showy impression, deep, strong chest, good stifle, strong topline."

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74 Ranch
Tom and Michele Herbst
Torrington, Wyoming 82240
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