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Welcome to RaineDance Australian Shepherds

We are a small kennel located in Santa Rosa about an hour north of San Francisco, California. We are dedicated to the health and promotion of this versatile, happy breed. I have enjoyed the company of dogs my whole life, but truly the Aussie has captured my heart! Please take a look around, and you will find some fine examples of true Aussie spirit. Beautiful, intelligent, responsive, energetic and FULL of personality, Aussies have what it takes to do ANYTHING.

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email: Raine@RaineImages.com
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PHOTO SPOTLIGHT:

Beach Bear
Baby Baron, too close to the camera, creates this 'fish bowl' effect. Baron spent
all his trips to the beach on leash for the first 3 years! He just has NO fear of the ocean.
Not even a healthy respect! But as the years passed he began to accept that was never
going to be allowed to just go off swimming in the ocean. :) Now he does just fine,
but I still watch him like a hawk just in case!

Spotlights...in Review: click here!


April 2008 *ASCA/AKC/INT'L CH RaineDance Written In Stone PT OA OAJ GS-N JS-O RS-N CGC* "Baron" Open Agility! Bear Bear finishes his AKC Open Standard title! And qualifies in Excellent A Jumpers! IN FIRST place! What a good boy. He was a little less girl crazy this weekend. :)) 1st Place Excellent A Jumpers w/Weaves 1st Place Open Standard& 2nd Place Excellent A Jumpers on Sunday CH Baron is littermate to CH Merry and ATChC Biscuit out of CH Written & Directed By Timaru & CH Emma See Baron's Babies		Photo by Dog Gone Digital
Photo by Alex Chamberlain	March 2008 *INT'L/NAT'L Puppy CH RaineDance Mischief In 3D* "Bryce" Best of Breed Puppy! Puppy Group 4! Bryce leaves the puppy classes in style! "The judge said Bryce was 'beautifully put together with a wonderful expression'. Bryce gave her the trademark grin when she walked her short list and she acknowledged him and called him a 'charmer'." 14 puppies in the herding puppy group! Nice job Alex! Can't wait to see you guys in person. Bryce is out of CH Dreamstreets Season Ticket & CH Emma See Emma's Babies
March 2008 *ASCA/AKC/INT'L CH RaineDance Merry Mischief PT NA NAJ GS-N JS-O RS-N CGC* "Merry" Novice Gamblers! Open Jumpers! Merry was our STAR this (ASCA) weekend! Put in at the last minute as a sub for Emma. 6 runs, 6Q's w/6 placements! Finishing two titles. Novice Gamblers 3rd & 4th Place Open Gamblers 1st Place Open Standard 2nd & 3rd Place Open Jumpers 1st Place She was fabulous. And she is just such a sweetie! And then all business in the ring. I wish I had entered her in all 10! CH Merry is littermate to CH Baron and ATChC Biscuit out of CH Written & Directed By Timaru & CH Emma		Photo by Matt Garrido
Photo by Dog Gone Digital	March 2008 *ASCA/AKC/INT'L CH Lakehills Millenni'Em' Mischief PT AX AXJ GS-O JS-O RS-O* "Emma" Agility Excellent! Agility Excellent Jumpers with Weaves! Finishes her AKC Excellent level agility titles! Only shown on Saturday takes First Place in Excellent Jumpers A and 2nd Place in Excellent Std A! Both with scores of 100! This girl LOVES agility!! Emma is out of CH Starswept Just Rope It Of Hisaw & CH Lakehills Owhata Nite At Hisaw bred by Lisa & Allen Renville See Emma's Babies
