The National Australian Shepherd Association (NASA) is a breed club for pure bred Australian Shepherds. NASA is in no way associated with the breeding of Miniature American Shepherds and reminds its members that we expect all members with breeding programs to breed to the Australian Shepherd recognised Breed Standards. We refer our members to the Aims of NASA set out in the rules, namely 2 a,b and c. The Australian Shepherd is a moderate, medium sized breed and does not have varieties.

NASA does not support the purposeful breeding of so called Miniature, Toy and Teacup so called versions of Australian Shepherds and these dogs should not be registered as Australian Shepherds with the Kennel Clubs Breed Register and/or Activity/Working Register.