Exploring the vast prairie of the Washita National Wildlife Refuge
Hi Everyone,
A quick update for everyone; I finely feel caught up around here with everything so that I can start blogging six days a week (Monday through Saturday). We have finished the repair and resurfacing on the driveway, which took two and half weeks of some the hardest and hottest work I have ever done. I am very happy about being done, but I thought that I might have lost some weight, but I did not lose one pound. I turn 50 at the end of September and I am determined not to be overweight by my birthday. I believe the only way that I am going to lose weight is to starve myself and start jogging. Therefore, the next two months that is what I am going to do. I will try not to be too grumpy!
This morning I got up at 3 AM to drive a Heidelberg’s William v Carlie (Jury) to the airport. As I am writing this Jury is on his way to Anchorage, Alaska. What a perfect place for very large long-coat German shepherd Dog to live. I am happy for Jury and his new owners.
Heidelberg’s William v Carlie (Jury)
We just love our customers and we are so appreciative of how our business has grown in the last year. However, there are some areas due to this growth that need to change. We can no longer be open seven days a week and be available during all our waking hours. We are going to start closing on Sunday so that my wife and I go on a weekly hiking trip. In addition, we will have to close at 6:30 PM every day and phone calls after closing will be addressed the following business day unless it is an emergency. We will still allow boards to be picked up on Sunday during hours that do not interfere with our weekly hiking excursion.
This week we are going to Cookson Hill Wildlife Refuge to hike the Bolin Bottom to Round Mountain trail. This is going to be approximately a 4.5 mile hike in the woods in August so we will see how it goes as far as the bugs and humidity.
We have some wonderful new additions to our kennel including Nelson, Hardy, Sword, Daphne, Journey, and Serenity. Tomorrow, I will discuss these German shepherd puppies and our high expectations for them.
Please continue to check out our web page as we post updates on this litter and future available litters: https://kgsd.inventivehorizons.com/PuppiesForSale.htm. We currently have Wally and Walter, two male puppies left. Both are wonderful puppies and Walter has developed in to quite the show prospect. Remember that we do ship puppies.
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Exploring the vast prairie of the Washita National Wildlife Refuge
Hi Everyone,
Just a hodgepodge update of the going-on at Keystone German Shepherds & Kennels. Well it is summer and while we have been blessed with rain and cooler temperature than the last two summers, it does increase my workload. Now that our grass has reached an unseemly height, I have to mow again.
I have been unable to blog the last six days due to our schedule and the fact that I am having to re-surface our asphalt driveway, which distance is over an eighth of a mile. Due to lack of maintenance over the last several years, it has taken all week to fill cracks and resurface the black top with the help of a wonderful young high school student, Michael. Even with all the work and time invested, we still are only halfway done with the driveway. Therefore, my blogs will be Spartan in the next couple of weeks as I will be mowing, weeding eating, and repairing the driveway. I also have started weaning our three litters that are inside and growing well. I am excited about the wonderful puppies that we are going to have available starting in mid-September.
I am proud to announce that we had our Canine Good Citizen Testing on Saturday, July 20, 2013. We had four German shepherds take the test with three passing. The puppy that failed had only been to Keystone’s Canine Good Citizen Class and Basic Obedience Class four times before the testing and he was not quite ready. He will pass with a few more training classes. Nevertheless, congratulations to the Mia and her owners Daniel and Kat Gettel, Tank and his owners Darran and Shelley Douglas, and Glory and her owner Gail Reed for readily passing the Canine Good Citizen Test and earning their Certificates. We will have our next free Canine Good Citizen Class and Basic Obedience Class Saturday morning at 10:30 AM on July 27, 2013. Please attend if you can make it.
Heidelberg’s Glory Passed Her Canine Good Citizen Test
Today, I am going to discuss a wonderful eight-month-old male German shepherd puppy that we hope to re-home.Heidelberg’s Norman v Kelseyq (Elvis) is a normal coated shepherd and has great structure and conformation. Elvis is the son of Grand Champion, Champion Heidelberg’s Nashville v Oklahoman (OFA ‘ed) and Champion Heidelberg’s Kelsey Queridad.His owners fell into hard times and could no longer keep Elvis.Elvis is completely trained in all obedience, has great manners, and lived in the house full-time.
Grand Champion, Champion Heidelberg’s Nashville v Oklahoman
Champion Heidelberg’s Kelsey Queridad
Elvis is also the litter-mate of Heidelberg’s Nelson v Kelseyq, which we have kept as a future champion and stud dog. Elvis has an outgoing friendly and happy personalty. He is confident, well mannered, and a very healthy puppy.
Heidelberg’s Norman v Kelseyq (Elvis)
Heidelberg’s Norman v Kelseyq (Elvis)
Heidelberg’s Norman v Kelseyq (Elvis)
Elvis will be protective and will keep you from being robbed, but he is not a liability and will not bite a child or someone that is supposed to be at your house.Elvis grew up with small children and is well socialized to people and other dogs.Elvis would be perfect for a family looking for companionship and home protection, but do not have the time to train a young puppy.
If you are interested in purchasing Elvis, please call me about pricing at (918) 261-4729.We will sell Elvis for a really good price.
I am happy to announce Max has been adopted by a wonderful German Shepherd Dog family! Way to go Max, we are glad for for you!
Hi Everyone,
Today, I am going to discuss a fantastic five-year-old neutered male that we hope to re-home. Heidelberg’s Kenichi v Queridad (Max) is a long-coat and is the litter mate of Grand Champion, Champion Heidelberg’s Kodiak v Queridad (OFA Excellent). Max has a wonderfully sweet, playful, and confident personality. His owner fell into hard times and had to move out of his house and can no longer keep Max.Max is completely trained in all obedience, has great manners, and lived in the house full-time.
