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Welcome to our Queensland Heeler Page. We have a couple of litters due the end of June...
Chloe , a daughter of Senseney, is due end of June and a friend bred her blue female to Swayze for a litter the end of June as well, though I cannot say how many are already sold in her litter. I have only one (pick of the litter) to sell and it is sold.
Sarandon should be coming into heat in the next month or so as well as Foxy. Pfeiffer and Swift will be this winter as they are still very young.
This page was last updated on July 3rd, 2010
Senseney and McConaughey enjoying the Spring day... We are saddened to announce that Senseney was killed on Friday, June 11th. Kicked by a stallion. She will be so missed by me that words cannot express it...she was my girl. She is buried by her first love...Bandit. Who is also Chloe's dad.
In loving memory of Senseney...shown here as a pup...
We raise quality Queensland Heelers that are socialized, not only with the people that are in and out of the ranch each day, on a regular basis, but even with other dogs, as many of my friends and family bring their dogs out to play when they come. They are used to visitors and are not biters like some Queensland heelers can be, they love people and are raised on 30 acres of foothills in Woodlake, California with horses, chickens, rabbits, and cats. I even have a couple that are helpful with moving horses (sometimes whether I like it or not). Senseney has been there, on more than one occasion, to help me load a horse in the horse trailer when I happened to be by myself and needed just a little extra encouragement for the horse, from behind, or when a client has asked to see a particular horse move...Senseney cannot wait for her cue to oblige, on command, and stop when you ask her to. Each of my dogs has his or her own personality but they are all indicative of the breed...very smart, loyal, honest and active.
Queensland Heeler Puppies:
I have created this web page to answer any questions you might have about my Queensland heelers and their pups.
If you are interested in a Queensland Heeler puppy...please take a moment to click on and read THE WAY IT WORKS as I have tried to put answers to frequently asked questions there, along with additional information to help keep misunderstandings and disappointment to a minimum... I have also included pictures of my dogs and past litters if you scroll down on this page, for those who have a little time to browse and want to see what my dogs produce. Feel free to check out the whole site, as we sell custom made doghouses and raise horses too.
Please don't hesitate to email me if you have any other questions and/or if you want to be added to the emal list to be notified when we have pups available for purchase. Let me know if you would rather Reserve a Pup than chance just being on the email list to be notified if any pups are left over from a litter.
About the breed
Map and Directions to the ranch (navigational systems tend to take the long way)
The above picture is McConaughey, my blue male, with Senseney.
Aniston had her pups on May 26th and had 12 puppies. They are all sold and ready to go home by July 6th...please make arrangements to pick up your puppy by the 10th of July as we are leaving for vacation for a couple of weeks.
It seems like there is never enough females to go around and I, unfotunately, cannot control gender, color and the amount of pups I will have and how often they come into heat, (nature seems to have the monopoly on that). I truly do my best to get everyone a pup. I apologize for any misunderstandings or hurt feelings. Please read "The Way It Works" and that may help head off some of the misunderstandings in the future...and thanks for your patience.
As of today: July 3rd, 2010
We now have no pups left from Aniston's litter to sell...they are all sold. Pickup between July 6th and 10th please.
I do have Chloe due any day now, though she usually has smaller litters. She is finally starting to look pregnant and Sarandon and Foxy should be coming into heat soon. Pfeiffer and Swift are too young so it will be a few months.
It is, and always has been, first come, first serve. Please reserve a pup in advance if you are serious about wanting a pup as many people ask to be put on the list only to purchase one somewhere else or change their mind later on, which is their right, just as it is mine to sell the pups in advance to those who are willing to do that. I sometimes only get to the "list to notify" with a few pups leftover from a litter...they go fast and lots of people reserve in advance to ensure they will get one sooner.
Those who Reserve in advance (paying full price up front) get notified first when the litter is born. They are still all equal to each other unless someone has waited more than one litter, then they move to the top and are notified first and given top priority. I have purchased (and adopted) new females to try to keep up with the demand, so there will be plenty to go around here real soon. We are just waiting for a couple of them to come of age. I am trying to make a smaller queensland with a couple of my females being very small (Foxy, Chloe, and Pfeiffer) and believe I have found the man for the job so I will be breeding one of my females to an outside male here real soon (if I do, I will post a picture of that male).
RED FEMALES: Senseney (deceased on 6/11/10), has 2 daughters, Chloe and Foxy that we own and we have Swift (Foxy is the only one by McConaughey so she will have to be bred to an outside male or to Swayze).
BLUE FEMALES: Pfeiffer, Sarandon, Aniston (Pfeiffer is the only one by McConaughey)
Latest pics of the latest pups: Aniston X McConauhey
Right after they were born and she was exhausted...after 12 pups
New pics taken at 2 weeks old:
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To purchase and reserve one from another litter please scroll down to the paypal button where you can use your credit card, ATM or checking account to pay without a paypal account. The pups are still $250 each. You may also mail a check if you are reserving for a future litter and save the paypal fees.
We expect them to be ready to go home with first puppy shot at 6 wks old, so anytime after July 6th and preferably all gone by Sunday morning ( by noon) on the 11th as we are taking off for a vacation
Senseneys last litter: back in March:
Taken April 14th, 2010:
Senseney's pups
Senseney, (pictured below, and above with her pups). Below she is one week from delivery date with her pal, Aniston, who just had pups May 26th. McConaughey, pictured on the right is smelling the "roses"...
 
