High Country German Shepherds

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The Girls

Shadow

Shadow: Roxie/Hemi, Bi-color girl. Shadow is smart, friendly, and the most easy going Shepherd. She is friendly and likes adults and children. She and generally wears a big smile and is always willing to be friends.


Hemi Girl

Hemi Girl: Texi/Hemi, black and tan girl. N/N for DM. Hips rated Excellent! Hemi Girl lives with a wonderful family and is a friendly but protective girl. She is easy to train and has a wonderful temperament.


Symphony

Symphony is an Olive/Hemi solid black girl. She is N/N for DM. Symphony is discerning and smart. She is friendly, but protective. She lives with a family who loves her.


Kitana

Kitana is such a wonderful girl. She has a medium to high drive personality and is very eager to please when we’re training. She is very food-reward driven which makes her very easy to train. She is a very smart girl and retains what we’re training after only a few repetitions of going over it. She’s very eager to meet other dogs while we’re out on walks and has a decent recall, but her eagerness sometimes gets the best of her so we keep her on a leash unless it’s a wide open area. I’ve noticed when she is properly worked, physically and mentally, she’s an incredible inside dog and takes advantage of lounging with us. She’s our shadow and follows us wherever we go, just like all GSDs I’m sure. Great if you have a kiddo who wanders or just want a true companion by your side. We have 3 cats and Kitana gets along great with them no problem. Kitana even instinctually protects her cat sisters from other dogs who bark at them when they come over to play with her. Overall, what a good girl Kitana turned out to be. I’m sure these trainability and instinctual protection traits will easily transfer over to her pups with the right owners attention and patience.


Matilda

Matilda is a Lexa/Hemi, solid black female.

Matilda has been through basic obedience training… She was best one in the class. She was fully leash trained in 20 minutes… Can’t wait until she’s full blown adult, lol. She’s still all puppy… Such a smart dog though.   ​Matilda! I have an all-black GSD from High Country German Shepherds. Matilda is an incredible animal. She is currently just under 2 years old and ALL puppy still, as most young GSD’s are. At six months old, she passed basic obedience training courses. She was so hyper at the time that I was of the opinion she was going to be untrainable. Boy, was I wrong! She was almost fully leash trained in 20 minutes. Once we figured out how to focus her energy into positive training, she quickly became the most trainable dog I’ve ever had. House training was a cinch, and she’s a friendly and social animal. She’s excellent with 2 other dogs in the house, three cats, and and a protector of my young children.
Physically, she’s a fine specimen. She’s fast, alert, and agile. She can clear a regular fence with ease and hike and run all day long, always being alert to her surroundings and ready for a command.
To be completely honest, she’s the smartest dog I’ve ever had.
Mike D

Matilda is now an adult and we are looking forward to seeing her puppies!


Astrid-Nyx

Nyx is a Maya/Hemi, sable girl. N/N for DM.   She is very high spirited and has tons of energy. She has decent recall even with distractions. She is kennel trained. She is leash trained but pulls around other dogs. She is very vocal and social. She mingles well with other pets after a good introduction. She does great off leash at our mountain property. She loves hikes. She knows and follows many voice, hand, and snap commands. She is very head strong so firm commands are necessary when she is excited. She loves to play. She is very loving and thinks she’s a small lap dog. She does have some dominant traits when interacting with our other 2 pets, and typically runs the show. She has had 2 heats now. She does great with our 2 year old. I’ll also send some pictures! Hope you are staying well!


Arya

Arya is a black and tan, Wager/Eli girl. She is super smart and has high drives. Arya is an easily trained girl and doing super.


Bamboo

Bamboo is a Roxie/Hemi girl. She is a black and tan, Bi-color. Bamboo is a gentle natured dog and has a lower medium drive. She is happy and travels to worksites with her master and interacts with many people.


Claire

Claire is a Lexie/Eli girl. Black and tan. 

Hi Linda,

    Here are some recent photos of Claire! I’ll send more in another email as I hit my limit. She’s a big, big girl. We haven’t weighed her in the last 2 weeks but she’s probably close to 88-90lbs now. We had some friends over on Friday and when I mentioned she was only just turning 9 months old, they were shocked. Said she behaved better than most adult dogs they meet. She does very well being calm and quiet inside while my husband and I are working but reminds us diligently about the noon o’clock and 4pm outside exercise time.

