About Us
A brief history of Doss-Tex Kelpies by Jim Faught
I purchased my first Kelpie in 1964 out of dogs that Mrs. Sturdivant of Napa, California raised. They were from Dick McNally of Australia breeding.
In 1967 I imported my first Kelpie, which was from McNally. Since then I have imported 20 Kelpies from Australia and have raised around 800 pups.
In 1990 I raised a pup that sold at auction in Red Bluff, California for a then-record price of $5300.00.
The last Kelpie I imported was in January of 2006. Her full brother sold to a U.S. breeder for $8000.00.