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ABOUT US

Hello, my name is Pia and I am a proud breeder, owner and handler of MapleSpring's australian shepherds. Our kennel was established back in 2018 although my love for the breed started years before that.
We are based at the very edge of north-western mountains region in beautiful Slovenia and we share our home with my most loved australian shepherds. Our dogs excel not only in conformation, but dog sports such as agility, obedience and trick performance.
But above all they are members of our family, loved and cared for beyond compare.

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I fell in love with australian shepherds at my local kennel club, watching them work in Rally obedience and Agility. The performance style that they radiated was just something I was very drawn to and I loved how their mindsets worked in dog sports. After admiring them from afar, I had the honour of competing in Junior handling with a blue aussie bitch Biba for almost a year, who also bonded me with her owner and breeder of aussies in Slovenia, whom I am happy to still call my friend to this day even though our breeding styles are very different.
Falling in love with Biba, I started learning more about the breed and between 2015 and 2018 I spent my afternoons researching, reading as much as I could find on the breed and learning from Biba's owner at dog shows. Throughout this process I have gotten a clearer view of what I liked in the breed and which lines I was drawn too.
So in 2018 I welcomed home my first aussie, my heart dog and still my best friend, Raven. I got her from a dear friend of mine, Natalie of Royal rain aussies, who has been kind enough to mentor me further and is one of my favourite people in the breed. With her help, my A litter was planned and for my B litter Raven was bred to her stud Mambo. That combination was one of the best decisions of my entire life as it resulted in Blair who will  be a foundation for my lines through the next generations.
In 2023 Blair has welcomed her first litter being bred to a male from the same kennel as her dam, and I have been lucky enough to keep 2 of her daughters who will hopefully be a womderful addition to my breeding program.

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We breed for healthy, sound and conformationaly correct australian shepherds, true to the breed standard. Their high quality will always be my ultimate goal and I am proud to contribute to this wonderful breed.

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