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April 21st, 2025 

Lots going on, puppies arriving late May/June

* under construction, I am trying to make it easier to find stuff. If you have suggestions, let me know.

PLEASE READ HOW IT WORKS AS IT WILL ANSWER MANY QUESTIONS

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Miniature

     Our Miniature Line

...begins with Tatum (a blue stumpy tail male), who sired Midler, who was 20 pounds. Midler was a stumpy tail heeler (70% heeler).  I had her dam genetically tested for percentage of heeler by Animal Genetics Lab because she was part heeler.

Ballerini is her daughter and is 85% heeler (22#s).  She throws traditional blue pups with tan and throws red pups too (very light to medium red ticking).  Ballerini produces pups that are about 93% Queensland Heeler and are "miniature"  and sold separately from standards.

Standard heelers usually weigh between 40-50 pounds or so but her pups have ranged from about 17-35 pounds so far.

Stefani (see her bio/pictures below), a Ballerini x Clooney daughter, will throw pups that are just under 97%  Queensland Heeler (she weighs about 27 pounds and is a bit taller than her dam, but very proportionate-just small).

Barrett is a red miniature and is 93% heeler (also a Ballerini x Clooney daughter) .  She throws pups that are red and throws blues w/tan. Her pups are just under 97%  Queensland Heeler...

This line continues with Stefani's son Griffin, the new miniature sire.

Males

PLEASE READ HOW IT WORKS AS IT WILL ANSWER MANY QUESTIONS

Other useful Information:

Puppies will be eating dry puppy chow before going home. They will receive their first shot and will need a series of them once home. They will also be dewormed at 2, 4, and 6 weeks with broad-spectrum dewormer. 

Air TRANSPORTATION

Note: There has been some trouble (since COVID) flying pups, so inquire with the airlines.  The flight must be arranged and paid for by you.  If you must fly your pup, please know that there is a chance it cannot be flown at certain times of year, etc.  It is your responsibility to get your pup home.

* Pup may fly at 8 weeks old after Vet Exam, and requires Airline approved kennel, bowls, bedding, water, food, paperwork (Health certificate), transport to the airport (1 hour each way) and the Vet on my end (15 minutes each way), which I can arrange and accomplish for you ($175 covers all of this...right now anyway, except for the actual flight/Vet cost)...you can pay me via Venmo, Paypal or Zelle for this as the flight time nears.  *Please check with me before reserving if you plan to fly your pup...as I need to prepare to do this for you.  I must know in advance that this is your plan, because pups fly at 8 weeks, but otherwise go home between 6-7 weeks of age.  There is a lot of planning and preparation on my end that goes into flying your pup.

*Try Delta Airlines or United first as they have worked well in the past.  Plane tickets have been around $225 in the past (but with everything going up...this may be up as well), and fairly easy to arrange- flying out of Fresno, CA (pups usually weigh between 7-9 pounds and take the medium size carrier).  You must make the reservation on your end and pay for flight (coordinate this with me so I am sure to be available for Vet appointment for Health Exam/Certificate, and transport to airport within 7 days of the Vet Exam).   The airline approved kennel, water/food dish, absorbent pad, blanket, etc., cost is $175 (prices just went way up for these) and is paid to me so that I can have these items purchased for your pup, and ready for the flight.  Vet exam is paid directly to the Vet (around $65, last I checked) by credit card or Care Credit Card, or mail them a check in advance along with all shipping information.  In addition to payment, they will need the pup's name, your name, phone number, and address (final destination of pup) for the health certificate (required by airlines to fly).  I will call and make the actual appointment with the Vet, as I will need to work that around my schedule and the flight (within 7 days of the flight).

Note: I will drive your pup to the Vet for the exam and secure the Health certificate, and then to the Airport for you (55 minute drive to the Airport, each way, and 15 minutes to the Vet, each way), which is usually at about 3 am (for the airport...they need the pup there 2 hours before the flight leaves).

-a medium kennel (pup must be able to stand and turn around without touching the sides or the top of the airline approved carrier) and feed/water dish is required by the airline and I can get that for you out of the $175 you have paid via Zelle, Venmo or Paypal ($175 for all-includes airline approved/required kennel, feed/water dish for air travel, blanket, absorbent padding, baggie of food, water bottle and health certificate/paperwork).

