Welcome to Hidden Highlands Ranch!
Teri Garcin
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Justy and Teri Garcin
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Justy Garcin.
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Howdy! Welcome to Hidden Highlands Ranch! Home of Justy Garcin Cattle co. and Garcin McNab Shepherds and Farm Collies! Justy & Teri would not be able to gather cattle with out the help of their canine working partners!
Our ranch stock-dogs are bred to withstand the rugged chaparral country of Central Coast California! They are known for their loose eyed heading, fetching style, mustering cattle and all types of livestock.
One of our Stock-dogs is worth three cowboys!
Herding dogs are extremely intelligent, loyal, obedient and athletic. Besides herding work, our dogs, excel in many different venues: such as Agility,Obstacle competitions, Obedience trials, Nose work, Search and Rescue, Disaster Relief searches, Forensic service work, Truffle hunting and other plant species indicators nose work. Our canine clan are also proving to be excellent Service and Therapy dogs. These all around ranch dogs are loyal, protective family companions.They protect and get along with all the inhabitants on the Ranch/Farm.
Our mission has been to restore and preserve well balanced stock dogs that will be genetically healthy for generations to come! We have taken the DNA on all of our current working/breeding dogs for breed types and for over 170 congenital genetic diseases and we are proud to say that our dogs are genetically sound.
Our ranch stock-dogs are bred to withstand the rugged chaparral country of Central Coast California! They are known for their loose eyed heading, fetching style, mustering cattle and all types of livestock.
One of our Stock-dogs is worth three cowboys!
Herding dogs are extremely intelligent, loyal, obedient and athletic. Besides herding work, our dogs, excel in many different venues: such as Agility,Obstacle competitions, Obedience trials, Nose work, Search and Rescue, Disaster Relief searches, Forensic service work, Truffle hunting and other plant species indicators nose work. Our canine clan are also proving to be excellent Service and Therapy dogs. These all around ranch dogs are loyal, protective family companions.They protect and get along with all the inhabitants on the Ranch/Farm.
Our mission has been to restore and preserve well balanced stock dogs that will be genetically healthy for generations to come! We have taken the DNA on all of our current working/breeding dogs for breed types and for over 170 congenital genetic diseases and we are proud to say that our dogs are genetically sound.
Registered McNab Shepherds
Our McNab shepherds are registered with the McNab shepherd registry. The only registry that has traced the land-race breed bloodlines to Mendocino county of Northern California , and produced a signature line for the breed. Breeders are also required to take the DDC- DNA for parent verification on each litter born.No other registry's affiliated with the McNab shepherds require validation of litters through DNA!
As breeders it is important to have what is known as a Stud book which is a place to house our lineage going forward for many generations to come.The McNab Shepherd registry represents the breed and documents the pedigree and DNA for ethical breeders .
We have taken our breeding program to the next level and performed the Optimal selection Congenital disease testing . We are pleased to say that our dogs are clear of congenital diseases and we have a low homozygosity rate which means there is a lot of diversity in the genes.
Purebred status is not our goal ! We prefer diversity and breed for hetrozygosity, and keep some occasional recessive genes that surface in a litter, this is why our McNabs may not always appear to meet the standard that some breeders set for their program.
Through much research and education we know that it is not ideal to breed for strict standards as this creates a high level of homozygosity over time and can lead to congenital diseases.Our standard is that our breeding dogs display the herding style instinct that McNabs have been most noted for. We also believe that this style of working independently as well as with the handler is what makes them so accomplished in other venues.
As breeders it is important to have what is known as a Stud book which is a place to house our lineage going forward for many generations to come.The McNab Shepherd registry represents the breed and documents the pedigree and DNA for ethical breeders .
We have taken our breeding program to the next level and performed the Optimal selection Congenital disease testing . We are pleased to say that our dogs are clear of congenital diseases and we have a low homozygosity rate which means there is a lot of diversity in the genes.
Purebred status is not our goal ! We prefer diversity and breed for hetrozygosity, and keep some occasional recessive genes that surface in a litter, this is why our McNabs may not always appear to meet the standard that some breeders set for their program.
Through much research and education we know that it is not ideal to breed for strict standards as this creates a high level of homozygosity over time and can lead to congenital diseases.Our standard is that our breeding dogs display the herding style instinct that McNabs have been most noted for. We also believe that this style of working independently as well as with the handler is what makes them so accomplished in other venues.
We are accepting applications for our Registered McNab shepherds puppies Upon request we have older pups and started juveniles.
Purchase fee $950.00
See our Canine Clan photos below
Garcin Stock Dogs-Herding Heritage Program
We have high standards for our "Herding Heritage stock dog" breeding program which includes McNab Stock dog lineage from established respected bloodlines, as well as the Mendocino county land-race heritage breeding : Sage Horn lines, Covelo shepherds, Ranch bred border collie lines, and an infusion of a very old line of Australian kelpies. All of our dogs have been DNA'd tested for over 170 known congenital diseases and we are proud to announce the dogs in our current breeding program are genetically free of congenital diseases.Please go to tab and click on Canine Clan , you will find our Garcin bred stock dogs and their bios there.
- We are taking applications for our Herding heritage Ranch puppies