Kathy Tomerlin
Boldheart
NAMASCUSA - MASCA
I have always had a great love for animals. The first mini aussie I owned came
from a rather exciting experience. When I was 19 I met my first miniature
australian shepherd while riding home from a gymkhana (horse play day) one day.
A couple of cowboys asked me if I would give them a hand getting a bull out of the
mesquite trees. They asked me to go into the trees and run the bull out where they
could rope him. I tied my horse up as the trees where to low to ride under. As I got
into the trees I had to get down on my knees the trees were so low. All of a sudden
there was this huge brindle colored bull in front of me. He was pawing the ground
and swinging his head from side to side. I was sure he was going to charge me so I
picked up a rock and threw it at him thinking he would go the other way.  Go he
did, but not where I thought he would. He came straight for me.  I just knew that I
was a gonner when from the side this little blue streak flew by me and ran up to
that bull grabbing him by the nose. The little dog took that huge bull to the ground.
The bull jumped up and ran my way again, the little blue dog was all over that bull
and kept after him untill he ran out from under those mesquite trees. The cowboys
where waiting for the bull when he came out, and ran after him roping him. After all
of the excitment was over I headed for home with the little blue dog following me. I
told the cowboys they needed to call their dog and they said the dog did not belong
to them. I took her home and put an add in the paper trying to find her owner. No
one ever came looking for her so I kept her and named her Lucky. As it turns out
she was about the size of the miniature australian shepherds we are breeding
today. I had lucky for many years and she had some beautiful aussie pups (you can
see some of them below along with a couple of pictures of Lucky).
I have allways loved aussies for their intelligents and want to please attitude. Having  
lived on several ranches I found out just how much easier working stock is when you
have an aussie at your side reading your mind and being in the right place at the right
time.
The first time I saw a miniature australian shepherd I was reminded of Lucky. I
decided I wanted to start breeding these super smart aussies in the smaller package.
I have been raising these wonderful little dogs for 14 years (not including Luckys
pups) although I have had many standard aussies on the ranchs before then.  I wanted
a name to signify the quilitys in these little dogs so I came up with the name Boldheart
and first registered it in  1999.
Kathy &
Lucky
Jim &
Lucky
Little
Lucky
Trevor,
Yvonne
and a
orphaned
baby
havalina
In The Begining