Wiggle Rump Ranch

* Miniature Australian Shepherds (Little Aussies :o)

NOW... AKC Miniature American Shepherds (as of May 2011)

Wiggle Rump Ranch
Ellensburg, WA
monica@wigglerumpranch.com

Rave Reviews!

"Purchasing a puppy from a reputable breeder is based on mutual trust and we definitely had that here. Thank you for helping us complete our family! " ~Winters Family

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Hi Monica,

Oh, he is so amazing! We all love him so much. We are keeping his call name as Starburst. Thomas, my eldest, really loved the name, and wouldn’t hear of anything else. And of course Starburst already knows it well. I think for his papers, we will call him “Wiggle Rump Shooting Star,” in honor of his papa.

He has had a really successful day today with his crate training. We are using it at night, and for a lot of short in and outs during the day to work on his pottying. Yesterday, he was pretty reluctant to use it, but I realized that he just wasn’t close enough to the household action. I found today that if he is smack in the middle of the kitchen, with the kids yelling right next to him, he naps great in the crate. J Right now, he’s next to me in it, dozing happily.

He went to Thomas’s first grade class today to meet the kids, and he was SO great—he was relaxed and gentle and so sweet and outgoing with all the kids. He’s also doing really well with his leash manners—he waits for us all to go through doors first, and he is learning to trot happily next to the stroller. I’m so impressed with his early training with you guys, and with his confidence and socialization. I think that having five kids is the ultimate socializer for your pups!

He was a little uneasy about the chickens at first, but now he likes to watch them through the hardware cloth of the run. Ducklings sound like fun. I bet there will be some herding going on! So you are keeping Snickers? I watched your new You Tube of Mike and Ike—he’s a cutie. I know that Thomas is secretly wishing we could get him too, but I would definitely be in over my head at that point, lol.

I’ll pass on your belly rubs to the little guy, and in a sec when I change computers, I’ll send over a couple more pictures. You are welcome to come and visit all of us anytime you are in Portland , just call us and come on over!

Hugs,

Sara

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Hi Monica,

I wanted to send you some recent pictures of Juno "Luke." He is doing great! He's so well behaved and adjust to things with such ease. He is also so photogenic

Every where I go I am stopped by all sorts of people who just think he is the most adorable and beautiful puppy ever. They also notice how he has such a good temperment. He is definitely learning quick in his potty training. I couldn't have asked for a better puppy. I hope you enjoy the pictures.

Thanks again and I'll be in touch!

Elaine

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Hi Monica,
     Wanted to drop you a note and let you know that Sunflower "Annie" (Red hair like Annie) is doing great!!!! I put down "Annie's Sunflower"as an official name for the ASDR registration.
     I just went out to check on her and she and Blue were rolling around together playing tug of war with a sock. SOOOOOO CUTE!!! I wanted to get a pic of the two of them playing but they heard me sneak around the corner and came running.
     She has become a part of the family already. My wife (not the dog lover) even spends time petting her and speaking sweetly :-)
     We are sooooooo happy with her. Thank you again for you excellent care and training. She makes it through the night in her crate and even now knows the command
"go pee" so when she has a limited time outside she knows to get it done!
     Again thank you for your expert care and excellent breeding practices. It is so clear that you raise amazing dogs. We will recommend you to other friends who may want an aussie pup.
Love,
The Sarett Family

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Dear Monica and our new extended family,

We are very glad that you are all home safe! We all made it home safe and gave Zinnia "Cody Cuddles" all the way home! We ALL could not be more grateful to have spent time with your wonderful family! After getting Max and knowing Wigglerump Ranch was the best place a puppy could get a start in life, now we know that it is every single member of your family that makes it perfect!

We're just getting started with pictures! We'll send them in a separate email shortly. So when you get them please gather round and take a peek at how she is doing. We'll be sending many more this week and in the weeks to come.

Love,

Bob, Laura, Bear, Minnie, Max, Zinnia, Tigger, Simba & Maggie.

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I Love Her, I Love Her, I Love Her!

~Makenzie

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Trooper was a big hit. Declared the best Christmas present ever! Thank you.

~Monica

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Hello all @ Wigglerump Ranch,

All is well. He is quite the companion. We just spent the weekend at my friend's dad's estate in Chico, Ca. (centervilleestate.com) He was exicited by the 25 pound salmon running in Butte Creek. The creek is about 20 feet wide and about 15 feet deep and there were maybe 200 salmon in front of the estates. He has had a ride on the quad. On independence day we went to the Benicia Harbor. We barbaqued and watched the show from a barge in the Carquinez Straits. My friend Phil Joy owns the harbor and K.C. who owns the dyno shop where we tune our race cars was in a motorcycle wreck a few years back in turn 12 @ Sears Point (now Infineon) Raceway, has a hard time getting around. Phil who is the reigning California NASA Legends Masters Division Road racing Champion set it up so K.C. could use the quad to drive from the front gate to the first barge then on to the second barge and Chiah would ride with him. I would like to thank you for his initial training. He is a very good boy. I'll try to get some pictures to you soon. It might be interesting to look up these locations on a map and then look at the pictures. I will now take him to the vet and I will let you know what is acceptable to him. I am looking into herding classes in Vacaville, CA. I need to research how they train and if I can watch a class before enrolling him. I would like to be able to fulfill his instincts. If you have the time I would like to see some pictures of the qualifier also.

