6/23/2015

Congratulations to Valor, out of Max and Sara 2009, and her handler Ann for their achievement in Nose Work! Ann writes, “I wanted to let you know that your Valor von Huffnung, from Sara and Max, achieved her Nose Work 3 Elite title in April, 2015. At the time she was one of eight GSDs in the United States to have this title. Nose work is a fun sport b...

6/10/2015

This story is worth its own blog post. “Just wanted to tell you a little story about Koda our beloved boy. First we have a major bear problem here. They have over run the area, coming into our yards, tearing everything up almost every night. Well one night, I was sitting on the porch going through emails on my laptop. Koda of course at my side. Everyth...

6/6/2015

Michelle flew in to pick up her FOURTH Candle Hill Shepherd Puppy! This little girl is staying nearby in Idaho Whereas her sister is moving to Montana We have one pup remaining for adoption He is this happy boy! ...

6/6/2015

Announcing, proudly I might add, three new titles! Sunny, Keeper, and Magnum each earned new Rally Titles at the Coeur D’Alene Dog Show. It was the busiest weekend ever with family coming home, puppies getting ready to go home, and then a dog show. But the dogs performed nobly. The young and the old, Keeper and Magnum, both earned their Rally Novice Ti...

5/2/2015

So many thanks to our Puppy Families and to the vast number of you wonderful people who have been referring our Breeding Program.  We appreciate each one of you so much as you join us in our endeavor to produce real quality German Shepherd Dogs and unite them with the best of possible homes. The puppies from our Winter/Spring litters have been going ho...

4/18/2015

One of our primary goals at Candle Hill Shepherds is to provide the sort of dog to families,  that a burglar will run from but a child can hug. Having six children of our own, we consider the safety and protection of children to be of utmost concern.  There is great comfort as parents, knowing that someone will think twice before climbing into a child’...

4/18/2015

These are Bristol and Sunny’s Puppies Five and a Half Weeks Old, their first outdoor adventure. ...

4/18/2015

 Therapy Pets Unlimited (therapypetsunlimited.org) states on their web page: “According to the National Center for Health Statistics, more then 50% of nursing home residents have no close relatives, and 46% have no living children. These two facts are a major reason why an estimated 85% of nursing home residents never have visitors. If you find these...

4/18/2015

One of the things our dogs enjoy is tracking.  It is innate to dogs to be able to follow a scent all the way to it’s source. The dog’s ability to smell is said to be anywhere from 10,000 times to 100,000 times better than a humans.   There is great comfort in knowing that your dog will be able to find a missing family member.  We use this ability of t...

4/11/2015

We are always trying something new.  Every now and then we hit on something so wonderful we want to tell everyone about it. For some time we have had a big puppy room where the puppies have room to run around indoors, enough room that they learn to keep clean and to potty in one area only.  Now we have expanded on this idea, such that the one potty are...