VERSATILITY

Kerstone puppies are bred to be suitable for nearly any purpose.
Everything from being a family pet to a police dog - all in one package.
Here are some examples of amazing White Shepherds with dedicated
owners and breeders who have made their accomplishments possible.

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WHAT IS A PERFORMANCE TITLE REALLY?

Not just a brag, not just a stepping stone to a higher title, not just an adjunct to competitive scores, a title is a tribute to the dog that bears it, a way to honor the dog, an ultimate memorial. It will remain, in record and in memory, for about as long as anything in this world can remain. Few humans will do as well or better.
And though the dog itself doesn’t know or care that its achievements have been noted, a title says many things in the world of humans, where such things count. A title says your dog was intelligent and adaptable and good-natured. It says your dog loved you enough to do the things that pleased you, however crazy they may have sometimes seemed.
And a title says that you loved your dog, that you loved to spend time with it because it was a good dog, that you believed in it enough to give it yet another chance when it failed, and that, in the end, your faith was justified.
A title proves your dog inspired you to that special relationship enjoyed by so few, that in a world of disposable creatures, this dog with a title was greatly loved and loved greatly in return.
And when that dear, short life is over, the title remains as a memorial of the finest kind, the best you can give to a deserving friend, volumes of praise in one small set of initials beside the name. A performance title is nothing less than love and respect given and received and permanently recorded. By Sandy Mowery

FAMILY PET Kerstone's Princess Rosie Sire: AWSA/WSCC Ch., UKC GrCh. Royal's Elite Advantage, CGC, HIC, OFA H&E, PennHIP, vWF, MDR1 Dam: UKC/IABCA Int'l Ch., ARBA Ch. ptd Regalwise Oreo, HIC, OFA H/E/Ca/Th, MDR1, GSDCA Health Merit Excellent Owner: Kelly Rosmilso Strutt, Breeder: Alicia Lips UKC Ch. Regalwise Orion, HIC, OFA H&E, PennHIP 100% Sire: WSCC/UKC Ch. Regalwise Jeromeo, OFA H&E Dam: Juel's Lady Gabagail, OFA H&E Owner/Breeder: Ronda Beaupre

CONFORMATION SHOWS Winners Dog class at an AWSA show (Rion in front).

HERDING A real working dog in Holland. Tumbledown's Romy of Exloo Sire: WSCC/UKC Ch. Regalwise Jeromeo, OFA H&E Dam: Breeder: Ronda Beaupre

FLYBALL U-ACH, U-CD, UKC/IABCA Int'l Ch. Regalwise Valiant Defender, AX, AXJ, RN, HIC, CGC, FDX, TDI, TT, OFA H&E, PennHIP Sire: WSCC Ch. Tumbledown's Recidivist, TT, HC, OFA Dam: Tumbledown's Wil'O'The'Wisp Owner: Beth Borchardt, Breeder: Ronda Beaupre

AGILITY Goldfield Question Authority, NA-P, NAJ-P Sire: SureFire's Adan'ti of Goldfield, OFA H&E Dam: Goldfield's Spirit Owner: Betty Tanner, Breeder: Mary Martin

THERAPY Regalwise Krieger, CGC, TDI, HIC, MDR1 Sire: UKC Ch. Tumbledown's Toreador, HC, OFA H&E Dam: Shewana's Rascal Regalwise, OFA H&E Owner: Alicia Lips, Breeder: Ronda Beaupre

LURE COURSING Goldfield Question Authority, NA-P, NAJ-P Sire: SureFire's Adan'ti of Goldfield, OFA H&E Dam: Goldfield's Spirit Owner: Betty Tanner, Breeder: Mary Martin

WATER RESCUE U-GRCH UACH BISS AWSA WSCC FORB RBCSWO CH Crystal's Lady In Red ("Kyra") O-V, PDX, WETT, FDCH, NA, CPEL1, HIC (S/D/C), HT, PT, HCT, JHD, ASCA/RB CD, CN/AM CGC, TDI, TT, RO2MCL, DSA, OFA (H&E), CARDIAC, THYROID, vWF 65%, CERF/02, U.K.C. DNA-P GSDCA Health Merit Excellent Sire: AWSA/WSCC/UKC/WGSDCII Ch., U-CD Reeve's Royal Angus Von Tasz, CDX, TT, HC, CGC, OFA Dam: WGSDCII Ch. Hoofprint Emerald, Am/Can CD, TT, TDI, FDCh, CGC, OFA H&E Owner: Judy Huston, Breeder: Pam & Michelle Koons

RALLY-O U-ACH, U-CD, UKC/IABCA Int'l Ch. Regalwise Valiant Defender, AX, AXJ, RN, HIC, CGC, FDX, TDI, TT, OFA H&E, PennHIP Sire: WSCC Ch. Tumbledown's Recidivist, TT, HC, OFA Dam: Tumbledown's Wil'O'The'Wisp Owner: Beth Borchardt, Breeder: Ronda Beaupre

DOCK DIVING First time diving... Goldfield Question Authority, NA-P, NAJ-P Sire: SureFire's Adan'ti of Goldfield, OFA H&E Dam: Goldfield's Spirit Owner: Betty Tanner, Breeder: Mary Martin

