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Our Champions

Decades of AKC Championships, Grand Championships, and international titles.

CH Thornapple Guardian of The Galaxy "Rocket" winning First Place Owner Handler at the USASA National Specialty 2023
Featured Champion

CH Thornapple Guardian of The Galaxy

"Rocket"

AKC Champion and First Place Owner Handler at the USASA National Specialty 2023 — a defining moment for a standout black tri male carrying the best of the Thornapple line.

Featured Champion

GCH Thornapple You Swept Me Away

"Moana"

AKC Grand Champion — a stunning blue merle bitch awarded Best of Opposite Sex (Grand Champion Major Win) at the Sturgis Kennel Club show, August 2019.

GCH Thornapple You Swept Me Away "Moana", blue merle Australian Shepherd, winning Best of Opposite Sex at Sturgis Kennel Club 2019

AKC Champions & Grand Champions

CH Thornapple Guardian of The Galaxy ("Rocket")

AKC Champion · First Place Owner Handler — USASA National Specialty 2023

GCH Thornapple You Swept Me Away ("Moana")

AKC Grand Champion · Best of Opposite Sex — Sturgis Kennel Club 2019

BIS AKC CH Thornapple's Climate Controlled

Best in Show · UK Crufts recognition · Top Pastoral placement

AKC GCH CH Thornapple Bad and Boujee ("Boujee")

AKC Grand Champion

CH Thornapple Star Over Greenebriar ("Salina")

AKC Champion — Winners Bitch at Westminster 2016

AKC CH Thornapple Sacred Grounds ("Izzo")

AKC Champion

CH Thornapple Dear Prudence

AKC Champion

Thornapple Seduction ("Reese")

Exported to Iceland · International show career

International Champions

"Latte" (Thornapple-bred)

International Champion · Hungarian · Croatian · Austrian · Serbian · Romanian Champion

Thornapple dogs have been exported to:

United KingdomHungaryCroatiaAustriaRomaniaSerbiaIcelandGermanySwedenTaiwan

High Sierra Aussies in California also credits a Thornapple dog as a foundation female — placing Thornapple among a small group of American Aussie kennels with truly international bloodline influence.