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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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PHOTO SPOTLIGHT: 
 

"Baron"
AKC MBIS BISS GCH USASA ROMXI 
ASCA/Int'l CH RaineDance Written In Stone 
CD PT AX AXJ GSO JSO RSO
America's #1 Australian Shepherd Dog 2011
44 Breed wins, 40 Group Placements, 22 Group 1s &
Three Best In Shows (in one year)
Handled exclusively in 2011 by Michael McGuire
 

Spotlights...in Review: click here!

January 2012 Highlights:

 

Jan 2012 
***RaineDance Sports Model CGN CTD***
"Chloe"

CKC Winners Bitch!
Best of Opposite Sex!
Winners Bitch!
Best of Opposite Sex!
Winners Bitch!
Best of Opposite Sex!
Chloe wins 3 for 3 times in the ring! Still just a youngster but we are very excited for her future.
HUGE congratulations to her owner Kathy McKenzie and to her expert handler Courtney Persson!  
 Chloe is littermate to Tommy & Porsche out of 
GCH Wyndstar's Street Legal & CH Merry 
See Merry's Babies 

Jan 2012
***RaineDance Mischief Remembered RN NW1 CGC***
"Remington"


Remington is out with his new agility handler Gwen Jones! His first AKC agility trial he Q's in 1st and 3rd place in Standard & 1st Place in Jumpers!  NICE you guys!!!
Congratulations to his owner Suzel! Thanks for giving Rem the opportunity to show his love for agility in addition to all you have done with his Nosework and Rally. 
 Rem is littermate to CH Sam, Luna & Flash out of 
CH Parker & CH Merry 
See Merry's Babies 

Jan 2012 
***RaineDance First Edition
HSAs TDX NAJ HTDIs TD CGC
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"Flash"

Flash and his handler Mona take 4th place out of 15 dogs at the AKC Herding Trial! Flash is training at the Intermediate level and making great progress. His score on the HSBs course was 91!
HUGE thanks to Flash's owner (and handler in all other venues) for allowing Flash his seemingly endless opportunities to learn and compete! 
 Flash is littermate to CH Sam, Luna & Rem out of 
CH Parker & CH Merry 
See Merry's Babies 

December 2011 Highlights:

 

 

Dec 2011 
***RaineDance First Edition HSAs TDX NAJ HTDIs TD CGC ***
"Flash"

AKC Novice Jumpers! 
Flash is at it again! With 4 Qs in FIRST PLACE! WOOHOO!!
In fact, he has 7 agility Q's....ALL in FIRST PLACE!! Huge Congratulations to Flash's mom & handler Linda! 
 Flash is littermate to CH Sam, Luna & Rem out of 
CH Parker & CH Merry 
See Merry's Babies 
Dec 2011 
***RaineDance First Edition HSAs TDX HTDIs TD CGC ***
"Flash"

AHBA Herding Trial Dog Started! 
WOW! Flash finishes his HTDIs in First Place with a score of 88 out of 90! He also Q's in 3rd Place in Ranch Dog Started!!
Huge Congratulations to Flash's mom Linda and his handler Mona! 
 Flash is littermate to CH Sam, Luna & Rem out of 
CH Parker & CH Merry 
See Merry's Babies 

November 2011 Highlights:

Nov 2011 
***ROMXI AKC MBIS BISS GCH  ASCA/INT'L 
CH RaineDance Written In Stone CD PT AX AXJ GSO JSO RSO
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"Baron"

Herding Group One!
Herding Group Three!
The B Boy and Michael McGuire are at it again! This time on the "Turkey Circuit".

AKC MBIS BISS GCH Baron is littermate to CH Merry & ATCH II Biscuit out of CH Written & Directed By Timaru  and CH Emma
  See Baron's Babies  
Nov 2011 
***ROMXII AKC/ASCA/INT'L 
CH Lakehills Millenni'Em Mischief CD PT AX AXJ GSO JSO RSO
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"Emma"

USASA Record of Merit II Dam
!
THANK YOU to all her kids for making this happen!!
Emma is RD's foundation dam, and she will be 12 on New Years Eve. Still going strong, acting like a puppy!! Pictured here at 11 yrs, going BOB Veteran 

