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  1. April 30:  Faith never ceases to impress me, but this time I was simply stunned. In the local UKC conformation show and obedience/rally trials she got Reserve Best in Show and High In Trial in obedience with a perfect score of 200 in Open B! What a way to earn Total Dog award! She is truly a total dog to the highest degree with a perfect combination of excellent structure and superb intelligence and trainability.


  3. In the second show she got Best of Breed and Group 1st! In obedience she took another High In Trial with a nearly perfect score of 199 in Open B class! This is Faith’s 8th HIT!



  6. May 1: In the afternoon show Faith got Best of Breed and Group 3d. She also qualified in Rally with Second Place and received her second Total Dog award!

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May 20: Faith is RANKED # 3 dog in UKC Open All-Stars out of the top 50 performing dogs in the country! She got this high rank after only four Obedience trials. We couldn’t be prouder of her!                                 



Joy RANKed # 24 in Novice All-Stars and she is #44 in RO2 All-Stars after only 4 performances in obedience and Rally. Joy is only 20 months old while accomplishing so much! What a girl!

  1. July 8:   Faith won AKC German Shepherd Dog Specialty obedience trial in Hamlin, NY and got HIT GSD award!  Below is a video of Faith’s winning performance in Open B. She also earned a second leg in Rally Excellent with First Place!

  1. July 9:  Faith won two HIT’s - GSD and All-Breed in obedience trial in Hamlin, NY! She has now earned 11 HIT’s up to date! At Rally trial she completes her Rally Excellent title with a perfect score of 100 and Second Place! Below is a video of our HIT run.

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July 30 - 31: We did very well at the White Shepherd 40th Specialty show weekend in Canada!


On July 30th the afternoon show Joy took First place in American Bred class and won all 3 highest of the official breed awards: Winner’s Bitch, Best of Winners and Best of Opposite Sex! There were about 45 White Shepherds competing at this Specialty and many of them were already Champions. I’m so proud that Joy did so well against such a tough competition. This was Joy’s first major win that gave her 5 points toward her WSCC Championship.  Many thanks to the judge Steve Popp for recognizing her quality!                           


Faith took First place in Open class on both days, July 30th the afternoon show and July 31st shows. On July 31 National show she also won Reserve Winner’s Bitch.

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  1. July 14:   Pax (Faith’s pup) graduated from Pre-Novice obedience class with First Place! Congrats to Pax and Kenzie, his owner and trainer! We are so proud of your accomplishments.

  1. August 13:   Joy finished her UKC Championship in Welland, Canada earning two Best of Breed, Group 3rd and Group 2nd! That same day she earned Second place in obedience trial with a score of 195 1/2 and got her second Total Dog award! In RO3 trial she earned  Third and Second placements. 


  1. Faith’s completed her RO3 title with First place in each trial!

  1. UKC Champion!

  2. August 13, 2011

  1. Joy

  2. WB BW BOS

  1. Faith

  2. RWB

October 15-16: Faith earned her AKC PT herding title! Both judges gave her their highest remarks.                 

September 26: Joy has passed her health clearances with excellent results! PennHip: 100% (.28/.25), OFA: Good Hips and Normal Elbows, Cardiac: Normal, TLI: 13.0 - Normal range/ Cobalamin - 416 - Normal range/Foliate - 13.8 - Normal range.