"Berakah" (Celhaus Berakah) TDInc.
Berakah, pronounced "ber ah KAH", is the Hebrew word for "blessing."
See September agility photos of Berakah
See July playtime photos of Berakah
Berakah began trialing in May. She LOVES competition and already has her Novice Chances, Hoopers, Jumpers, Regular & Tunnelers titles. She needs only 1 more Q for her Outstanding Novice Regular title. She has her great-grandmother Glory's sense of humor and often exercises it during a course, which gives us spectacular runs which may or may not qualify depending on what she does--but we always have fun.
at 24 months, playing in a blizzard
Berakah is a member of the B Litter (Chaos x Joyful), whelped November 28, 2008
Berakah is a registered therapy dog with Therapy Dogs, Inc.
CERF: GS-1495/2011
OFA Elbows: GS-EL25235F24-VPI
OFA Thyroid: GS-TH477/24F-VPI
OFA Degenerative Myelopathy: GS-DM467/17F-PI-CAR
TLI Test normal at 24 months (free of EPI - Exocrine Pancreatic Insufficiency)
Berakah received PennHip rating of 80th Percentile
I'm now doing PennHip x-rays as the preliminary certification of hips on my breeding prospects. The PennHip method, developed by veterinarians at the University of Pennsylvania vet school, tests joint laxity as an indicator and gives a reading for each hip. Those readings are then compared to the readings on all the dogs of that breed that PennHip has evaluated (updated every six months), and a percentile rating is assigned. Berakah's rating means her hips are better than 80% of the GSD's that have been evaluated by PennHip. If you're unfamiliar with PennHip, you can learn more on their website, www.pennhip.org.
at 18 months
to photos of her as a baby visiting the nursing homes