10/14/2025

Home of Von Hoffnung “of hope” German Shepherds. Long Coat and Standard Coated Puppies. Our dogs are the old line German Shepherds of carefully selected bloodlines: DDR (East German), Czech and Slovak, as well as old world West German bloodlines, bred for work, security, and companionship. We want sensible yet Happy dogs, gentle around children and pets...

1/1/2014

Cardinal and Elsa LONG COAT GERMAN SHEPHERDS (Long haired German Shepherds) When Rittmeister von Stephanitz first brought attention to the German Shepherd Dog as a recognized breed, there were two varieties of coat in the dogs, long coat and the short stock coat most often seen today. Stephanitz, recognizing the incredible versatility of this dog, ...