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Coosawattee Aussies ASCA® Registered & DNA Certified Kennel |
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Welcome to the Home of Real World Champions!Tony & Donna Padgett |
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Tony has been training stockdogs and competing in different venues for over 20 years. He is an ASCA® Stockdog judge, however, his experience is not limited to just Australian Shepherds. He has trained several other breeds of stockdogs to work sheep, cattle and ducks. His experience has been primarily starting young dogs, giving handler lessons, and training for competition. Tony has WTCHs on Jill (Border Collie), Tux (Kelpie), Doc (Aussie), Cap (Kelpie) and most recently Georgia (Aussie). He has also bred, started and finished Aussies, Border Collies, and Kelpies for other stockmen in the area and all have become real world champions in their own right. Donna and her Dad have always had stockdogs to help them manage their livestock, even helping with handling their pigs. Most were cross bred shepherds but in 1990, Donna got her first NSDR registered red merle Australian Shepherd. He was her dad's right hand and was lost during the prime of his life. The search for a true working Aussie began and it has been an enlightening experience. Donna still considers herself a novice in the stockdog world. She WTCH'd her first Aussie, WTCH Coosawattee C-Me Emmy Rose in May 2010. Prior to that in 2002 - 2003 she had trialed an Aussie, Waters Coosawattee Rose, OTDsc to Open cattle and sheep titles. She is currently training Georgia's littermate Rita who had some impressive runs in Open division at the Cherokee Rose Stockdog trial in May 2011 and is currently 1st in Open Cattle in the 2011 ASCA merit program. Donna loves to start young dogs and be a part of that initial exposure to livestock. Her favorite division to compete in is Open and of course her favorite class of stock is cattle. She also assist Tony in outside training and clinic sessions.
Above, RWCH Sport and Donna's Dad on a snowy day in Georgia in 1976
A statement of our mission: Through the past 20 years we have come to appreciate first hand the true meaning of a working bred stockdog and also recognize the challenges working Aussie breeders have before them. The versatility and eye appeal of this breed may very well be its downfall in the stockdog world. Our personal goal is to do our part to keep Australian Shepherds in the elite group of working cowdogs doing what they were born to do, working stock. We are a ASCA® Registered and DNA certified kennel. Our females are in the process of being CERF and OFA certified and will be cleared of all genetic defects. Even though we are not a large kennel or breed multiple litters each year we will maintain this level of quality in our bloodline. If you are an Aussies breeder, please join us in our efforts to produce "Real World Champions" by putting genetic health along with working instinct and ability at the forefront of your breeding criteria.
Contact Tony (tonypadgettstockdogs@yahoo.com) for references and more information if you are in the Southeast and interested in stockdog training, handling or just wanting your working dog as part of your real world operation. THE WORKING DESCRIPTION OF THE AUSTRALIAN SHEPHERDAdopted by the Stockdog
Committee of the Australian Shepherd Club of America on March 12, 2006 Click on pictures below to view latest updates to the pack.
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| WTCH Coosawattee's It Just Comes Natural, DNA-VP | |||
| WTCH Coosawattee C-Me Emmy Rose, DNA-CP | |||
| Coosawattee's Heart Wreck'n Rita, DNA-VP OTDdsc | |||
Coosawattee's
Chizel My Heart, DNA-VP |
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C-Me
Always Strong in America (Newest Stars for 2012 !!) |
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C-Me
Izzy Wears Ruby & Ice (Newest Stars for 2012 !!) |
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Puppies Occasionally we'll have a litter but more often not...
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This site was last updated 2011-11-21
Copyright, DPadgett CoosawatteeAussies, 2006