Coronado's Australian Shepherds & Quarter Horses About Us

Tony and Eileen Coronado lived in Romoland, California for 22 years.  In October 2006, we moved to our new ranch in Deer Park, Washington in October 2006.  It was a 'Noah's Arc' experience without the water (7 horses, 13 dogs, 2 cats, 2 fish, and a tortoise!).  See more photos of our Deer Park 'ranch' by clicking on the house photo above.

In all our years together, we have continued to breed top quality Australian Shepherd dogs and American Quarter Horses.  The Australian shepherds have been in Eileen’s family as long as she can remember. The Aussies have always been the versatile, beautiful, loyal companions, and great ranch dogs that have made this breed so popular today. The rest of the world is just finding out what we’ve known for years. Australian shepherds can’t be beat!  

This picture shows a  young Eileen, her mother Stella, and brother David with their Australian Shepherd dog, Emily, before leaving for church on Sunday in the early 1960's.

Our dogs our extremely versatile. They will be eager to do whatever you ask of them. They excel in agility, herding, conformation, obedience and just being your best friend. We’ve even done Search and Rescue with one of our boys. He was ready for certification testing in less than 3 mos. compared to the normal 9 mos. of training, and accepted or "hit" upon cadaver scenting. Our bloodlines are strong and sound. We do not breed any dog that rates less than OFA (Orthopedic Foundation for Animals)  Good and are very picky as to eye soundness when breeding outside dogs. Our dogs eyes are all CERF’d (Canine Eye Research Foundation) and are cleared yearly. We do our best to ensure our dogs are as genetically sound and free of genetic diseases as possible.

'Sunshine' and 'BG'

Australian shepherds are beautifully colored with a wide variety of colors and patterns that never get repeated. We have all four colors, reds, blacks, red merles and blue merles. Eyes can be any pattern from blue (marbled, halves, striped, and dotted) to brown or amber. Their temperaments are an added bonus. They are loving, protective and willing to please. Their intelligence is astounding. The more you teach them, the more they want to learn. We are always glad to introduce people to the wonderful world of Aussies. If you’re ever in the area, stop by for a visit.

Our Quarter horses are also a very important part of our family. They too have been in our lives for many years. The bloodlines our horses carry are dependable working lines, with some excellent racing lines bred into them for speed and endurance. These horses and their ancestors have been with us for the last thirty + years. Their overall health and correctness and strong breeding has given them long, healthy, useful lives. Of course, quarter horses come in all colors, however, we tend to breed for buckskin and dun coloring as our stallion is a beautiful dun and produces the buckskin gene. These horses make great arena horses whether it’s pleasure or rodeo events. They love to work.

Eileen racing on 'John'	Eileen on 'Doc', Tony on 'Blacky', trail riding with Aunt Helen & Uncle Harold. He's behind the camera.

Joshua 24: 15

But if you are unwilling to serve the Lord, then choose today whom you will serve. Would you prefer the gods your ancestors served beyond the Euphrates? Or will it be the gods of the Amorites  in whose land you now live?

But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord!

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