Complex sentence: Hemp's mother, Meg, was a reticent and very strong-eyed black sheepdog; while Hemp's father, Roy, was a loose-eyed black, white, and tan sheepdog with a good natured temperament.
Split into simpler sentences: Hemp's mother, Meg, was a reticent and very strong-eyed black sheepdog. While Hemp's father, Roy, was a loose-eyed black, white, and tan sheepdog with a good natured temperament.