Meet Our Family

Hello, and thank you for visiting our family! We are located in Austin, Texas, near the beautiful Hill Country. Our Aussies are family members and share our home with my husband Eric, my daughter Jennifer, and my two sons Kyle and Dustin. We all share in the raising, training, and loving of this exceptional breed. Helen (me) and Jennifer actively show conformation, agility, and herding. We strongly believe that Aussies are exceptional dogs and enjoy many outlets.

How Our Love for Aussies Started

We have raised, trained, and shown other breeds, including German Shepherds, Siberian Huskies, and Labradors. A friend had an Aussie litter, and although my heart was set on another German Shepherd, my husband convinced me to bring home the Aussie. What was another dog? We obtained our first Australian Shepherd, Sunny, in 1995.  From the first moment we brought Sunny home, we knew this was the breed for us. Shortly thereafter, Sky joined our family, which is very near and dear to our hearts. In 2002, we bred our first litter and started our official Aussie kennel “Madalays Australian Shepherd”.

We are members of USASA, ASCA, TASSA (our local ASCA club), SWASA, and K9Xpress (the local agility club). Our Aussies are AKC and ASCA registered. The health and welfare of our dogs are of the utmost importance to us. All dogs used in our breeding program have been extensively tested for health issues and are OFA at 2 years of age and eye CERF yearly.