I don't breed too often, but when I do, I will sell the puppies with written guarantee that the puppies will be able to work stock and that the pup will have nice temperament and a good health. I really don't breed on any specific kennels or lines, I will breed on the dogs I really love and the ones that have proved "it" for me! Right now I have lines from Pincie Creek, Slash V, Aggieland & Hangin' Tree. It’s also very important to me that you know that my goal is to "keep the cow in the cowdog"! That line is borrowed from Laura Radford, a friend of mine in Oklahoma. I am breeding on dogs with strong enough will to move cattle at the most effective way. I also want to keep the typical finesse in the working dog. I want a dog that thinks but that doesn't get stuck there - they actually need to move soon so the stock doesn't have the major opportunity to escape. Reindeer are very fast so if the dog gets a step behind the dogs will keep be behind! I want a dog that will start working at once you tell him to, a dog that is always ready to work! I want a strong working dog with great health and temperament! I do prefer dogs that heel but the dog really need to be able to head as well! This is very important for me. I am trying my best to keep the best possible companion for myself, a dog that never leave your side unless necessary and a dog that works until the job is done. To work reindeers is very hard when they are a very hard livestock to control and the days of working are many. We work 4-7 hours each day in the very deep snow... After reading this you might understand that we never keep dogs in our home that will be easy to get tired or dogs that ever will give up! I need dogs that is able to work for a long time in a row and work well.. In my opinion you can "slow" a dog down but you can't make it go faster! With this I mean that you can try to control a tough dog and make it listen, but you can't make it work more intense than it already does..! So I breed for the tough and intense worker, which means if you are considering a puppy from me you will need to be prepared on a dog that might be hard to get along with in the beginning and a dog that will work whenever he has a chance to. Of course there are exceptions! Picture copyright by Terry Martin. A stockdog for me is a dog that can do everything included stock, of course! The stockdog need to be able to help the rancher/farmer/owner with whatever he needs help with. If my females don't show me that me that trait, I won’t ever breed on her! I have one older female (Ami) that I bought for breeding in the first place but she don’t have enough with “push” and "independence" in her so I decided to not breed on her. Just an example of how important my breeding goals are! I don't do this for money, I do it by passion and the needing of a good working dog to my own livestock! My breeding stock needs to handle EVERYTHING, I can't have too many dogs around so I really don’t need one dog for each single job (as driving, fetching or outruns!). My dogs really need to prove me everything before I ever will consider taking a litter on it. I have several litters planned in the future. I don't have free spots for puppies right now but I will post more information on my website about upcoming litters later on. Please check back later and maybe I then will have more spots on puppies!