Available AKC Miniature American Shepherds
Deposit List
Rust Belt Farms reserves the right for first pick puppy from any of our litters to further our breeding program, we will not always hold a puppy back for ourselves but since we breed with intention for each litter we do reserve the right. Stud owners may have second pick of the litter depending on the stud contract of each stud owner, they may not take a puppy but it is a possibility.
Our Process:
We raise our puppies with Early Neurological Stimulation which is proven in studies to help puppies grow up to better respond to new stimuli; from there we raise our puppies following the Puppy Culture curriculum for raising puppies to socialization them to new stimuli in the home & world and give them the building blocks to learn and accept training. We begin potty training & kennel training, but at 8 weeks of age it is unrealistic to expect your puppy to be finished with potty training. Puppies are wormed at 2, 4, 6 & 8 weeks of age with Pyrantel and/or Fenbendazole. At their 6 Week Vet check, we run a fecal test to check for internal parasites and each puppy is checked over by a veterinarian and receives their first puppy vaccine at their visit. Our vet prescribes a flea/tick and heartworm preventative for when the puppies reach 8 weeks old. We run an Embark DNA test on each puppy, we will include a .pdf of your puppy's results which includes both health test results & color/trait results.
Pricing & Deposits:
We ask for a $300 non-refundable deposit that is applied to the purchase price of your puppy, if you would like to place a deposit please email, message or call us for our application. We like to do a phone or video call with our prospective puppy buyers to get to know you. Once the puppies are born, we will upload photos & videos and then like to do a video chat or puppy meet up around 4-5 weeks when they begin to show personalities, we also try to take the puppies to local small-scale socialization opportunities.
Prices are the same for male & female, all colors.
For Pet/Non-Breeding Registration:
Ostara & Parker's Litter: $1400
Dany & Kibo/Kosmo: $1400
Ambrosia & Tyrion: $1700
We match puppies to their families. What is our process? Communication and conversation, because we breed for both sport & companionship it is important to us that dogs with attributes that best align to a sport home are matched to a sport home, and the attributes our companion families seek also get matched with those attributes. We do try to offer the choice between at least two puppies as much as possible, and we will discuss their similarities and differences.
Puppy Pick-Up: Puppies may join their families at 8 weeks of age, please plan to pick up your puppy by 10 weeks (unless your puppy is awaiting transportation with a licensed transportation company). We do work with an experienced & licensed ground transportation company that travels the continental United States; I am willing to meet within an hour drive for no-cost.
Spring 2022 Litters:
Seeing as all of our Miniature American Shepherd ladies came into heat together at the same time, we are going to be raising three litters. These may be our only litters for 2022, depending on what the future holds.
The litter plans are:
1.) Dany x Kibo & Dany x Kosmo: This is a dual-sire litter. All puppies will be DNA tested for parentage. Dany/Kibo puppies will be registered as AKC Miniature American Shepherds and possible microdog candidates for sport; and puppies that are Dany/Kosmo will be registered with the International Herding Dog Registry and can only be registered AKC PALS for competing in sports, any Kosmo puppies will be high-drive dogs and well suited to sport/herding/competition homes.
**Update** Ultrasound on 3/28/22 at Schultz Veterinary Clinic confirmed pregnancy of possibly 6-7 puppies, Ultrasounds are imperfect at getting puppy counts, so take the number as an estimate.
2.) Ambrosia x Wigglebutt Tyrion: for a versatility/performance litter, both parents are 15-16" and could potentially compete in microdog depending on the sport association. Tyrion is linebred on several of Wigglebutt's best lines including multiple champions and world champion sport dogs.
3.) Ostara x Parker: for a conformation/companion litter, its likely that these pups will range between 16-19" should have medium drive and energy, good for someone wanting a companion or a casual sport dog. This litter will be all black or red tri colors
Deposit list for 2022:
- KP (Conformation/Performance)
- AP (Performance/Companion)
- JG (Companion)
- CG (Companion)
- BH (Performance/Companion)
- CH (Performance/Companion)
- LH (Performance/Companion)
- BH (Performance/Companion)
Our Process:
We raise our puppies with Early Neurological Stimulation which is proven in studies to help puppies grow up to better respond to new stimuli; from there we raise our puppies following the Puppy Culture curriculum for raising puppies to socialization them to new stimuli in the home & world and give them the building blocks to learn and accept training. We begin potty training & kennel training, but at 8 weeks of age it is unrealistic to expect your puppy to be finished with potty training. Puppies are wormed at 2, 4, 6 & 8 weeks of age with Pyrantel and/or Fenbendazole. At their 6 Week Vet check, we run a fecal test to check for internal parasites and each puppy is checked over by a veterinarian and receives their first puppy vaccine at their visit. Our vet prescribes a flea/tick and heartworm preventative for when the puppies reach 8 weeks old. We run an Embark DNA test on each puppy, we will include a .pdf of your puppy's results which includes both health test results & color/trait results.
Pricing & Deposits:
We ask for a $300 non-refundable deposit that is applied to the purchase price of your puppy, if you would like to place a deposit please email, message or call us for our application. We like to do a phone or video call with our prospective puppy buyers to get to know you. Once the puppies are born, we will upload photos & videos and then like to do a video chat or puppy meet up around 4-5 weeks when they begin to show personalities, we also try to take the puppies to local small-scale socialization opportunities.
Prices are the same for male & female, all colors.
For Pet/Non-Breeding Registration:
Ostara & Parker's Litter: $1400
Dany & Kibo/Kosmo: $1400
Ambrosia & Tyrion: $1700
We match puppies to their families. What is our process? Communication and conversation, because we breed for both sport & companionship it is important to us that dogs with attributes that best align to a sport home are matched to a sport home, and the attributes our companion families seek also get matched with those attributes. We do try to offer the choice between at least two puppies as much as possible, and we will discuss their similarities and differences.
