Thanks Silhouette for the update on Spike...I had seen Spike awhile ago.... Lovely dog and when I saw him he did not show any aggression what so ever....goes to show the first owner.. does not know ..how to handle and train dogs.
Great ending to a sad story.

What a nice dog, but the question is!!!! how come a dog which was owned for nearly 2 years is all of a sudden aggressive, some people should never own dogs.
Also I would say that the dog was mistreated by the previous owner,I am so glad he has found a good home.

Hi guys, as the breeder of Spike, I am just so happy for him.
I will never know what truely happened to him with his first owner and something tells me they will never know either.
But it is so lovely to see that they were mistaken about Spike and that he retained that wonderful forgiving nature of the Koolie and has the best family and so nice and close so we can drop in from time to time, just to visit, not checking up.
And now I hear he has bonded with their shyer girl and Spike is just one happy boy, work, children, home, family and a nice girl.
It doesn't get better than that.
Just can't get enough of these happy endings
Thanks SL for the photos keep them coming.

Personally, I've always believed there's no such thing as a bad dog only BAD owners/handlers.
Great piccies

I got a bit annoyed on another forum on what was written about Spike & the whole situation.

It is great that he has found a home where he is loved & can work. I have a relation of his on trial here presently & he is a lovely dog (looks very similar).

Sure is nice to read of Spike and better still to know he has found a good home.

Honestly some people should never own animals. As breeders we try our utmost to place them correctly, but no matter how hard we try, sometimes it just doesn't work out. That is my fear as a breeder that i will misplace one of my puppies.

Thank goodness Spike is rehomed and happy.........

I am extremely careful with the Siberians when placing pups BUT sometimes buyers just tell you what you want to hear & not the truth & on 2 occassions I had to get pups back for their own wellbeing.

It is reassuring to know that there are breeders out there who do give that extra effort in order to protect their pups.
Micro-chipping, registering, DNAing, Inoculation and flea/worm programs all add to that protection.
Buyers would rather buy from a breeder who is willing to offer these simple and effective methods of protection, because it proves they do care what happens after the pup has left their care.
I just love seeing this type of attitude appearing more and more often, maybe we can win the fight against puppy farmers and breeders for profit.
Keeping the price low allows breeders to barely cover the cost of vetting, it certainly doesn’t cover the cost of feeding, training and care, but who ever thought they were going to make money out of breeding needed their heads read.
A Low purchase price does effectively make those who do breed for profit get out of the business because they just can’t compete with ethical breeders who are breeding to replace their owns stock or breeding for clients.
We are fortunate because we live in the middle of nowhere and mile from anywhere, so if a person puts in the effort of finding us and then traveling to us they definitely get brownie points.
But in the end the Koolies do the choosing and I never go against their decision, if mum don’t like you, forget about a baby from that litter, it doesn’t mean you’re a bad person, just that this litter isn’t going to suit your life style.
I have learned to respect my Koolies sensitivity forwards people.
And when we send interstate or overseas it takes around six month to a year depending on the destination, of conversations and bonding to get to a point of trust where we feel confident to send our pups.
I know other breeders don’t do all this and that’s fine I don’t preach and I don’t judge because it’s none of my business.
But at days end it is the buyer who will choose and the pups who will benefit.

Being involved with a breed that has a low market value is refreshing! Coming from Siberian Huskies, where pups can make $1500+ or at least $600+ for a pet is really really distressing for me as a Siberian Breeder, there is too much money flung around on show champions etc that they have to make it a profit business to make it "worthwhile" for their efforts in most cases.

I personally, as a Siberian Breeder, ask $450 for a Sibe pup as a pet, going rate is $600+ (including all the vacc's etc.) however my pups get sold with a DESEXING contract & I never sell a pup with papers EVER EVER EVER unless 1) they send the desexing certificate back & want to obedience/agil their dog (never happened, Sibes as they are a nightmare for such) or want an official record of pedigree for reference, in which case my breeding software runs 1 up for them unless they want the official copy.

I have only sold 2 female pups (no males) in 7yrs with papers & no desex contract, to close friends that I legally owned a half share in that dog, so any matings that I didn't approve saw the bitch & litter returned to me, 1 of the bitches was mated & I got to approve homes along with my co-owner.
I am planning to export breeding stock to Sweden & Canada BUT if the buyer is willing to go through the hassle of importation & the cost, then they deserve the opportunity.

I would like to do the same in Koolies if I breed (which will be supply myself with purpose bred pups for my work), I will only be selling proven workers to farmers ideally farmers agreeing to purchase desexed dog, or desexed pets.

This is one reason I am against official recognition for Koolies by the ANKC because it just opens up big opportunities for breeders for profit to start hiking up the price. It then becomes a business and does the breed no good what so ever. If you love koolies you will want to see them the place they were bred for, working on farm or at least enjoying activities that stimulate them like agility or herding.

Just shows how lucky we were with our dog, we were welcomed to the club pre Koolie and under the recommendations of certian high standing office bearers in the club were able to not only get pick of the litter but picked by an old hand too. I'm with TJ if the prosprective owners don't get on with the dogs you have..they are not mean to be. My mum bred for many years and had the whole family of prospective owners over BEFORE the bitch whelped to see their reaction to the dogs and the interaction with the dogs and them. If the dogs were'nt all over them and were coy ... it was a no go, same if the people were'nt all over the dogs.
I still laugh at our youngests reaction to some puppies TJ had at meeting, he'd never come across puppies before or boyant dogs like Koolies and was running about in tears....different story now

I'm for keeping them as they are, look what happened to ACDs, the ones in confirmation now would struggle to do the amount of running my 14 y.o bitch still does today. Never lose sight of what can be but don't forget what was.