CH Emma is out of CH Lakehills Just RopeIt of Hisaw &
CH Lakehills OWhata Night at Hisaw
Bred By Allen & Lisa Renville of Lakehills Aussies

  See Emma's Babies  

Nov 2011 
***ROMXI AKC MBIS BISS GCH  ASCA/INT'L 
CH RaineDance Written In Stone CD PT AX AXJ GSO JSO RSO
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"Baron"

B E S T  I N  S H O W ! #3
Herding Group One! #25
Herding Group One!
Herding Group One!
The B Boy does it again! Michael McGuire and Baron have a great weekend in Oregon! Thank you Stephen Hubbel for Baron's 3rd Best In Show this year!
and thank you Michael McGuire for an exquisite job in the ring!!  

AKC MBIS BISS GCH Baron is littermate to CH Merry & ATCH II Biscuit out of CH Written & Directed By Timaru  and CH Emma
  See Baron's Babies  
Nov 2011 
***ROMXI AKC MBIS BISS GCH  ASCA/INT'L 
CH RaineDance Written In Stone CD PT AX AXJ GSO JSO RSO
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"Baron"

Herding Group One!
Best of Breed! 
Herding Group Two!
Best of Breed! 
THANK YOU Michael McGuire!
As we sadly count down to Baron's retirement, we are enjoying every minute while it lasts!!!  

AKC MBIS BISS GCH Baron is littermate to CH Merry & ATCH- II Biscuit out of CH Written & Directed By Timaru  and CH Emma
  See Baron's Babies  

Nov 2011 
***ATCH-II ATChC RaineDance Cookin'up Mischief LIFETIME CGN***
"Biscuit"

ASCA Agility High In Trial!
At 8 and a half, Bisi gets her first HIT!!!!
Congratulations to Bisi's owner/handler Linda Clark!
You guys are TOTALLY amazing!
 
ATCH-II ATChC Biscuit is littermate to 
CH Merry & MBIS GCH Baron out of 
CH Written & Directed By Timaru  and CH Emma

See Emma's Babies
   

Nov 2011 
***RaineDance Moonshadow Mischief HSAs HSBs HRDIs CGC TDI***
"Luna"

Q's in Intermediate Herding! In Third Place! WOOHOOO! Another RD First!
Huge Congratulations to Luna's Mom
 and handler Angelyn! OMG with only 2 weeks of work at that level! 
Luna is littermate to CH Sam, Flash & Rem out of 
CH Parker & CH Merry 
See Merry's Babies 

Highlights of 2011:

The Boys:

By the end of 2011 GCh Baron was almost 9 years old. He finishes 2011 nationally ranked all systems!
#1 Australian Shepherd Dog (All Breed) & #3 over all. This included 44 Breed Wins, 40 Group Placements (22 Group 1s) and 3 Best in Shows. Handled exclusively in 2011 by Michael McGuire.
#6 in the Breed Standings, #19 Herding Dog, #8 in the National Championship Standings, &#8 Grand Champion.
Ch Sam (co-owned) finishes his ASCA/AKC CHs with back to back majors in both & finishes his Int'l Ch
Ch Bryce (co-owned) earns ASCA ATCH and his UKC Ch w/Best in Show & 3 Group I's & ASCA Rally Novice
ATCh-C ATCH Cisco (co-owned) finishes his ASCA ATCH
Flash (co-owned) finishes 2 Herding titles w/High Combined Aussie! Also earns his 1st agility title & his AKC TDX
Tommy takes an ASCA Best of Winners over 60 class dogs from 6-9 & Best in Sweeps at the USASA Specialty
Hudson starts his obedience career and earns his AKC Rally Novice title
Remington finishes his first AKC Rally title and Nosework level 1
Apollo earns 4 agility titles

The Girls:
HOF Ch Emma   USASA ROMX-II.
Luna (co-owned) finishes 3 more Herding titles
ATCh-C ATCH II Biscuit (owner handled in Canada) earns her ASCA ATCH II and High in Trial!
Chloe (co-owned) starts her modeling career and take Best of Breed at the Herding Specialty in Canada
Capri (co-owned) earns her first 4 agility titles
Porsche (co-owned) Best of Opposite in Sweeps at the USASA Specialty
Ch Jolie has her first litter of puppies out of the late great Mr. P
  Previous Years click HERE

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