March 2008 *ASCA/AKC/INT'L CH RaineDance Written In Stone PT NA OAJ GS-N JS-O RS-N CTD CGC* "Baron" Open Jumpers with Weaves! Baron finishes his first AKC Open Jumpers w/Weaves in First Place and qualifies in second place in Open Standard! Only shown Saturday. What a good boy! With 2 girls in heat at home, Baron holds it together under what I am sure he considers extreme conditions! <G> CH Baron is littermate to CH Merry and ATChC Biscuit out of CH Written & Directed By Timaru & CH Emma See Baron's Babies		Photo by Dog Gone Digital
Photo by Matt Garrido	March 2008 *Red Forrest Shades of Amber* "Jade" Reserve Winners Bitch! To a 3pt major! At the AKC show in Vallejo Congrats to Jade's owners Patricia & Matt Bockman and to Chelsea Pendo for handling her to this win! Jade is out of CH Baron & CH Red Forrests Secrets of Luxor CD RN bred by Red Forrest and Drogheda Aussies. See Baron's Babies
March 2008 *ASCA CH RaineDance Park Ave Mischief* "Pearl" Reserve Winners Bitch! I think this was to a 3pt major as well! Go Pearlie! Congrats to Pearl's owners Cathy & Ken Thormahlen! CH Pearl is littermate to ATCh-C Cisco out of CH Parker & CH Emma See Parker's Babies		Photo by RaineImages
	March 2008 *Ebbtide Glamour Girl CD RA* "Naya" Companion Dog! Naya finishes her first obedience title!! WOW! Great job Ariela and Naya! Congrats to Naya's owner/handler Ariela Karasov and to Naya's co-owner/breeder Ann Atkinson of Ebbtide Aussies! Naya is littermate to Gotcha out of CH Baron & Ebbtide Madam President CD bred by Ebbtide Aussies See Baron's Babies
February 2008 *Halfmoon Six String* "Fender" Reserve Winners Dog! This news from Alaska! What a handsome boy! Congrats to his owners and his breeder Gwen Hayes of Halfmoon Aussies! I look forward to more pictures and news of handsome Fender! Fender is out of CH Baron & CH Westridge Panache bred by Halfmoon Aussies See Baron's Babies
	February 2008 *Int'l/Nat'l Puppy CH Ebbtide Gonna Getcha RN* "Gotcha" Qualifies in Rally Advanced! In Fourth Place. Now just one Q from her RA title! Go Gottie and Susan! Congrats to Gotcha's owners Susan Gore & Trish Madden and to Gotcha's breeder and co-owner Ann Atkinson of Ebbtide Aussies! Gotcha is littermate to Naya out of CH Baron & Ebbtide Madam President CD bred by Ebbtide Aussies See Baron's Babies
February 2008 *Ebbtide Glamour Girl RA* "Naya" Rally Advanced! Pretty girl Naya qualifies in Advanced Rally in Second Place finishing her RA AND earns her second CD leg in 4th place!!! Congrats to Naya's owner/handler Ariela Karasov and to Naya's co-owner/breeder Ann Atkinson of Ebbtide Aussies! Naya is littermate to Gotcha out of CH Baron & Ebbtide Madam President CD bred by Ebbtide Aussies See Baron's Babies
	February 2008 *ASCA/AKC/INT'L CH RaineDance Written In Stone PT NA NAJ GS-N JS-O RS-N CTD CGC* "Baron" Qualifies in Open Standard! In First Place! I am so proud of Baron and Emma. They both had some beautiful runs on some really tough courses this weekend! CH Baron is littermate to CH Merry and ATChC Biscuit out of CH Written & Directed By Timaru & CH Emma See Baron's Babies
February 2008 *ASCA/AKC/INT'L CH Lakehills Millenni'Em' Mischief PT OA OAJ GS-O JS-O RS-O* "Emma" Qualifies in Excellent Standard! In FIRST PLACE! This girl LOVES agility!! Emma is out of CH Starswept Just Rope It Of Hisaw & CH Lakehills Owhata Nite At Hisaw bred by Lisa & Allen Renville See Emma's Babies

