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Thank you for visiting our website and considering a puppy from our bloodlines.  Carol Ann Hartnagle as well as Jim and Lisa Hartnagle are still raising our old foundation bloodlines and have an occasional litter of puppies. Our puppies are usually spoken for in advance, but if you are serious about obtaining one of our puppies - we highly recommend giving either one of them a phone call and talk to them. It will help them get a better feel about your dreams and goals. Please also fill out a copy of our puppy adoption form. This will help them select the very best match possible for your consideration - the perfect puppy.  We hope you enjoy the photos on this page, all are of puppies we have produced in the past.

As we’ve already told you, both Jim and Carol Ann are breeding our old bloodlines. It may be helpful for you to know that Carol Ann's main focus is on the versatile Aussie that is also able to compete in performance and hold its own in the show ring. Jim's main interest is on the working Australian Shepherd.  He raises beautiful sound Aussies that are able to handle stock in the real world or in the trial arena. With that being said, both Jim and Carol Ann feel that a good, sound temperament is one of the most important traits and breed for it.  Their dogs are highly similar (type, character and working style) based on the original foundation Las Rocosa bloodlines.

You may also be interested to know Jim has a new book due out sometime this coming year.  It is about the Working Australian Shepherd.  In the book he outlines his highly successful training method that he teaches in his clinics throughout North America and overseas.

Carol Ann's e-mail is LasRocosaAussies@aol.com  or you can call her at: 303-659-6597.  Her mailing address is 12121 Potomac Street - Brighton, CO 80601

Jim and Lisa's phone number is: 970-669-1679.  Their mailing address is: 4708 Otero Avenue - Loveland, CO 80538.  Jim doesn't have an e-mail address, but if you need to, you can respond to him at Hartnagle@aol.com and we can send him a copy of your e-mail.

Ernie and Elaine, our parents and the founders of Hartnagle’s Las Rocosa are doing fine. Though, they are not personally raising dogs anymore, they still maintain a few good Aussies to help them on the ranch in the beautiful open spaces of Kiowa.

In October 2007, they attended the ASCA National Specialty where Dad gave a talk about the breed's history origin and development for Australian Shepherd Club of America’s 50^th Anniversary, the Golden Jubilee. In An Evening with Ernie Hartnagle, he also touched on highlights from his and Carol Ann's recently released book, The Total Australian Shepherd: Beyond the Beginning. It has been very well received. Dad did a great job in pointing out the differences in structure between the working and show dogs.  It has been really liberating for so many Aussie owners who knew there was a difference, but couldn't quite put their finger on it. An Evening with Ernie Hartnagle is also available on DVD for your viewing pleasure.

If you don't already have a copy of The Total Australian Shepherd: Beyond the Beginning, you will definitely want to order one as soon as possible. It is truly one of the most unique breed books available on the market.  It is a great compliment to All About Aussies because it covers a whole new realm of information for Australian Shepherds that is not available in any other dog book. Also, Dad updated the Spider Web, the beautiful Australian Shepherd ancestral chart that has been one of the breed's most valuable references.

You can order those things or any of our other books or training videos (available on DVD) directly from Ernie and Elaine by calling them at the ranch: 303-621-2880 or you can write to them 32160 Private Road 055 - Kiowa, CO 80117-9224 OR  you can check out the Education page on our website for information about them: http://www.lasrocosa.com/education.html

If you have any questions please don't hesitate to give us a call.

Kind Regards,

The Hartnagle Family

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