Hello I'm Barbara Anne Applegate, 

the Owner of Abquisto Australian Shepherds 

I was born in Fort Worth, Texas, raised in Albuquerque, New Mexico and I have lived in Washington in the early 60's, California, Minnesota in the late 60's and 70's, Connecticut in the early 70's, and in Oregon since 1981, and moved to the Beautifully rugged Rogue River Valley of Southern Oregon in 1991.  I have three wonderful living children, and six grandchildren. I'm so very proud of them and their accomplishments. 

Although I am reaching the retirement Age and have not had a litter in 3 1/2 years I can not give up the dogs, I would be lost without them in my life. I am now not as active competing in shows and trials as I used to be, I have a great love of the breed that came from owning my first Aussie female back in 1965.  I started Raising Australian Shepherds, in 1984 and they has been a major part of my life for over 20 years. I still work part time and take care of 3 dogs, Reba, Dove and now Toby. 

  • I was awarded Oregon Breeder of the Year by Mid-Oregon Australian Shepherd Club for the years of 1989 & 1990 which was one of my proudest moments in my Breeding Career. 

  • In 1995 I changed my Kennel Name from Applegate to Abquisto (Pronounced Ab-Key-Stow which is a combination of the names of Abby and Quisto my foundation dam and sire) 

  • 1996 I became an ASCA Breeder Judge for the Australian Shepherd Club of America. 

  • In 2003 I achieved ASCA Hall of Fame # 61 status, WOW what an Honor.

  • in 2007 I received my first awards for my painting which maybe found at my Fine Art Gallery

My hobbies include computing, Painting, gardening and making Australian Shepherd Animation which is now displayed on a Members Only Site Animation4U . I Judge Australian Shepherd conformation shows occasionally.  I love to Design Web Pages and Create Graphics for dog related Web Pages, I enjoy gardening and watching wonderful Old Movies. I spent many of the years with Australian Shepherds collecting Historical Photographs of the dogs which I compiled into a Walk thru Australian Shepherd History in photographs with Australian Shepherds starting in the early 1800's thru the 1975. 

I'm shown in this Photo with my BOB Winning Female and Best of Winners at a Colorado Show.

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Thanks to Sharon Elkins of SRN SoarnEagles Australian Shepherds for this Photograph

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1241 Dowell Road #40 Grants Pass, Oregon 97527 1-541-956-6375 E-mail aussieinfo@abquisto.net

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