Highlights of 2007: Emma finishes her AKC Championship and has her last litter Biscuit (owner handled in Canada) is the first RD dog to earn her Agility Trial Championship! W/Silver Award of Merit. She finishes the year at #2 Aussie and #9 All Breed in Canada for 2007 Cisco (co-owned & owner handled in Canada) earns his Agility Trial Championship too! And he too finishes the year as #5 Aussie in Canada by the Agility Association of Canada for 2007 Merry has her first litter, becomes a triple Champion and earns both herding Certificates Parker & Baron earn their first herding Certificates Highlights of 2006: Baron sires his first litters, becomes a TRIPLE CH and a Therapy Dog. He earns his first SEVEN agility titles, and is ranked #30 in ASCA Conformation Cisco (co-owned) starts his Agility career and earns his first THREE titles and is ranked #8 Aussie in Canada by the AAC Pearl (co-owned) earns all of her AKC conformation Majors Emma starts her HERDING career and earns her first title Merry starts her AGILITY career and finishes her first title Parker starts his HERDING career Highlights of 2005: Baron finishes his AKC CH going Group One from the classes and is ranked #23 in ASCA Emma earns her fist NINE agility titles and ranked #7 JWW Novice B (USASA) Merry gets BEST IN SHOW Bred By Exhibitor (AKC) and finishes her AKC CH Pearl (co-owned) earns all of her ASCA conformation Majors in her first year. Parker becomes a triple CH and is the proud sire of 3 more litters

