We are a small
hobby
kennel located on 2 acres of land in northeast Ohio where we are
fortunate enough to have lots of room for our dogs to run, jump and
play.
At Crooked River, we
strive to
produce German Shepherds that are family companion's first and
foremost. Our dogs are not high drive dog, working, "need a
job"
German Shepherds. We breed for calm, laid back, intelligent,
loving family dogs with an "off" switch. Our dogs have
wonderful
temperaments, are easily trained and have sound minds and bodies.
We strive to produce a dog that your family can live with
day to
day but be large enough to make a "bad guy" think twice.
German
Shepherds are born with the instinct to protect their family.
You
may never see your dog act aggressive to anyone until such a time as is
needed. Hopefully you will never ever have to see it.
We
believe that a well bred dog that the family can handle will be more
likely to always have a home. German Shepherds can have
different
coat lengths - Short, Plush and Long Coats. We
produce more
long coats than the other two lengths. Long Coat German
Shepherds
have two different coat types. Long stock coat and long coat.
A long stock coat has dense undercoat and a longer top layer
of
hair. A true long coat does not have the under coat.
I
personally find that my long stock coats do not shed as much as my
plush stock coat. I know it sounds unlikely but it's true.
German
Shepherds can come in a variety of colors, not just the show dog
look of black and tan saddle back. There are also black and
reds,
black and silver, black and cream, bi-colors (all black with just a
touch of coloring on legs, face and possibly chest), Sable,
solid
white and solid Black. It is possible for us to
produce any
of these colors.
Something to
note: We do not
breed conformation show dogs. Our dogs are
usually too large to be shown. The AKC German Shepherd
standard
states that:"The
desired height for males at the top of the highest
point of the shoulder blade is 24 to 26 inches; and for bitches, 22 to
24 inches." Our breeding dogs are all above that standard.
We do not show our dogs because of the height rule.
If you are looking for a wonderful, large German Shepherd family
companion then you
have come to the right place!
Kelly
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