All about us

Some people breed for the Police departments, ScHH , or for pets - we breed for our selves. Breeding dogs is more then what meets the eyes and if you are trying to breed for a business or a income you will not last - there is no such thing as easy money ("IF") you are doing it right. We have been around for over 10+ years now (with the shepherds) . We have seen many come and many go.

Our dogs are treated with the same out look as our children. We love them dearly and expect high standards from them. We believe there are enough children and dogs in this world that do not have the proper up bringing and we do not need to add to the problem. All of our dogs are trained to be Canine Good Citizens.

We have found that socialization is a major part of the dogs temperament. Good genes have to be there yes, I agree but with out proper socialization even the best of genes can be ruined by not socializing.

There are many things that a breeder can do to help the puppies adjust to their new world and their life to come. Many breeders do not want to take the time to properly socialize a puppy or a litter due to the long list of chores that must be done or the breeders does not know all what to do. But it just does not stop at the breeder - New owners really don't know how to keep up the socialization - if the breeder did start.

Puppies go though a very important but short span of early learning. This span only last from 6 weeks to 18 weeks. So even if the breeder started socialization most of the learning will be with the new owner. This is why I feel it is very important to "teach" new owners the importance of early socialization.

Many of us have seen or heard about the "thunder shy dogs" or "aggressive fear biter" what about "small dog aggression" the list goes on and on. Yes, some of these dogs are genetic problem dogs - meaning that their parents are from bad temperament dogs and should of never been bred. But that is a whole anther page.

What I am talking about is the dogs are not exposed to small dogs or noises or even small children. There are may sights, sounds and textures out in this huge world that a puppy needs to be around to be comfortable living or working in.

That is why it is important to us that our dogs and puppies are exposed to as many new environments, sounds and people as possible. You can never expose your puppy to "too many good experiences"

We have people assume that we are police or trying to be - that is not so. I am not here to produce overly hyper or extreme working drives in the shepherds. We are more focused on real life- well balance dogs that live within a family home . Dogs that are safe around the children, cat, friends and family - yet able to protect his/her home and masters. Can my shepherds do Police work ? yes we have a few on the department but they were "trained" for that life style. We have dogs doing security work, home protection and sports but again they were "trained" for that.

What I do is what I enjoy - working dogs and every now and then having a litter. What I train is what I have learned mostly by myself throughout the last 23 years. I am not a "professional" trainer and nor would I ever claim that. I have trained many dogs in simple house manners to AKC/UKC titles for myself and other people. I have trained/helped countless people get in to training dogs throughout the years.

I, personally would never claim or state I could train your dog in a area that I, myself did not have dogs trained or titled in. What I can do is shown with ribbons, titles, awards, film. ( All awards and titles are on each dogs page so you see for your self that we are not just saying they are)

What I say is what I have done. To some it is not much to others it is. To me it has been fun and rewarding for that last 10+ years (with the shepherds). This is my passion - NOT my income or business.

I was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan until the age of 9 and then moved to Fernley, Nevada. My family had hunting dogs as my father was a weekend hunter. We had pointers, labs and even strays. My mother bought a female Rottwieller named Sally before we moved to Nevada. Around the age of 13 my grandmother's dog - Ginger (Sally's daughter) had a litter of 8. I was the one who delivered it, cut the declaws, and removed the tails, gave all the wormings and the shots. At this time I was the one who trained Ginger to sit, stay, heel and come. At 19 I owned my first AKC Rottwieler - Oscar. We did lots of road trips due to my husband at the time lived on base and I would travel back and fourth. Oscar was very protective and had great obedience.

At the age of 21, I was living in Kaiserslautern, Germany. I bought my first German Rottweiller - Cola. She was very sweet and loving with our family. Again obedience was a must for me. It was in Rock Hill, South Carolina did I get my first German Shepherd. His name was Gezemo. He was the first long hair I had ever seen, he was stunning. I taught him to do hand signals, obedience on and off leash. His breeder was placing his father-Ranger and I took him even though he was up in age. Ranger was a plush coat - Rin Tin Tin. He acted old and tired until the day we went out and throw the ball. It was like a totally different dog. He was ball crazy from down below. This was the beginning of our lines.

We met a lady - Evelyn who had a female German Shepherd -Zena. It was my husband that won her over and we bought her on the spot. Zena and Ranger had one litter together in 1999. It was a litter of 14!. I stayed with Zena for the first three weeks helping bottle feeding. This litter was very uniform in size, color, and drives-it was beginner luck. From this litter I kept one puppy - Clea von Earnhardt and thus the foundation of all my work. She has extreme ball drive and a over achiever in all the field were she was trained; Agility, Obedience, Narcotic, and Personal Preotection Clea was always the underdog when it came to working dogs that were put up agaisnt her. MAny times she either was very close to the imports or exceeded them in a few cases. But many could not hold a candle to her a s whole all around dog . Clea is still with us as a retired house dog but don't let that fool you she is still eager and ready to work at a moment notice. Clea had set the bar very high for any new dogs coming in.

We brought in a few different German lines and were not impressed with the genetics and the working drives -although very pretty dogs. So went looking at the Czech lines. We had bought a few puppies and raised them up, after years we were very disappointed with health and drives that were lacking. So we stoped and looked around for over a year and half . We finally decided to bring in new lines completly different from any that we had and starting completely over again. With the new lines we saw what the difference was within the first year . We knew this is what we were looking for. the complete package that we had with our Clea. Although these lines/dogs have surpassed the bar that was set by her and now set that bar even higher for the dogs to come.

We are not interested in the latest trends nor do we care what every other breeder is doing. We are only interested in what We are doing.

Barbara