Australian Shepherds Southeast Iowa

Sedona is our retired, energetic, red merle female, who has a very unique color of copper. She has four white paws and a white chest. She has two stunning blue eyes.  She has been an absolutely wonderful mother to many beautiful, witty puppies, but she is now retired and has been spayed. She comes from a very strong working background, but has not been trained to work cattle.

Sedona absolutely loves me and will cuddle with me 24-7 if I let her. She follows me everywhere I go and has become protective of me.  Sedona is more hesitant of people than any of our other Aussies. If you aren’t familiar with the breed, Aussies can become protective of their herd and when they do not have a herd to protect, they will often protect their families. Sedona lets people know that she is on guard and has nipped on occasion when she feels threatened. I would love to place her in a new home where she can have the freedom to run and would have more opportunity to be socialized. I think if I wasn’t here she would be more accepting of new people, so perhaps a new environment with lots of new visitors at first would help her feel less threatened by new people. I have learned that Sedona might do best in a home where she is the only dog. I am not sure how she would do with cats as we haven’t had one for about 3 years now.

 Sedona is very smart and is easy to train (she does jump on me, but not really on anyone else). She used to be in the house all the time, but for the last several years has been outside all the time (due to us having children and not having space for all of the Aussies to be inside). She knows basic commands and does ok on a leash, although we only use it to go to the vet as she never leaves my side. Sedona has great speed, but won’t venture far from her companions. To see some of Sedona’s puppies from her previous litters, please visit our Photo Gallery page. Sedona’s pedigree is available upon request.

Please contact me for more information or if you have any questions.