Email if you would like to be notified when we have heeler pups born that are for sale, we will put you on our list of people to notify. ...or you may reserve for one:
This is Aniston:
You can reserve for another future mating or "the next available" which moves you up on the list if you don't get a pup from this very next litter.
Our new Red breeding male, Swayze:
We also have a friend who owns Pfeiffer's mom (Jessie) that was bred to McConaughey (although, I think Swayze snuck in there) for some nice blue pups (as you can see by Pfeiffer,)
 Pfeiffer as a baby.
Pfeiffer is pictured above with buddy Swift as babies.
Swift above playing with Senseny's last litter...she loves the pups.
We plan to breed Swift and Chloe to Swayze next time around for a litter of all red pups. You may reserve for this litter. Both within the next 4-5 months
Sarandon will be bred on her 2nd heat around November for January 2011 pups (I suspect) and she will be bred to McConaughey but I am sure will have both reds and blues and, hopefully, some like her. She still has not actually figured out what color she will be. She is so unusually colored that we are hoping for pups just like her crossed with McConauhey, but maybe with masks. We will catch her on her second heat at about a year or so old. Her dad was Red and her mom was a Blue that had no brown/tan anywhere on her. She had no siblings like her in the litter.
 
This is McConaughey, he just turned 3 years old and wanted me to tell folks to bring scraps instead of money...he is hungry as you can see. You should see the view from standing over him...he is like a bus.
2010/2011 will be full of pups to choose from...we can't wait to see what some of our new girls will have bred to McConaughey and to Swayze.
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Doghouses For Sale
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Custom Made Western Wine Barrel Dog Houses, Ice Chests, trash cans and Patio Heaters For Sale
 
Custom made Western Wine Barrel Doghouses $125
Click here to print or view flyer in PDF format
Patio Heater with new Heater parts: $350
Ice Chests with stand: $150
Dog Houses $125
Trash Cans $99
Click on the Wine Barrel Creations for more pics and information or to order...paypal available.
  
Western Wine Barrel Dog House-Custom made for your new pup or your current dog.
Looks great on the porch or patio or inside your barn.
 
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Senseney
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Email at heelerpups@aol.com to be put on the list to notify when pups are available to buy.
More Pictures of our Heelers Below:McConaughey, our blue male, below, one summer, with his girls, Senseney and Aniston.  McConaughey (3 yrs old now and chubby) with Red (our 12 yr old "fixed" female), andSenseney in the background
McConaughey...taking time from his busy breeding schedule to smell the roses (or plastic horse heads).
and here with Senseney-what a tank he is.
Senseney throws a combination of red and blue pups when bred to McConaughey
This is Swayze, our red male pup-he is 5 months old in this picture (born August, 2009) so he is almost a year old now.
Aniston will throw all blues when bred to McConaughey (some with spots like her/mask like him/her)
McConaughey has been breeding our females but now Swayze has come of age so we may mix it up a bit.
I bred Chloe to Swayze and she is due the end of June she should have all red pups though McConauhey did sneak in there once so a blue or 2 is possible. Chloe is a 6 year old daughter of Senseney.
Our Females and their past litters:
Senseney: Red female
This is Senseney, she is such a good mom. Senseney is very athletic and energetic. Loves to fetch, and play catch with the kids with little pebbles, when no ball is available. Loves to catch squirrels and gophers and mice. She is very lean and stays very active.
Senseney's first 2007 litter
  
