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 Torry and Tonya vom Mittelwest in commercial

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Dear Julie,

I originally came to you looking for a German Shepherd puppy that would be our pet.  Beth and I wanted nothing more than a sound-minded German Shepherd Dog.    You convinced us it might be fun to own and train a dog with work and show potential.

You were right!

With Mittelwest’s show ring training and Kimba’s excellent conformation, Kimba has won first place in 8 out of 10 shows, including SG-1 Youth Siegerin at the 2004 USA Sieger Show and VP-1 at the 2004 Canadian Sieger Show, her only second place was SG-2 at the 2004 GSDCA-WDA Sieger Show in Madison, WI when she was in full heat and a little distracted.

Not only is Kimba beautiful, but she has a HUGE fun-loving personality.  It is impossible to ignore Kimba if she is in the room.   She won’t let you.

Kimba passed her SchH1, with scores of 88/85/86.   She was High Score SchH1 for the trial and only missed high obedience in trial by two points.   Her trainer, Cindy Petersen, pictured above transformed at goofy fun-loving puppy, in to a working dog.   We have been so pleased with Kimba, that we bought a second puppy, Ferguson vom Mittelwest. Ferguson is just as wonderful as Kimba, but in his own way.

SG Ferguson vom Mittelwest, SchH1

Ferguson is my first attempt at H.O.T. (Handler, Owner, Trainer) Schutzhund.   

Fergie and I have passed our “AD”, “BH” and “SchH1″ trials. 

It has been a lot of work, but so worth it. It isn’t often that you find a hobby that you could see yourself doing the rest of your life.   That is what happened to us.   These dogs have launched us on a lifetime journey. 

We are forever grateful.

Best wishes,

Gary & Beth Fuqua

P.S.  We think your website is pretty cool too!

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Everyday Hero

A true story of how a German Shepherd Dog named Nike* helped save my life.

 By Jill Haunold

It was the perfect morning to go for a short cross-country ski.  My husband was at a ski race for the day.  I dropped the two boys and their friends at the down-hill area and parking at the end of the area lot, skied off with Nike the German Shepherd Dog and Moxie Java the Parson Russell Terrier puppy… 

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* “Nike” SG, Int CH, BH, AD, RN, CGC, OFA good H/E
Nike is a daughter of V Jezzi v. Mittelwest ~ Nike is a full sister to our 3x VA Olly v. Mittelwest
Nike is owned by Jill Haunold

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the finest German bloodlines, and great bone structure. Julie  has sold me a great puppy named Caesar who is show quality and willing to please his master. When I take him to the field to work, other breeders approach me and tell me how great he looks. They always ask me what breeder did you get him from and I say proudly Mittelwest. I will buy all my GSD dogs from Mittelwest because they do honest business.

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I just wanted to touch base with you. Almost 10 years ago, I purchased Urico vom Mittelwest from you. He was my first German line dog and I could not have been happier with him. I have owned many American line shepherds, but never had one with this type of wonderful temperament, upbeat attitude, easy to work with, train, etc. (but I am sure you know, you bred him )

He has constantly surprised me with his great temperament. My elderly parents had to move in with me 2 years ago and I was very apprehensive because they had a cat, which Rico had not been exposed to before. He is great with the cat and with the kitten they just got last year. 

To me, Rico is a older dog who has no clue he is getting up there in years, except for some stiffness and arthritis, which I give him glucosamine / msm for. When he first got a little stiff and limped a bit, I took him to an orthopedic vet, just to make sure and catch any problems early and get him on joint treatments. He was 9 at the time, and they did x-rays. You could have knocked the vet over when the hip x-rays showed that even at that age, the vet bet he would have still OFA’d Good at that age. 

He constantly makes me laugh with his goofy ways of pleasing me, my best friend, never lets me too far out of his sight. Unfortunately, due to health issues, which only recently improved, I was unable to really do Schutzhund with him, but I did have him tested by a club when he was young, and they LOVED him, thought he would be great. I did obedience train him, and he was one of those dogs that loved it, and had great eye contact (still does). I had a police department that wanted to buy him for their K9 program, NOT taking my boy from me. He adapted to a move to Georgia 5 years ago without a hitch.

I have contacted you a few times over the years to update you, but wanted to just again tell you how happy I am with him. Sorry for the rambling, but I can’t help but brag about him.

I worry, of course, because he will be 10 in June, but hope he will stay with me a few more years. Anyway, I constantly have kept track of your breeding, more so now as he is older, and want you to know that I will definitely be looking to you when I am ready for another puppy (okay, I am ready now, ha ha, but will wait a bit). I just wanted to get with you in advance and hopefully you would be willing to work with me in the future to find another wonderfully temperament, and gorgeous puppy.

Lynette Loeffler
Urico vom Mittelwest

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