-a Veterinary exam has been about $65 at Lone Oak Veterinary Clinic and they will take a credit card (and possibly, CARE CREDIT) over the phone (or they will allow you to mail a check in advance)-Notify me you have done this and then I will call and set the appointment according to my schedule (before pup is 8 weeks of age) and take the pup there for the exam.

 -your call to the Vet is to give them payment for the exam, AND shipping information required by the airline for the Health Certificate (I will pick up the Health certificate when the Vet has it ready).   The exam/health certificate is good for 7 days, so planning the flight around this is essential.  Pup must be 8 weeks old to fly, and cannot fly in extreme cold/or heat.

The Vet's number is 559-732-4818 and you can check out their website by clicking on the clinic name above.

Again, please take a moment to read How It Works for payment information as well as the process that we use once a litter is born

 (before you reserve, after being sure you want a pup from me, as I cannot refund 

if you change your mind later due to the wait, if you happen to find a pup elsewhere, ...or for any other reason).

Flying a pup: Scroll up for Air Transportation information

Still working on bellow

The original sire in the Miniature line

Tatum

He is an average heeler (about 40-45 pounds)

Very lean and active, friendly and playful 

He is an Australian Stumpy Tail heeler- blue with tan markings, and was born with a stumpy tail.

He is the grandsire of Ballerini and great-grandsire of Stefani and Barrett

  Swift's litter  (RIP: 11-17-2016) 

One of Aniston's past litters (of 11)

A gorgeous grown pup (chocolate colored) from Sarandon x Tatum

Tatum  

as a pup 

at 3 weeks old  

...and about 8 weeks old

This guy was born without a tail.  He is a stumpy tail heeler (neutered now, but he started my miniature line).

Tatum's Dam, Pocket  (above)

(Ballerini's great-granddam)

This dam was a standard, but small, blue stumpy tail (about 30-35 pounds)

These lines (now carried on by Ballerini, Stefani, and Barrett) are Australian Stumpy Tail Heeler lines 

and Pocket, Tatum, and Ballerini are registered with the

  Working Stock Dog World Registry

*if a pup is born with a tail, it can be docked (at 3 days old) or left in-tact for you

Heelers are born white and get color at about 3-4 weeks of age

The ears stand up from 3 weeks to 3 months of age or so, usually

Shelton Blue line: 

Pfeiffer (below) and a litter of her pups at birth (all blues)-but born white

Pfeiffer unexpectedly passed away on 1-31-2018.  She was 9 years old and a daughter of McConaughey

Shelton Blue is from the same line as Pfeiffer (her dam is his granddam)

so Ballerini is also from this amazing line (and Tatum's stumpy tail line).

Once again...  How It Works   

Please click for more information on the process before you reserve, as deposits/reservations are non-refundable.

                                                                                           Please enjoy more pictures of past litters and my past breeding females below:  

Swift's litter 

Chloe, Swift and Aniston's litters

                                        Chloe's Litter                                                                 Aniston's Litter                         

 Swift's Litter (at almost 3 wks old)

 This beats a bowl of cherries, any day!

Pfeiffer and Foxy  (Senseney x McConaughey daughter) with previous litters below.   

Pfeiffer and Foxy's past litters here at The Lewis Ranch... 

Sarandon's past litters below

   November 4, 2012 Sarandon's litter-a sea of beautiful colors (see a picture of Sarandon below, and above under Reference Dam)

More pics of my Females and their past litters:

Swift:

Swift (now deceased) was medium in size...she was verrrry sweet and loving (loves kids and everyone's puppies)...very laid back

Aniston: 

Aniston (spayed now) is my tallest female and goes camping, sticks close, and loves to go -this is my oldest heeler-born May, 2008

Her son is one of my sires...Clooney, and he continues her line.  Aniston is currently still going strong at 13 years of age.

Aniston ready to pop and chillaxin

  Aniston's October 30th, 2012 pups at their new homes:

above pup...  "and I'm never going out in the snow again!"

Reserve now   ...after viewing HOW IT WORKS

Pfeiffer:

a smaller blue female-she weighed about 29 pounds

This is Bingo...an all white pup from Pfeiffer's first litter. 

