Cailleach Australian Shepherds is a breeding program dedicated to producing dogs physically and mentally able to live fulfilling lives with their people. We’ve been working toward this goal for nearly seven years, showing and working with the Aussies who live here.

We are a mother and daughter, Susan Beals and Sarah Appleton, and we are located in upstate New York south of Syracuse. Susan handles the breeding decisions, pays the bills, and sometimes shows in obedience. Sarah’s interests are conformation, agility, and search and rescue.

Susan says:

“If I had gotten an Aussie the first time I saw and fell in love with one, I would have been in the breed for almost 25 years.

Sarah says:

“Since I can remember, there have been dogs around me. Big dogs, small dogs, fat dogs, skinny dogs. All of them good family pets, but none of them, in my opinion, as able to pull off the feat of ‘family dog’ as my first Aussie, Tammy.

We belong to and support:

National Breed Clubs

Local Breed Clubs

Local Training Clubs