Puppy Pick-Up: Puppies may join their families at 8 weeks of age, please plan to pick up your puppy by 10 weeks (unless your puppy is awaiting transportation with a licensed transportation company). We do work with an experienced & licensed ground transportation company that travels the continental United States; I am willing to meet within an hour drive for no-cost.
Spring 2022 Litters:
Seeing as all of our Miniature American Shepherd ladies came into heat together at the same time, we are going to be raising three litters. These may be our only litters for 2022, depending on what the future holds.
The litter plans are:
1.) Dany x Kibo & Dany x Kosmo: This is a dual-sire litter. All puppies will be DNA tested for parentage. Dany/Kibo puppies will be registered as AKC Miniature American Shepherds and possible microdog candidates for sport; and puppies that are Dany/Kosmo will be registered with the International Herding Dog Registry and can only be registered AKC PALS for competing in sports, any Kosmo puppies will be high-drive dogs and well suited to sport/herding/competition homes.
**Update** Ultrasound on 3/28/22 at Schultz Veterinary Clinic confirmed pregnancy of possibly 6-7 puppies, Ultrasounds are imperfect at getting puppy counts, so take the number as an estimate.
2.) Ambrosia x Wigglebutt Tyrion: for a versatility/performance litter, both parents are 15-16" and could potentially compete in microdog depending on the sport association. Tyrion is linebred on several of Wigglebutt's best lines including multiple champions and world champion sport dogs.
3.) Ostara x Parker: for a conformation/companion litter, its likely that these pups will range between 16-19" should have medium drive and energy, good for someone wanting a companion or a casual sport dog. This litter will be all black or red tri colors
Deposit list for 2022:
- KP (Conformation/Performance)
- AP (Performance/Companion)
- JG (Companion)
- CG (Companion)
- BH (Performance/Companion)
- CH (Performance/Companion)
- LH (Performance/Companion)
- BH (Performance/Companion)
We are expecting medium to high drive puppies, with moderate energy and a good "off-switch" and biddability; meaning these puppies will be versatile in ability and interest in sports/activities such as disc, barn hunt, scent work, hiking, dock diving & swimming and should have excellent conformation. Ambrosia is 15" and Tyrion is 15.5" - most of these puppies should stay in Mini height.
Born April 3rd, 2022 - The Celebrity Chef's litter!
1.) Guy - Blue Merle Male NBT/Docked tail
2.) Hollywood - Blue Merle Male NBT/Docked tail
3.) Maneet - Blue Merle Female full tail
4.) Alex - Black Tri Female Full tail
5.) Carla - Red Merle Female NBT/Docked tail
Born April 3rd, 2022 - The Celebrity Chef's litter!
1.) Guy - Blue Merle Male NBT/Docked tail
2.) Hollywood - Blue Merle Male NBT/Docked tail
3.) Maneet - Blue Merle Female full tail
4.) Alex - Black Tri Female Full tail
5.) Carla - Red Merle Female NBT/Docked tail
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A Dual Sired Litter! Dany was bred to both Kibo & Kosmo for her upcoming litter. All puppies will be DNA tested to know who their sire is - we won't know who the sire is until we have those results and yes its possible that all of the puppies could belong to one sire or some of the puppies belong to Kosmo and some to Kibo. All of the puppies sired by Kibo will be registered AKC Miniature American Shepherds and will likely be small-moderate sized Minis, and they will be offered to sport homes first because of the interest of sport homes in this cross. Any puppies sired by Kosmo will be registered with the International Herding Dog Registry, owners could also register their dogs in the AKC PAL program, and potentially in UKC & ASDR if they are looking for venues to compete in sports. Dany/Kosmo puppies will be smart, intuitive, high drive, would do very well in sports and will likely be moderate - large in size.
Born May 2nd, 2022 - The Rockstar litter
1.) Janis - Black Tri Female NBT
2.) Pink - Blue Merle Female Full Tail
3.) Tina - Black Tri Female Full Tail
4.) Garbage - Black Tri Female NBT
5.) Foo Fighters - Blue Merle Male NBT
6.) Linkin Park - Blue Merle Male NBT
7.) Incubus - Blue Merle Male Full Tail
8.) Bowie - Blue Merle Male Full Tail
Born May 2nd, 2022 - The Rockstar litter
1.) Janis - Black Tri Female NBT
2.) Pink - Blue Merle Female Full Tail
3.) Tina - Black Tri Female Full Tail
4.) Garbage - Black Tri Female NBT
5.) Foo Fighters - Blue Merle Male NBT
6.) Linkin Park - Blue Merle Male NBT
7.) Incubus - Blue Merle Male Full Tail
8.) Bowie - Blue Merle Male Full Tail
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Ostara & Parker! What an exciting cross, both are sweet tempered and easy going dogs with moderate energy. Ostara is a smart dog and her first litter produced amazing puppies; this will be Parker's first litter and he is a gentle and sweet dog with some serious athletic ability who loves to fly through the air for disc and sleep on the couch. Parker is sired by AKC Gold Grand Champion Skidmore's Gone With the Win; we are hopeful that this cross will produce puppies that are candidates for the conformation ring and sports too.
Born April 28, 2022 - The Superheros Litter! All puppies in this litter will have their full tails
Born April 28, 2022 - The Superheros Litter! All puppies in this litter will have their full tails
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Available Older Puppies & Adults
Sometimes, despite all the best efforts that a family makes a puppy does not work out for them and they are returned to us and we adopt them out to another family. Benefits of an older puppy, they have had their puppy vaccines and have far more experience with potty training and are the past the "mouthy" very young puppy stages. Because these puppies have more change in their young lives, we seek to be sure that their next home is the right fit for them.