| Sharon Rowe found
her first Australian Shepherd in the early 1960's. She fell in love
with the brains, working ability, and looks of the breed and
dedicated a large part of her time to helping the early aussie clubs
form. She was instrumental in starting one of the first Australian
Shepherd clubs, the Australian Shepherd Club of Colorado. for many
years she served the club in the capacities of president, secretary,
treasurer, newsletter editor, as well as writing many informative
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| Because Sharon loved the versatility of this breed,
she spent a lot of time working with the national club promoting the
versatility aspect of the aussie. She was one of the first people to
encourage the parent club to develop a breed standard and served on
the committee that drafted the first one. She also was one of the
people who helped negotiate the unification of the IASC and ASCA.
Sharon was also very involved with attempting to standardize the
breed and worked hard on setting up a viewing committee so that
everything that was a blue merle would not be registered as an
aussie. |
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During her many years in the breed, Sharon has successfully
trialed aussies in the working arena as well as the obedience and
conformation ring. She is a senior breeder judge for ASCA and
especially enjoys judging the versatility class.
Today she can be found video taping and taking pictures of camp
participants, and always has a helpful piece of wisdom ore
encouragement for the campers. She is well versed in many aspects of
homeopathy, bach flowers, and Shaklee herbs. A good discussion about
our dogs' health is always enjoyed by Sharon after a hard day of
herding and training.
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Jerry and Sharon
have been married for 50 years and raised 3 kids and currently have
8 grandson's (Not one granddaughter in the bunch!) They currently
have six Aussies. They all enjoy going to
trials when they are not judging or giving clinics.
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In 2001, Jerry and Sharon purchased a farm in
Kansas that is perfectly suited for training dogs, raising sheep and
establishing a training center. This is fulfilling another dream
they have always had--"To bring small
groups together to train their dogs in a vacation atmosphere." |
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