Black and Tan English Shepherds
Old-fashioned Black and Tan English Shepherd Association
At our March 2022 board of directors meeting, we voted to begin offering a Litter Announcement Ad Package. The package includes 10 full-color folding booklet-style announcements printed on certificate paper and multiple litter announcement mailings to our e-mail distribution lists. Below is a sample of the printed announcements. The Litter Announcement Package costs $35. It … Read more
There is a tightly coupled relationship between a population’s history and its culture. When its history is obscured or erased, it is difficult for that population’s culture to survive. A few years back I realized that the history of the Old-fashioned Black and Tan English shepherd was being lost. I wanted to separate fact from … Read more
OBTESA Board of Directors’ regular quarterly meeting to be held March 15th, 2022. Vol. 2, Issue 1 of American Farm Shepherds Illustrated was mailed to subscribers on March 11th. Three females and two males were born on 11/15/2021 to Sallee’s Rustie Jr. and Sherling’s Jill. The litter was registered UKC. As part of the OBTESA … Read more
The 2022 1st quarter issue of the official Old-fashioned Black and Tan English Shepherd Association newsletter will be mailed next week. If you haven’t subscribed to American Farm Shepherds Illustrated yet, please click below to receive your full color copy via U.S. postal mail. Our secure purchase process allows you to mail us a personal check if … Read more
In next month’s board meeting, I’ll be updating the board of directors on the progress of the OBTESA Breeder Incubator Program. Here’s a sneak peak. OBIP is comprised of breeders and stud owners whose goals and principles align with the charter and mission of the Old-fashioned Black and Tan English Shepherd Association. As of this … Read more
Q: Is the Breeder Incubator Program just breeding Black & Tans to otherBlack & Tans? I’m just wondering if this makes them a separate varietywithin the breed so that they are not crossed to other coat colors. Wouldthis also limit the genetic pool? A: Yes, the program specifically for breeding the Old-fashioned Black andTan English … Read more
The 2021 4th quarter issue of the official Old-fashioned Black and Tan English Shepherd Association newsletter will be mailed next week. If you haven’t subscribed to American Farm Shepherds Illustrated yet, please click here to receive your full color copy via U.S. postal mail.
I feel that breeding dogs is like providing other people with salt and light. Salt to preserve the goodness in life and give it flavor. And light to fill life’s dark rooms, so that we may see the goodness and hold on to hope. I came to dog breeding at a time after my wife … Read more
Please enjoy this free sample of American Farm Shepherds Illustrated compliments of the Old-fashioned Black and Tan English Shepherd Association. If you’d like to receive a quarterly, full-color copy of American Farm Shepherds Illustrated by U.S. Postal mail, you can subscribe here. The Old-fashioned Black and Tan English Shepherd Association is a Tennessee Nonprofit Corporation.
The 2021 3rd quarter issue of the official Old-fashioned Black and Tan English Shepherd Association newsletter will be mailed next week. If you haven’t subscribed to American Farm Shepherds Illustrated yet, please click here to receive your full color copy via U.S. postal mail.
For a century or more, a culture and tradition has existed around the Old-fashioned Black and Tan English Shepherd dog. John Blankenship’s father rode into town on an old gray mare with a black and tan at his side to drive home the livestock he purchased. Walter Oglivie followed on horseback while a pair of … Read more
The 2021 2nd quarter full-color newsletter from the Old-fashioned Black and Tan English Shepherd Association was mailed today. If you had subscribed online, thank you for your patience. Now that I’ve done the newsletter process, I should be more efficient at it. If you mailed me a check, I held-off on cashing your check until … Read more
The Old-fashioned Black and Tan English Shepherd is an important foundational strain of the English Shepherd landrace. In accordance with best practice for effective landrace management, the Old-fashioned Black and Tan English Shepherd merits deliberate and carefully crafted intentional conservation that will benefit the landrace as a whole. Background “Landrace” refers to populations of animals … Read more
The 2021 first quarter newsletter from the Old-fashioned Black and Tan English Shepherd Association was mailed earlier this week. It was just 2 pages, in a simple format. The 2nd quarter’s issues will be 6 pages, full color. Here’s an sneak-peak, early draft of the cover page for the 2nd quarter issue, due out in … Read more