Talk to you soon.

Michael

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Monica..just wanted you to know what a real treasure Rusty is. He is very well socialized and outgoing. You and your family have done a wonderful job. He's great in the car and had no difficulty bringing him back to British Columbia. He is like an ambassador for his breed. He listens and enjoys his obedience classes. ..a very clever boy. Of course he needs a lot of exercise, but loves to play and is like a comedian. We get lots of compliments wherever we go.If anyone is thinking of a wigglerump companion don't hesitate..Monica and her family are very supportive and caring. Thankyou for such a special boy....Susan

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Just thought you'd like an update on how Simon is doing. He is a great little guy, and seems to have adjusted completely to his new home. He is eating well, and is very playful and happy. He is doing extremely well on his house breaking, and has had very few accidents. The crate training you gave him has been a big plus, and he sleeps in it by our bed through the night without fussing. He is very intelligent, and responsive to several words already! He was a little worried about the
horses when he first saw them, but now likes to sit and watch them, probably thinking about how he might herd them around when he grows up!

I think Simon is perfect for what we wanted in a dog. Thank you for selling him to us. Please feel free to stop for a visit anytime your over this was.

Jean and Roy

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Dear Monica,

We don't even know how to begin to thank you for this sweet spirit and new member of our family. He is so kind, gentle, fun, and so clean we know he has had the best care any dog could hope for. As people who have been "owned" by a variety of animals for years, we have such a great deal of respect for how you raised Tommy. We will be so very proud of him forever and will always tell people what a wonderful person you are and how wonderful Wiggle Rump Ranch is. All who have met him so far are in love too and he seems to be very happy. Tommy has ventured out with us to two pet stores and with Bob to Home Depot and he has stolen the hearts of many. Tommy seems to be so comfortable here (as you'll see in the attached pictures) that he even likes Minnie's pink bed. We'll send more pictures in a week or so with him and the rest of the family (cats and birds).

Thank you so much, he is everything we prayed for too!

Love,

Laura and Bob

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"Teddy is a people dog, he wants to be right beside us, (especially my son) at all times. He is exceptionally well behaved.

We searched the Internet for several days looking particularly for a Mini Aussie for our 5 and 2 year old children. When we found Wiggle Rump Ranch we could tell that they had quality puppies, so much so that the first time I looked at the site we didn't call because I told my husband "we probably can't afford these puppies" but the next day we were looking at them again and decided to call because we just fell in love with Teddy's picture. We found that they were comparably priced to the others that we had called about and Monica was extremely easy to talk to and couldn't have been more helpful to us. We had never bought a pet via internet before and certainly had never thought of having one shipped on an airplane but she made the whole process very simple.

Teddy is such a joy, as soon as he arrived at the airport he was in love with my children, he wasn't one bit nervous or shaken by the experience. Most impressive to us was that he came to us at 12 wks old already house broken. He even let us know in the car on the drive home that he needed to stop and "go outside" we pulled over on the side of the highway, he did his business and we were on our way.

Having never owned one, I can't speak for all Mini Aussies but Teddy is extremely well behaved and eager to please, we only have to tell him "no" one time if he's chewing on something he shouldn't or gets a little too rough with his play and he immediatly stops.

If you talk to them you will immediately know that the crew at Wiggle Rump Ranch love their animals. I think that is what makes their puppies stand apart. It was obvious at first site that Teddy had been loved and given the best possible care before coming to us and we have a better pet because of that."

~The Walpole Family

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We got our mini from Wiggle Rump Ranch during the time of social distancing (April 2020). Right after we inquired about him Monica called us and spent a long time educating us and making sure we were a good fit for him and he was a good fit for us. Monica'd depp knowledge of the breed made us feel so comfortable with our decision that it was no question that we would drive 4 hours to get him (we had researched other breeders closer to Portland but none made us feel as comfortable or had as good of a reputation).
Purchasing a puppy from a reputable breeder is based on mutual trust and we definitely had that here. Thank you for helping us complete our family!
~ Winters Family
Couple more pics. Your start on potty training and his comfort in a crate have made our lives in measurably easier. Thank you for the well done job. If we can add something to your website in someway to assure people of your diligence please let us know.
Private (we are calling him Max and will see if the name sticks) is settling in well. We thank you for being such a good dog mother. It is obvious how much you and your family worked with the puppies. Happy Mother's Day
~Lynn and Steve
Hi Monica,

Stephanie is now known as Quest. I have a couple of ideas for her
registered name. It'll depend on how many letters I can use with AKC and
CKC. (They really cramp your style with limiting the number of letters. ;-))

I took her to our vet for a puppy wellness visit so that I could get 1
month free pet insurance. My vet was impressed with her conformation and
her temperament. Quest was so cool about the visit that she fell asleep.
(We went during her nap time.)

I've attached a picture of her with her Halloween monster that she drags
around. It's as big as she is :-)

She let me sleep for most of the night. Good puppy!

