German Shepherd, Greta von Fafnerhaus, tending sheep in a wide graze on our farm in Pennsylvania

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“C” Litter – Repeat (Hera X Diesel)

Posted By Sandy Wilson on May 26, 2009

Hera again was bred to Diesel because these two dogs seemed to just make a great “couple” so to speak.  Their genetics just went together nicely and produced what we like to see!  This time we got more requests for dogs that were for working.  This definitely felt good to us as we knew we were headed in the right direction in our breeding program.  We knew our dogs had the potential to work in many areas, as we were able to evaluate and see pups over several years.  We produced dogs with lots of drive, intelligence, biddability, wonderful temperaments and a true desire to work and please.

"C" Litter Puppies

"C" Litter Puppies

This would be Hera’s last litter as she is older now, but it proved to be an exceptional litter.  She consistently produced pups that repeated her body type and balanced movement, solid temperament, attraction to sheep, biddability and intelligence.  What amazes me still is how all these puppies had such great eye contact at such  young ages.  Just so intelligent – it is hard to imagine, but I was in awe at how these dogs at the tender age of 5-6 weeks could hold attention on me.  They were all very attracted to people and very social and full of energy and confidence.    These pups  were so easy to teach simple obedience commands to with a tiny bit of food.  We encourage positive training with soft praise, stroking and food. 
Here are just several of our ”C” litter pups at this time – there will be more on the others later.
 
Female Sable - Callie - Training in AKC Obedience.
Female Sable – Callie – Training in AKC Obedience.

This just happens to be a favorite puppy photo of mine and happened to be one of my pick females of the litter. 

We are very proud of Callie – she went to a good friend who is training her in AKC obedience and Callie is doing quite well.  She has such great focus on her owner.  You couldn’t ask for better eye contact.
Sable Male - Caden
Sable Male – Caden

Caden was one of our male puppies.  We used to call him the “King”.  He was always top dog in the litter, but the thing I loved about him was that he was a very fair dog and clear in his actions with the other pups.  He was never a bully but he commanded respect from his other litter mates.  It was very interesting as this puppy developed.  He was a handful, but a really nice balanced pup.

Caden is presently living in Red Deer, Alberta Canada.  He has been tracking since he was 9 weeks old and apparently doing very well – a real nose down dog.  He also just recently started training in Schutzhund at the Calgary Schutzhund Club and apparently is loving the work.    We are really proud of this boy as he is quite the talk where ever he goes.  He is only 17 weeks old in this picture, but we’ll have more of this boy and how he is progressing in his training.  I think he is going to be a super competitor on the schutzhund field in the future.  He will also be working sheep in the near future.  As he was tested as a pup and was very attracted to sheep.  Good luck Donna! 

Caden tracking at the Cranbrook tracking seminar as a demo dog!

Caden tracking at the Cranbrook tracking seminar as a demo dog!

 

Caden as a young dog.

Caden as a young dog.

 

Caden - "King of the Beasts"

Caden - "King of the Beasts"

This picture makes me laugh everytime I look at it.  He was so much fun to photograph – had lots of character and personality to say the least.

More on the “C” litter puppies later.  This is a litter I am watching closely as they are involved in agility, tracking, obedience, schutzhund and soon herding.  

Soon Hera’s daughter Arla, out of the “A” litter, will be having puppies and so we hope that she will pass on more of Hera’s wonderful genetics along with the sire, Hawk v. Eichenluft, SchHIII, KKL2.  Both are dogs with alot of drive and desire to work.  I can’t wait.  Finally, I am going to let my son keep a puppy out of this litter!

 

 

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