Max just turned five at the end of May and is in perfect health.Max is protective and will keep you from being robbed, but he is not a liability and will not bite a child or someone that is supposed to be at your house.Max would be perfect for a family looking for companionship and home protection, but do not have the time to train a puppy.
Max is five; however, he has seven good years left and will be a wonderful addition to a home looking for an adult German Shepherd Dog. Max is very large and the below pictures do not do him justice, size-wise. Also, he needs to be bathed and combed out, which we will do. In person he is a much more impressive and beautiful long-coat Heidelberg than what these photographs show. He has a partially lazy ear on the left side that sometimes he holds down.
Heidelberg’s Kenichi v Queridad (Max)
Heidelberg’s Kenichi v Queridad (Max)
If you are interested in adopting Max, please call me at (918) 261-4729. Please continue to check out our web page as we post updates on this litter and future available litters: https://kgsd.inventivehorizons.com/PuppiesForSale.htm. Remember that we do ship puppies.
Ask me a Question and I will provide my opinion. Also, please see our web page: KeystoneGermanShepherds
Germane to yesterday’s discussion, we had a beautiful, just turned one-year-old intact female returned to us due to a family crisis.Heidelberg’s Mia Yasminp, born July 12, 2012 is a Grand Champion, Champion Heidelberg’s Kodiak v Queridad OFA Excellent daughter.Mia is a long-coat with perfect structure and will be large at a lean weight of 85 pounds.
Grand Champion Heidelberg’s Kodi, Mia’s Dad
We have Mia offered up for sale at the low price of $1,526.00, which includes the cost for her tattoo.She will be sold with full registration and no contract, and she is breedable quality.
Heidelberg’s Mia Yasminp
Mia is fully trained in obedience and house trained.She will not fowl your house or chew on your furniture.She does not have any separation anxiety issues.Mia needs to go to an Alpha owner because she is highly intelligent and exhibits alpha tendencies.She will be fine with cats and other large breed dogs.However, due to her alpha personality, she will not be good for homes with small breeds such as terriers that will challenge her dominance.
Heidelberg’s Mia Yasminp
In addition, she should not go to a home with a weak owner or she will manipulate this person with her high intelligence imposing her will taking advantage of the weaker human.Mia is high drive and very playful so she would be good for an active family that jogs or go on walks on regular bases.
Mia will be protective and will bite someone that tries to break into your home or that attacks a family member.However, Mia loves kids and people and will readily accept anyone that you invite into your home.Therefore, she will not be a liability or a concern for the new owner. Below are current pictures of Mia at 12-months-of-age:
Heidelberg’s Mia Yasminp
Heidelberg’s Mia Yasminp
Heidelberg’s Mia Yasminp
If you are interested in seeing Mia, please call me at (918) 261-4729. Please continue to check out our web page as we post updates on this litter and future available litters: https://kgsd.inventivehorizons.com/PuppiesForSale.htm. Remember that we do ship puppies.
Ask me a Question and I will provide my opinion. Also, please see our web page: KeystoneGermanShepherds
We register all our German Shepherd Dog puppies with the American Kennel Club (AKC) because it provides the highest possible protection for those puppies throughout life.Registering all pure blood dogs with AKC adds intrinsic value to those registered dogs.Dogs that are valued through their pure blood registration are less likely to be dumped, discarded, abandoned, used for fighting, etc.Even the worse examples of certain breeds have an increased chance of a good and loved life if they are registered through AKC.
Newman and Nelson Noah Puppies
We have no idea what the future involves in our life, and any of could find ourselves through life circumstances unable to care for the puppy in the future that we purchase today.If your puppy is registered it is going to much easier for you or your breeder to find a new home for that puppy that you can no longer keep.Therefore, when a customer purchases a puppy from us, we collect the AKC registration fee from them and have the customer fill out the registration before leaving with their new puppy.We then mail in several registrations via certified mail to AKC, thus making sure all our puppies are registered.
We have several customers each year tell us that they do not care about registering their puppy because they are not going to breed or show their new puppy, nevertheless, we insist that these puppies get registered.Throughout the year we get back a few puppies, teenagers, and adults because the family has had a life changing event where they can no longer keep their German shepherd dog.These life changing events have included divorce, loss of job, severe illness, death of a spouse, and relocation out-of-the-country.None of these events were foreseen or anticipated by the new puppy owners.
Puppy Playing In The Yard
We at Keystone German Shepherds & Kennels always take our dogs back and try to rehome our German Shepherd Dogs if the former family cannot keep them any longer.Our task of rehoming and potentially reselling these German Shepherd Dog, puppies, teenagers and young adults is much easier if these dogs have been registered with AKC. Upon reselling these rehomed dogs, we refund the former owners original purchase price less our expenses. In addition, we transfer the registration of these rehomed German shepherd dogs to the new owners.
If you are purchasing your German shepherd dog from someone other than Keystone German Shepherds & Kennels, please take the time to register your new puppy with AKC.This will help add protection to your new puppy if something happens to you where you can no longer take care of your dog.
A Happy Puppy
In addition, ask your breeder if they offer the added insurance of rehoming your dog if you are unable to take of it any longer.If they are unwilling, unable, or sound hesitant about providing this service, perhaps you should consider a different breeder.Backyard breeders would be less likely to be able to provide this service because they do not have the facilities to take care of a dog that is not a part of their two to four dog pack in their backyard, thus, another reason for someone that is looking for a quality German Shepherd Dog puppy to avoid backyard breeders.
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