Hi,

My obssession with german shepherds started when i was young. You could always find me learning about dogs or begging my parents for one. Eventually i was able to convince my parents we needed a dog in the house and they brought home a shih tzu. I know, so close to a gsd i totally could have stayed with that breed forever… as I went through high school i got really close to a few k9 handlers and also a few sport handlers that showed me what it was like owning, training and working with higher drive working breeds. It wasn’t until a few years after college that I got a gsd of my own and went on to try all of the sports i couldn’t do with a shih tzu.

I actually didn’t intend to start a breeding program. Through raising my own sport dog, raising & training other people’s dogs, and seeing struggles of fellow sport handlers that i realized the importance of having good breeders. Breeders that care about the temperament, health and structure of the dogs they produce, not just their workability, but how they are in life.

my goal to not only produce dogs that can work, but dogs that have no health complications and are easy to live with, too. I do not believe the best sport or working dogs are only supposed to be out for a job or sport. I believe they should be able to fulfill the role of loyal companion in addition to work.

All of my dogs live as active companions first, and as sport or working dogs second. I expect them to tolerate or get along with eachother and to be able to settle in the house when not training. They can be demo dogs, go hiking, behave in public, play with me and act like regular well behaved dogs outside of work.

You will also notice that my dogs have titles in more than just one venue or sport. German shepherds and belgian malinois are always said to be the most versatile breeds, but I rarely see anyone proving that in avenues beyond IGP or other protection sports. is a dog truly versatile if you only prove it in the sport that was created for them? It is important to me that my dogs prove their versatility by competeing and earning titles in other sports in addition to protection sports.

Beyond training and companionship, I hold a high standard for health testing. I require all of my breeding candidates to have passing hip, elbow, spine, eye and echo scores in OFA. If i want a dog to work for years then they need to be healthy enough to do so. Health testing does not guarantee the future, but it gives you a good chance for a stable future.