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Hi Everyone,
Today I am posting our wonderful new litter that will be ready to go home July 13, 2013.This is both young parents first litter; however, they have produced solid temperaments and big healthy puppies. These are the happiest puppies that I have produced in a long time. Everything is a game and the entire litter is laughing and smiling every time we are with them. The dam Heidelberg’s Carlie is from Champion Oliver and the Sire Heidelberg’s Texoma is from Grand Champion Heidelberg’s Kodi.Crossing Grand Champion Kodi with Champion Oliver lines has proved to be a solid breeding.We are currently accepting deposits on this litter.
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Hi Everyone,
Choosing the perfect puppy with the personality that best fits your family’s lifestyle and needs can be quite easy once you have decided on the correct reputable breeder.First, you must ask yourself what you want.Are you a jogger that needs a running partner and added security while running public trails?Are you a homebody and not that active?Are you an entertainer and have several people over to your house on a regular basis?Do you live in a bad neighborhood and worry about being burglarized every time you leave your house?Do you live on acreage and have farm animals such as chickens?These are just some of the questions that you may want to answer before to choosing a specific puppy from a particular litter.While if the breeder has done his job well all the puppies in the litter should have the same general temperament, the puppies are individuals and will have different personalities and propensities for certain behaviors.
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The following analysis is based upon my interpretation of the Volhard Puppy Aptitude Test (Volhard).While I do not accept the theory that there are distinct puppy personality types, I do believe that there is a continuum of personality traits and those puppies can be graded on this scale with some degree of accuracy for discussion purposes.It also must be noted that different litters develop at different rates and that a puppy at eight weeks that grades as a submissive puppy may actually be a very dominate puppy if reexamined at ten weeks.We have used the Volhard for many years and believe it an useful tool for predicting personality tendencies. However, Volhard is not completely accurate in predicting the adult temperament of a German shepherd Dog because environment including training, socializing, life experiences, and time spent with the new owner is more critical for the final expressed personality of the German Shepherd Dog. The below discussion delves into personality types that the new puppy customer should observe and consider while selecting a puppy from a litter.
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The more dominant puppy will appear to be the more rebellious puppy with a lot demonstrated independence.This puppy will not like being held for any period of time and the most dominant puppies will actually try to bite at the person holding them.Dominant puppies will resist the new owners attempt to be the pack leader.This is not the German Shepherd Dog for the new or inexperienced owner.These dogs will make excellent herding dogs and home protection dogs if properly trained.A more dominant puppy would be good for a family placing home protection as a priority or for a rancher wanting help with herding farm animals. However, if improperly trained these can be the dogs that chase cows rather than herd them.Also, for the jogger that is an experienced German Shepherd Dog owner, the more dominant puppy would be good choice.
The independent puppy will not grade as a high in dominance as the dominant German shepherd Dog.However, the independent puppy is dominant, but will be a little more accepting of an inexperienced owner and not look to take the leadership role every time the owner exhibits submissive behaviors.The independent puppy has high confidence and will readily try and explore new things.These self-assured puppies are naturally protective and are not generally too aggressive, but in improper hands may demonstrate dog and/or people aggression.
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The docile German Shepherd Puppy is a good choice for most families and while the moniker of docile sounds derogatory it actually describes a solid, confident puppy that is willing to learn.The docile puppy will be protective, but accepting of strange animals and people. This personality type would be great for families with young children that have very active social lives.
How do I choose
The docile/affectionate German Shepherd Dog puppy will be much as the docile puppy, but requires more affection and reassurance from their owners.These also make excellent puppies for large active families with children.These puppies will often become involved in play or an activity, stopping suddenly to return or look towards the owner as if to ask permission to continue.These dogs would rate as low to medium submissive.
The last puppy personality type is the timorous or true submissive dog that lacks confidence or has very low self-assurance.These puppies are most suited for inactive elderly people that will spend several hours a day with their puppy.With the correct owner these puppies can develop self-confidence and become great companions.They should not be considered if home protection is a priority. These will be the puppies that will run or hide from new people after age of ten-weeks-of-age.
Our Heidelberg German Shepherd Dogs’ personalities generally will range from low dominate to docile/affectionate, which is the personality types that most families are realistically looking for in a German Shepherd Dog. Unless you are a professional trainer that trains military or police attack dogs, you would not want a high dominant dog. The high dominant dog is rare and can become a complete disaster for the dog and new owner if in the wrong hands.
Before scrutinizing the litter you will be choosing your new German shepherd puppy from, you should have fair idea of the personality type that best fits you and your family. Start by getting the entire litter out and observe the litter as the puppies are playing around you. After observing and making mental notes for several minutes play with the puppies and pick them up while trying to recognize specific behaviors such as timidness and confidence. Also, note any aggressive behavior towards the other puppies. Notice any puppies that tend to wander off to explore on their own. These puppies are likely more independent and self-confident and may be a little more of a challenge to train. Ask the breeder his opinion of each of puppy’s personalities.Utilize his opinions because the breeder knows these puppies better than anyone.Also, if the breeder has employees that clean the kennels and feed the puppies and if they are present, ask them for their opinion.
Once you have narrowed your choice down to two or three puppies based on personality types, ask the breeder to put up all the puppies except your two or three choices.Only now start making your decisions on physical attributes such as structure, size, coat length, coat color, markings, etc., respectively.I recommend that you make your decision in the above order giving priority to structure over size, etc.Structure is the most important to form and function and the overall beauty of your German Shepherd Dog.
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Good luck and I hope that this has been helpful in choosing your next German Shepherd Dog puppy.
