ACDCUSpotlight Vol 1 Issue 1

I have had dogs nearly all my life and after
finding the perfect girl for me at the
young age of 18, it was just natural for us
as a newly married couple to get us a dog.
Well off to the shelter we went? .that dog
while nice was a sporting dog and just
didn?t fit too well with us.
After a friend told me of this cool litter his
buddy had just had of these smart dogs
called heelers I wanted one.
T hus began our journey with the ACD.
ACDCU President
Marc Moore
My wife and I are entrepreneurs being in business now for over 32 years, so
having the tenacity to stay with this breed is natural to us.
T hat first ACD of ours lived to be about 9 years old and the roller coaster
ride that is an ACD had us hooked.
We began to rescue ACDs, all appeared to be pure bred but for a variety of
reasons ended up in rescue or on the way to the vet to be put down would call
us.
We took all we could with the goal of working through their problems and
letting them live out their lives with us.
T hat kept us busy for many years as we encountered nearly every genetic
problem the breed has and other ?wonderful? personality issues from people
aggression, dog aggression, squirrel aggression, self aggression, tree
aggression and other great things.
We attended AKC shows and even multiple ACD national specialties
watching beautiful dogs that appeared to be ?normal? and thinking maybe
one day.
Our last rescue lived to the ripe old age of 17.5 years old and we decided we
had done our work for rescue and 20+ years was enough.
We further said we were ready to live dog free !