Toni
Dear Monica,
I just wanted to let you know and anyone who visits your web-site what a fantastic job you and your family do!!!! After months (four to be exact) of researching the breed and visiting so many websites I would strongly encourage anyone interested in buying a puppy to really do their research when it comes to finding an amazing breeder like yourself. We found a few dogs on the internet but very often the pictures that were posted were outdated and when I asked for updated photos the puppies sometimes looked like they had been crossed with a papillon or other breed. Web sites that said we have lots of puppies not pictured, just give let us know what you're looking for scared me away. We found your post and followed your pictures of Shooter and Holly's puppies. I love how you posted videos which gave us a chance to see how the puppies interacted with each other and how you kept posting updated pics. But the thing that cinched it for us was my conversations with you. Its very clear that you love what you do and that you truly have the puppies best interest at heart. As you know we picked Justin (we changed his name to Angus) and as crazy as this sounds I truly do believe that this was the puppy we were meant to have and that we waited for. Angus, after his long flight, came to us a very happy, healthy, well rounded puppy. We had prepared ourselves for lots of accidents and sleepless nights. Angus had one accident (he didn't make it outside but sought out a pee pad to do his business on) the first night he arrived. I don't know how you did it Monica but Angus came to us toilet trained. All my friends can't believe how he goes to the door and whines when he needs to go outside. Crate training at night has gone amazingly well too. After about the second night, Angus goes into the crate around 11:00 p.m. (we put the crate in our bedroom) and he wakes us up between 5:00 - 6:00 a.m. to go out. In such a short time Angus has become such an integral part of our family. We love and adore Angus so much!!! I can't thank you enough for all the love, belly rubs, time and attention you gave Angus before he came to us. Keep in touch,

~Gillian

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Private(we are calling him Max and will see if the name sticks) is settling in well. We thank you for being such a good dog mother. It is obvious how much you and your family worked with the puppies. Happy Mother's Day

Lynn and Steve

Couple more pics. Your start on potty training and his comfort in a crate have made our lives in measurably easier. Thank you for the well done job. If we can add something to your website in someway to assure people of your diligence please let us know.

Steve

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Hello Fairy Dogmother! I'm doing well, mom has to brush my wiggle rump daily as I have started to shed. ~Tally

Monica, I can't thank God and you enough for giving me this precious gift. She has given me a new kind of happiness. May God bless you and your family. ~Jada

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Hi Monica!

I was wanting to send you a quick email. It feels like a week has gone by, but its really only been 5 days. I was wanting to update you on how incredible our puppy is.

We decided to keep his name Collin. He has been so wonderful. The first few nights he needed attention a couple times, but the last couple nights he's slept right through with no problems. He wasn't whining, being destructive or even eliminating. We got him to the Vet yesterday, who only had good things to say about him, he has a plan for the rest of his shots. Everyone was swooning over him. We opened up a tunnel we got for the cats and he's picked up right away how to zoom right through it. He is fearless! Nothing seems to bother him. Speaking of the cats, the adjustment has been harmonious and easy. We got baby gates to block off a couple rooms, making life a little bit easier. The cats have their space, and he has his, they haven't been upset at the sudden change. The first day there was a "holy crap what is that" moment. He looked at them and didnt bother moving. He's chased after them a couple times and they escape. They've approached him while hes sleeping. He is wonderful on the leash, still scratching at the harness, but is great when we take him out to go potty.

He's really smart. I have nothing but great things to say. We'll keep you up to date on Collin's adventures.

Mike Davis

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Hello-

Izzy had a great first day/night in her new home. At first, Twister wanted to herd her everywhere she went but soon stopped that, and they are beginning to be best buds. Izzy is currently living in a temp. pen in the house (kitchen nook area) that has a flap doggy door to the fenced back yard...she learned the door in a flash, but we didn't let her go out into the back alone... too many new things. She is going out on her own to do her business already... except when I blocked the dog door at night...then she complained and went on a pooper pad in her pen...

She is a happy kid... not too hyper... everybody loves her. Of course, she eats like a Hoover. It wont be too long before she is roaming freely I bet...and we are keeping the name Izzy... good Aussie name.

We will keep you posted... Brian

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Monica,

I just wanted to let you know that Sully is doing great and I just had him neutered Tuesday he is healing very nicely. He is such a wonderful addition to the family and we love him so much everyone that comes over just falls in love with him and comments on how good he is. Thanks again for letting him come home with us!!

Darcy

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Monica,
I just wanted to write you a quick note to tell you how happy we are with our little Paco!!!!! My husband, son and I now have a new best friend. Paco is just the sweetest thing. The car ride home was so smooth once we got going and Austin sat in the back with Paco on his lap.

You and your family did a great job training him as he is nearly house broken already. Yesterday was finally a beautiful day to be outside so we took Paco to the park and took loads of pictures so we could show him off to all our friends back in Texas.

I will keep in touch and send photos as he continues to grow. Thank you again for our little angel. :)
~Alison

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Wiggle Rump Ranch
Ellensburg, WA
monica@wigglerumpranch.com