I have been involved with Australian Shepherds since 1972, and have been active in the many performance sports with purebred Aussies—conformation, herding, obedience, agility and versatility. Located in the central coast region of northern California, Monterey Bay area; the perfect climate for growing perfectly wonderful Aussie puppies!

Stonepine Australian Shepherds is the home of the 1997 USASA National Specialty Most Versatile Aussie, BODIE—Ch. Peachcreeks Simply Sterling, asca CD, HS, OTDs, STDcd, NA, NAJ and 1998 USASA National Specialty Reserve Most Versatile Aussie!

This website includes information on our dogs and their accomplishments (herding, agility, conformation and obedience) as well as information on upcoming and future litters (puppies), the accomplishments of our clients worldwide, a gallery of our pet owners, and available young dogs.

I have been active and compete in national breed clubs, ASCA-The Australian Shepherd Club of America (a member since 1972); USASA - the United States Australian Shepherd Association (a member since 1992) as well AKC-The American Kennel Club (a member since 1992). I am also a member of the Del Monte Kennel Club (a member since 1995).

I have served as long-time editor of the AKC breed club magazine, The Australian Shepherd Journal; I recently served as head of Judge's Education for USASA; I was the long-term Australian Shepherd breed columnist for the national AKC Gazette all-breed magazine, and have assisted local and national Aussie Rescue groups.

On this site I have provided links to other informative and educational Australian Shepherd sites, lists of reference materials, breeder/mentor contacts, and rescue resources for those of you who may be interested in having an Aussie in your life (See CLUBS, EDUCATION and RESCUE pages).

There is also a definitive list of articles that any potential owner of a pet/companion/performance Australian Shepherd should know before stepping into a potential 15-year commitment
(see ARTICLES page)!