Senseney's October 2007 litter-Lots of spots in this litter. Cash was the father, not McConaughey, and he had spots.
The same pup... at 6 mos old. Happy at home...Her name is Dally...her ears are starting to stand up good.
This is a male from a Senseney litter in 2006 (Bandit, McConaughey's dad, was the father)
 
I almost kept this one, as she did this all the time...what a cutie!
Soaking up the sun
Check out some pictures of past litters
Pups are beginning to get their color in these pictures
The above picture shows a pup that we left the tail on...as requested.
Senseney below with her litter
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Aniston
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Aniston
Below is her at 4-5 weeks of age.
Aniston driving us home...
Aniston...settling in at home.
 
at 3 1/2 months old at Darcy's birthday campout at the Kings River...she is, evidently, a swimmer!
camping in July 2009 and cleaning up after a bear in camp.
Below is her mom and dad and her litter mates:
 
The last litter: Anniston x McConaughey (born Oct. 25, 2009)
12/2/2009
taken 11/24
(Bludger) one of her pups at about 3 months old.
taken 11/22 & 11/23
 
taken on November 15th, 2009
The relaxed guy below-left, and the howler above right with the lil girl in the center
October 25th, 2009 Litter from Anniston (by McConaughey)
Pictures of Aniston's first litter:
Pictures taken just over 3 weeks old
An adoreable pup in the doorway of the doghouse
Here is a link to a video of the pups: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAZq6iAnyfE
Pictures taken at just over 2 weeks old. Eyes beginning to open on most of them.
Pictures taken at 8 days old.
We left a couple of tails for some folks...either way is ok with me-just specify by 3 days old.
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McConaughey
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McConaughey, Our blue male heeler
McConaughey loves to play with the pups, pictured above at about 3 weeks old and turning blue.
A picture of him below just before his 3rd birthday in November of 2009. Just a tad chubby.
Here is McConaughey as a puppy himself...
At 3 weeks old...Bandit's Son...McConaughey
At 6 weeks when we brought him home.
What a smarty pants. He plays dead if you point your finger at him like a gun and say "bang"!
This is McConaughey at about 6 months old above...
McConaughey at 9 mos old
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Swayze
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He will eventually share the spotlight (and the girls) with McConaughey.
Swayze and his companion
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Bandit
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McConaughey's Dad:
GRANDPA BANDIT
Proud Grandpa!
Bandit was sleeping and was accidentally run over in our driveway and had to be put down due to his injuries on Monday, October 16th, 2006.
I should thank Rick Tucker, DVM for going above and beyond to help me that day.
Bandit is greatly missed.
The Good News is...We were fortunate enough, to get McConaughey from a litter that Bandit fathered about 2 weeks before he died out of a really nice red female heeler.
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How could you?
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Below is a beautiful story about a puppy that was loved and a dog that was forgotten and where he ended up...If you have a moment it is pretty enlightening.
Dog ownership is a big responsibility.
HOW COULD YOU? - By Jim Willis, 2001
When I was a puppy, I entertained you with my antics and made you laugh. You called me your child, and despite a number of chewed shoes and a couple of murdered throw pillows, I became your best friend. Whenever I was "bad," you'd shake your finger at me and ask "How could you?" -- but then you'd relent and roll me over for a belly rub.
My housebreaking took a little longer than expected, because you were terribly busy, but we worked on that together. I remember those nights of nuzzling you in bed and listening to your confidences and secret dreams, and I believed that life could not be any more perfect. We went for long walks and runs in the park, car rides, stops for ice cream (I only got the cone because "ice cream is bad for dogs" you said), and I took long naps in the sun waiting for you to come home at the end of the day.
Gradually, you began spending more time at work and on your career, and more time searching for a human mate. I waited for you patiently, comforted you through heartbreaks and disappointments, never chided you about bad decisions, and romped with glee at your homecomings, and when you fell in love. She, now your wife, is not a "dog person" - - still I welcomed her into our home, tried to show her affection, and obeyed her. I was happy because you were happy.
