Shade ~ Blue Eyed Black Tri (BET) Mini Aussie Stud Dog

Meet Shade one of our retired black tri Mini Aussie stud dogs.

WE'LL C A SHADE OF HOPE ~ RETIRED

Shade was born here at We'll C Mini Aussies. He is sired by Butts' Jessie out of We'll C a Ray of Hope.

Shade is a black tri Miniature Australian Shepherd with one blue eye (BET) and a full white collar. He was born in January of 2011 and is registered ASDR, American Stock Dog Registry.

Photo taken 3/4/17.

Shade is a smaller Mini Aussie standing at 15.5" tall at the shoulder and weighs 23 pounds. He is guite the "gentle" little man but don't mistake that for shyness. It's always fun when one of Shade's litters arrives because he carries the genes for all four colors.

Shade is dad to Wookie, and our upcoming breeders Jane, and Georgia and granddad to our upcoming breeder Tidbit.

Below is Shade's slideshow, results from his genetic testing, and pedigree.

Mini Aussie puppies for sale at We'll C Mini Aussies in NW Montana.

GENETIC TESTING RESULTS

OFA

Hips ~ Good ~ Prelim results
Elbows ~ Normal ~ Prelim results
Patellar ~ Normal ~ Not tested

Eyes ~ Normal ~ OFA Number -- MAS-EYE26/26M-VPI

MDR1

MDR1 ~ Clear by parentage. Shade has not been tested because neither of his parents are carriers of the gene. Therefore, it is not necessary for us to test as we know he cannot have the mutation.