He never got the black hairs (ticking) that make a blue heeler.

The white heeler is a rare color of heeler  and Pfeiffer threw a few in her litters but there was NO WAY TO KNOW WHICH PUP would be white, if any (or cream), SINCE ALL PUPS ARE BORN WHITE..they normally get color at about 3 weeks of age.  

Bingo had no color but some get a hint of tan on ears and undercoat.  The pup in her second litter got some tan on ears/back- but it was very light.

Ballerini (same line as Pfeiffer), also just threw three very light/white/cream pups in her August, 2021 litter.

If a solid white one is in a litter (usually known by 3-4 wks old), it will probably already belong to someone by the time we realize it is a "white" pup.   If they are ok with a white one, the pup is theirs...if they would rather have a blue/red pup, they will move to the next blue pup available in the next litter.  This is up to the owner of the pup, of course.

If a "white" pup becomes available to sell...I will notify those who are reserved, and have indicated they want a shot at a white one, reserved folks first, and then those who just emailed to indicate interest,  before posting the pup for sale on the website, to find a home for the pup.  It will be first come, first serve at this point.  

Note: Ballerini (same line as Pfeiffer) and bred to Clooney (same line as McConaughey) also just threw three very light/white/cream pups in her August, 2021 litter.

Sarandon:

Sarandon is Jake's dam (a stumpy tail sire I use on occasion to breed to Jillian-so, Chesney's sire and dam). 

Sarandon is Chesney's grand-dam and Tatum (stumpy tail) is her grand-sire: Sarandon was very light blue with red and blue speckles.  She threw blue pups and an occasional red one in the litter.  Some blues had typical tan markings, some did not (a blue heeler with no tan).  Most of her pups had many colors.  No way to know at birth which pups will be light like her, and which will be a more typical darker blue, or which will end up with tan markings, or look like a chocolate color or ?  They get color at about 3-4 weeks of age and this is when we can tell,  so there is no real way to reserve for a chocolate either.  You can specify your interest in one, or specify you do not want tan markings, and I can try to work that out but there is no guarantee...you can always back out of a pup you have tentatively chosen, and wait for the next litter... at any time before pickup day.

A pup of Sarandon's, and one of Foxy's-all grown up... at home.

 Note: Most of Sarandon's blue pups end up blue with no tan (which gives the appearance of a black heeler).

At about 10 days old:

 I call this pup (above) a "chocolate" heeler...no tan on paws or chest or face...just a 'black' heeler that turned chocolate 

Sarandon, had a brother this color!  Jake (occasional sire we use for Jillian, is also this color)

Or once in awhile one appears to be white with some traces of black around ears.  They are not quite 5 wks in the pictures below.  She always has colorful litters.

EMAIL if you are interested in reserving for a pup from one of the upcoming litters or reserving specifically for a particular dam's litter.

Reserving ahead gets you a pup quicker, but please realize I don't control litter size, color or gender, or if they "take" when they are bred; this is left to nature. 

Australian Stumpy Cattle Dogs:

This is Tatum's mom (born with no tail) and Tatum...her son (also born with no tail)

Most of my heelers are Registered with Working Stock Dog World Registry, LLC,  

Clooney's sire: McConaughey 

McConaughey napping               McConaughey by the fire

       Just a lil bit comfy...we weighed McConaughey in November of 2014 and he weighed 80 pounds!  

McConaughey sharing the bed (or trying to steal it)                                      

More pictures of 

our Females:  Aniston, Pfieffer, Sarandon, Bonnie, and Swift

Aniston's pups after going to their homes:  

   Most have spots and always have some tan paws/muzzle/ears/butterfly on chest.

A couple of McConaughey x Aniston pups all grown up  (Clooney is from this cross)

          More of Swifts' litters                                                           

Pfieffer litter at 4 days old  and at about 3 weeks old ...getting some color below (except Bingo, the white pup )

You may Reserve above for a pup.

Scroll down to see more of a blast from the past, with pictures of past litters and my bloodlines.  

                                                                                                        2 of Aniston's pups at home (below)

McConaughey's Dad:  Where it all began...

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 that had been mated to him weeks earlier.  

Clooney was just a year old when his sire, McConaughey, passed away.

The End