SCHUTZHUND Bred in the US and lives in Germany. WillowWood Chester Chase Sire: Regalwise Panzer Blitzkrieg, OFA H&E Dam: UKC GrCh. Royal Grace of Willow Wood, CGC, TDI, HIC, PennHIP, OFA elbows, CERF Owner: Dorris Mannel, Breeders: Jacki Wheeler & Sher Belonus

POLICE & MILITARY Completed K-9 school and explosive detection training in 1990. Retired from the Metropolitan P.D. of St. Louis, MO in 1998. Ve-Lin's Kaiser the Role (AKA: K9 Conan) Sire: Hoofprint Midnight Too, OVC Dam: Hoofprint Heidi, RXO, OP, OFA Breeder/Owner: Linda Gan, Police Partner: Ed Meyers

DETECTION DOGS (Drug/Narcotics, Mold, Cadaver, Bomb, etc.) Fearghas is a certified Cadaver Dog and helped search at the Pentagon after 9/11. WSCC Ch. Hoofprint Fin Tan Fearghas Sire: AWSA/WSCC Ch. Lynsden's D General, TT, OVC H&E Dam: Hoofprint Genie, OP, OVC H&E Owner: Beth Barkley, Breeder: Joanne Chanyi

SERVICE DOGS (Hearing, Guide, Wheelchair, etc.) Trained Hearing Dog. Hoofprint A OK Ouvae Sire: Hoofprint Lancer, RXO, OP, OVC H&E Dam: WGSDCII Ch. Hoofprint Charlene, RX, OP, OVC Owner: Vincent Vananzuolo, Breeder: Joanne Chanyi Trained Leader Dog for the Blind. Tenderluv's Bear Sire: Hoof Print Pancho, RXO, OP, OVC Dam: Hoof Print Tara, CD, OP, OVC Breeder: Martha Andrews, Trainer: Larry De Pugh

OBEDIENCE Photo please? Email: kerstone_shepherds@yahoo.com

SEARCH & RESCUE Certified as both a Search & Rescue dog and a Cadaver Dog. Mansha's Sirius (standing) Sire: Hoof Print Pancho, RXO, OP, OVC Dam: Sunlit's Seika Seabreeze, CD, OVC Owner: Beth Barkley, Breeder: Sharon Mann

TRACKING Brock was only the second German Shepherd to earn the Canadian K.C.'s Urban Tracking Dog title. (The first German Shepherd was his mother, Bailey, who is also White.) Brock of Eis Haus, Am/Can TDX, UTD, FM, CD, HCs, TT, CGC, OFA Sire: AWSA/WSCC Ch. Day's IQ, Am/Can CD, TT, FMX, HC, CGC, OFA Dam: AWSA Alt Ch. Braehead's Bailey v Eis Haus, CD, Am/Can TDX, UTD, BH, FDX, HC, TT, CGC, OFA H&E, PennHIP Owner: Jen Stairs, Breeder: Heather MacLeod

SHOW BIZ Furrari's Nikki the First, TDSJ Owner: Marion Lopizzo

SLED DOGS Photo please? Email: kerstone_shepherds@yahoo.com

DOG SCOUTS (Backpacking, Painting, Water Rescue, Hunting & Retrieving, IMPROV Obedience, etc.) U-GRCH UACH BISS AWSA WSCC FORB RBCSWO CH Crystal's Lady In Red ("Kyra") O-V, PDX, WETT, FDCH, NA, CPEL1, HIC (S/D/C), HT, PT, HCT, JHD, ASCA/RB CD, CN/AM CGC, TDI, TT, RO2MCL, DSA, OFA (H&E), CARDIAC, THYROID, vWF 65%, CERF/02, U.K.C. DNA-P GSDCA Health Merit Excellent Sire: AWSA/WSCC/UKC/WGSDCII Ch., U-CD Reeve's Royal Angus Von Tasz, CDX, TT, HC, CGC, OFA Dam: WGSDCII Ch. Hoofprint Emerald, Am/Can CD, TT, TDI, FDCh, CGC, OFA H&E Owner: Judy Huston, Breeder: Pam & Michelle Koons

WEIGHT PULL Photo please? Email: kerstone_shepherds@yahoo.com

DID YOU KNOW?

A White was the first German Shepherd of any color to earn both a Utility Dog (U-UD) title & a Championship with the United Kennel Club.
(WGSDCII/UKC Ch. U-UD Von Tasz' Jack of All Trades, UDX, TDI, HC, OFA H&E)

The Number One ranked German Shepherd in flyball is a White.
(WSCC/UKC Ch. U-CD Crystal's Lil Pistol Von Tasz, Am/Can CD, FDGCH, WETT, DSA, NA, NAJ, HC, CGC, OFA H&E)

The first two German Shepherds to earn the Canadian Kennel Club's Urban Tracking Dog title (UTD) were both White.
(AWSA Alt Ch. Braehead's Bailey v Eis Haus, CD, Am/Can TDX, UTD, BH, FDX, HC, TT, CGC, OFA H&E, PennHIP
& Brock of Eis Haus, Am/Can TDX, UTD, FM, CD, HCs, TT, CGC, OFA)

LINKS

What do all of those initials before and after the dog's name mean? Click here!

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