4/14/2026

What is required to get an AKC Excellent Agility Jumpers With Weaves Title? ...

10/20/2025

Here is our (Nika and my) clean run for Nika's second leg in Agility Jumpers Excellent. ...

7/9/2025

CONGRATULATIONS to Nika and Ranger on their First Place Open Agility Runs at the Spokane Dog Training Club on Saturday....

3/11/2025

[NIKA VON HOFFNUNG CGC, RN, RA, CD, CDX, NA, OA, NAJ, OAJ, AXJ, TKN, TKI, BH, AXJ.](/females/nika) Nika and her brother, [Ranger](/males/ranger),represent the culmination of twenty years of breeding here at Candle Hill Shepherds. Not only is she a beautiful red sable long coat, but her temperament takes us back to our original dog, [Tag von Hoffnung](/females/tag). Like Tag, Nika is easy to train, loyal, and eager to work. Her pedigree includes many of our favorite dogs, on her dam’s side: [Little Bear](/females/little-bear), [Bristol](/females/bristol), [Valiant](/males/valiant), [Cardinal](/males/cardinal), [Piper](/females/piper/), [Max](/males/max), [Wessa](/females/wessa), [Tag](/females/tag), [Dagger (external link)](https://www.pedigreedatabase.com/german_shepherd_dog/dog.html?id=494174-dagger-mir-wachter-vom-kanas?_v=20160426234228) and on her sire’s [Rohan](/males/rohan) and [Jake](/males/jake). Nika's coat type is sable, long coat. ...

7/1/2024

Hooray for Nika and Ranger! On Saturday at the Spokane Agility Club Trial, Nika qualified in both Jumpers and Standard courses. In Jumpers she got 100% with a blue ribbon and her Novice Jumpers w Weaves Title! In standard, her enthusiam cost her on the Table and immediately afterwards, but we still qualified with 90 points and a Second Place Ranger...