Welcome to the Home of Kenstaff Australian Shepherds
KENSTAFF (EST. 1999) REGISTERED WITH THE KENNEL UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA.
We are a small family breeder of Australian Shepherd's based on the south coast of Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa, but we can fly our pups out anywhere from Margate or Durban airport. We are sisters that share the same passion for Aussies. We are Geraldine and Louise Miller!
GERALDINE GOT HER FIRST AUSSIE 21 YEARS AGO. AFTER MAKING HER A BREED CHAMPION SHE HAD HER FIRST LITTER, AND THEN WENT ON TO BECOME A CARTING CHAMPION.
OUR DOGS ARE PART OF THE FAMILY AND ARE NEVER KENNELED.
BEFORE BREEDING OUR DOGS HAVE ALL THE HEALTH CHECKS DONE: HIP X-RAYS; ELBOW X-RAYS; EYE TESTS AND NOW NEWLY INTRODUCED DNA TESTING.
OUR WHOLE FAMILY PLAYS A PART IN THE UPBRINGING OF OUR DOGS. OUR MOM LOOKS AFTER THE DOGS DURING THE DAY AND PLAYS THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF BRINGING UP THE PUPS AS SHE IS ALWAYS AT HOME WITH THEM AND GETS THEM INTO ROUTINE. BOTH LOUISE AND KEGAN SHOW THE DOGS IN THE BREED RING AND ALSO DOES AGILITY WITH THEM. AT THE AGE OF 11 KEGAN WAS INVITED TO SHOW CHEYENNE AT KUSA NATIONALS AND WAS AWARDED ‘SUPREME CHILD HANDLER’ IN KZN FOR 2010.
AFTER A FEW LITTERS WE AGREED TO BRING IMPORTED LINES INTO OUR KENNELS, A YEAR LATER WE GOT NASH, AND THEN A FEW YEARS LATER WELCOMED SHAYLEIGH.
WE MAKE SURE WE ARE BREEDING FOR THE BETTERMENT OF THE BREED AND A LOT OF TIME IS SPENT MAKING SURE OUR PUPS ARE WELL SOCIALIZED FROM A YOUNG AGE.
SADLY IN RECENT YEARS WE’VE HAD TO SAY GOODBYE TO OUR FOUNDATION BITCH CHEYENNE WHO WAS NOT JUST A DOG BUT A SOULMATE TO GERALDINE AND BEST FRIEND TO KEGAN, THEY GREW UP TOGETHER AND SHE IS THE REASON HE LOVES THE BREED AND NOW OWNS BART. AS WELL AS HER DAUGHTERS; CHAKIRA WHO WITH LOUISE DISCOVERED THEIR PASSION FOR DOG JUMPING AND LOUISE THEN QUALIFIED AS A DOG JUMPING JUDGE, AND CHEROKEE WHO IS MOST SADLY MISSED BY ALL OF US, BUT MORE SO OUR MOM WHO HAD A SPECIAL BOND WITH HER.
THEIR PASSING WAS A BIG LOSS TO THE FAMILY, WE STILL MISS THEM A LOT BUT ARE HAPPY WE HAVE THEIR OFFSPRING TO CARRY ON THEIR LEGEND.
GERALDINE GOT HER FIRST AUSSIE 21 YEARS AGO. AFTER MAKING HER A BREED CHAMPION SHE HAD HER FIRST LITTER, AND THEN WENT ON TO BECOME A CARTING CHAMPION.
OUR DOGS ARE PART OF THE FAMILY AND ARE NEVER KENNELED.
BEFORE BREEDING OUR DOGS HAVE ALL THE HEALTH CHECKS DONE: HIP X-RAYS; ELBOW X-RAYS; EYE TESTS AND NOW NEWLY INTRODUCED DNA TESTING.
OUR WHOLE FAMILY PLAYS A PART IN THE UPBRINGING OF OUR DOGS. OUR MOM LOOKS AFTER THE DOGS DURING THE DAY AND PLAYS THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF BRINGING UP THE PUPS AS SHE IS ALWAYS AT HOME WITH THEM AND GETS THEM INTO ROUTINE. BOTH LOUISE AND KEGAN SHOW THE DOGS IN THE BREED RING AND ALSO DOES AGILITY WITH THEM. AT THE AGE OF 11 KEGAN WAS INVITED TO SHOW CHEYENNE AT KUSA NATIONALS AND WAS AWARDED ‘SUPREME CHILD HANDLER’ IN KZN FOR 2010.
AFTER A FEW LITTERS WE AGREED TO BRING IMPORTED LINES INTO OUR KENNELS, A YEAR LATER WE GOT NASH, AND THEN A FEW YEARS LATER WELCOMED SHAYLEIGH.
WE MAKE SURE WE ARE BREEDING FOR THE BETTERMENT OF THE BREED AND A LOT OF TIME IS SPENT MAKING SURE OUR PUPS ARE WELL SOCIALIZED FROM A YOUNG AGE.
SADLY IN RECENT YEARS WE’VE HAD TO SAY GOODBYE TO OUR FOUNDATION BITCH CHEYENNE WHO WAS NOT JUST A DOG BUT A SOULMATE TO GERALDINE AND BEST FRIEND TO KEGAN, THEY GREW UP TOGETHER AND SHE IS THE REASON HE LOVES THE BREED AND NOW OWNS BART. AS WELL AS HER DAUGHTERS; CHAKIRA WHO WITH LOUISE DISCOVERED THEIR PASSION FOR DOG JUMPING AND LOUISE THEN QUALIFIED AS A DOG JUMPING JUDGE, AND CHEROKEE WHO IS MOST SADLY MISSED BY ALL OF US, BUT MORE SO OUR MOM WHO HAD A SPECIAL BOND WITH HER.
THEIR PASSING WAS A BIG LOSS TO THE FAMILY, WE STILL MISS THEM A LOT BUT ARE HAPPY WE HAVE THEIR OFFSPRING TO CARRY ON THEIR LEGEND.