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Tia
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Von Der Otto German
Shepherds Specializes In Having The Best German Shepherd
Puppies and German Shepherd Dogs For Protection of Children,
Families and Single Women. We are Breeders That Offer
Some Of The Finest German Shepherds And German Shepherd
Puppies For Sale In The Dallas, Austin And Fort Worth Areas Of
Texas. Von der Otto German Shepherds is a
family owned business with the personal touch not offered at most
kennels. We started several years ago buying our first female to start
our business. Before entering into the business
we
spent years researching the different bloodlines of German Shepherd dogs. Working with
different police departments assisted us in our search for the quality of German Shepherds
we wanted to breed. Throughout
the years of owning and working with German Shepherds we have been
around both the
German bloodlines and the American bloodlines. In our experience the American lines do not
have the same qualifications offered by the German lines. To read about
the difference of both breeds go to
German lines vs American
lines. For more information about German titles
and testing in our pedigrees go to
German Terminology and
German Breed Standards.
I met my husband, Dan at the Sheriff's Office. We have both worked
at the Sheriff's Office for over 10 years. Dan is a Patrol
Sergeant and I am a Deputy Sheriff. Working in law
enforcement allows us to work with
several police agencies during K-9 operations. Because of
our line of work we have seen first hand the difference
between the working line German Shepherds and the show line
German Shepherds. It is very important for someone to
understand the difference, because there is a vast
difference. The working lines are exceptional at what they
are bred to do. They have extremely high energy which makes
them better for law enforcement when searching hours for a
suspect or sniffing large areas for drugs. A working dog has
to have something to do at all times or they will get bored.
That kind of energy does not work well for a family and in a
home atmosphere. What I searched for is a line of German
Shepherds that would be naturally protective, not afraid of
any situation, proven to be the best generation after
generation and still have the calmness to be good with children. We found that dog in the West German Show Lines. To receive a top show rating of either a V or VA the German
Shepherd Dog is required to be excellent in all fields. The hips have to be certified with
either an "a" stamp or OFA, excellent conformation,
obedience title (BH), pass an endurance test (AD), a
courage test, bite work, and tracking (SchH 1, 2 or 3).
They cannot be distracted or show any aggression towards the
judge, stud dogs or female dogs around them, but be ready to
bite when asked too. For any dog to accomplish all these
things is remarkable. To read and
understand more about what is required for each phase of
testing go to
German titles and ratings.
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From left to right are three of our breeding
female Daffi von der Krautschneise,
Tara vom Fleischerheim,
Bailey von
der Otto and our breeding male
Mason vom Fleischerheim. The picture was taken on
September 16, 2008. You see
Daffi
and Bailey are helping
Tara nurse her puppies. I trained our females to get
along even while nursing their puppies. Since, I keep all
the mother's and puppies in the house with me until the
puppies are four weeks old it was important they get along.
When I started I did not know if it was possible. Our
females with their puppies are in three different rooms in our
house. The first thing I had to do is to teach them to
respect each others space. Bailey is a new mother and
the first day she did not do very well cleaning her puppies,
so her mother, Tara took over and started cleaning Bailey's
puppies, which worked very well because Bailey actually got the
hang of it. After a few days passed, Bailey got a little
agitated with Tara and grunted at her. With that attitude, I could just see what she was thinking,
"I
got it Mom, you don't have to show me anymore". Now, I can go
to work and leave all their doors open and they will respect
each others space with no one home, but it took time and
a lot of work.
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Our kennel is located in Rockwall Texas 30
miles east of Dallas, Texas. We own seven acres with horses,
geese, ducks and chickens. We usually have one or two colts
born a year. Our dogs have plenty of places to run and
exercise. Above is Mason, Bailey and Tara in front of our
house. Our home is usually full of either children or dogs
and most the time both. We recently bought land in Oklahoma surrounded by the
National Forest 35 miles from Arkansas. Our German Shepherd
Dogs and Puppies have plenty room to run and explore.
They also go with us in the springtime trail riding behind our
Oklahoma property, since there are miles of forest managed trails right out
our back door. The dogs love it! Our German Shepherd
dogs are a big part of our lives, as you can see. Our dogs
are not just breeding dogs to us they are part of our
family. Our goal is to make your experience with your German Shepherd
Dog as happy as ours.
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