Celhaus GG Litter (Lively bred to Chaos)
due 3/6/12
Sire: Jagerstadt Chaos von Celhaus
whelped 3/23/06
NADAC Agility titles: Superior Novice Regular, Superior Novice Weavers , Superior Novice Chances, Superior Novice Tunnelers, Superior Novice TouchNGo, Superior Novice Jumpers, Superior Novice Hoopers, Open Regular, Open Chances, Open Tunnelers, Open TouchNGo, Open Hoopers, Open Jumpers, Open Weavers, Outstanding Elite Chances, Outstanding Elite Regular, Elite Tunnelers
Chaos is a Therapy Dog, registered with Therapy Dogs Inc.
OFA hip prelims "good", OFA Elbows, OFA Cardiac, OFA Thyroid, CERF, von Willebrand's and hemophilia free
OFA GS-DM163/37M-VPI (free of Degenerative Myelopathy gene)
TLI Test normal at 39 months (free of EPI - Exocrine Pancreatic Insufficiency)
Chaos' hips were beautiful at 1 year and received a "good" rating on his prelims from OFA. Unfortunately, he began leaping my 5' perimeter fence in August 2007, to go play with the neighbor's dog. Then he began leaping the cross fences breaking my two acres into four large areas. Chaos' hips at 24 months were borderline according to OFA so they said to redo in 6 months. It took me until May 2008 to get the fence raised two feet on both the perimeter AND cross fences, so I could keep him where I put him. After he realized he had to stay in the area where I left him when I went to work, he began leaping into the air and catching birds in flight. He figured out that robins are slow on takeoff and targeted them. He is just too athletic for his own good! We redid his hips in September 2008, and they looked pretty good the the vets and me, but OFA flunked them. I sincerely believe the changes in his hips are caused by the impacts from all that jumping over the past year, so I had a Penn Hip evaluation done in Billings. In PennHip they first take the standard view, then they place the anesthetized dog with his hips in some kind of a fulcrum brace that allows them to pull the hip and put pressure on it in a certain way that reveals joint laxity. The x-rays go to the creator of the method and he does a bunch of measurements. If a hip rates less than .3 it's nearly 100% sure that it won't get arthritis. If it measures .7 or over, there's too much laxity and the dog will probably develop crippling arthritis (hip dysplasia). Chaos' left hip received a .33 reading and his right hip received a .36 reading. They rate both hips separately, then give a percentile rating. The higher the percentile the better the hips. They rated Chaos in the 70th percentile. That means that Chaos has hips better than 70% of the GSD's they've evaluated. Quinta's older sister in Sioux Falls, Rogue, is the only dog I know personally that has been PenHipped and she got 90%. It was fascinating talking a little bit to the PennHip vet and seeing the x-rays. Just having her say that she sees on the standard view why OFA flunked him (mild dysplasia was their rating), but on the PennHip x-rays it was more defined and actually is not a reforming of the joint, made me quite happy. The people at the clinic were absolutely in love with him. Said he was so calm, not bothered when I left, very cooperative, beautiful, etc. I gave them my card and mentioned I do agility and one of the receptionists got all excited. She loves agility. They got right on the website and oohed and aahed on Chaos' photos and how beautiful all my dogs are.
Chaos has a rock-solid temperament and steady nerves. He's very social with all ages of people and is an excellent Therapy Dog. Chaos comes from herding lines. Both his parents are working stock dogs on farms in North Carolina. I like to incorporate dogs from herding lines in my breeding programs because of their high bidability. They truly want to work with the handler, and Chaos is no exception. He is extremely fun to train because he checks constantly to be sure he's doing what I want.
Chaos has sired pups from Zinna, Quinta & Joyful.
photos and more information on Chaos
see agility competition photos of Chaos
Dam: Celhaus Celebrate Life (Lively)
whelped 11/3/09
NADAC Agility titles: Novice Regular, Novice Tunnelers
OFA Thyroid: GS-TH501/25F-VPI
CERF: GS-351116/2011
OFA Degenerative Myelopathy: GS-DM468/5F-PI-CAR
OFA Hips: GS-85482F24F-VPI
PennHip: 60th percentile
OFA Elbows: GS-EL26513F24-VPI
free of EPI (Exocrine Pancreatic Insufficiency) at 24 months
free of Von Willebrands & hemophilia (bleeding disorders)
I usually don't begin competing with my dogs before they're two, but Sunny decided to have some evening mini-trials in August and I thought they'd be great show experience for Lively, even though she was only 21 months old. The first one consisted of two TouchNGo classes. Lively blew a discrimination on the first one (very common in new dogs) but nailed the second class and got her first Q. She even beat Chaos & Berakah, who missed discriminations in both classes. The second mini-trial consisted of two Tunnelers classes, and all three of my dogs Q'd both times - we came home with 6 Q's for the evening. Lively decided she, like Berakah, liked competing, so I entered her in the Labor Day trial in Gillette. I had to work one of the four days but we went the other three. Lively had 5 Q's out of 6 classes the first day, leaving me with my mouth open in astonishment. She had 3 Q's out of 6 classes the second day, and 3 Q's out of 4 classes on the last day. When the dust cleared, she had achieved her Novice Regular & Tunnelers classes plus a leg each towards her Outstanding titles, as well as a Chances Q, two Jumpers Q's, and two TouchNGo Q's, an amazing haul for a beginner dog.
