Here are some questions we often receive that are a great starting point.
From the loyalty, the striking looks, the strong and stable temperament, to the downright adorable antics, German Shepherds are truly a man’s best friend. The German Shepherd (A.K.A. Deutscher Schaeferhund) is not the breed for everybody. This is a breed bred for working ability in nearly avenue. The German Shepherd may not be the best at everything, but it can do it all! Working ability comes with a few things; the confidence to try, the nerve to handle it, the intelligence to figure it out, the drives to keep going, and the structure to get them there.
This can make for an all around fantastic active companion for an individual, or a whole family. German Shepherds are considered “velcro” dogs, with a strong pack instinct and desire to please, they prefer to spend as much time as possible with their pack. This coupled with their intelligence level makes for a dog that doesn’t make a good yard ornament. This breed is very athletic and needs exercise and stimulation to keep them fulfilled and happy. Due to the requirements each individual German Shepherd needs, you will find we may ask you as a puppy buyer a lot of questions to see if you are the right fit for one of our dogs.
From the day the puppies are born, they are evaluated for their behaviors. As they grow they begin to show personalities, temperaments, drive levels, and each puppy will have individual desires and willingness and this can match certain types of things people are looking for in their dogs. Each home has individual needs in their dogs from pet and family dogs, to more active companions, to strong working dogs. At Bauernhof German Shepherds I take the time to learn the puppies and the homes that I am interviewing and try my best to make a good match for home and puppy! I have many happy puppy buyers with these matches!
Your puppy comes with Early Neurological stimulation, litter box training, started in crate training, started with introduction to various surfaces, inside and outside, loud noises, cleaning objects, other people, around cats, and overall built up for success in their future homes and for life!
You will get Pre-Registered AKC registration, Microchip, 1st Vaccinations, Dr. Jean Dodds Vaccine Protocol schedule, Raised naturally on a raw diet and nursed on mother until she naturally weaned them. Breeder support for the life of the dog!
We highly advise that you do not get two puppies of any breed, but especially in the same litter, at the same time. Often times this leads to an extreme attachment between each puppy to each other. The best way I can describe what happens is: “they become each other’s dogs”.
One puppy is a lot of work, especially a German Shepherd puppy with their intelligence and never ending investigations. Two puppies in an average American household is too much to juggle with regular life. We do not sell two dogs from the same litter to any of our homes.
Schutzhund is a breed suitability test developed in Germany specifically for German Shepherd dogs in the early 1900’s by the breed creator and founder Max Von Stephanitz. This test was quickly adopted by enthusiasts of many other breeds similar to the German Shepherd. The German Shepherd dog is bred to have some aggression in it, but when properly raised and handled this is of no concern. German Shepherds as stated above, do have quite a few things underneath the surface that when utilized can become quite an impressive specimen. A German Shepherd dog who is properly bred with temperament and drives in mind, will have the natural ability to depict when there is a real threat and will try to act on it. A large part of who a German Shepherd is as an adult, is 1 part genetics, 3 parts raising. Raised in a home with no outside contact, no stimulation and exercise, and no training, they can quickly become an unruly menace. This is why careful selection is done on who can adopt or purchase a German Shepherd from a breeding program or a rescue. Without careful thought into socialization and handling and training for this breed, people can struggle to handle the dogs and begin to label things like “reactive”. These dogs require a certain type of handling and if you know you know.
Canines go through many different developmental stages in their life. It is important to familiarize yourself with the most important socialization period of a puppies life. Use that time frame to get out there as much as possible. Socialization is not only seeing other dogs that set a good example for your puppy, but different environments (slippery floors, loud noises, echoes, vacuums, public places, unstable surfaces etc.) Socialization is about letting your puppy see the world but not necessarily force interaction. Taking them around things and exposing them to it while utilizing their drive for food or a toy is a great way to show them that the things around them in that environment are not a concern.
“Socialization is introducing your puppy to a broad range of new experiences, people, environments and activities. While you likely can’t expose a puppy to everything he or she may encounter in the future, the good news is that positive exposure to a wide variety of novel experiences results in a dog that easily adjusts to new things throughout his or her life. A well-socialized dog isn’t frightened of something he or she may never have experienced previously. In other words, well-socialized dogs are more secure, confident and self-assured.”
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Things that go before your dogs registered name that start with “SG” or “V” or “VA” are the show ratings of the dogs. This is to show that the dog entered a show ring for SV style ratings and this goes towards their ability to get a Breed Survey/License. This is something the SV does in Germany. The USCA and other organizations in America have started to recognize and encourage following SV guidelines. The AKC does not recognize these show ratings or titles at this time and does not require anything other than AKC registration to produce more AKC registered dogs. The SV has more stringent guidelines to follow in order to recieve their FCI Papers.
I choose to follow the Dr. Jean Dodds vaccine protocol. I respect Dr. Dodds for her intense research into the canine thyroid disease and the help she has offered to my training clients and many other people. I also respect her vaccination research and her recommendations for puppies and to help build the best immune system we can in our growing puppies! Which is what it is all about!
Please contact us and let us know how we can help and what questions we might be able to answer for you!
