My mom just sent me this photo from way back in the day (1993?).

Here is my mom and I surrounded by 3 litters of Australian Shepherd puppies. My mom bred Aussies (On “Q” Australian Shepherds) to feed and clothe her children, so we ALWAYS had a litter or two around. It was actually pretty cool because we would get to play with the puppies when they were the cutest and then send them off ot their new families. Not to mention, that there are approximately $9,000 worth of puppies in this pic…Cha-ching!

The youngest litter of Aussie pups in this pic is on top of the hay stack and they don’t even have their eyes open yet (so they are less then 2 weeks old). Too cute.

This photo also serves as photographic evidence as to how I became a crazy dog person…