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NEIGEPEARL
PUPPIES
This is our boy Mojo (Neigepearl Flawless Victory A.I.)
as a puppy, 2012. Mojo was a puppy born of frozen semen from Germany via
Artificial Insemination (A.I.) Another Neigepearl A.I. success thanks to Monash Veterinary Clinic More litters
planned for 2013!
Enquiries are invited! Please fill out our PUPPY
QUESTIONNAIRE Click here to view references from some of our Puppy Buyers All our
puppies are priced at $2000, are sold under our Puppy Sale Contract/Guarantee and includes:
More
information about Neigepearl puppies We focus on quality
not quantity, and for the
ultimate aim of improving the breed. We place equal priorities on health,
temperament, conformation and type and are very passionate about these issues
in general.
We spend lots of time with them, watching them grow and develop.
We observe the pack hierarchy and have seen how their confidence levels can
sometimes change when the puppies are exposed to new environments, so we take
them into different rooms and environments. We are always watching their
reactions to their surroundings, loud noises, their recovery times, how
interactive they are with people and their littermates, how they behave when
carried or restrained etc. It has been a keen interest of ours over the
years, and as a result we have gained a good amount of experience in
evaluating temperament and helping people choose the best puppy for their
experience level and lifestyle. For example, we wouldn’t recommend a
dominant, headstrong and highly energetic pup for a family with young
children, who are not experienced with working dogs. The evaluations we make
in relation to matching puppies’ temperaments to people and their lifestyles,
seem to strongly fall in line with Volhard’s Puppy Aptitude Test, test results, which
are done at week 7. These evaluations seem to carry forward quite accurately,
given the dog is provided with the right training and leadership by the
owner. We find our puppy buyers are extraordinarily happy with their choice
of puppy, with the guidance we provide. We raise puppies indoors for about 4 weeks, before transferring
them outdoors where they can play around in our safe and secure puppy yard.
Our puppy yard is a large, fully turfed area under the shade of a big tree, a
large cabin/cubby house, obstacles for mental
development, toys, sand pit and wading pool. It is thoroughly cleaned twice
daily with a high pressure gurney. Living in suburbia, our puppies are safely
exposed to many different kinds of noises, trains, trucks, cars, and other
loud noises, preparing them for the world and building their confidence. We have mutually rewarding relationships with our puppy
co-owners, where the dogs are beloved pets first and foremost. We help train
and promote their dog, whilst working together to manage the next generation
of Neigepearl dogs.
We base our selections on what dogs can be bred around health,
temperament, genetics, conformation, type and how they all relate to the
Breed Standard and our goals for breed improvement. We feel that this is the best way for ALL
dogs to get the best quality of life and to responsibly manage our passion
and dedication to the breed. We carefully manage a reasonably-sized breeding program, working
with our co-owners and have done so this way since 2003, and therefore do not
need multiple dogs and keep them in kennels.
We have imported frozen semen since 2003 from Europe and America, and
are a part of the international breeding program. The 2 dogs we have at home,
Karo and his great grandson, Mojo. They are our
pets and we do all sort of activities and dog sports with them. Our dogs are
part of our family and treated as such, being indoors with us at night and
mostly outdoors during the day. In addition to providing the
standard things a breeder should, such as general health guarantees, support
& advice, we also guarantee ALL our puppies against hereditary disease, including crippling hip and elbow
dysplasia. We have the knowledge and
confidence in our breeding program to be able to provide this guarantee to
you in writing. We have
spent a lot of money ensuring our guarantees and puppy contracts are legally
binding as we put the breed and the welfare of the dogs as our number one
priority. We require
ALL our puppies to have their hips & elbows x-rayed and graded between
12-18 months to determine the quality of their hips/elbows, not only for your
own piece of mind, but also for the integrity of our breeding program
and so we know the health of the dogs we are producing. Due to this
commitment we have taken on, we are the number one breeder producing the best
hip and elbow scores in Australia. We hope more breeders follow suit and
can evaluate the health in their breeding programs this way for the benefit
of the dogs and the breed as a whole. Evaluating our breeding dogs and
improving each generation as we go, has resulted in significant reductions in
the incidence of hip dysplasia, and excellent hip and elbow scores. We do a
lot of research into the lines we use and are proud of the outstanding health
in the lines we have and the lines we use! A
good hip/elbow score means you can rest assured that your dog will not suffer
any debilitating problems such as hip or elbow dysplasia throughout its life.
