Chase Australian Shepherds

Chaucer isn't just special because he was my first champion, or because he is so beautiful and smart. Chaucer is the embodiment of a dream I had with a friend who died way before her time. He is my piece of Amanda, a bitch that I loved, and he is what I have left of my friend Lauri.

When I bought my first Aussie, it was from Lauri, but it was a puppy from her bitch Amanda that I really wanted. Lauri and I made a deal for me to sponsor Amanda, to take her to Westminster, to Nationals and to help pay for her breeding, and in return, I would get first pick puppy from the litter. Lauri chose Bear for the breeding, and I was so excited. We put Amanda on the plane in Florida, right after the USASA Nationals, and I began counting the days. I was at a show in Arkansas, and Lauri was in Florida, on a family vacation, three days before the puppies were born. I got a late night call at my hotel, and I could hardly contain my excitement, because I thought it was the dogsitter calling to tell me the puppies had come early. But, that wasn't the news...Lauri had died on the beach, walking with her family...