See September agility photos of Lively
See July playtime photos of Lively
Maternal Grand Sire: Kway vom Posthorn SchH3 (LGA) KKL1 High Protection (97 V) at the 2007 Americans "a' normal hips HDZW 66 whelped 9/9/00 - still doing great at 11!
free of EPI (Exocrine Pancreatic Insufficiency) and of the Degenerative Myelopathy gene.
According to his owner (Bill Kulla), "Kway participated in two research studies that are working to identify a genetic marker for EPI and DM, so that one day we may eliminate these devastating diseases from our breed."
Other quotes from Kway's website, www.kulladogs.com:
Kway (pronounced "Kwhy") is the expression of his world class bloodlines: son of Asko von der Lutter and grandson of Aly vom Vordersteinwald. Asko was the 1998 Bundessieger and 2000 WUSV World Champion and has proven himself as producer already. At the past three BSPs, Asko had more sons shown than any other dog. Aly was a close second.
Kway himself is a true all-three-phase dog: tracking is deep-nosed and methodical, obedience is fast and animated yet precise, and bitework is extremely strong with full, hard grips. Kway is balanced in the protection work and brings his natural aggression to the work for strong guarding. Through all three phases, Kway is a dog that is in true harmony with his handler, and their strong bond is evident on and off the field.
Always pronounced in courage; in Kway's breed survey special mention is made of his exceptional temperament.
Kway is linebred 5-5 on Urs aus der Hopfenstraße, and he carries the black recessive.
Bill reports that Kway loves to retrieve and is good with everyone. He also is good with other dogs, including small dogs, and enjoys nurturing puppies. I really liked him when I took Quinta to be bred in 2009. Kway had been retired for two years, but put on a beautiful obedience demonstration for me. He was five days from turning nine years old but sure didn't look it as he heeled, ran and jumped. I took photos of him:
Maternal Grand Dam: Celhaus Quintessence
NADAC Agility titles: Novice Jumpers Superior, Novice Regular, Novice Tunnelers Outstanding, Novice Chances, 2 legs towards her Open Jumpers title, 2 legs towards her Novice TouchNGo title, 2 legs towards her Novice Weavers title and 1 leg towards her Novice Hoopers title
AKC agility titles: one leg in each of Standard, Jumpers with Weaves & FAST
OFA hips (good); OFA Elbows; OFA Thyroid; OFA Cardiac; CERF; also tested EPI (Exocrine Pancreatic Insufficiency), von Willebrand's and hemophilia free. In December, 2007, Quinta received her Health Award Certificate of Recognition from the German Shepherd Dog Club of America.
Quinta, commonly known as "Wild Thing", is the character of the family. She loves to work, begs to train, and gets into all kinds of trouble when we're don't. She is crazy about agility. Her biggest problem is remembering to listen to me and go the direction I indicate, rather than attack every obstacle in sight. When she does remember, she is extremely intense and concentrated, a joy to work, and nearly always takes 1st place. She also did extremely well in obedience and tracking but we never tried for titles since trials are few and far between. I just compete in NADAC agility now. Quinta is very much like her mother, Jubilee, and grandmother, Glory. She is quite dramatic, very fast and athletic, loves to tease, and has trouble being a "good" girl.
more information & photos of Quinta
Maternal Great Grandsire: Bianko vom Leerburg ("Comanche")
OFA GOOD hips, OFA elbows
Janet Wilt's Comanche was a Search & Rescue dog, certified in Avalanche, Water, Tracking, Wilderness Rescue and Cadaver. He was also certified as a narcotics dog (4 odors), evidence and building search.
See Janet's Search & Rescue group, Jackson Hole Independent Search Dog Teams, www.jhsearchdogs.org.
Maternal Great Granddam: Celhaus Jubilee CGC CD NA NAP TDInc
OFA GOOD hips, OFA elbows, OFA cardiac, OFA thyroid, von Willebrand’s free, CERFTherapy Dog
She has her Companion Dog title and her AKC Novice Agility titles and only needed one more qualifying score to finish her Novice Jumpers title, but she developed spurs on her back (from being such an athletic, body-slamming, hard-playing dog all her life), so her jumping and competing days are over.
Jubilee is the most athletic GSD I've ever known--unless it's her daughter, Quinta or granddaughter, Lively. At 13 1/2, she is still healthy, though arthritis from bridging in her back has slowed her down considerably. When she was just a pup she would jump into the back of a 3/4 ton pickup from which I was shoveling wood shavings, trudge to the top of the shavings pile, and get on top of the cab. She would climb, jump, drill through incredible obstacles to retrieve her toys (the favorite of which is the Frisbee). She loved obedience, tracking and agility. Her tracking was very intense and only needed proofing to be ready to try for her Tracking Dog title. When she hurt her back, I retired her.
See photos of Jubilee's other pups