In the case that a puppy is
diagnosed with a hereditary disease that renders the dog in pain, (not that this
has ever occurred), we stand by our written guarantee in regard to
compensating for this financially or offering a replacement puppy.
We track the
health in the blood lines we use, so we breed with the knowledge in what we
are producing and have the ability to produce. We aim to produce the very
best quality White Shepherds possible, using our excellent foundation lines
and the best bloodlines from around the world. All our puppies are
also certified clear of MDR1 by parentage since we have not used any MDR1
carriers in our breeding program. We have been in the breed
exclusively for well over a decade, which is longer than most other White
Shepherd breeders in Australia. We use our best local bloodlines and imported
bloodlines and will only breed to improve the breed for the next generation. We are very serious about breed improvement, using some of the
world’s best blood lines with no expense spared in producing the best quality
pups possible. We spend a lot of time researching blood lines and aiming to
use the very best the world
has to offer. We also use the
benefits of DNA testing, clearing our blood lines of certain hereditary
diseases. Be aware that many breeders will state that they breed healthy
dogs, but it’s rare that any of them will back it up with written guarantees.
Also, you will not find our bloodlines being used by backyard breeders or
puppy mills. We are extremely careful where we place our puppies and care
enough about the breed to make sure this never happens. We have seen too many sad things happen to
dogs and the breed because of irresponsible breeding, hence why we are
determined to protect our puppies. The dogs in our breeding program are exclusive
to us, except in a few circumstances where we have sold puppies to top
breeders overseas or worked in a close and trusting
partnerships where other breeders have used our stud dogs. We offer $100 rebates for ANKC titles attained throughout the
pups’ life - for those interested in a working or performance dog. We are
proud to say, as being one of the first breeders in Australia, to start
offering rebates on our pups and their achievements in training. Maintaining
function of the breed is especially important to us. We
are very particular where we sell our puppies and need to know that owners
are committed to training and caring for the pup for its whole life. We encourage our puppy buyers to get involved with their
dogs, not only as family pets and companions, but partake in activities that
allow the dog to be mentally and physically stimulated, such as obedience,
agility, tracking etc. The breed is a working dog and a dog without a purpose
or correct pack leadership, can get bored or destructive or develop
behavioural issues. Our puppy buyers must be knowledgeable about responsible
pet ownership. Please read our Key Points for Raising a
Well-adjusted Puppy page. We
are always available to answer any questions you may have,
including temperament, health, your puppy’s behaviour and training etc. There
is no question too silly, no question too difficult to answer! We do not
consider ourselves ‘experts’, but we have a great network of trainers and
behaviourists that we have learnt from over the years and seek them out and
refer you on. We endeavour to help you
understand more about canine psychology and behaviour, which makes it much
easier to train your puppy. This
results in a mutually respectful and truly heartfelt companionship between
dog and handler. We
absolutely LOVE organising social days and training days for our puppy owners
in national parks, reserves and beaches and always include them in our
close-knit community of happy and friendly dog owners in the White German Shepherd Dog Alliance of
Victoria. We are very dedicated to our
dogs, passionate about our breeding program and will always assist you well after the sale with any questions or
problems. We keep in regular contact with all our puppy buyers, most of which
end up becoming close friends! Many of our puppy buyers who have met at our
social events have become close friends with each other too. It’s
heart-warming to see friendly and like-minded people coming together and
enjoying each other’s company, whilst enjoying their dogs. A piece
of our heart and soul is put into each puppy we breed, so each one is very
special to us. |
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