Then the human babies came along and I shared your excitement. I was fascinated by their pinkness, how they smelled, and I wanted to mother them, too. Only she and you worried that I might hurt them, and I spent most of my time banished to another room, or to a dog crate. Oh, how I wanted to love them, but I became a "prisoner of love." As they began to grow, I became their friend. They clung to my fur and pulled themselves up on wobbly legs, poked fingers in my eyes, investigated my ears, and gave me kisses on my nose. I loved everything about them and their touch -- because your touch was now so infrequent -- and I would've defended them with my life if need be. I would sneak into their beds and listen to their worries and secret dreams, and together we waited for the sound of your car in the driveway.
There had been a time, when others asked you if you had a dog, that you produced a photo of me from your wallet and told them stories about me. These past few years, you just answered "yes" and changed the subject. I had gone from being "your dog" to "just a dog ," and you resented every expenditure on my behalf.
Now, you have a new career opportunity in another city, and you and they will be moving to an apartment that does not allow pets. You've made the right decision for your "family," but there was a time when I was your only family.
I was excited about the car ride until we arrived at the animal shelter. It smelled of dogs and cats, of fear, of hopelessness. You filled out the paperwork and said "I know you will find a good home for her." They shrugged and gave you a pained look. They understand the realities facing a middle-aged dog, even one with "papers." You had to pry your son's fingers loose from my collar as he screamed "No, Daddy! Please don't let them take my dog!" And I worried for him, and what lessons you had just taught him about friendship and loyalty, about love and responsibility, and about respect for all life. You gave me a good-bye pat on the head, avoided my eyes, and politely refused to take my collar and leash with you. You had a deadline to meet and now I have one, too. After you left, the two nice ladies said you probably knew about your upcoming move months ago and made no attempt to find me another good home. They shook their heads and asked, "How could you?"
They are as attentive to us here in the shelter as their busy schedules allow. They feed us, of course, but I lost my appetite days ago. At first, whenever anyone passed my pen, I rushed to the front, hoping it was you that you had changed your mind -- that this was all a bad dream... or I hoped it would at least be someone who cared, anyone who might save me.
When I realized I could not compete with the frolicking for attention of happy puppies, oblivious to their own fate, I retreated to a far corner and waited. I heard her footsteps as she came for me at the end of the day, and I padded along the aisle after her to a separate room. A blissfully quiet room. She placed me on the table and rubbed my ears, and told me not to worry. My heart pounded in anticipation of what was to come, but there was also a sense of relief. The prisoner of love had run out of days.
As is my nature, I was more concerned about her. The burden which she bears weighs heavily on her, and I know that, the same way I knew your every mood. She gently placed a tourniquet around my foreleg as a tear ran down her cheek. I licked her hand in the same way I used to comfort you so many years ago. She expertly slid the hypodermic needle into my vein. As I felt the sting and the cool liquid coursing through my body, I lay down sleepily, looked into her kind eyes and murmured, "How could you?"
Perhaps because she understood my dog speak, she said, "I'm so sorry." She hugged me, and hurriedly explained it was her job to make sure I went to a better place, where I wouldn't be ignored or abused or abandoned, or have to fend for myself -- a place of love and light so very different from this earthly place. And with my last bit of energy, I tried to convey to her with a thump of my tail that my "How could you?" was not directed at her. It was directed at you, My Beloved Master, I was thinking of you. I will think of you and wait for you forever. May everyone in your life continue to show you so much loyalty.
A Note from the Author: If "How Could You?" brought tears to your eyes as you read it, as it did to mine as I wrote it, it is because it is the composite story of the millions of formerly "owned" pets who die each year in American & Canadian animal shelters. Please use this to help educate, on your websites, in newsletters, on animal shelter and vet office bulletin boards. Tell the public that the decision to add a pet to the family is an important one for life, that animals deserve our love and sensible care, that finding another appropriate home for your animal is your responsibility and any local humane society or animal welfare league can offer you good advice, and that all life is precious. Please do your part to stop the killing, and prevent unwanted animals.
Remember...They love UNCONDITIONALLY.
If you would like to be notified when the next litter is here, just email me and I will put you on the "notify" list. heelerpups@aol.com
Pups are $250. We dock their tails (unless otherwise specified) at 3 days old. They can go to their new homes as soon as they are eating solid food well (usually at about 6 weeks of age).
Email with your info if you want to be notified when a litter arrives at heelerpups@aol.com
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