Because this is probably one of the most important discussions I can have regarding German Shepherd Dogs, I will be editing these three posts and adding to them over the next couple of weeks with the plan to add this discussion as a new page on my web page so please revisit these posts as they are refined and improved.
Ask me a Question and I will provide my opinion. Also, please see our web page: KeystoneGermanShepherds
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We have a really nice selection of German shepherd puppies with litters available out of new Ch. Heidelberg’s Nashville v Oklahoman and Ch. Heidelberg’s Stefanie Missyw.
Nashville (Noah) is co-owned by Dee Pierce and this is his second litter. From his first German shepherd puppy litter, he produced two of the most promising male German shepherd puppies that I’ve seen in a long time. Champion Noah is producing great size and bone with fearless temperaments. I sold Newman, and co-own him with Jeremy Whitson and the other male German shepherd puppy, Nelson, I kept. Look for these lovely German shepherd puppies at upcoming shows this year (See them below).
Newman and Nelson Noah Puppies
Noah’s current German shepherd puppy litter has four males and two females. We are accepting deposits. Do not miss out on owning a future German shepherd dog champion out of this litter. German shepherd puppies will be available to go home on February 10, 2013. Below are some snap shots of this German shepherd puppy litter:
Two females and on male in the above pictures are from Grand Champion Champion (GrCh. Ch.) Heidelberg’s Kodiak v Queridad (Kodi) and Heidelberg’s Quinn Delta (Crystal). Note that these three puppies are marked to identify them from the other puppies. Crystal is co-owned with Riley Westfall and is currently being shown to her Championship. Kodi is also a full time Medical Alert Service German shepherd dog. Below is a picture of Kodi and coming is a picture of Crystal:
GrCh. Ch. Kodi
We also have a German shepherd puppy litter out of Ch. Heidelberg’s Bogie v Charisman and champion pointed Heidelberg’s Essence Jackieq:
Below are pictures of the Bogie and Essence litter:
Bogie has been a top producer the last three years and these puppies will be large. There are 2 males and 2 females in this German shepherd puppy litter and we are accepting deposits. These German shepherd puppies will be ready to go home March 3, 2013.
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We have two wonderful older puppies available. A male and female from new Champion Heidelberg’s Zeke v Gennyh and almost Champion Heidelberg’s Brandi Charisman. The Puppies are fairly calm with medium prey drive and are highly intelligent. They would be good for an apartment dweller as well as someone that lives on a ranch. In addition, they are both energetic and would make good jogging or walking companions. Both puppies have fantastic gaits. These puppies have been well socialized and love small children and will be compatible with other dogs and cats. Attached are pictures of the of the young parents:
Below are pictures of the two puppies. In addition we are accepting deposits on a 7 week old litter from New Champion Heidelberg’s Nashville v Oklahoman and Champion Heidelberg’s Stefanie Missyw.
Excited puppies playing
We just sold the female for $1,200.00 on January 31, 2013. The lovely Male German Shepherd puppy is still available.
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We at Keystone emphasize placing conformation titles on most of our breeding stock. Attached is a pedigree from Grand Champion Champion (GrCh. Ch.) Oklahoma Natashac (Kay). All the names in red or blue are Champions. This pedigree represents a very typical pedigree from our kennel.
It is very expensive and competitive to win the title Champion on a shepherd. The better the dog, the less expenses towards the title. Kay finished in three weekends and cost us relatively nothing to finish her Championship title.
Nevertheless, there is no better proving ground for breeding stock than the conformation ring for shepherds. For the most part, only the best shepherds in country ever obtain the AKC Championship title. A Championship title requires a solid temperament, a beautiful shepherd, and correct, graceful movement.
As for the European or import shepherds most could never obtain a conformation title because they do not move correctly and are ugly. They have short choppy gaits with no extension. Therefore, they would struggle as a true herding dog because they would tire quickly if required to move across long distances. It always amazes me how critical most European or import breeders are of conformation dogs, yet my shepherds could readily achieve a schutzhund title 3, but their dogs could never become an AKC Champion.
While the conformation ring is not perfect, it provides, the potential puppy purchaser the best starting place to find the next member of their family, which was and still remains the purpose of AKC Championship titles, thus as the proving ground for breeding stock.
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I will decide upon at least one daily topic unless there are questions concerning other areas:
To open, I thought I would explain our pricing, which on several blogs has been criticized as being too cheap or low in price to be selling the quality of shepherd that we provide at Keystone. We are cognizant about keeping our costs down so that we can provide a world class shepherd to the average family. Our competitors charge much more, but we try to price our better puppies between $850.00 to $1,200.00. While it is becoming harder to keep these prices at this current level, we are committed to being as fair as possible in our prices.
On the other side, we have people that are use to seeing puppies in the paper for as little as $100.00 and they wonder why we charge so much. To raise top quality animals it takes a lot of money to do it right. Just the direct costs in raising a puppy to the age of 10 weeks can cost as much as $500.00 per puppy, this includes the basics such as food, cleaning, supplies, veterinarian expenses, shots, worming, etc. In addition, this includes labor for cleaning, training and socialization, etc.
The same shepherd lines that we are selling for $1,200.00 are going for $2,400.00 to $5,000.00 in the Houston, Texas area. In Oklahoma, the shepherd like other animals are being sold for less than in other regions of the country. For example, several people in this state make a living purchasing top quality horses and driving them to California where they sell them for as much as ten times for what they sell for here. Nobody ever said Californians are the sharpest nuts in the can. Excuse me for mixing metaphors and for my attempt at humor.
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