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April 2008 *ASCA/AKC/INT'L CH RaineDance Written In Stone PT OA OAJ GS-N JS-O RS-N CGC* "Baron" Open Agility! Bear Bear finishes his AKC Open Standard title! And qualifies in Excellent A Jumpers! IN FIRST place! What a good boy. He was a little less girl crazy this weekend. :)) 1st Place Excellent A Jumpers w/Weaves 1st Place Open Standard& 2nd Place Excellent A Jumpers on Sunday CH Baron is littermate to CH Merry and ATChC Biscuit out of CH Written & Directed By Timaru & CH Emma See Baron's Babies		Photo by Dog Gone Digital
Photo by Alex Chamberlain	March 2008 *INT'L/NAT'L Puppy CH RaineDance Mischief In 3D* "Bryce" Best of Breed Puppy! Puppy Group 4! Bryce leaves the puppy classes in style! "The judge said Bryce was 'beautifully put together with a wonderful expression'. Bryce gave her the trademark grin when she walked her short list and she acknowledged him and called him a 'charmer'." 14 puppies in the herding puppy group! Nice job Alex! Can't wait to see you guys in person. Bryce is out of CH Dreamstreets Season Ticket & CH Emma See Emma's Babies
March 2008 *ASCA/AKC/INT'L CH RaineDance Merry Mischief PT NA NAJ GS-N JS-O RS-N CGC* "Merry" Novice Gamblers! Open Jumpers! Merry was our STAR this (ASCA) weekend! Put in at the last minute as a sub for Emma. 6 runs, 6Q's w/6 placements! Finishing two titles. Novice Gamblers 3rd & 4th Place Open Gamblers 1st Place Open Standard 2nd & 3rd Place Open Jumpers 1st Place She was fabulous. And she is just such a sweetie! And then all business in the ring. I wish I had entered her in all 10! CH Merry is littermate to CH Baron and ATChC Biscuit out of CH Written & Directed By Timaru & CH Emma		Photo by Matt Garrido
Photo by Dog Gone Digital	March 2008 *ASCA/AKC/INT'L CH Lakehills Millenni'Em' Mischief PT AX AXJ GS-O JS-O RS-O* "Emma" Agility Excellent! Agility Excellent Jumpers with Weaves! Finishes her AKC Excellent level agility titles! Only shown on Saturday takes First Place in Excellent Jumpers A and 2nd Place in Excellent Std A! Both with scores of 100! This girl LOVES agility!! Emma is out of CH Starswept Just Rope It Of Hisaw & CH Lakehills Owhata Nite At Hisaw bred by Lisa & Allen Renville See Emma's Babies
March 2008 *ASCA/AKC/INT'L CH RaineDance Written In Stone PT NA OAJ GS-N JS-O RS-N CTD CGC* "Baron" Open Jumpers with Weaves! Baron finishes his first AKC Open Jumpers w/Weaves in First Place and qualifies in second place in Open Standard! Only shown Saturday. What a good boy! With 2 girls in heat at home, Baron holds it together under what I am sure he considers extreme conditions! <G> CH Baron is littermate to CH Merry and ATChC Biscuit out of CH Written & Directed By Timaru & CH Emma See Baron's Babies		Photo by Dog Gone Digital
Photo by Matt Garrido	March 2008 *Red Forrest Shades of Amber* "Jade" Reserve Winners Bitch! To a 3pt major! At the AKC show in Vallejo Congrats to Jade's owners Patricia & Matt Bockman and to Chelsea Pendo for handling her to this win! Jade is out of CH Baron & CH Red Forrests Secrets of Luxor CD RN bred by Red Forrest and Drogheda Aussies. See Baron's Babies
March 2008 *ASCA CH RaineDance Park Ave Mischief* "Pearl" Reserve Winners Bitch! I think this was to a 3pt major as well! Go Pearlie! Congrats to Pearl's owners Cathy & Ken Thormahlen! CH Pearl is littermate to ATCh-C Cisco out of CH Parker & CH Emma See Parker's Babies		Photo by RaineImages
	March 2008 *Ebbtide Glamour Girl CD RA* "Naya" Companion Dog! Naya finishes her first obedience title!! WOW! Great job Ariela and Naya! Congrats to Naya's owner/handler Ariela Karasov and to Naya's co-owner/breeder Ann Atkinson of Ebbtide Aussies! Naya is littermate to Gotcha out of CH Baron & Ebbtide Madam President CD bred by Ebbtide Aussies See Baron's Babies
February 2008 *Halfmoon Six String* "Fender" Reserve Winners Dog! This news from Alaska! What a handsome boy! Congrats to his owners and his breeder Gwen Hayes of Halfmoon Aussies! I look forward to more pictures and news of handsome Fender! Fender is out of CH Baron & CH Westridge Panache bred by Halfmoon Aussies See Baron's Babies
	February 2008 *Int'l/Nat'l Puppy CH Ebbtide Gonna Getcha RN* "Gotcha" Qualifies in Rally Advanced! In Fourth Place. Now just one Q from her RA title! Go Gottie and Susan! Congrats to Gotcha's owners Susan Gore & Trish Madden and to Gotcha's breeder and co-owner Ann Atkinson of Ebbtide Aussies! Gotcha is littermate to Naya out of CH Baron & Ebbtide Madam President CD bred by Ebbtide Aussies See Baron's Babies
February 2008 *Ebbtide Glamour Girl RA* "Naya" Rally Advanced! Pretty girl Naya qualifies in Advanced Rally in Second Place finishing her RA AND earns her second CD leg in 4th place!!! Congrats to Naya's owner/handler Ariela Karasov and to Naya's co-owner/breeder Ann Atkinson of Ebbtide Aussies! Naya is littermate to Gotcha out of CH Baron & Ebbtide Madam President CD bred by Ebbtide Aussies See Baron's Babies
	February 2008 *ASCA/AKC/INT'L CH RaineDance Written In Stone PT NA NAJ GS-N JS-O RS-N CTD CGC* "Baron" Qualifies in Open Standard! In First Place! I am so proud of Baron and Emma. They both had some beautiful runs on some really tough courses this weekend! CH Baron is littermate to CH Merry and ATChC Biscuit out of CH Written & Directed By Timaru & CH Emma See Baron's Babies
February 2008 *ASCA/AKC/INT'L CH Lakehills Millenni'Em' Mischief PT OA OAJ GS-O JS-O RS-O* "Emma" Qualifies in Excellent Standard! In FIRST PLACE! This girl LOVES agility!! Emma is out of CH Starswept Just Rope It Of Hisaw & CH Lakehills Owhata Nite At Hisaw bred by Lisa & Allen Renville See Emma's Babies