I have always wanted a German Shepherd Dog. Ever since I was a little girl and I rode on the back of my Grandpa's, Misty. I thought she was the greatest dog in the whole wide world. This thought has never left me =)
Last year in April while I was at the beach in Lake Tahoe, I fell in love with a little ball of all black fluff. I was SHOCKED to learn it was a pure bred GSD. I had never thought of them as all black, didn't even realize they could be. So my research (obsession) started and I found myself ordering books and looking into breeders. After about 2 months and a spread sheet of answers back from about 8 breeders, I had it narrowed down to 3 Northern California breeders all with dogs I LOVED. I had made quite a list of criteria to meet! I found that I preferred "straight-backed" GSD's and that research was saying it was closer to the original breed and better on their hips and joints. The breeders I found also all had solid black dogs being produced in their lines. The all black coloring is true to breed and AKC approved for all types of showing. Timing of the litter is what led me initially to Spragues German Shepherds I then fell in love! Her website is amazing, she is prompt on e-mails, and best part?! The facebook page. Where people from every litter past are friends and share photos and updates on their dogs. It was the best feedback I had ever found. I could actually message and ask people, and not a single one was unhappy with their Sprague GSD. His litter is Fancy x Elvis, and I put the deposit down and prayed an all black male would pop up on birthing day. My Daegan, meaning black haired in Irish, was born on January 30th 2013. I love the mess making trouble maker! He has a white blaze on his chest and tip of his tail =)
Last year in April while I was at the beach in Lake Tahoe, I fell in love with a little ball of all black fluff. I was SHOCKED to learn it was a pure bred GSD. I had never thought of them as all black, didn't even realize they could be. So my research (obsession) started and I found myself ordering books and looking into breeders. After about 2 months and a spread sheet of answers back from about 8 breeders, I had it narrowed down to 3 Northern California breeders all with dogs I LOVED. I had made quite a list of criteria to meet! I found that I preferred "straight-backed" GSD's and that research was saying it was closer to the original breed and better on their hips and joints. The breeders I found also all had solid black dogs being produced in their lines. The all black coloring is true to breed and AKC approved for all types of showing. Timing of the litter is what led me initially to Spragues German Shepherds I then fell in love! Her website is amazing, she is prompt on e-mails, and best part?! The facebook page. Where people from every litter past are friends and share photos and updates on their dogs. It was the best feedback I had ever found. I could actually message and ask people, and not a single one was unhappy with their Sprague GSD. His litter is Fancy x Elvis, and I put the deposit down and prayed an all black male would pop up on birthing day. My Daegan, meaning black haired in Irish, was born on January 30th 2013. I love the mess making trouble maker! He has a white blaze on his chest and tip of his tail =)
The collage: 3 weeks, 6 weeks, 8 weeks, and 11 weeks!
Today 5/22 Daegan is 16 weeks! He's officially a teenager, let the intense teething and wild child phase start!
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