My name is Jessica Fuller. My husband Travis and I run Rusty Rose Ranch along with the help of my parents. We raise Mini American Shepherds, show ranch versatility horses, and breed miniature dairy goats.

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I have grown up as a farm girl who loves animals of all types, but especially dogs and horses. In my youth, I participated in FFA, showed goats, was a member of the Horse Judging team, was heavily involved in horse shows and rodeos, and also did rodeo queen pageants.

 

As a young adult, I majored in agricultural animal production at Tarleton University and though life events kept me from finishing my college education, I became dedicated to self-education. I'm a self-professed genetics nerd and I'm passionately dedicated to the science behind dog breeding.  I kept Akitas for many years as my dog of choice, and also owned many other breeds including shelties, cattle dogs, chihuahuas, pomeranians, Anatolian shepherds and Great Pyrenees. We have always had a multi-dog household!

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I've been around many working farm dogs, assisted with foster and rescue of multiple breeds, and helped various friends and mentors with the training and breeding of dogs.

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I've been involved in dog sports seriously for about 7 years now, primarily agility, rally, and obedience.

 

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I'm available to mentor new people to the world of dog sports and dog genetics, so please feel free to reach out to me.

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I'm currently serving as herding committee chairperson for the Miniature American Shepherd Club of the USA. I'm also a director on the board for the Mid America Miniature American Shepherd club. In addition, I admin several facebook groups including one for Working/Sport Bred MAS and Aussies and one for AKC/ASDR Dual Registered dogs. Please feel free to message me for more details.

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If you'd like to know more about our values, here is a brief look. Feel free to  message with any questions!

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• We do not believe in altering ear sets. 

• We do not use “creative grooming” to hide our dogs flaws. 

• We do not remove dewclaws or dock tails. 

• We do not re-home our retired breeding dogs.  

• We only breed when we want to keep a puppy. 

• We breed specifically for the purpose of creating sport dogs for us to compete with.  

• We only breed a girl once per lifetime (we might make an exception if an extenuating circumstance came up but so far that hasn’t happened). 

• Our dogs are fully health tested to OFA standards prior to breeding. 

• We are honest about issues in our bloodlines. 

• We do not believe in line breeding. 

• Our dogs live inside our home full time. 

• We do not show in AKC conformation due to a variety of reasons that I’d be glad to discuss in detail with interested parties. 

• “Type” is not a consideration of our program. We base breeding decisions STRICTLY on factors which affect performance, health and temperament.