Miniature American shepherd dog
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Variants
Mini American shepherd dog
Mini Aussie shepherd dog
Mini Australian shepherd dog
Miniature Australian shepherd dog
North American miniature Australian shepherd dog
Teacup Australian shepherd dog
Toy Australian shepherd dog
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Closely Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
Sources
found: Work cat: Miniature Australian shepherd owner's manual, [2014]:page 11 (the Mini American shepherd is, in reality, exactly the same as our Mini Aussie. Any confusion occurs, not with the dog type, but with the name. Because the first Mini Aussie was bred in North America, breeders are (to a point) within their rights to call them a Mini American shepherd. Though they do descend from the Standard Aussie that arrived in the US from Australia sometime in the 1800s)
found: Wikipedia, December 15, 2014(The Miniature Australian Shepherd was developed by breeding smaller Australian Shepherds for the desired size. The breed is rapidly increasing in popularity)
found: Dog Breed Info Center, viewed February 6, 2015(Miniature Australian shepherd; a.k.a.: Toy Australian shepherd, Miniature American shepherd, North American Miniature Australian shepherd, Mini Australian shepherd, North American shepherd, Mini Aussie, Teacup Australian shepherd; origin: A breeding program to develop the Miniature Australian Shepherd (North American Miniature Australian Shepherd), begun in 1968 using small Australian Shepherds. The major club in the US is the Miniature Australian Club (MASCUSA), has petitioned the American Kennel Club for inclusion. The process of acceptance into AKC starts with registration into the AKC Foundation Stock Service (FSS), as many owners have done. The Australian Shepherd Club of America has accepted the Miniature Australian Shepherd ONLY if the Miniature changes its name and has no reference of any kind to the Australian Shepherd or its history. The AKC's official name is Miniature American Shepherd.)
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Change Notes
2014-12-17: new
2015-03-04: revised
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