    We train on a number of things pretty much every day and her recall is flawless. I pulled her off a deer chase the other day without any problems. We taped her ears some weeks ago when I asked for your input and they popped up and stayed up. One is still a little soft, but it doesn’t fall down anymore. She’s a bit…stompy and doesn’t quite realize how big she is, but she does make an effort to keep still when small things are around her like the chicks (a work in progress). She’s mostly safe with our chickens, but we do keep a close eye on her since she’s still young.

    She does very well with my husband and I, not seeming to have a distinct favorite between us. She’s very sensitive which makes corrections and learning very straightforward and simple. She definitely acts as the “backup muscle” rather than “out in front and charge it down” when she’s patrolling our pasture with my male pit.  She walks well on a leash, but that’s something I need to do more training on so she can learn to properly heel. She loves all adult people, none of that stranger danger Shepherds are known for. Children are a different story and we are working with some neighbors to get her more comfortable. I’m sure this is just a factor that we are currently childless and have extremely limited contact with children since the pandemic started. She made tons of progress the first time our neighbors’ kids were visiting, going from alarm woofing when she saw them to coming up and gingerly licking their fingers when they left. 


Luna

Luna is a Roxie/Turbo girl. She is a solid black, short coat, with plenty of energy and a winning personality with protectiveness of her family. She produces wonderful puppies.
Letter from her family:  A few picture of our sweet Luna, with our kiddos. She is protective and watchful. She is always keeping tabs on our littles and will go back and forth between them to check on them if they’re playing in separate areas. She’s gentle, loving and brave. She has a healthy respect for our cat, but still has to make sure she’s not a threat to our kiddos. Lol.
We could not be happier to have her as part of our family. She is just what we needed.


Kalani

Kalani is a Lexie/Eli, Black and tan long coat girl.

Kalani is very very large. She is protective and intimidating but is not mean and is very stable minded. She is very intelligent and trainable.

Letter from family:
​Well she is doing great.  Traits she is very large and in charge.  She weighs 98lbs.  She is very protective but yet still thinks she is that small puppy that slept on my lap.  I let her do that one to many times cause now her favorite spot is taking up the whole couch next to me.  She is very rambunctious not much slows her down till bed time. And shaking hands is her go-to anytime


Athena

Athena is a beautiful black and tan, Texie/Eli girl. Athena is very smart and trainable. She has medium-high drives. She is an excellent protector and is stable minded.


Shiloh

Shiloh is a Texie/Eli, Black and Tan girl. 

 Shiloh loves to play fetch and cuddle but only with the her family not strangers very protective especially of the little Yorkshire terrier. Until you tell her someone is okay she doesn’t want to let them close.


Harley

Harley is a Brisa/Eli, long coat, sable girl.

Harley is happy, friendly, intelligent, and friendly.


Nikita

Nikita is a short coat sable, Maya/Eli girl.  Nikita  Nikita is a very sweet, happy, and loving girl. She is curious to meet new people but is not totally trusting. She loves to play with other dogs and kids. She knows what she wants and isn’t shy about telling you.  She’s loyal and well behaved. She likes to please! When on walks, she will stay right by my side. She is easily trained and does what is asked of her as long as she feels safe.  Nikita seems petite compared to her “brother”, but has a beautiful coat.  Although I’ve not seen her be protective, I have no doubt that she would assert herself if a situation arose. Mild mannered and calm, she watches everything carefully and keeps a close eye on her human children.


Artemis

Artemis is a solid black, Olive/Judah girl.

We look forward to seeing her puppies!


Bella

Bella is a black and tan, Shelby/Eli girl.

(letter from Bella’s family)
Bella is just the best dog,  she is very sweet,  protective and learns fast! She likes to be wherever we are and follows us everywhere.  She loves being outside and playing with balls.  She loves a good game of tug of war. She loves playing with other dogs and meeting new friends.  She not very trusting of new people, but warms up once she realizes they are safe.


Grace

Grace is a beautiful black sable girl from Nala/Judah.

Grace is very intelligent and easy to train.

We look forward to seeing what colors he puppies are.